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Mare – “Mare”
January 27, 2020 Andrew Bonazelli
Read the making of the “post-” with the most EP from the mysterious Mare.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: IPA X
January 24, 2020 Nick Green
Ardent Craft Ales’ IPA X may be #2,729 to the uninitiated, but currently #1 in Decibel’s hearts and bellies.
Full Album Stream: Death. Void. Terror.- “To The Great Monolith II”
January 24, 2020 J. Andrew
Gaze into the terrifying indifference of the universe with the latest emanation of Switzerland’s Helvetic Underground Committee.
Video Premiere: 5 R V L N 5 — “Flesh”
January 22, 2020 Shawn Macomber
You’re already living in a tech-hellscape. Might as well let Chicago dark industrial upstarts 5 R V L N 5 provide you an appropriate soundtrack for trying to survive it.
EP Stream: Putrascension’s “The Obsidian Fog”
January 16, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
New Jersey’s Putrascension continues the state’s contradictory nature with their new EP.
Full Album Stream: SEA – ‘Impermanence’
January 15, 2020 Sean Frasier
Boston doomgaze project SEA match funereal heaviness with elemental poetry on their stunning and heart-rending debut LP Impermanence.
Here Are 60 Albums You May Have Missed in 2019
January 13, 2020 Joseph Schafer
Because we’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 60 more from 2019 to chew on.
Track Premiere: Innards — “Night Of The Anthropophagous”
January 8, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Portuguese old school death metal power trio Innards digs deeps into the bowels of repugnance for this nasty splatter platter.
Blast Worship: Zesta Grande 2 Festival
January 7, 2020 Gene Meyer
The second edition of this full-blown, three-day grindcore and powerviolence festival will be held in Northern California this July!
Hear New Trappist Track “Growler in the Yard” Via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 7, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Trappist picture flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track written for the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Video Premiere: Morgan Rider and the Deep Dark River’s “Ignite the Tempests”
January 2, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Morgan Rider and the Deep Dark River‘s new video ponders “What if Vintersorg gave the fused DNA of Peter Steele, Mina Caputo and ICS Vortex singing lessons?”
Track Premiere: Snorlax – “Encapsulated Apocalypse”
January 1, 2020 Sean Frasier
Don’t sleep on former Decibel demo faves Snorlax. Hear their new song “Encapsulated Apocalypse”
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 5
December 30, 2019 Gene Meyer
The final installment of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
Decibel Meter: Krampus’ Picks
December 23, 2019 Decibel Magazine
Yuletide is upon us! And fye has some Krampus-approved picks to add some headbanging to the holidays.
Madball – “Set It Off”
December 21, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Madball demonstrate their metal-infused NYHC style on the classic Set It Off and enter the Decibel Hall of Fame
For Those About to Squak: Waldo’s Pecks of the Year!
December 20, 2019 Blake Harrison
You didn’t really think we’d close out 2019 without the top pecks of the year from our resident birdbrain, did you?
Track Premiere: Wake’s “This Abyssal Plain”
December 18, 2019 Justin Norton
Canadian grindcrushers Wake Announce Devouring Ruin; debut records’s first single via Decibel.
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 4
December 18, 2019 Gene Meyer
Part Four of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
Track Premiere: Here in Spirit — “I Don’t Want to Sleep”
December 18, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Ex-Abigail Williams/Vehemence guitarist Bjorn Dannov is taking his heavy back to the 90s with Here in Spirit.
Snuff Out 2019 with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions
December 18, 2019 Sean Frasier
Philadelphia label/distro Horror Pain Gore Death Productions release a free 42 song sampler to summarize their 2019 releases. It’s the soundtrack for the world’s end, just in time for the year’s end.
Full Album Stream: Solace — “The Brink”
December 11, 2019 Shawn Macomber
New Jersey doom n’ rollers Solace channel a career of hard luck into a scorching comeback record.
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 3
December 10, 2019 Gene Meyer
Part Three of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
Los Angeles Date Added to the 2020 Decibel Magazine Tour
December 10, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Los Angeles, you’ll get a chance to see Mayhem, Abbath, Gatecreeper and Idle Hands on March 23!
ONE WEEK AWAY From Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles. Got Tickets?
December 6, 2019 Albert Mudrian
A weekend of Carcass, Possessed, Nails, Vio-lence, Gruesome, Gatecreeper, Schammasch and more along with a dozen metal-friendly craft breweries is nearly upon us!
The Matchless Roar: Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris Returns with British Lion for “The Burning”
December 4, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Legendary Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris is set to torch expectations with “The Burning,” the sophomore offering from his prog-tinged hard rock British Lion side project.
Track Premiere: Haxandraok – “Ba’al Zel Bul at the Gates of NOX”
December 4, 2019 Sean Frasier
Black metal duo Haxandraok beckon Beezlebub in their entrancing new single “Ba’al Zel Bul at the Gates of NOX.”
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 2
December 3, 2019 Gene Meyer
Part Two of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
Track Premiere: Mosaic – “The Devil’s Place”
November 29, 2019 Dutch Pearce
The mystical and powerful Thuringian black metal magus Mosaic takes us to “The Devil’s Place” to prepare us for their impending debut full length, Secret Ambrosian Fire.
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 1
November 26, 2019 Gene Meyer
Part of 1 of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’
November 26, 2019 Albert Mudrian
It’s okay to celebrate the release day of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost with this exclusive excerpt from Decibel‘s limited edition hardcover book.