review
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Godthrymm, Svart Crown and American Nightmare
January 31, 2020 Blake Harrison
The Hatebeak frontbird pecks up steam with some hardcore, doom and black metal release action.
Album Review: Sepultura – ‘Quadra’
January 28, 2020 Adrien Begrand
Sepultura‘s latest, Quadra, is Decibel‘s album of the week.
Album Review: Mortiis – ‘Spirit of Rebellion’
January 22, 2020 Dutch Pearce
The dark dungeon music progenitor returns to his “Era 1” form with this reimagining of 1995 classic Ånden som Gjorde Opprør.
Album Review: Midnight – ‘Rebirth by Blasphemy’
January 14, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Midnight take their sacrilegious heavy metal earworms overground and to the next level.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Blut aus Nord, Profanatica and 1349
October 4, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Our favorite review-writing bird, covers his beak in corpsepaint and gets his feathers ruffled by some true-ish black metal.
Album Review: Haunter – ‘Sacramental Death Qualia’
September 5, 2019 Jon Rosenthal
San Antonio quartet continue their evolution from crust punks to underground metal force.
Album Review: Sacred Reich – ‘Awakening’
August 23, 2019 Greg Pratt
The first new Sacred Reich LP since 1996 might actually be their best album yet.
Album Review: Knocked Loose – ‘A Different Shade of Blue’
August 20, 2019 Decibel Magazine
Emotive hardcore heroes Knocked Loose move the next youthful crew forward.
Album Review: Cerebral Rot – ‘Odious Decent Into Decay’
August 5, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Northwest death metallers deliver a twisted reeking mass of repulsive decay — and we LOVE it.
Album Review: Tomb Mold – ‘Planetary Clairvoyance’
July 25, 2019 Sean Frasier
The wait for Tomb Mold’s next death metal masterpiece is over before it began
Album Review: Abbath – ‘Outstrider’
July 5, 2019 Adrien Begrand
Goodnight Wintermoon – the former Immortal frontman emerges from the cold with album #2.
Album Review: Memoriam – ‘Requiem for Mankind’
June 19, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Former Bolt Thrower and current Benediction members return with their third LP in as many years.
Album Review: Pinkish Black – ‘Concept Unification’
June 13, 2019 Jeff Treppel
There are no other colors in the extreme music rainbow quite like Pinkish Black.
Album Review: Pelican – ‘Nighttime Stories’
June 3, 2019 Jeff Treppel
Instru-metal heroes return with their first full-length LP in six years.
Album Review: Gaahls WYRD – ‘GastiR – Ghosts Invited’
May 29, 2019 Chris Dick
The controversial ex-Gorgoroth frontman returns with what may be his best work to date.
Album Review: Haunt – ‘If Icarus Could Fly’
May 23, 2019 Sean Frasier
The ever-prolific Trevor William Church returns with the strongest collection of Haunt anthems to date.
Live/Film Review: ‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’
April 25, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The “Experience” run of dates will have wrapped up two days before the time you read this, but if you come across Industrial Accident, it’s very worthy of your viewing time.
Film Review: Lords of Chaos
October 15, 2018 Jeff Treppel
Hollywood re-spins the black circle and Decibel takes in an early screening of the much-hyped “Lords of Chaos” film.
No Corporate Beer: 3-Way IPA
July 11, 2018 Adem Tepedelen
A narwhal, an elk and a goat walk into a bar. They order a round of 3-Way IPA pints, a collaboration from Holy Mountain, Fort George and Modern Times Brewing.