Track Premiere: EOS “The Great Ascension”

December 14, 2020

Australian black metallers EOS emerge from the shadows on new track, “The Great Ascension.” Only black metal is real at Decibel!

For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks the Best of 2020

December 11, 2020

Our cooped up correspondent pecks back on the year in metal and metal-adjacent.

Fallow Heart: The Uncertainty Principle, A Biased Observation of Steve Austin, Part 3

December 11, 2020

Part III of III of an exhaustive look at the improbable crossover appeal of Steve Austin’s legendary noise/rock/metal institution Today Is the Day.

Five For Friday: Black Metal 2020

December 11, 2020

This week’s edition dives deep into the dark caverns of 2020 to reveal five of this year’s best black metal releases!

Video Premiere: Folterkammer – ‘Die Hymne’

December 11, 2020

Watch Folterkammer combine opera and black metal in their new music video.

Demo:listen: Ritual Inscription

December 11, 2020

New England one-man black metal band Ritual Inscription leave their unholy mark on this week’s Demo:listen.

Nervosa Dominate the Cover of the February Issue of Decibel

December 11, 2020

We have a limited number of advance copies of the February issue of Decibel, featuring our an exclusive new flexi disc single from murder metal kings Macabre.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Waffle Sauce – Maple Pecan Imperial Brown Ale

December 10, 2020

Brown ales are the original domestic lager alternative. Luckily, Rusty Rail give the style a welcome spin with the not-as-sweet-as-it-sounds Waffle Sauce.

Video Premiere: Matriarchs – ‘Slave City’

December 10, 2020

Los Angeles metalcore bruisers Matriarchs refuse to go to “Slave City.”

Fight Fire with Fire: ‘Forest of Equilibrium’ vs. ‘Gothic’

December 10, 2020

It’s a 1991 doom showdown as we face off Forest of Equilibrium and Gothic to find out if it’s Cathedral or Paradise Lost in the top spot.