Matthew Young (King Parrot) interviewed

May 15, 2015

King Parrot don’t care that you’re snappy dresser, or smart as a whip, or have enough money to buy pussy for an eternity. They’re a grindcore band—actually more than that—with an all-fun, no bullshit disposition.

Blood + Drugs: Two Great Tastes That Go Great Together

May 15, 2015

Seattle’s Blood Drugs just dropped their s/t debut on Good to Die in April and have a nice scabrous, unpretentious rock ‘n’ roll thing going on here. 

Professor Venkatesh Update on the status of Metal in Education

May 15, 2015

We at the Deciblog have spoken to Dr. Vivek Venkatesh a few times already, learning about his work and his simultaneously academic and visceral interest in the more extreme forms of metal.  Last October, we had the opportunity to speak with him again, this time in preparation for an article that focuses on the intersecting paths of academic study and metal.

Doom Metal’s Next Big Thing?

May 15, 2015

Lucifer‘s debut album Lucifer I is a must-hear, and you’ll be the first to find out why.

Farmageddon Open Air: Even if You Bring Metal to the Middle of Nowhere, They Will Come.

May 14, 2015

Looking to combine his love of distortion and bug bites (and paintball!), is Alberta-based promoter Tyson Travnik, the mastermind behind Farmageddon Open Air, an annual gathering 45 miles outside of Edmonton, near Riley, Alberta. Two-thousand-fifteen will be the third year of his fest and it promises to be the biggest yet 

HALL OF FAME COUNTDOWN: BOTCH’S WE ARE THE ROMANS

May 14, 2015

This afternoon, we continue making our own lives that much more difficult with the ongoing practice of ranking the songs that comprise some of the greatest albums of all time

Choosing Death: The Almost Seven-Minute Documentary!

May 14, 2015

The metal fiends at independent film production company FreqsTV were cool enough to ask our editor-in-chief, Albert Mudrian, to participate in a pretty damn wide-reaching documentary short (for just a seven-minute run-time)!

Decibrity Playlist: Gruesome

May 14, 2015

Even though Gruesome “pays homage to death metal’s most celebrated founding American acts, Death” (according to a press release), the band’s tastes in the genre don’t stop and end there.  That shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given that the group features members of Exhumed (Deci-fav Matt Harvey), Possessed, Malevolent Creation and Derketa.  So while Savage Land, the quartet’s debut, may sound very Schuldiner-esque, guitarist Dan Gonzalez was kind enough to tell us about some other death metal bands. 

Streaming: Four Tracks From New Coffins Omnibus

May 13, 2015

Coffins is a long-time dB favorite and we’re happy to bring you four tracks from the new collection Perpetual Penance

Shibaru and spiders: yup, it’s a new Cradle of Filth Video (NSFW)

May 13, 2015

You can always depend on Cradle of Filth to deliver controversial videos, and “Right Wing of the Garden Triptych” is no exception. Don’t watch this while your boss is in the room.