Hard luck Bay Area tech-thrash veterans Insanity are finally back with their first full-length since 1994’s Death After Death. 

Humanity Defiled has been on our radar since 2013.  The music satisfied our need for death metal with doom inflections and an idiosyncratic style.  This summer saw the release of sophomore bruiser The Demise of the Sane, and it fulfills all the promises of the elder record.  In this month’s issue of the magazine, you can read more about Denayer and his dedication and musical direction.  He had more to say than we could fit onto the page, though, so here are a few more of his thoughts.

Dark Abstraction
They can see clearly now
dB Rating: 8/10

True Norwegian Black Metal. Nuff said.

Trafficking in crust-grind and hammering metallic hardcore, once Denver’s Of Feather and Bone are through with you, all that’s left is the carrion implied in their moniker.

Take a walk through nature with Earthless offshoot Golden Void.

**Matt Olivo is the founding guitarist of extreme metal trailblazers Repulsion, whose Horrified LP ranks as our #1 grindcore album of all time. Because we know that every reader ever plays guitar, we brought his print column to the Deciblog. In issue #110 Matt plugged into Peavey’s Vypyr VIP 2, which “is coiled up and ready to pounce.” 

Belgian death metal crew remain insane about crushing brains.

Featuring highlights from the August – October issues, the free digital trial issue is available through the Decibel app on the iPad/iPhone.  

A year or two ago, I did a ‘Black Label Debutante Ball’ profile on Poland’s EveryDayHate Records.  A couple weeks ago, a massive package of vinyl and CDs showed up at the house and I’ve decided to focus this week’s blog post on all the goodies emerging from EveryDayHate’s Krakow offices.