Sucker For Punishment: Some say gift guide, I say housecleaning
November 27, 2013 Adrien Begrand
It’s that time of year again, what my American buds call Thanksgiving, what we Canadians call the other Thanksgiving, and what the rest of the world calls The Weekend Where The Internet Suddenly Feels Abandoned. Seeing that the whole Black Friday gimmick is always the unofficial start of the holiday consumer frenzy in America, it’s…
This One Clothing Line Will Make All Other Holiday Shopping Redundant (Plus Contest!)
November 26, 2013 Jeff Treppel
Did you ever wish that someone made high quality T-shirts for you, the discerning metalhead, that were not also catnip for douche bags like Affliction? I mean, one can’t wear band shirts ALL the time. Variety is the spice of life, even if that variety only comes within the realm of black T-shirts. Well, Mick…
Chris Reifert Opens Up A Violation Wound
November 26, 2013 Shawn Macomber
Living extreme music legend Chris Reifert is set to unleash a brand new band christened Violation Wound upon the world and Decibel has both the exclusive scoop as well as streams of two tracks from the upcoming album.
Mitochondrion post demo track “Writhen unto Abraxas”, and it’s pretty gnarly
November 25, 2013 Jonathan Horsley
The Internet is the darnest thing. One minute you could be sifting YouTube to harvest bootlegged footage of metal dudes on cooking shows, the next you could be jamming a new track from band whose oeuvre is every bit as esoteric an experience as seeing Marty Friedman on a Japanese cookery show. Maybe there is…
Top 5 Reactions to Decibel’s Top 100 Black Metal List (So Far)
November 25, 2013 Chris Dick
It’s no secret, lists create controversy. Like our Top 100 Black Metal Albums of All Time Special Issue (available HERE just in time for Christmas). It’s also not a secret that metalheads are a contentious, shit-talking, and unnecessarily protective lot, claiming personal ownership of bands, albums, and, surprisingly enough, entire scenes when, in fact, they…
Top 5 Second Wave Noise Rock Bands That Inspire Whores
November 22, 2013 Chris Dick
By Whores (and not the kind you’re thinking of, you perverted bastards!) 5. Fight Amp – “Bad Listener” We met Fight Amp through a local Atlanta promoter when we first started out, and they have since become practically part of our extended family. They are one of the best working bands today, and I’d rank…
Label Hack Update: New EP from Theatre Nocturne
November 22, 2013 Daniel Lake
Back in May, we were floored by the savage stylings of Theatre Nocturne and their Anhedonia EP. The band returns in January to release a new 6-song stomach unsettler, entitled Depictions of Life and Death. Theatre Nocturne, through their vocalist Justin Foley, have this to say about the new work: “Depictions of Life and Death tells the…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Drink This Now!
November 22, 2013 Adem Tepedelen
If there’s one thing that Germany seems to love it is adherence to tradition. Germans love their metal old-school and their beer made from just four ingredients: water, malt, yeast and hops. Which is the way its been brewed since the Reinheitsgebot (German Beer Purity Law) was established in 1516. So for nearly 500 years…
Throwin’ Frickin’ Bones on the Interhole.
November 21, 2013 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We threw them a frickin’ bone a couple months ago, and now they’ve taken that bone and jumped eyebrows deep into the fray. Iowa’s Green Death is set to release a CD/DVD combo with the kicker being that they’re doing it all by their lonesome. Hell, at the time of the following interview with vocalist…
Decibrity Playlist: SubRosa (Part 2)
November 21, 2013 Zach Smith
Last week, we brought you the first part of SubRosa’s playlist covering all things Salt Lake City. I could go on and on about how great their latest record, More Constant Than The Gods, is (one of the “exceptional candidates for the top spot” in this year’s top 40 according to the powers that be),…
