Shots Fired: Gehennah “Too Loud to Live, Too Drunk to Die” Full Album Stream

February 3, 2016

Swedish blackened thrashers Gehennah have given a fuck about one thing and one thing only since 1992: not posing.

Bloodiest On Their Not Very Bloody Influences

February 3, 2016

Sometimes you read one of these playlists by a band and, while their choices may be good, you wonder how in the world people with such varied tastes could make such one-dimensional music. This is clearly not true for Bloodiest (ex and current members of Russian Circles, Yakuza and Corrections House), who are so expansive and unorthodox it only makes sense they would be spinning music this eclectic. 

Inferion to Open Atlanta Date of 2016 Decibel Magazine Tour

February 2, 2016

From February 1 until February 12, we’ll be announcing regional openers for select dates of the 2016 Decibel Magazine Tour every day at noon EST.

Exclusive Premiere: Zhrine’s “Spewing Gloom”

February 2, 2016

Zhrine is an Icelandic black/death metal band that melds the disgusting atonality of Deathspell Omega with the oppressively frigid atmosphere of Svartidauði (guitarist Nökkvi Gylfason is a member), complete with a fetid dusting of sludge as a sickening after-dinner mint. Check out the exclusive premiere of their song “Spewing Gloom,” off their upcoming LP, Unortheta.

Talkin ‘Bout Flex: Church of Misery

February 2, 2016

This month, we talked to Tatsuhito Mikami of Japan’s Church of Misery (and to vocalist Scott Carlson) about their contribution,  a special mix of “Confessions of an Embittered Soul” from COM’s forthcoming And Then There Were None record.

North’s Triumphant “Earthmind” Will Light the Way

February 1, 2016

Keep your lighters in your pockets; get those candles out!

Absu to Open Charlotte Date of 2016 Decibel Magazine Tour

February 1, 2016

From February 1 until February 12, we’ll be announcing regional openers for select dates of the 2016 Decibel Magazine Tour every day at noon EST.

Tombward Is Heavenward for Thrashers Anger as Art

January 29, 2016

Fearsome Pasadena foursome Anger as Art have been churning out thrash ragers at a steady one-every-three-years clip since 2006.