No Ifs, Ands or Butts: We Dig Vastum’s “Sodomitic Malevolence”

September 28, 2015

Bay Area heavyweights Vastum have detonated a new album every two years, and Hole Below is their exceptional, must-hear third.

Napalm Death – “From Enslavement to Obliteration”

September 28, 2015

This particular iteration of Napalm Death was notably short-lived, but the sheer amount the quartet was able to accomplish in a two-year run between the summer of ’87 and summer of ’89 is absolutely mental.

Decomposed

September 28, 2015

Hope Finally Died
Delivered from extortionate obscurity
dB Rating: 9/10

STREAMING: Shumaun “Miracles of Yesterday”

September 28, 2015

Cure your Monday blues with Shumaun’s “Miracles of Yesterday,” a blend of metal, prog rock, and pop that isn’t the typical Decibel fare.  

We So Horna for Prolific Black Metallers’ “Hengen Tulet” Stream

September 25, 2015

Celebrating their 20th year of unholy existence, Finnish black metal institution Horna continues to startle in terms of quantity and quality.

For Those About to Squawk: Waldo’s Pecks of the Week

September 25, 2015

Well, it’s your old boy Waldo here, and man, there are a TON of releases coming out. There seems to be too much to sift through, while this is a good thing, as it gives the listener more options.

Ola Lindgren (Grave) interviewed

September 25, 2015

** For the better part of our lifetime, Swedish death metallers Grave have dominated the landscape. They released seminal album, Into the Grave, ushering a new wave of heaviness not found in their Stockholm peers. They released Soulless, an album that combined the brutality of death metal with an unheard of groove. When Grave went on hiatus in 1997, the world had thought they could leave death metal to the next generation. The world was wrong. The Swedes returned in 2002, with Back from the Grave and have since then pounded out death metal albums of the highest quality with the best old-school mentality. So, let’s respect Grave. And let’s cheer on the savagery that is new album Out of Respect for the Dead.

All Hail Saviours’ New “Flesh of Fire”

September 24, 2015

You haven’t heard from Cali’s preeminent psychedelic riff maestros Saviours in a while — four years to be exact.

Encrotchment Week 3 With Eddie Gobbo

September 24, 2015

Your Heavy Metal Guide to NFL FOOTBALL, with Eddie Gobbo.