Justify Your Shitty Taste: Blackstar’s “Barbed Wire Soul”
September 19, 2019 Greg Pratt
Revisiting the rot ‘n’ roll of Blackstar‘s only album, 1997’s Barbed Wire Soul.
Entombed A.D. to Release Exclusive New Piledriver Cover via Decibel Flexi Series!
September 19, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, September 30 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Swedish death dealers Entombed A.D.!
Track Premiere: Denial Of God – ‘Undead Hunger’
September 19, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Danish black metal witchcraftsmen Denial Of God will soon release The Hallow Mass, their first full length album in seven years. Check out this exclusive premiere of “Undead Hunger” now.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Ibex Cellar: Barrel-Aged Barleywine Ale
September 19, 2019 Nick Green
This barleywine has a lot going on, including vanilla and oak-y notes (from the Kentucky bourbon barrels), making it a perfect beer to grab and uncork in early autumn.
Video Premiere: Sun in Shadows — “Sun in Shadows”
September 18, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Nick Heigelmann of the great 90s melodic death metal act The Year of Our Lord returns with Sun in Shadows, a preconception-obliterating new record, and — seen for the first time ever here — a new video.
Track Premiere: Brain Tentacles – ‘Yes’
September 18, 2019 Emily Bellino
Brain Tentacles stay weird.
Track Premiere: Bones – ‘Diseased’
September 17, 2019 Emily Bellino
Bones dig up a festering new track.
Video Premiere: Plague Years – ‘Hellborn’
September 17, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Detroit thrash city crossover crushers Plague Years unveil new video, announce October tour dates.
Gatecreeper Dominate the Cover of Decibel’s November Issue
September 17, 2019 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the November issue of Decibel, featuring a flexi disc with an exclusive new previously unreleased track from Opeth, available now. Don’t blow it.
Blast Worship: Ona Snop
September 17, 2019 Gene Meyer
Leeds grinders Ona Snop deliver spazztic blurs of goofy buzzsaw powerviolence that are as blistering as they are irreverent.