Blast Worship’s Top 20 Grindcore Songs of 2020
December 29, 2020 Gene Meyer
2020 is (almost) fucking dead! Long live the best blasting bits of 2020!
King’s Resurrection: Can You Identify the Mystery Song Puzzling the Metal World?
December 28, 2020 Greg Pratt
This unknown ’80s power metal song has been baffling the metal internet; do you have what it takes to solve the mystery?
You Should Be Listening to Violet Cold
December 28, 2020 Vince Bellino
One-man black metal project Violet Cold transcends genre boundaries.
Track Premiere: Sagenland “Bladval”
December 28, 2020 Chris Dick
Dutch black metal duo Sagenland premiere new track “Bladval” from their upcoming debut album Oale Groond. Only at Decibel!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Sweet Potato and Sage Saison
December 24, 2020 Nick Green
Let Ardent’s Sweet Potato and Sage Saison get you through your second, massive gluttonous holiday meal is less than a month.
Full Album Stream: Enslaved (Italy) – Mayhem
December 23, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Rescued from obscurity by a Russian archivist, check out the recently unearthed complete recordings of Italy’s Enslaved, a death/thrash band from the late ‘80s.
Radical Sonic Formulas: Swiss Metallic Hardcore Trailblazers Knut Reissue “Leftovers”
December 23, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Knut‘s noisy metallic hardcore “leftovers” are tastier than most extreme music main courses.
Producer Arthur Rizk on the Influence of Former Ozzy Osbourne Shredder Jake E. Lee
December 23, 2020 J. Bennett
Super-producer and Eternal Champion and Sumerlands member Arthur Rizk on the lasting influence of one of the Ozzman’s often overlooked key contributors.
Album Premiere and Interview: Transilvania – ‘Of Sleep and Death’
December 23, 2020 Sean Frasier
Sink your fangs into the morbid majesty of Of Sleep and Death, the furious new LP from Austrian black metal nightbringers Transilvania.
Full Album Stream: Apraxic – Edge of Human
December 22, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Cybernetic Oregon-based death grinders Apraxic envision a brutal future on Edge of Human.