Mining for Black Metal Gold: 6 Great Underground Bands

May 25, 2018

There’s a lot of great underground black metal bands out there among the leather-wearing and corpse-painted multitude. This article features music by Riivaus, Nyctophilia, Atra Vetosus, Antimateria, Ühtceare and Nox.

Save 30% This Weekend with Decibel’s Memorial Day Merch Sale!

May 25, 2018

This weekend only, save 30% on all Decibel shirts, hoodies, pint glasses and flexi boxes in our web store.

Demo:listen: Skullsmasher

May 25, 2018

This week’s Demo:listen overwhelms with the primitive attack of Los Angeles’ Skullsmasher.

Primitive Origins: Cristal Y Acero’s “Kuman”

May 24, 2018

In which we revisit an absurd and ambitious Mexican metal rock opera from 1984.

Track Premiere: Pound – ‘x.—.x.—.x.—.x.—‘

May 24, 2018

Mathy grindcore duo Pound are expanding the genre’s boundaries in new, unorthodox ways. Listen to a new song now.

Video Premiere: Struckout’s “Queer Shit”

May 24, 2018

While Long Beach, CA-based post-hardcore menaces, Struckout may still may be a couple months out from the July 20th release of their self-titled third album, the band and its new label, Postmark Records are doing an early, full court PR press. The advance announcement was made a couple weeks ago, pre-orders are already available and…