Say Your Prayers: Mansion “Altar Sermon” Video Premiere
October 6, 2015 Andrew Bonazelli
Just in time for us to put our special Finnish Metal Issue to bed, an elaborate art-doom video from Turku’s haunting Mansion.
Vreid Administer Lethal Dose of Norwegian Black Metal on “Solverv”
October 6, 2015 Andrew Bonazelli
Veteran Norwegian quartet Vreid are back on the attack with their seventh full-length, Solverv.
Decibel’s Papal Playlist
October 6, 2015 Justin Norton
Considering that almost every story on the Pope’s visit was a fluffy feel good feature (with the exception of his visit with gay-hating Kentucky court clerk Kim Davis) we decided to go through extreme music’s vaults and find the most significant songs — or mentions — about the Pope.
Metal Mutha Mondays: Lamb of God
October 5, 2015 Andrew Bonazelli
Every so often, we take a little time on Mondays to pay tribute to the Muthas! That is, reprinting the adorable metal/maternal Q&As that run in the magazine. Today, enjoy Justin Norton’s chat with Patricia Strehl Adler, mother of Chris and Willie Adler (Lamb of God).
Hivelords
October 5, 2015 Shawn Macomber
Tapered Limbs of a Human Star
Yup, I think we found the Queen…
dB Rating: 8/10
There’s Nothing Old-Fashioned About Draconian’s “Stellar Tombs”
October 5, 2015 Albert Mudrian
Effortlessly mixing and matching melodeath, black metal and doom for the last 20+ years, Swedish powerhouse Draconian has a new weapon in their melodic arsenal in the form of vocalist Heike Langhans.
SHRED THE CONCEPT: ARKAIK’S “THAT WHICH LIES HIDDEN”
October 5, 2015 Jeff Treppel
Tech death with a conceptual edge unearths that which lies hidden.
Gearified: Jackson’s Pro Series King V still reigns, bloodily
October 3, 2015 Jesse Chase
**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 October 2013 Matt plugged into Jackson’s Pro Series King V, which “still reigns, bloodily.”
Don’t Sleep on Golden Void’s “Burbank’s Dream”
October 2, 2015 Andrew Bonazelli
Do you like epic HD depictions of Mother Nature’s multitude of glories? Who doesn’t? Except Morgan Freeman ain’t narrating this particular collection. It’s Earthless offshoot Golden Void.
WOLFHEART Flexi Is Tip of Decibel’s FINNISH METAL Iceberg
October 2, 2015 Andrew Bonazelli
The Land of the Midnight Sun has always cast a unique pall over heavy metal, so this December, Decibel dives deep into the thousand lakes to extract our special Finnish Metal Issue.
