Video Premiere: So This Is Suffering – ‘Dreameater’

November 30, 2016

So This Is Suffering drop the first single from their new record, Palace Of The Pessimist. 

Glorification of Sinister Metal: Q&A with Ravencult

November 30, 2016

The Athenian quartet Ravencult‘s third LP cleans and polishes its blackened death thrash without blunting its serrated decimation. Axe demon Stefanos Fakatselis fielded our email.

TRACK PREMIERE: VAULTWRAITH’S “RAVAGED IN THE CRIMSON MIST”

November 30, 2016

Over the last three years Razorback Records co-owner/death-doom shredder extraordinaire Vanessa Nocera has unleashed an almost unfathomably insane amount of gore-festooned top-shelf extreme music via Surgikill, Wooden Stake, Cauldron Burial, and Howling — all while editing the underground horror culture mag Evilspeak.    

And, yet, as difficult as it may be to believe, there’s more enlivening, superior blood n’ bile in that well draw from: We’ve got an exclusive premiere of the rerecorded version of the riff-heavy Vaultwraith jam “Ravaged in the Crimson Mist” from the forthcoming 2017 full-length.

Eerie Von’s Book of Rare Punk and Metal Photos has been Reanimated

November 30, 2016

When it comes to members of Danzig and the visual medium, it’s hard to top Henry & Glenn Forever. But there is some pretty stiff competition in the form of Misery Obscura, a compendium of nearly 30 years of photography taken by bass player Eerie Von. 

Reissue Alert: Sadokist say a “Darkness Prayer”

November 29, 2016

Check out “Darkness Prayer,” from Thy Saviour’s Halo, Held by Horns, the debut album by Finland’s most evil black-thrash band, Sadokist.

Negura Bunget Pay Their Heritage Forward on Zi

November 29, 2016

Recently the band has embarked on a Transylvanian trilogy, meant to explore the various elements of deep traditional life in the band’s homeland.  We asked main man Negru a few questions about the current state of the band and their direction.

Full EP stream: Stench Price – ‘Stench Price’

November 28, 2016

Siberian grind weirdos Stench Price are releasing their debut EP on Wednesday; we’re bringing you an exclusive full-EP stream today.

Scorched

November 28, 2016

Echoes of Dismemberment
Hack ‘n’ slash flashbacks
dB rating: 8/10

Heavy Metal Commandments Codified: A Q&A With Grave Digger’s Chris Boltendahl

November 28, 2016

Grave Digger aren’t the most celebrated of groups at Decibel. But that doesn’t mean we don’t know or understand the importance the Germans, who formed 36 years ago, played on (European) heavy metal. From debut, Heavy Metal Breakdown, to new album, Healed by Metal, Grave Digger embodies the spirit of the genre.