For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Cloakroom, The Last Ten Seconds of Life and Saxon
Our cooped up correspondent pecks on some shoegazey metal, metalcore mavericks, and an a still-ruling NWOBHM originator this week.
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Read How John Tardy Discovered His Growl in a Book Excerpt from ‘Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of Obituary’
Take an exclusive sneak peek of the first excerpt of Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of Obituary now online; pre-orders available via Decibel Books.
Five For Friday: October 22, 2021
This week is coming in hot with blazing new releases from Cradle of Filth, Massacre, Waking the Cadaver and more!
Death Celebrate 30th Anniversary of ‘Human’
Eric Greif, Steve Di Giorgio, Paul Masvidal, and René Miville reminisce about the genre-changing, mandatory-listen that is Death‘s Human on its 30th birthday.
Five For Friday: October 8, 2021
This week’s edition of new releases is a deadly one, packed with the latest from The Breathing Process, Putrevore, Deadspeak and more!
Track Premiere: Cognitive – ‘To Feed the Worms’
New Jersey tech-death dealers Cognitive unveil new song “To Feed the Worms.”
Here Are 35 Great Metal Albums You May Have Missed in 2020
Because we’re not even a full month into 2021 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 35 more from 2020 to chew on.
Five For Friday: January 15, 2020
This week’s edition is full of pleasant surprises, including new releases from Gatecreeper, Deeds of Flesh and more!
Swans – Children of God
Swans’ 1987 classic Children of God is the latest Decibel Hall of Fame inductee.
Five For Friday: April 10, 2020
This week’s installment of new heavy music comes full of death metal, death metal, death metal and, well, more death metal!
Video Premiere: Xenobiotic – ‘Part 2: Saphris’
Xenobiotic are getting techy with it.
Here Are 60 Albums You May Have Missed in 2019
Because we’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 60 more from 2019 to chew on.
Track Premiere: Axioma – ‘Cult of Moloch’
Stream the first song from Crown, the new album by post-black crew Axioma.
Full Album Stream: Unnatural Ways – “The Paranoia Party”
Unnatural Ways formally invite you to The Paranoia Party.
The Ten Best Lead Singer Swaps in Metal
Change was a good thing for each of these heavy metal stalwarts.
Ten Bazillion Years: The Albert Mudrian Interview
Decibel’s Albert Mudrian discusses writing (and re-writing) Choosing Death and working with Bazillion Points for most of the past decade.
Full Album Stream: Internal Bleeding – “Corrupting Influence”
Slam death metal pioneers Internal Bleeding return to honor the dead and crush the living with Corrupting Influence.
Technical Death Metal Outfit Bloodtruth Share ‘Making of’ Video for Latest Album “Martyrium”
Wondering what goes into making a tech death album? Bloodtruth shed some light.
An Interview with Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn of the Radical Research Podcast
The minds behind Radical Research give us a behind-the-scenes look at their podcast.
Q&A: David Andersson (The Night Flight Orchestra) Sails Into Yacht Rock Waters
An interview with The Night Flight Orchestra’s David Andersson about “Sometimes the World Ain’t Enough”.
Full Album Stream: Alterbeast – ‘Feast’
The new Alterbeast is 9 tracks of tech-death madness. Stream it now!
Demo:listen: Best of 2017
On this week’s Demo:listen we invite some of our friends to share their favorite demos of 2017, while we count down some demo highlights of the year that—for whatever reason—we never got a chance to feature.
Violent Reflections on Art: An Interview with Hideous Divinity
Hideous Divinity talk new album, technical death metal and Immolation in new interview.
Martin Eric Ain (1967-2017): Celtic Frost “Morbid Tales” Hall of Fame
To honor the passing of extreme metal legend Martin Eric Ain, we present the Hall of Fame feature on Celtic Frost’s 1984 debut Morbid Tales in full.
Track Premiere & Interview: Sharptooth – ‘F*ck You Donald Trump’
Explosive hardcore outfit Sharptooth have recently signed to Pure Noise Records. Listen to a new song and read a new interview now!
Video Premiere: Hideous Divinity – ‘Feeding Off the Blind’
Hideous Divinity are “Feeding Off the Blind.” Watch now!
Track Premiere: The Kennedy Veil – ‘Flesh of the Sun (Feat. Trevor Strnad)’
The Kennedy Veil release the first music from their new album, and it features The Black Dahlia Murder ‘s Trevor Strnad.
Track Premiere: Afterbirth – ‘Sifting Through the Sands of the Unholy’
Stream a new track from Afterbirth featuring Artificial Brain vocalist Will Smith.
Track Premiere: Hideous Divinity – ‘Sub Specie Aeternitatis’
Hideous Divinity reflect on the power of music on “Sub Specie Aeternitatis.”
‘Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies’ Exclusive Book Excerpt: Suicidal Black Metal’s Birth
The troubling early history of depressive suicidal black metal pioneers Bethlehem is revealed in this exclusive Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies Vol. 1 excerpt.