Gearified investigates how to get schooled. 

A battle for the ages. Who ya got?

Earlier this year Brooklyn duo Psalm Zero released Real Rain, the first of a planned trilogy of special cassette releases called The Birthright Trilogy. Five months later avant-garde stalwart Charlie Looker and guitar genius Andrew Hock (if you read Decibel you know who Castevet are) have returned with the second installation, Hunchback, which will be released September 29 on Black Mass Productions.

Two legendary bands from opposite ends of the extreme music spectrum make November’s Decibel a must-read: Iron Maiden gallops onto their fourth dB cover, and Napalm Death grinds out their second Hall of Fame.  

I’m going to go on the record and say that we’re going to see some compelling football out of the AFC East this year.

Third album, 30 musicians. That’s baller.

Your friends at Decibel have long revered Nunslaughter, not just for their dedication to underground metal but for their sheer persistence.

Hit the noise-rock trough for some delicious distorted groove.

Portu-goth institution Moonspell take the unpretentious approach to their video for “Domina.” 

Deafheaven have been living in rarefied air for the past few years—a metal band doing metal things in a non-metal world. With the release of their third LP, New Bermuda, a mere two weeks away, we caught up with vocalist/lyricist George Clarke to break down the details of Deafheaven’s unlikely crossover appeal.