Grunge
Track Premiere: Calm Collapse – “Positive Greed”
August 16, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
New Seattle post-metal sludge trio Calm Collapse are no negative creeps.
10 Great Songs to Wish Someone a Happy Birthday!
July 21, 2022 J. Andrew
There are so many ways to celebrate someone’s big day, and Decibel is here to show you the most thoughtful ways to make it extra special!
Track Premiere: Jack Endino – “Shadow World”
November 16, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
The Godfather of Grunge, Jack Endino, offers up a new track from his Seattle-centric solo album.
Video Premiere: enditall – “give me nothing”
April 26, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Catch this premiere of the new video for “give me nothing,” the latest single from never feel again, the debut album from Fargo’s downtrodden post-metal heavy-hitters enditall.
Album Stream + Interview: Enditall – never feel again
January 12, 2021 Dutch Pearce
We catch up with Zander Ness, formerly of USBM Decibel darlings Høst, to discuss his new dark grunge/post-metal band Enditall.
Get Dangereux With Wolves in Argyle
December 14, 2018 J. Andrew
Check out the trippy video for “Dangereux,” from Wolves in Argyle’s debut album, produced by the legendary Tad Doyle and mastered by Jack Endino.
Previously Sold-Out Vinyl Pressing of Tad’s ‘8-Way Santa’ Available Now
November 5, 2018 Emily Bellino
Limited copies of Tad‘s 8 Way Santa in stock now!
Video Premiere: OHHMS – ‘Shambles’
October 22, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the latest single from grungy UK doom crew OHHMS right now.
Brewtal Truth: This Album With That Beer
January 24, 2018 Adem Tepedelen
In which our intrepid beer hound pairs Seattle’s Holy Mountain with Seattle’s Skin Yard.
Video Premiere: Gruntruck – “Noise Field”
October 13, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
A killer lost Gruntruck album is unearthed and we celebrate its release with the premiere of a new Gruntruck video for the track “Noise Field.”
Full Album Stream: The Oxford Coma – “Everything Out of Tune”
October 10, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the Steve Albini-produced new album from The Oxford Coma.
Track Premiere: The Oxford Coma – ‘Trauma (Maybe I’m Forgetting Something)’
August 9, 2017 Emily Bellino
The Oxford Coma are putting their own unique spin on grunge. Listen to a new song featuring Intronaut guitarist/vocalist Sacha Dunable.
Track Premiere: Laces Out – ‘Fortunes’
July 21, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream “Fortunes” from New York grungy noise rockers Laces Out now.
Track Premiere: Hellweed – ‘Guts Out’
June 23, 2017 Emily Bellino
Russia’s Hellweed premiere new song “Guts Out.”
Rest in Power (1964-2017): 10 Heavy Soundgarden Songs to Remember Chris Cornell
May 26, 2017 J. Andrew
As we remember the life of Chris Cornell, here are 10 heavy songs from his career that even extreme metalheads can get into.
Soundgarden – “Ultramega OK”
May 1, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
The induction of any Soundgarden album into the Decibel Hall of Fame has not been an easy one.
10 Great Albums From 1987
April 7, 2017 J. Andrew
A year is just a year. But oh what a year it was: Death, Napalm Death, Mayhem, Bathory, Sodom, Anthrax and more!
Track Premiere: Ayahuasca Go to the ‘Mountain of Snakes’
September 2, 2016 Emily Bellino
Ayahuasca set a dark tone for their upcoming album on “Mountain of Snakes.”
Stream Nomad Stones’ Pre-/Post-Grunge Debut LP in Full
August 1, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Hear the debut album from Nomad Stones — featuring Cave In’s Adam McGarth and JR Conners — in full.
Hall of Fame Countdown: L7’s Bricks Are Heavy
June 9, 2016 Matt Solis
L7’s seminal third LP stands the test of time via its excellent songs, hefty production (courtesy of the legendary Butch Vig), pithy lyrics and general “go fuck yourself” attitude. Ranking these nasty jams from “worst to best” is a downright punchable offense, but let’s do it anyway.
Do Monday Right with this Wrong Video Premiere
March 14, 2016 James Lewis
Revisit yesteryear and wasted youth (of the ’90s) with “Turn In.”
The Deciblog Interview: Tad Doyle
March 9, 2015 Justin Norton
Tad Doyle has preached the Gospel of heaviness for the better part of his life. His seminal band TAD was one of the first out of the gate in Seattle’s grunge movement and one of the earliest bands signed to the legendary Sub Pop label. Although they never achieved the massive crossover success of their…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Drink This Now!
July 26, 2013 Adem Tepedelen
Given the opportunity to write about craft beer every month in Decibel has been eye-opening. The idea that our “Brewtal Truth” column would have lasted more than four years (and counting) and even spawn a book—The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers, out in November—is pretty amazing. Now it’s time to bring a little “Brewtal…
LIVE REVIEW: Melvins Lite Freak Puke All Over Victoria
July 17, 2012 Adem Tepedelen
Melvins Lite w/Retox, Club 9One9, Victoria, BC, July 16Who can really keep up with just exactly what the Melvins are up to at any given moment? There are new releases like clockwork. They have always been a prolific band and we suspect they always will be. If nothing else, they’ll have a discography that stretches…
1991 Revisited: 20 Years Later and Metal Bands Are Still Bitter
December 13, 2011 Adem Tepedelen
The end of the year is always a time for reflection. Decibel‘s infuriating “Best of 2011” issue is out, and between angry emails sent to the magazine’s editors excoriating them for “fucking it up once again,” thoughts inevitably turn toward recollections of the past. We’re now 20 years removed from “the year that punk broke”—that…