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Always Love, Never Fear: Harvey Milk’s Creston Spiers Talks Bringing it All Back Home
December 9, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Harvey Milk frontman Creston Spiers returns with a predictably unpredictable, heavy, fuzzy take on classic rock.
Album Premiere and Interview: Gjoad – ‘Samanōn’
December 9, 2020 Sean Frasier
Austrian newcomers Gjoad create entrancing worlds with atmospheric dark rock on their debut LP, Samanōn.
Blast Worship: Incinerated
December 8, 2020 Gene Meyer
Hear Aussie death blasters Incinerated deliver a new split of thunderous hyper goreblast insanity mixed with absolutely bowel-shaking slam.
Listen: Sumac Release Release Massive New Song, “Two Beasts”
December 7, 2020 Emily Bellino
Post-metal gods Sumac return with a surprise drop.
Video Premiere: Tibetan Sky Burial’s “Flesh Rot” Highlights Ritual and Decay in the Texas Hill Country
December 3, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video by unique Texas black metal crew Tibetan Sky Burial!
Full EP Stream: Ten Ton Hammer – ‘New Failures’
December 3, 2020 Gene Meyer
Philadelphia-based bashers Ten Ton Hammer drop five new tracks of ’90s-fueled metal and hardcore squarely on your cranium with the New Failures EP.
Global Grindcore Alliance Brings International Bands Together
December 2, 2020 Emily Bellino
20 grind bands. 2 days. Socially distanced.
Album Premiere: Morpholith – ‘Null Dimensions’
December 2, 2020 Sean Frasier
Icelandic voidwalkers Morpholith teleport listeners with the cosmic doom of their Null Dimensions sophomore EP.
Video Premiere: Night Cobra – ‘Escape From Earth”
December 1, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Houston-based trad metallers do John Carpenter proud in the new video for “Escape from Earth.”
Venomous Concept Premiere New Track, “Vote Clown Party” Via Decibel Flexi Series
December 1, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Venomous Concept flexi disc single, featuring a brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Fallow Heart: The Uncertainty Principle, A Biased Observation of Steve Austin, Part 2
November 27, 2020 Forrest Pitts
Part II of III of an exhaustive look at the improbable crossover appeal of Steve Austin’s legendary noise/rock/metal institution Today Is the Day.
Valac and Kommodus Premiere ‘Eclipsing Honour and Decay’ Split Cassette
November 27, 2020 Neill Jameson
Hear this crucial split between obscure American black mist Valac and Australia’s insanely prolific Kommodus.
Track Premiere: Andrew Leman Reads H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Festival”
November 25, 2020 Shawn Macomber
If you think this Friday is gonna be black, wait until you hear the sinister delights Cadabra Records, H.P. Lovecraft, and Fabio Frizzi are cooking up for Christmas…
Album Premiere: Golgata – ‘Tempel’
November 25, 2020 Sean Frasier
Swedish black metal duo Golgata anonymously wield scorched melodies on their mesmerizing sophomore record, Tempel.
Fissure Announce Two New EPs!
November 24, 2020 Gene Meyer
Hear hardcore/powerviolence four-piece Fissure debut a pair of new singles from a pair of new EPs.
Darkthrone’s ‘A Blaze in the Northern Sky’ Honored By the National Library of Norway
November 23, 2020 J. Andrew
As part of it’s “Enlightened” exhibition, Norway’s national library has honored Darkthrone‘s classic album.
‘Rotting Ways: The History of Finnish Death Metal’ Book On the Way from Cult Never Dies
November 20, 2020 Albert Mudrian
This new 300-page hardcover on Cult Never Dies offers an deep dive into the legendary Finnish death metal underground of the early 1990s.
Judas Priest’s ‘Painkiller’ Enters Decibel Hall of Fame, January Issue Now Available
November 20, 2020 Decibel Magazine
We have a limited number of advance copies of the December issue of Decibel, featuring our 10th anniversary Decibel Flexi Series entry from Venomous Concept.
Get Tickets to Butler Fest! Help Support Landmine Marathon Guitarist’s Recovery
November 19, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Get tickets to Butler Fest and support one of our own while you watch a killer fest instead of talking to your family about the election (or anything!) over Thanksgiving!
Track Premiere: City of Industry – ‘Broken Cisterns Hold No Water’
November 19, 2020 Joseph Schafer
Seattle area power trio, City of Industry‘s emotional metallic hardcore is the prefect soundtrack to 2020’s rollercoaster of emotions.
Track Premiere: Knut Cracks the Whip with “Spit”
November 19, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hummus Records has secured the rights and responsibility for the re-issue of Knut‘s first release, Leftovers. Hear a remastered version of “Spit” now.
Exclusive Video Report: In the Studio with Municipal Waste and Arthur Rizk
November 18, 2020 Aaron Salsbury
Catch up with thrashers Municipal Waste as they record their seventh LP in a Philly studio with renowned engineer Arthur Rizk.
Album Premiere: Horncrowned – ‘Rex Exterminii (The Hand of the Opposer)’
November 18, 2020 Sean Frasier
Colombian black metal squadron Horncrowned unleash their new album of demonic warfare, the Armageddon-beckoning Rex Exterminii (The Hand of the Opposer).
Blast Worship: Ischemic Necrosis
November 17, 2020 Gene Meyer
Hear grinding solo project Ischemic Necrosis deliver 29 tracks of hyperblasting pathological noisegrind/goregrind/gorenoise.
Many Suffer, Featuring ex-My Dying Bride Guitarist Calvin Robertshaw, Unveil New Blacked Doom Track
November 16, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear “The Trees Die Standing,” the first officially released material from Calvin Robertshaw’s (ex-My Dying Bride) black/doom project Many Suffer.
Video Premiere: Sword Collector – “Inherit the Scepter”
November 13, 2020 Sean Frasier
Post-punk goth rockers Sword Collector premiere their triumphant “Inherit the Scepter” video. Seize the blade and stream it now.
Video Premiere: Eternal Struggle- “Indoctrination”
November 13, 2020 J. Andrew
Tel-Aviv’s metallic hardcore warriors are here with a new video from their upcoming full-length due out this winter.
Scream Just Words: Vocalists Sound Off About Their Craft
November 12, 2020 Decibel Magazine
One King Down/Most Precious Blood/Take Life vocalist Rob Fusco discusses the craft of lyric writing and execution with a variety of his extreme music contemporaries from Napalm Death, Lamb of God, Lingua Ignota and more.
SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2020
November 12, 2020 Albert Mudrian
We’re sorry. We’re not trying to ruin the fun by posting this. But if we don’t, someone else will. You probably shouldn’t click here. Really, you should just wait for the issue to arrive in the mail. For Christ’s sake, have you no willpower? OK, fine. Don’t @ us.
Full Album Stream: Eternal Returns — “Reprieved to Totality”
November 11, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Thane-based death thrashers Eternal Returns dive into their five dynamic, serpentine, ultra-catchy tracks to give you a window into how an Indian farmer may have felt 65 years ago.
