Best New Noise
Album Review: East of the Wall – “NP-Complete”
March 18, 2019 Jeff Treppel
East of the Wall try something new on NP-Complete.
Album Review: Noisem – “Cease to Exist”
March 13, 2019 Shawn Macomber
After four years in purgatory, Noisem are back and ready to reclaim their crown.
Album Review: Misery Index – “Rituals of Power”
March 4, 2019 Greg Pratt
Misery Index strive for deathgrind nirvana on Rituals of Power.
Album Review: Devil Master – “Satan Spits on Children of Light”
February 25, 2019 Sean Frasier
Philly freaks Devil Master can headline your next black mass or haunted house keg party.
Album Review: Rotting Christ – “The Heretics”
February 4, 2019 Chris Dick
Rotting Christ find lucky number 13 with The Heretics.
Album Review: Carnal Forge – “Gun to Mouth Salvation”
January 23, 2019 Chris Dick
Carnal Forge find their old-school spirit on Gun to Mouth Salvation.
Album Review: Soilwork – “Verkligheten”
January 3, 2019 Chris Dick
Soilwork continue their tear through melodic death metal with Verkligheten.
Album Review: Create a Kill – “Summoned to Rise”
December 17, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Create a Kill unites Malevolent Creation members from different eras as a thrash metal powerhouse.
Best New Noise: Graf Orlock – “Examinations of Violent Cinema, Vol. 1”
December 5, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Cinegrinders Graf Orlock are back.
Album Review: Deceased – “Ghostly White”
November 12, 2018 Chris Dick
Death-thrash legends Deceased find a new energy on Ghostly White.
Album Review: Evoken – “Hypnagogia”
November 5, 2018 Daniel Lake
Evoken unleash their first concept album with Hypnagogia.
Album Review: Soulfly – “Ritual”
October 17, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Word on the street is that Ritual is a return to form for Soulfly. Is it true?
Album Review: Author & Punisher – “Beastland”
October 2, 2018 Justin Norton
Author & Punisher‘s Beastland is reviewed.
Album Review: Dragonlord – “Dominion”
September 19, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Eric Peterson’s Dragonlord are our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Deicide – “Overtures of Blasphemy”
September 10, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Decide‘s Overtures of Blasphemy is our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Sear Bliss – “Letters from the Edge”
August 21, 2018 Chris Dick
Sear Bliss‘ Letters from the Edge is our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Rebel Wizard – “Voluptuous Worship of Rapture and Response”
August 15, 2018 Raoul Hernandez
Rebel Wizard is our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Backwoods Payback – “Future Slum”
July 30, 2018 Decibel Magazine
Backwoods Payback are Pennsylvania’s best-kept secret and our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Skeletonwitch – “Devouring Radiant Light”
July 16, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Decibel reviews Skeletonwitch‘s Devouring Radiant Light.
Album Review: Deafheaven – “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love”
July 9, 2018 Jeff Treppel
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, the third album from controversial blackgaze outfit Deafheaven, is reviewed.
Album Review: Lucifer – “Lucifer II”
July 3, 2018 Adrien Begrand
Lucifer pay tribute to the heavy rock and proto-metal of decades past on their aptly-titled second album, Lucifer II.
Album Review: Mortuous – “Through Wilderness”
June 27, 2018 Sean Frasier
Mortuous‘ Through Wilderness is our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Orange Goblin – “The Wolf Bites Back”
June 13, 2018 Sean Frasier
Orange Goblin are our Best New Noise.
Album Review: YOB – “Our Raw Heart”
June 4, 2018 Sean Frasier
YOB‘s Our Raw Heart is our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Graveyard – “Peace”
May 21, 2018 Raoul Hernandez
Graveyard‘s Peace is our Best New Noise.
Album Review: At the Gates – “To Drink From the Night Itself”
May 14, 2018 Sean Frasier
Reunited melodic death metal heroes At the Gates are the latest Best New Noise.
Album Review: Varathron – “Patriarchs of Evil”
April 17, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Varathron‘s Patriarchs of Evil is our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Ghastly – “Death Velour”
April 10, 2018 Sean Frasier
Ghastly‘s Death Velour is our Best New Noise.
Album Review: Mournful Congregation – “The Incubus of Karma”
March 22, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Mournful Congregation are our Best New Noise.