Hardcore
Video Premiere: Blackthorne – ‘Fiending for the Anxious’
October 14, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Minnesotan extreme metal unit Blackthorne just need a minute of your time.
Track Premiere: Mexican Werewolf – ‘The Last Days of Disco’
September 27, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Chicago’s Mexican Werewolf slay violent smash‘n’roll. Check out this exclusive track premiere from their forthcoming debut album, Murder House.
Video Premiere: R.A.I.D. — “Blind”
September 25, 2019 Shawn Macomber
See Hyderabad, India quartet R.A.I.D. bring the metallic hardcore fire for yourself via this video for “Blind.”
Video Premiere: Hellhorse – ‘The Long Drought’
September 12, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hellhorse prepare for “The Long Drought.”
Video Premiere: Joy – ‘Calloused’
August 26, 2019 Emily Bellino
Watch Joy‘s ferocious new video for “Calloused.”
Full Split Stream: Pillärs / Wallcreeper
August 15, 2019 Emily Bellino
Stream the new split from Pillärs and Wallcreeper.
Video Premiere: Kennedy – “Blood & Soil”
August 14, 2019 Sean Frasier
Canadian hardcore collective Kennedy bring the sweat and screams in the video for their new single, “Blood & Soil.”
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Knocked Loose, Cerebral Rot and Illdisposed
August 9, 2019 Blake Harrison
Two out of three records reviewed this week give our bird’s feathered ass a good tail-kicking.
Gulch Deliver Hardcore ‘Self-Inflicted Mental Terror’
August 6, 2019 Emily Bellino
You should be listening to Gulch.
Watch: Venom Prison Perform Songs from “Samsara” in Studio Session
July 24, 2019 Emily Bellino
Venom Prison return to the studio to lay down a Samsara live session.
Q&A: London May On His New Black Metal Comedy “Brutal Realty, Inc.” and What Hardcore Taught Him
July 19, 2019 Justin Norton
Former DC hardcore hero London May on his new “black metal comedy” Brutal Realty, Inc.
Redbait Go for the Throat with New EP “Cages”
July 9, 2019 Emily Bellino
You should be listening to Redbait.
Track Premiere: Outsider — “Path You’ve Earned”
July 2, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Richmond, Virginia’s Outsider brings the hardcore fury as they drag industrial culture kicking and screaming down the “Path You’ve Earned.”
Track Premiere: All Out War – ‘Gehenna Lights Eternal’
June 26, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Metallic hardcore heroes and Decibel faves All Out War reveal another new track from the forthcoming Crawl Among the Filth.
Full Album Stream: Victims – “The Horse and Sparrow Theory”
June 24, 2019 Emily Bellino
It would be a Tragedy not to listen to the new album from Swedish crust punks Victims.
Listen to Fuming Mouth’s New Album, “The Grand Descent”
June 13, 2019 Emily Bellino
Listen to the new album from the Boston trio.
Interview: Meet New Jersey’s Hardcore Heroes, Player Hater
June 11, 2019 Gene Meyer
South Jersey’s Player Hater on Christmas songs about cocaine, Jamey Jasta’s pocketbook and not taking things too seriously.
Track Premiere: Berthold City – ‘What Time Takes’
May 30, 2019 Emily Bellino
Find out “What Time Takes” with a new Berthold City ripper.
Track Premiere: Pale Misery – “No Choice”
May 22, 2019 Sean Frasier
Louisiana crust fiends Pale Misery offer “No Choice” but to listen to their newest blackened ripper.
Full EP Stream: Harm’s Way – “PSTHMN”
April 19, 2019 Emily Bellino
Harm’s Way reimagine songs from Posthuman by way of JK Broadrick, Andrew Nolan and Sanford Parker.
Streaming Preview: Regional Justice Center/Wound Man Split 7″
April 11, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
There’s a message and deep meaning behind this split of powerviolence madness.
Video Premiere: Terror – ‘Mental Demolition’
April 3, 2019 Emily Bellino
Terror push through “Mental Demolition” in a new music video.
Full Album Stream: Musket Hawk – ‘Upside of Sick’
March 27, 2019 Sean Frasier
Baltimore instigators Musket Hawk reload another batch of diseased sludge/grind anthems on Upside of Sick.
Set Times Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-Fest!
March 25, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Get your pre-game with tickets to Integrity, Full of Hell, Inter Arma, Cloak and Devil Master at the Decibel Magazne Metal & Beer PRE-Fest!
Full Album Stream: Mourn – “Beneath the Beloved Axe”
March 25, 2019 Emily Bellino
Mourn unleash their sludgy new opus, Beneath the Beloved Axe.
Fallow Heart: Hardcore (Sur)Realities
March 1, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts considers the lessons he learned from hardcore.
Blast Worship: Gets Worse
February 19, 2019 Gene Meyer
UK powerviolence outfit Gets Worse get better on Snubbed.
Full Album Stream: Endon – ‘Boy Meets Girl’
February 14, 2019 Emily Bellino
Endon‘s Boy Meets Girl is the perfect soundtrack to a romantic Valentine’s Day.
Track Premiere: Endorphins Lost – ‘Stone Man’
January 29, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from Seattle powerviolence crew Endorphins Lost.
Track Premiere: Below the Frost – ‘Silence the Light’
January 23, 2019 Emily Bellino
Current and former members of Hatebreed, All Out War, Starkweather and Prime Evil unleash pulverizing, blackened metallic hardcore as Below the Frost.