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November 22, 2024 Decibel Magazine
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Acclaimed Author & Podcaster Jeff Wagner Suffers Devastating House Fire, GoFundMe Announced
November 21, 2024 Chris Dick
Decibel ally, metal warrior, and acclaimed author Jeff Wagner has a devastating house fire. Help him recover with his GoFundMe!
Last Tape Before Doomsday: Rebecca Vernon (The Keening, ex-SubRosa)
November 21, 2024 Dean Brown
The Keening frontwoman Rebecca Vernon crafts a 13-track mixtape of essential songs that shaped her life for our Last Tape Before Doomsday column.
Video Premiere: Trench – “MY COLD BLOOD” (feat. Johannes Persson of Cult of Luna)
November 20, 2024 Tim Mudd
In an age of predictability, watch Calgary’s Trench smashes the mold with their blend of metallic hardcore and experimental edge with a little help from Johannes Persson of Cult of Luna.
Krallice – Krallice
November 20, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Krallice‘s self-titled debut reset the course for USBM. Now it enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Game With Members of FROZEN SOUL, EARTHBURNER, DREADNOUGHT and More During Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2024 Weekend!
November 19, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Catch your breath at TRVE Brewing Co. before facing Metal & Beer Fest’s final boss, courtesy of Kill Screen!
Track Premiere: Horsebastard – “Reflecting the Nonsensical”
November 19, 2024 Gene Meyer
Take your thinking cap off and spin the newest grind barrage from Liverpudlian face-melters Horsebastard.
Interview: Thunraz’s Madis Jalakas Brings the Baltic Gloom via ‘Incineration Day’
November 19, 2024 Forrest Pitts
The sole proprietor of Estonia’s Thunraz discusses the sepulchral, avante-sludge gauntlet of his latest, Incineration Day.
Q&A: Laura Bates (Völur) on Her Struggles With Housing Instability
November 18, 2024 Justin Norton
Accomplished violinist Laura Bates (Völur) has a steady income, however, her landlord is trying to evict her. She discuses the unchecked power of landlords and housing instability.
Go Inside the Recording of Immolation’s ‘Dawn of Possession’ In This Excerpt From ‘Into Everlasting Fire: The Official History of Immolation’ Out Now!
November 15, 2024 Decibel Magazine
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Blast Worship: Earthburner
November 12, 2024 Gene Meyer
Earthburner‘s Permanent Dawn debut is finally here and we are stoked.
SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2024
November 12, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Yes, it’s November. No, we didn’t forget your favorite album. Yes, we’re sure about that.
Q&A: Tom Angelripper of Sodom on the ‘Tapping The Vein’ Reissue
November 11, 2024 Justin Norton
Sodom founder and vocalist/bassist Tom “Angelripper” Such talks to Decibel about writing a metal classic at a time when many thought metal was dead.
Q&A: Leila Abdul-Rauf on Her New Solo Album: “I Was Making Order Out Of Chaos”
November 8, 2024 Justin Norton
Vastum axewoman Leila Abdul-Rauf on her fifth solo album, Calls From A Seething Edge, and the non-linear process of writing experimental music as opposed to death metal.
Video Premiere: Strangelight – “Gratitude Practice”
November 7, 2024 Shane Mehling
Bay Area post-hardcore foursome wants you to take your job and scream at it.
Video Premiere: The Secrecy’s “The Wall”
November 5, 2024 Justin Norton
Dustin Boltjes, best known to Decibel readers as the drummer of the OSDM primitivists Flesher, debuts a new video from His post-punk band The Secrecy.
Blast Worship: Aftermath
November 5, 2024 Gene Meyer
Looking for a mix of Excruciating Terror, early Napalm Death and a whole bunch of bands from Oakland with indecipherable logos? Aftermath have got you covered
Crowbar – Crowbar
October 31, 2024 José Carlos Santos
Crowbar‘s 1993 self-titled sludge metal masterpiece is granted a Hall of Fame induction.
Subterranean Dissonance Fest Announces 2025 Lineup
October 29, 2024 Emily Bellino
Experimental/progressive music fest Subterranean Dissonance announces its 2025 lineup.
Blast Worship: Eraser
October 29, 2024 Gene Meyer
Eraser’s old-school grindcore attack is not corrupted on Harmony Dies.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025 Full Band Lineup & Breweries REVEALED!
October 28, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Exodus performs all of their landmark Bonded by Blood album and Dismember deliver a special full set of their classic Like an Ever Flowing Stream and WAY more at Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2025!
BEWITCHER Stream Exclusive New Track, “The Warrior Trail,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
October 24, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from speed metallers Bewtitcher before the discs are sold out for good!
Q&A: Blackie Lawless on Playing W.A.S.P.’s Classic Debut Live: “It Was An Angry Record”
October 22, 2024 Justin Norton
Lawless talks with Decibel about revisiting W.A.S.P.‘s formative years and how his thoughts on censorship led him to reconsider his old material.
Blast Worship: Controlled Existence
October 22, 2024 Gene Meyer
Prague power punishers Controlled Existence are gloriously Out of Control.
Video Premiere: Portland Punks HELP Wrap Turmoil in Humour and Hoops with “Black Cloud”
October 17, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video by noisy Portland punks, HELP!
Sunrot and Body Void Announce Split for Trans Day of Remembrance
October 15, 2024 Gene Meyer
New Jersey’s own Sunrot have teamed up with New England bruisers Body Void to release a special split EP for 2024’s Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20.
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October 11, 2024 Albert Mudrian
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BEWITCHER Drummer On How the Band Were Mistaken for Actual Bank Robbers
October 9, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Out Against the Law? Aris Hunter Wales, drummer of black thrashers Bewitcher, on how the band almost became true outlaws recently on tour.
ONLY 25 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order OPETH’s Deluxe 2xLP Reissue of ‘Still Life’ RIGHT NOW!
October 3, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Act fast of you want a copy of this deluxe 2xLP reissue of Opeth‘s classic Still Life in celebration of its 25th anniversary!
Blast Worship: Fâché
October 1, 2024 Gene Meyer
Fâché‘s grindcore assault is nearly as relentless as the already-dated baseball references in this post.