grindcore

Track Premiere: Lock Up – ‘Desolation Architect’

January 23, 2017

Lock Up has a new vocalist but haven’t slowed down with “Desolation Architect.” 

Limited Autographed Copies of CHOOSING DEATH & HALL OF FAME Book Available!

January 17, 2017

The next 20 copies sold of Choosing Death (hardcover and paper) and the Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology Vol. II will be signed by Decibel editor in chief Albert Mudrian. 

Track Premiere: The Drip, “Anathema”

December 7, 2016

On new track “Anathema,” the Drip only grind in drops, but that’s when the hammer really drops. 

Full Stream: Nails/Full of Hell Split 7″

November 8, 2016

This three song tour de force is what happens when Full of Hell and Nails join forces for a split 7-inch.

Anaal Nathrakh

October 31, 2016

The Whole of the Law
Total fucking destruction
dB rating: 8/10

Brujeria

October 10, 2016

Pocho Aztlan
Larga vida a Juan Brujo
dB rating: 8/10

The Locust – “Plague Soundscapes”

September 27, 2016

If any band has endured and persevered through extreme music’s potential for divisive conservatism and pedantic nit-picking, it’s the Locust.

It Had To Happen: The Grindfather Interviews The Grindmother

September 26, 2016

In which our favorite DC-area grindcore staple interviews our favorite 67-year-old grandmother who fronts a grindcore band. You’re welcome. 

Full Album Stream: Trap Them’s “Crown Feral” Will Royally Blissfuck You Up

September 19, 2016

Experience pure sonic violence with Trap Them‘s Crown Feral, then recover from your beatdown with a macabre arts & (darker hand)crafts lesson from vocalist Ryan McKenney. 

Track Premiere: Hierophant – “Forever Crucified”

September 15, 2016

Italy’s Hierophant unleash a palpable burst of anger on “Forever Crucified” as they prepare to release Mass Grave. 

The Grindmother Covers Sepultura’s “Slave New World” (Video)

July 26, 2016

The Grindmother – the Canadian trio fronted by a 67-year-old grandmother – are back with a Sepultura cover. And Decibel‘s got it here. 

Dropdead – “Dropdead”

June 30, 2016

It may be the punkest thing to ever happen to an album in Decibel’s Hall of Fame: It was bootlegged after its release by the band themselves.

Justify Your Shitty Taste: Napalm Death’s “Diatribes,” “Inside the Torn Apart” & “Words from the Exit Wound”

June 16, 2016

Even Napalm Death had growing pains. Our latest Justify Your Shitty Taste defends that era of the legendary grindcore band.

The Daily Grind: An Interview with Napalm Death’s Barney Greenway

May 26, 2016

Did you catch Napalm Death in the past couple of months when they rolled through your town? If not, you missed one of the most eclectic tour packages of 2016. We caught up with vocalist Mark “Barney” Greenway ahead of the band’s first of two sold-out shows at Slim’s in San Francisco to talk about how the “Savage Imperial Death March Tour” came about, the logistics of grindin’ for six straight weeks and, of course, the three-ring circus that is American politics.

White Whale Caught: Memoriam/ex-Bolt Thrower Drummer Andy Whale interviewed

May 17, 2016

War master Andy Whale re-enters the realm of chaos for death/grind victory with Memoriam.

Make Your Day a Bit Uglier with this Musket Hawk Premiere

April 26, 2016

Equal parts bluesy sludge and trudging grind, Musket Hawk bring the slow despondency necessary on the most hungover of afternoons. 

Graf Orlock

March 28, 2016

Crime Traveler
Whoa, whoa, whoa—you on the list, fuckface?
dB Rating: 9/10

Venomous Concept

January 26, 2016

Kick Me Silly – VC III
Bigger Bang
dB Rating: 8/10

Napalm Death – “From Enslavement to Obliteration”

September 28, 2015

This particular iteration of Napalm Death was notably short-lived, but the sheer amount the quartet was able to accomplish in a two-year run between the summer of ’87 and summer of ’89 is absolutely mental.

Making Napalm: Q&A With Napalm Death Producer Russ Russell

May 6, 2015

One of the reasons Napalm Death has been so successful is their relationship with producer Russ Russell. Russell has worked with the band since 2000 and will probably be with them when they are making albums in their 70s. He joined us from England for a chat on working with the grind legends. 

Danny Lilker’s Short Retirement: Stream Blurring

April 22, 2015

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!

Exclusive: Napalm Death Video Premiere

January 23, 2015

Folks, that’s an animated Barney Greenway. Consider us chuffed. Napalm Death was recently featured on our cover in conjunction with the release of their massive new album Apex Predator-Easy Meat. In our story last month Greenway told us: “I know it sounds sickeningly upbeat but I’ve never gone into a show and been in the…

Q&A and Album Stream: Boddicker

November 19, 2014

If you don’t dig deep into the demos reviewed in our print edition you will miss many gems. Case in point: Boddicker‘s nasty little album Crime Upheaval, which reminded us of classics like World Downfall and Misery Index with Brujeria theatrics. Boddicker is actually the name of the villian in the original Robocop so there’s…