Album Stream: Akurion Mines Heart and Heartache on Come Forth to Me
April 9, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to the debut from Montreal’s Akurion, featuring present and ex members of Cryptopsy, Neuraxis and Cattle Decapitation
Brian Posehn Interviews Jonny Z About Metallica, Megaforce and His New Book
April 9, 2020 Emily Bellino
Decibel Exclusive: The legendary Jonny Z Talks Metallica, Anthrax, Megaforce Records and his new book, as metalhead comedian Brian Posehn interrogates!
Track Premiere: Black Pestilence Praises Darkness and Strength with “My Will to Power”
April 9, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hail the Flesh, Black Pestilence’s sixth full-length of blackened old-school thrash and punk, is set for release on May 1.
Full Album Stream & Interview: Calligram – “The Eye is the First Circle”
April 9, 2020 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from British black metal crushers Calligram and read an interview with vocalist Matteo Rizzardo about the record, Ralph Waldo Emerson and coronavirus.
Track Premiere: Chris Alexander — “Shock Waves”
April 8, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Dark maestro Chris Alexander is back with a sexy, nightmarish new record that definitely defies quarantine.
Album Premiere: Curse – ‘The Awakening… and the Old’
April 8, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Resurrected Swedish black thrashers Curse tear from out of the shadows of obscurity with an absolute ripper. Hear their new EP in its entirety right now.
Full Album Stream: Lord Vigo – ‘Danse de Noir’
April 8, 2020 Sean Frasier
German doom sextet Lord Vigo bring epic balladry and NWOBHM flare to their synth-soaked Blade Runner concept album Danse de Noir.
U.S. Visa Process Trendpiece: The Interviews We Didn’t Have Room For
April 8, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Interviews with grinders Wake and grind-pappy Kevin Sharp that didn’t fit in the new issue’s U.S. visa piece.
Track Premiere: Cryptic Shift – “(Petrified in the) Hypogean Gaol”
April 7, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Renegade English tech death thrashers Cryptic Shift will soon launch their debut album of “pure imagination and space fiction worship.” Check out the lead single from the forthcoming Visitations from Enceladus now.
Napalm Death’s Shane Embury Debuts Ambient Project Dark Sky Burial
April 7, 2020 Albert Mudrian
The ambient sounds of Dark Sky Burial are the latest essential musical works from the restless creative mind of Napalm Death’s Shane Embury.
