Featuring ex-members of Transistor Transistor, Trap Them, Landmine Marathon, and Abigail WIlliams, the immersive, affecting debut from True Cross, Pure Divorce, deftly imbues majestic layered soundscapes situated somewhere between My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr and Slowdive with the power and transfixing sway of its primal predecessors. 

It’s a legit Zelda Rubinstein-style multidimensional experience — which is to say even as you feel the warmth of the light and the strange, ethereal allure of the other side it is pure sturm und drang all along the path.

Stream a killer split from two Oakland bands and get a detailed report of what’s going on with metal on their side of the Bay. 

This week, restless doom lords Lycus will release their mesmerizing second full-length, Chasms, and to celebrate, we wanted to give the band a chance to sound off about their year in the run-up to the new album.

Of Terror and the Supernatural
Dirty weapons
dB Rating: 8/10

Black metal perennials Rotting Christ are set to drop their latest slab of malevolence.

Change is good: Ketzer progress beyond the confines of black metal in a very Tribulation-esque movement. 

This is Eddie Gobbo, the million-dollar man with the billion-dollar plan.

Every week, Decibel will premiere a new demo by a band of heavy nature. There’s no boundaries here, either. Death, black, doom, sludge, progressive, stoner, retro, whatever! It’s all fair game. What’s this new section on the esteemed Deciblog called? DEMO:LITION, naturally.

This week we have Germany’s Anasarca on the DEMO:LITION chopping block.

Are you in an unsigned band? We’ve got a deal that’ll help get your name out there.

Disgustingly old-school death metal, you say? Count us in!