Retrospective

Thirty years ago Anthrax released the thrash metal apotheosis Persistence of Time, a timeless record which remains as beguiling and potent as ever.

Earth Crisis guitarist Scott Crouse talks about the reissue of the epic 2014 animal liberation-themed Salvation of Innocents in this pandemic moment.

On the eve of the Mayhem-headlined Decibel Magazine Tour, Necropolis’ founder provides an in-depth interview on the greatest black metal comp ever, Nordic Metal: A Tribute To Euronymous.

Looking back on two incredible hardcore albums courtesy of Boysetsfire.

Looking back on Benümb‘s 1998 debut, a gloriously unhinged document of power violence and grindcore.

Looking back on Toxodeth‘s 1990 disasterpiece Mysteries about Life and Death.

Mare showed the world how experimental sludge and post-metal should be done with their only release, 2004’s self-titled EP.

Revisiting the brilliant bleak hellscape of crust apocalypse that is His Hero Is Gone‘s 1997 album Monuments to Thieves.

Revisiting Cerberus Shoal‘s 1997 post-rock masterpiece …and Farewell to Hightide.

Decibel revisits Failure‘s criminally-underrated Magnified on its 25th anniversary.

Looking back on Malhavoc‘s strange and excellent Premeditated Murder.

Looking back on the strange case of Extreme Napalm Terror and their 1989 album Impulse to Destroy, which may or may not have been a complete joke.

The legendary guitarist passed away this weekend at age 47.

Looking back on Ace Frehley’s excellent post-KISS band, Frehley’s Comet.

Revisiting Mindrot‘s massive 1998 album, Soul.

Revisiting the chaotic metallic hardcore of One Eyed God Prophecy‘s self-titled 1996 album.

Looking back on Union of Uranus‘s 1995 double 7″ Disaster by Design.

Looking back on the 24 minutes of insanity that make up Acme‘s …To Reduce the Choir to One Soloist 22 years later.

Revisiting Dystopia‘s 1994 masterpiece of despair and extreme experimentalism, Human = Garbage.

In 1991, Assück released one of the greatest grind records of all time, Anticapital . Today, we revisit it.

Confessor released Condemned 26 years ago and confounded us all at the time. Today, we recognize it’s an unquestionable doom-metal classic.

Thirty years ago, Big Black released their final opus, Songs About Fucking. We revisit what exactly made that last album so important.