There’s something for everyone on the new Dying Whale album, Last Moments of Misery. 

Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview the metal & beer progenitors Three Floyds Brewing. 

Dead Conspiracy premiere a new music video for “Paralyzed With Terror” to go with their self-titled album, which they independently released in November.

The Grinding Wheel
The Blitz Abides
dB rating: 8/10

Over the course of metal’s storied history there are examples of long careers (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, etc.), but there’s also the opposite. Bands, most promising, genre-leaders/benders, who issued a lone album or EP and then vanished for one reason or another. At Decibel, we’re more than pleased to praise the long-comings of bands whose careers have lasted a decade or more, but there’s an important slice of career-cutting bands that we’d like to highlight.

The only Seinfeld award-esc analysis of an NFL Season you’ll ever see anywhere, ever. Still not sure if that’s a good or bad thing. 

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new Kreator, Hour of Penance and The Murder Of My Sweet. 

Frowning perform mournful, crushing funeral doom. “Nocturnal Void” feels like the soundtrack to a funeral procession. 

Want a chance to partake in a meet and greet with Mayhem? Find out more here. 

“The crooked progressions, slimy vibes and otherworldly melodies will explain why this song had to be bestowed with a name as blunt and primitive as ‘Black Miasma.'”