Brutal Truth
Venomous Concept Members Announce New Project, Visceral Collapse, Debut ‘Knowle Rd’ Release
December 30, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Grindpunk heroes Venomous Concept unleash and new noise-heavy extension called Visceral Collapse. And Decibel has their sprawling single-track, 25-minute debut Knowle Rd for you now.
Venomous Concept Premiere New Track, “Vote Clown Party” Via Decibel Flexi Series
December 1, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Venomous Concept flexi disc single, featuring a brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
The Decibel Flexi Series Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary with Venomous Concept!
October 29, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Join the birthday party as the Decibel Flexi Series turns 10 this month! Sign up for a deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, November 2 at 12pm EST and celebrate with this Venomous Concept flexi!
U.S. Visa Process Trendpiece: The Interviews We Didn’t Have Room For
April 8, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Interviews with grinders Wake and grind-pappy Kevin Sharp that didn’t fit in the new issue’s U.S. visa piece.
That Tour Was Awesome: Campaign for Musical Destruction (1992)
February 27, 2020 Greg Pratt
The inside story of the legendary 1992 Napalm Death, Carcass, Cathedral and Brutal Truth U.S. tour
Track Premiere: Total Fucking Destruction — “…to be alive at the end of the world”
February 5, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Grindcore refracting iconoclasts Total Fucking Destruction return to provide a glimpse of what it will sound like “…to be alive at the end of the world.”
Metal Muthas: Dan Lilker (Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth, Anthrax, S.O.D., Blurring, Venomous Concept, etc.)
May 9, 2019 Justin Norton
How many Dan Lilker albums do you own? In today’s Metal Muthas, meet Mama Lilker.
Full Album Stream: Total Fucking Destruction – “#USA4TFD”
October 19, 2018 Vince Bellino
Speak of mutually-assured destruction? Nice story, listen to the new album from Total Fucking Destruction.
Get SIX Grindcore-Themed Decibel Issues for Just $21
July 27, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Get Decibel cover stories from Napalm Death, Nails, Brutal Truth, Pig Destroyer and a Napalm Special Issue (includes flexi disc) in this discounted grindcore bundle!
That Tour Was Awesome: Pain Teens/Boredoms/Brutal Truth (1993)
May 31, 2018 Greg Pratt
Experimental noise rock met left-field grind and the one and only Boredoms during a legendary tour in 1993 when Pain Teens, Brutal Truth, and the Japanese noise legends hit the road together.
Full of Hell Release Split 7″ with Intensive Care
May 25, 2018 Vince Bellino
Full of Hell release new split 7″ with Intensive Care.
Full Album Stream: End Christian – “Bach Part One”
May 22, 2018 Vince Bellino
Members of Brutal Truth, Starkweather and more collaborate once again for End Christian‘s Bach Part One.
Total F*cking Destruction Wish You a Merry Christmas
December 15, 2017 Vince Bellino
Philly grindcore outfit Total F*cking Destruction are getting in the holiday spirit. Are you?
Track Premiere: End Christian – ‘Delivered In Shame’
July 26, 2017 Vince Bellino
Stream a new track from End Christian, featuring members of Brutal Truth, Hex Inverter and more.
EXTREME CONDITIONS DEMAND EXTREME INSTRUMENTS: OWN DANNY LILKER’S BRUTAL TRUTH BASS
December 14, 2016 Shawn Macomber
“Works fine, but looks a little beat up due to being my main bass during Brutal Truth’s career in the early 90s.”
So reads the no doubt understated Ebay listing for the US-made B.C. Rich 4-string bass extreme music trailblazer and living heavy metal legend Danny Lilker — revisit our “Better Living the Danny Lilker Way” for a reminder of the man’s unquestionable supremacy — deployed on such landmark Brutal Truth grinders as Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses and Need To Control as well as S.O.D.’s 1992 Live at Budokan.
Danny Lilker’s Short Retirement: Stream Blurring
April 22, 2015 Justin Norton
Last we checked wasn’t Brutal Truth/SOD/Nuclear Assault impresario and longtime Decibel friend Danny Lilker retiring? Well, that didn’t take too long. The guy just put out another grindcore record!
Better Living, The Dan Lilker Way
November 11, 2014 Shawn Macomber
My review of Dave Hofer’s excellent Perpetual Conversion: 30 Years & Counting in the Life of Metal Veteran Dan Lilker — out now on Handshake, Inc — will appear in an upcoming issue of Decibel, but the book is such a crazy, inspiring smorgasbord of gonzo metal history/wisdom a distillation of a dozen of its…
Exclusive Sneak Peek at Danny Lilker Biography “Perpetual Conversion”
March 18, 2014 Jeff Treppel
Danny Lilker is a goddamn legend in the metal scene. His long history includes stints in bands as diverse and influential as Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, Storm Troopers of Death, and Brutal Truth. Now on the verge of his 50th birthday, he’s announced his retirement from the touring life, and what better to celebrate his accomplishments…
EXCLUSIVE: Danny Lilker Elaborates on Departure from Brutal Truth
January 15, 2014 Jesse Chase
On Friday, January 10, Brutal Truth bassist Danny Lilker announced via Facebook that he “will be retiring from being a full time recording and touring musician” on his forthcoming 50th birthday, October 18, 2014. The news flash resonated throughout the entire online extreme community, who, in the process, appears to have disregarded Lilker’s commitment to…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Read This Now!
November 8, 2013 Adem Tepedelen
There are all kinds of new products popping out of the woodwork in the Decibel Universe right now. You may have heard of this limited-edition 100th Issue Show: The Movie DVD that’s just arrived at dB HQ. Then there’s the Top 100 Black Metal Albums of All Time special issue that’ll be the perfect holiday…
No Chimes in Decibel-land
February 8, 2012 Zach Smith
About two weeks ago, a massive set of Bob Dylan covers compiled to honor 50 years of Amnesty International—4 discs, 73 tracks and 73 different artists—hit shelves. Sure, it’s fascinating to see an expansive and eclectic roster that includes old-timers like Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck and Mark Knopfler alongside relative newcomers like The Gaslight Anthem,…
Secret to Placing in Decibel’s Year-End Top 5 Revealed!
January 3, 2012 Adem Tepedelen
First we’d like to congratulate Tombs on topping our annual list of the Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2011. It was, of course, well deserved. Not all our readers may agree with it, but then again there’s no satisfying the most extremely extreme readership in all of metaldom. You’re an opinionated lot, and we love…
The Truth is a Brutal-ful Thing
November 17, 2010 Andrew Bonazelli
Hopefully you’ve already heard the news about our incredible new Decibel Flexi Series—a subscriber-only treat in which one band each month will drop exclusive unreleased music on clear vinyl inside the magazine—and if so, you know that the first artist stepping up to deliver the brutal is, appropriately, Brutal Truth. But that’s not the only…
James Delgado’s (Kill The Client) Top 5 Influential Tunes + Streaming Kill The Client MP3
October 18, 2010 Chris Dick
By James Delgado (Kill The Client) We never really sounded like any of these bands in the end but the spirit of these specific songs were what we were tuning into back when we started this band up and after digging this little list up and playing it back all these years later… it still…
Brutal Truth – “Need to Control”
August 1, 2006 Decibel Magazine
When New York grinders Brutal Truth released their debut, Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses, bassist extraordinaire Danny Lilker (Anthrax, S.O.D., Exit-13) had just severed his ties with Nuclear Assault.