A Very Deciblog Xmas Day IV: My Favorite Xmas Horror Movie
December 22, 2011 Andrew Bonazelli
Welcome to The Five Days of Deciblog Christmas, in which we corral your favorite extreme heroes into revealing embarrassing holiday anecdotes. Consider it free bonus footage as you prepare to give Amazon half your paycheck because you’re too lazy to support local businesses. On day four, after the jump, we stuff your stocking with “My…
Deck the Halls from the Bowels of Hell
December 21, 2011 Shane Mehling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=0E-U-s8lCcQ I won’t waste your time describing this video which is pretty self-explanatory and should definitely be watched… but also this is the closest I get to a Christmas vacation so I don’t want to break my back writing all these difficult words when I could spend it explaining to my parents why listening to…
Big Boss (Root) Interviewed
December 21, 2011 Chris Dick
Where do you see Heritage of Satan as a single album and as part of Root’s catalogBig Boss: This album fits perfectly into discography of Root. It is the symbolic ninth album, so this serial number really says something. [Smiles] I’m not sure how I feel about Heritage of Satan. It feels less complete than,…
A Very Deciblog Xmas Day III: The Best Record to Honor the Birth of Baby Jesus
December 21, 2011 Andrew Bonazelli
Welcome to The Five Days of Deciblog Christmas, in which we corral your favorite extreme heroes into revealing embarrassing and hilarious holiday anecdotes. Consider it free bonus footage as you prepare to give Amazon half your paycheck because you’re too lazy to support local businesses. After the jump, day three gets down to business with…
Metal Machine Music
December 20, 2011 Adem Tepedelen
Don’t worry, this post has nothing to do with Lou Reed or his 1975 two-LP celebration of noise as “music.” Although, given the choice of listening to that album or LuLu, we’d take the former in a heartbeat. But we digress. We’re actually here to distract you from the ridiculousness of the season with a…
Studio Report: Rumpelstiltskin Grinder Grinds Out “Ghostmaker”
December 20, 2011 Shawn Macomber
“Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, by nature, is a band that goes a little too far and takes things a little over the top,” guitarist/vocalist Matt Moore tells Decibel. “And we are completely in touch with our core values on Ghostmaker.” The band is currently putting the final touches on the follow-up to 2009’s Living for Death, Destroying…
A Very Deciblog Xmas Day II: The Relative I Only See During the Holidays Who Hates Me Most
December 20, 2011 Andrew Bonazelli
Welcome to The Five Days of Deciblog Christmas, in which we corral your favorite extreme heroes into revealing embarrassing and hilarious holiday anecdotes. Consider it free bonus footage as you prepare to give Amazon half your paycheck because you’re too lazy to support local businesses. On day two, after the jump, we bring you “The…
Live Review: Napalm Death, London Underworld, 16th December
December 19, 2011 Jonathan Horsley
Just around the corner from the Camden Underworld, the BrewDog bar is exhibiting all the signs that tonight’s show is going to be over-subscribed despite Napalm Death’s much-anticipated and completed new album, Utilitarian, in cold storage until the New Year. The Scottish independent brewery’s own titular tribute to the Dead Kennedys’ anti-fascist anthem, the 7.8%…
STREAMING: Nekromantheon “Blood Wisdom”
December 19, 2011 Chris Dick
What do you get when you cross prime German thrash — Sodom, Kreator, specificially — with the unparalleled gravity of Brazilian thrash, which was influenced by prime German thrash? Norwegian noisemakers Nekromantheon. Formed in 2005 in the same town (Kolbotn) that birthed the mighty/Deci-approved Darkthrone, this power trio from the North is perhaps one of…
A Very Deciblog Xmas Day I: The Worst Gift I’ve Ever Gotten
December 19, 2011 Andrew Bonazelli
Welcome to The Five Days of Deciblog Christmas, in which we corral your favorite extreme heroes into revealing embarrassing and uproarious holiday anecdotes. Consider it free bonus footage as you prepare to give Amazon half your paycheck because you’re too lazy to support local businesses. After the jump, let’s kick off the week with “The…