hair metal
Fight Fire With Fire: ‘Cocked and Loaded’ vs. ‘Wake Me When It’s Over’
January 20, 2022 Greg Pratt
It’s a 1989 hair metal showdown with the second albums from L.A. Guns and Faster Pussycat duking it out.
The Top 5 Heavy Metal Bad Boys Gone Blessed
October 30, 2017 Greg Karlowitsch
Not every heavy metal bad boy stays that way forever. These are Decibel‘s Bad Boys Gone Blessed.
For Those About to Squawk: Warbeast, Exit Eden, Damn Freaks
August 4, 2017 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Exit Eden, Warbeast and Damn Freaks.
Track Premiere: Striker – ‘Born to Lose’
January 23, 2017 Joseph Schafer
“Without big money bullshit (the quartet’s 100% independent) Striker have struck an ideal balance between nostalgic hooks and blue collar work ethic.”
Soldier Under Command: The Testimony of Stryper’s Michael Sweet
March 6, 2014 Shawn Macomber
So many bands give the devil all the gloryIt’s hard to understand, we want to change the story We want to rock one way, on and on… Hard to believe nearly thirty years have passed since Stryper frontman Michael Sweet threw down that gauntlet with a crooning roar on the Yellow and Black Attack anthem…
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…