Retrospective
Depraved Indifference No More: Earth Crisis’ Scott Crouse on the “Salvation of Innocents” Reissue
July 8, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Earth Crisis guitarist Scott Crouse talks about the reissue of the epic 2014 animal liberation-themed Salvation of Innocents in this pandemic moment.
Looking Back on 25 Years of the ‘Nordic Metal: A Tribute To Euronymous’ Compilation with Typhon
March 10, 2020 Decibel Magazine
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.
Retrospective: Boysetsfire’s “After the Eulogy” and “Tomorrow Come Today”
November 28, 2019 Greg Pratt
Looking back on two incredible hardcore albums courtesy of Boysetsfire.
Retrospective: Benümb’s “Soul of the Martyr”
October 3, 2019 Greg Pratt
Looking back on Benümb‘s 1998 debut, a gloriously unhinged document of power violence and grindcore.
Retrospective: Toxodeth’s “Mysteries about Life and Death”
September 5, 2019 Greg Pratt
Looking back on Toxodeth‘s 1990 disasterpiece Mysteries about Life and Death.
Retrospective: Mare’s “Mare”
August 1, 2019 Greg Pratt
Mare showed the world how experimental sludge and post-metal should be done with their only release, 2004’s self-titled EP.
Retrospective: His Hero Is Gone’s “Monuments to Thieves”
May 23, 2019 Greg Pratt
Revisiting the brilliant bleak hellscape of crust apocalypse that is His Hero Is Gone‘s 1997 album Monuments to Thieves.
Retrospective: Cerberus Shoal’s “…and Farewell to Hightide”
April 4, 2019 Greg Pratt
Revisiting Cerberus Shoal‘s 1997 post-rock masterpiece …and Farewell to Hightide.
Retrospective: Failure’s “Magnified” 25 Years Later
March 8, 2019 Andrew Bonazelli
Decibel revisits Failure‘s criminally-underrated Magnified on its 25th anniversary.
Retrospective: Malhavoc’s “Premeditated Murder”
January 24, 2019 Greg Pratt
Looking back on Malhavoc‘s strange and excellent Premeditated Murder.
Retrospective: Extreme Napalm Terror’s “Impulse to Destroy”
December 13, 2018 Greg Pratt
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.
RIP Todd Youth (Warzone, Danzig, Murphy’s Law, Glen Campbell, Bloodclot, Fireburn)
October 31, 2018 Shawn Macomber
The legendary guitarist passed away this weekend at age 47.
Reconsidering Frehley’s Comet
October 18, 2018 Greg Pratt
Looking back on Ace Frehley’s excellent post-KISS band, Frehley’s Comet.
Retrospective: Mindrot’s “Soul”
August 16, 2018 Greg Pratt
Revisiting Mindrot‘s massive 1998 album, Soul.
Retrospective: One Eyed God Prophecy’s “One Eyed God Prophecy”
July 19, 2018 Greg Pratt
Revisiting the chaotic metallic hardcore of One Eyed God Prophecy‘s self-titled 1996 album.
Retrospective: Union of Uranus’ “Disaster by Design”
June 28, 2018 Greg Pratt
Looking back on Union of Uranus‘s 1995 double 7″ Disaster by Design.
Retrospective: Acme’s “…To Reduce the Choir to One Soloist”
May 10, 2018 Greg Pratt
Looking back on the 24 minutes of insanity that make up Acme‘s …To Reduce the Choir to One Soloist 22 years later.
Retrospective: Dystopia’s “Human = Garbage”
April 5, 2018 Greg Pratt
Revisiting Dystopia‘s 1994 masterpiece of despair and extreme experimentalism, Human = Garbage.
Retrospective: Assück’s “Anticapital” is 15 minutes of grindcore history
February 8, 2018 Greg Pratt
In 1991, Assück released one of the greatest grind records of all time, Anticapital . Today, we revisit it.
Retrospective: Confessor’s “Condemned” still completely unique a quarter-century later
October 26, 2017 Greg Pratt
Confessor released Condemned 26 years ago and confounded us all at the time. Today, we recognize it’s an unquestionable doom-metal classic.
Retrospective: Thirty Years of Big Black’s “Songs About Fucking”
September 11, 2017 Joseph Schafer
Thirty years ago, Big Black released their final opus, Songs About Fucking. We revisit what exactly made that last album so important.