Blast Worship: Wreck
July 7, 2020 Gene Meyer
German blasters Wreck are a masterclass in how a modern, clean production should sound for a grindcore band.
Track Premiere: Soulrot – “Deceiving Tyranny Manifesto”
July 7, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Chilean death metal trio Soulrot unleash a critical crusher from their forthcoming sophomore album, Victims of Spiritual Warfare.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Suicidal Tendencies’s “The Art of Rebellion”
July 7, 2020 Neill Jameson
In which Neill Jameson reconsiders Suicidal Tendencies‘s “mellow” 1992 downer The Art of Rebellion.
Album Review: Skeleton – ‘Skeleton’
July 6, 2020 Raoul Hernandez
Texas black metal crew Skeleton will get your bones shaking.
Video Premiere: Dāmim – ‘Descendant of Amalek’
July 6, 2020 Emily Bellino
U.K. death dealers Dāmim release a new video for “Descendant of Amalek.”
Album Premiere: Meridian Dawn ‘The Fever Syndrome’
July 6, 2020 Chris Dick
Meridian Dawn, featuring Finnish and Greek band members, drops new album, The Fever Syndrome, on Seeing Red Records. Streaming in arpeggiated full only at Decibel!
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Voivod, Skeleton and Khthoniik Cerviiks
July 3, 2020 Blake Harrison
The Hatebeak frontbird is home for the holiday, reviewing the new Voivod, Skeleton and Khthoniik Cerviiks
Mick Barr Takes You to the 12th Chamber
July 3, 2020 J. Andrew
From one of the minds who brought you Diotoma comes something a little different.
Bandcamp Waives Fees for a Fourth No-Fee Friday
July 3, 2020 Decibel Magazine
We’ve got suggestions on releases to help you headbang brain cells away and support bands/labels at time when they profit from it most.
Nocturnal Departure: Offerings to the Raw Black Metal Moon
July 3, 2020 J. Andrew
The latest release from Nocturnal Departure is a raw, unpolished, but thoroughly brutal and melancholic blast of fire and darkness.