Fallow Heart

Fallow Heart: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE Part lV (Paul Masvidal on The Beauty of Impermanence)

June 16, 2023

In the finale of Fallow Heart, Forrest Pitts interviews Cynic’s Paul Masvidal on the poetry of Focus and beyond.

Fallow Heart: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: Tall Tales of Creation Part lIl (Fit for a Pine Overcoat)

May 26, 2023

In Part III of Azusa, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan bassist Liam Wilson‘s and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts’ discussion, they refocus on the impact of 16 Horsepower.

Fallow Heart: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: Tall Tales of Creation Part ll (With Liam Wilson on Cynic’s ‘Focus’)

February 10, 2023

Part II of Azusa, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan bassist Liam Wilson‘s and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts’ discussion of the spiritual nature of Cynic‘s 1993 classic Focus.

Fallow Heart: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE, Tall Tales of Creation Part 1 (With Liam Wilson on Cynic’s ‘Focus’)

December 21, 2022

In which Azusa, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan bassist Liam Wilson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts discuss the spiritual nature of Cynic‘s 1993 classic Focus.

Fallow Heart: The Uncertainty Principle, A Biased Observation of Steve Austin, Part 3

December 11, 2020

Part III of III of an exhaustive look at the improbable crossover appeal of Steve Austin’s legendary noise/rock/metal institution Today Is the Day.

Fallow Heart: The Uncertainty Principle, A Biased Observation of Steve Austin, Part 2

November 27, 2020

Part II of III of an exhaustive look at the improbable crossover appeal of Steve Austin’s legendary noise/rock/metal institution Today Is the Day.

Fallow Heart: The Uncertainty Principle, A Biased Observation of Steve Austin, Part 1

October 12, 2020

Part 1 of an exhaustive look at the improbable crossover appeal of Steve Austin’s legendary Today Is the Day.

Fallow Heart: The Winterfylleth Review Reckoning

June 24, 2020

Fallow Heart and Decibel contributor Daniel Lake discuss music journalism cosplay and the recently released Winterfylleth album.

Fallow Heart: The Ad-libs of Forgotten Gods (Nuno Lourenço: Part II)

November 15, 2019

Fallow Heart makes a concerted effort provide a glimpse of some of Nuno Lourenço’s work in a more linear and sober fashion.

Fallow Heart: Ordre Mortel

September 27, 2019

Drop in on a little pillow talk with Fallow Heart and Brazilian Black Metal dream-weaver Salqiu

Fallow Heart: Transmissions From a World of Paine

September 13, 2019

“Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know—the Church does neither.” —Robert G. Ingersoll

Fallow Heart: Gemini One: Blunt Body Theory

August 30, 2019

Come exist above the threshold of consciousness with German doom duo Gemini One.

Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 6: Extreme Closure

August 16, 2019

We conclude our mammoth “Heavy Meta” series with a look at the direct impact of Decibel‘s own review of a Winterfylleth album on the artist himself.

Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 5: The Penultimate Revenge!

August 2, 2019

In the fifth installment on our Heavy Meta series, metal journalists Jeff Wagner, Ula Gehret, Joseph Schafer, Daniel Lake and Adem Tepedelen return for another round of heavy metal record review questioning.

Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 3 (The Decibel Writer Roundtable)

June 21, 2019

In the latest installment of his Heavy Meta series, Forrest Pitts discusses the mechanics of the heavy metal record review with Decibel contributors Joseph Schafer, Daniel Lake and Adem Tepedelen.

Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 2 (With Barney Greenway)

June 7, 2019

Napalm Death frontman Barney Greenway discusses the mechanics and ethics of a heavy metal record review.

Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 1

May 31, 2019

Longtime metal journalists Jeff Wagner and Ula Gehret go deep on the mechanics of the heavy metal record review.

Fallow Heart: The Mechanics and Ethics of Album Reviews

May 17, 2019

Sizing up a review’s target relates far more to spirit than to ethics.

Fallow Heart: Conquer Divide

May 3, 2019

Forrest Pitts offers a little friendly and philosophical advice for a struggling metalcore band,

Fallow Heart: Inner Self (Part II)

April 19, 2019

Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts continues to ruminate on the inner self.

Fallow Heart: I Think, Therefore I Ectovoid

April 5, 2019

Taking a deeper look at the process of writing a review.

Fallow Heart: Everyone’s a Critic

March 22, 2019

It’s a long way to the top if you wanna… write about extreme metal?

Fallow Heart: Opeth and a Meditation on Hero Worship

March 8, 2019

Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts reflects on Opeth‘s farsightedness and ability to manipulate our collective imagination.

Fallow Heart: Hardcore (Sur)Realities

March 1, 2019

Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts considers the lessons he learned from hardcore.

Fallow Heart: Approaching Metal From an ‘Armchair-Buddhist’ Perspective

February 22, 2019

In his new column, Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts presents a capsized field guide for anyone taking life one step at time.