Streaming: Funeral Moth’s “Transience”

January 26, 2016

Stream the title track from the upcoming doom opus from Japan’s Funeral Moth. 

Who’s Who in Decibel’s Class of 1991?

January 25, 2016

Waldo is not in here. You can find him in a Van Halen video seven years earlier. But everyone else is pretty cool!

Morrisound in Motion: Tom and Jim Seek New Lair

January 25, 2016

Upon learning that Tom and Jim Morris have been in the process of downsizing their operation, we at Decibel had to get all the dirt straight from the Morrisource.  We tracked down Tom Morris for his thoughts on the move and his studio’s past and future in the industry.

ENCROTCHMENT, NFC/AFC CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION, With EDDIE GOBBO

January 22, 2016

One more round of ol’ (alleged) HGH Neck vs. Dreamboat. And another game you don’t care as much about.

DEMO:LITION: Humanity Defiled, Dawn of a Dark Age, Nonsun

January 22, 2016

Every week, Decibel will premiere new material by bands of a heavy nature.  There’s no boundaries here, either.  Death, black, doom, sludge, progressive, stoner, retro, whatever!  It’s all fair game.  What’s this section called?  DEMO:LITION, naturally.  This week we take a look at three deserving European devastators: Belgium’s Humanity Defiled, Italy’s Dawn of a Dark Age and the Ukraine’s Nonsun.

Hall of Fame Countdown: Tiamat’s Wildhoney

January 21, 2016

Twenty-two years later, Tiamat’s Wildhoney remains a marvel—a truly mighty bridge that countless bands have since crossed in an effort to meld the brutal with the otherworldly. We break down the 120th entry into our Hall of Fame over a big ol’ glass of Psilocybe tea.

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

January 21, 2016

Oh my, it’s been a little bit, hasn’t it? Well, it’s me, your boy Waldo, pecking up right where I left off, spouting all the stuff about new releases that are fit to line the bottom of my cage.

Hey, “Lazy Asses,” Press Play, Get Ground Up by Rotten Sound

January 21, 2016

Finnish grind veterans Rotten Sound have been doing the damn thing for over 20 years, and do it well on new album Abuse to Suffer.