Track Premiere: I AM – ‘Life Through Torment’

January 23, 2017

I AM filmed the title trick to their debut album, Life Through Torment, in the basement of a pizza shop. 

Viking Tales: An Interview With Enslaved’s Ivar Bjørnson

January 23, 2017

For the better part of the ’90s, Enslaved‘s debut album, Vikingligr Veldi, was considered (along with Frost, of course) a quintessential piece in any collection worth its weight in plastic and cardboard. Available only on CD (first without a barcode, then with) on Deathlike Silence Productions (then on Voices of Wonder), the pivotal non-black metal full-length transported listeners to fjords, snow-capped mountains, dense Nordic forests, and the worship of mythical gods.

Deathspell Omega

January 23, 2017

The Synarchy of Molten Bones
Synarchy in the EU
dB rating: 8/10

ENCROTCHMENT, CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK, WITH EDDIE GOBBO OF SOMETHING IS WAITING

January 21, 2017

The man we put in charge of running the Decibel Merch booth at the Superbowl. 

Album Premiere: Hellmouth Prophesize Oblivion on New Crossover Rager

January 20, 2017

Politics aside, Oblivion looms close, and when the world burns, Hellmouth will say “We told you so.”

Foreclosure of a Dream: Abandoning the Cult of the Presidency

January 20, 2017

Extreme metal has the unique ability to smash our romantic illusions about life and the world. It’s time to apply that same cold stoicism to executive power, no matter who’s President.

Demo:listen: Scourge Lair

January 20, 2017

On this week’s Demo:listen, we fall through a dripping vortex to rise upon the very nadir where dwells Finland’s Scourge Lair.