Get sprung on the nastiest, most blasphemous stateside black metal band since Profanatica. Horns & Hooves take no prisoners on their follow up to last year’s Consecrate the Marrow demo. You won’t hear black metal this sick anywhere else until you’re jamming your own copy of Morbid Lust.  

The subject header from Albert read: “top 5 idea”. The body read: “The greatest death metal albums marred by terrible production.” He then presents three albums, Reek of Putrefaction,  The Red in the Sky is Ours, and Breeding the Spawn. Immediately, I recognized a gold post idea if there ever was one.

Hope Attrition
Answer the unending call (won’t go to voicemail)
dB rating: 8/10

A creative and innovative life cut short.

In this week’s Demo:Listen, let Washington D.C. plague Sickdeer tear your head off and replace it with something even more hideous.

You can read the story behind the #1 entry in Decibel’s Top 100 Metal Tours of All Time Special Issue. For the other 99 tours, you’ll need copy of this limited edition Special Issue. 

Stream the wild new Fuck You Pay Me album before its release date!

Get to know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We speak with local area faves Tired Hands, collaborators with Tombs and Muni Waste, among others. 

Mourners Lament are inspired by and pay homage to classic doom-death bands on We All Be Given. 

Shane Embury is pulling a very demanding triple duty on the upcoming European Campaign for Musical Destruction tour; we caught up with him to get the lowdown.