Hardcore
Track Premiere: Child Bite – ‘The Will to Disappear’
October 17, 2017 Emily Bellino
Detroit noise rockers Child Bite are in the middle of a brief run of tour dates with Housecore labelmates Superjoint while also preparing to bring the noise with Unsane in December, but they’re still putting out new music. The group have a new split with Minneapolis’ STNNNG coming out on Forge Again Records, so Decibel is streaming new Child Bite…
Metal & Beer: Trappist’s Chris Dodge Goes Full Barbarian
October 4, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Chris Dodge and his Trappist bandmates get primal in their new metal-and-beer podcast series, “Hour of the Barbarian.”
Track Premiere: Kublai Khan – ‘B.C.’
September 28, 2017 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from metalcore bruisers Kublai Khan now!
Track Premiere & Interview: Sharptooth – ‘F*ck You Donald Trump’
September 27, 2017 Emily Bellino
Explosive hardcore outfit Sharptooth have recently signed to Pure Noise Records. Listen to a new song and read a new interview now!
Track Premiere: Zao – ‘The Host Has Bared Its Teeth’
September 25, 2017 Emily Bellino
Metalcore legends Zao sense danger on new song “The Host Has Bared Its Teeth.”
Cannibal Corpse Defile the Cover of the November Decibel
September 21, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Advance copies of Decibel issue #157 are available now in LIMITED quantities!
Hear Exclusive New All Out War Song “Accept No Masters” Via Decibel Flexi Series
September 19, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Stream and acquire the exclusive new All Out War flexi right here.
Label Spotlight: WAR Records
September 18, 2017 Emily Bellino
Get to know WAR Records, run by Strife guitarist Andrew Kline.
Track Premiere: Shadow of Doubt – ‘No Mercy’
September 8, 2017 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from Texas hardcore group Shadow of Doubt now!
Video Premiere: Left Behind – ‘Tough Love’
September 5, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the first single from Left Behind‘s new record, Blessed by the Burn now!
Track Premiere: Children of Terror – ‘(((Patah)))’
September 1, 2017 Emily Bellino
Indonesian hardcore outfit Children of Terror take a diverse host of influences and combine them with a metallic hardcore sound.
Track Premiere: Counterparts – ‘Swim Beneath My Skin’
September 1, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Canadian melodic hardcore outfit Counterparts now!
All Out War Record Exclusive New Song for Decibel Flexi Series!
August 31, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Get an active deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, September 4 at 10 AM EST and our 83rd entry into the ever-expanding Decibel Flexi Series is yours. Miss it and be condemned to suffer without it.
10 Essential Trap Them Songs
August 28, 2017 Joseph Schafer
In the wake of the announcement of Trap Them‘s final shows, we consider ten essential tracks from the metallic hardcore outfit.
Full EP Stream – Vatican – “Ache of Eternity”
August 21, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the flattening new EP from hardcore heavyweights Vatican NOW before its release on Friday.
Track Premiere: God Mother – ‘Tar Mirror’
August 10, 2017 Emily Bellino
God Mother are as exhilarating as they are aggressive. Listen to a new song from their Party Smasher Inc. debut now!
Conflict is Inevitable: An Interview with Moral Void
August 10, 2017 Neill Jameson
Unhinged blackened hardcore trio Moral Void have an explosive debut record with Deprive. Delve further into the madness.
Track Premiere: Burn “Dead Identity”
August 9, 2017 Shawn Macomber
Check out a new track from reactivated NYHC legends Burn.
All Out War
August 7, 2017 Emily Bellino
Metallic hardcore heroes All Out War are this week’s Best New Noise.
Still Screaming After Thirty-Six Years: An Interview with Raw Power
August 3, 2017 Kevin Stewart-Panko
A couple months ago, with an almost devil-may-care, casual shoulder shrug, one of my all-time favourite bands in the history of forever, Italian hardcore legends Raw Power, quietly released their new album. We caught up with vocalist Mauro Codeluppi to discuss growing old, not giving a shit and the time they played with G’N’R.
Integrity
July 31, 2017 Michael Wohlberg
Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume
Consistency is the Devil
dB rating: 8/10
Full EP Stream: Atonement Theory – “Illumination”
July 26, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from Atonement Theory, featuring Harm’s Way’s Jay Jancetic.
Track Premiere: OLDBONES – ‘Followed With a Swarm’
July 25, 2017 Emily Bellino
Ex-A Life Once Lost frontman Bob Meadows has been busy as of late. When he’s not laying down groove metal with Mind Power, he’s unleashing furious, grinding metal with OLDBONES. Their latest offering, “Followed With A Swarm” is a fast, angry song. “The song ‘Followed With A Swarm’ touches on a relationship that no longer exists,” Meadows says. “Lyrically, the…
Streaming: High Priest Kill Your Buzz with “Grail Sludge”
July 19, 2017 Sean Frasier
Virginian pit-stirrers High Priest blast out hardcore/grind extinction sermons on their ferocious Grail Sludge EP.
Label Spotlight: Tripsquad Records
July 10, 2017 Emily Bellino
Introducing: Tripsquad Records, plus track premieres from Full Scale Riot and Huge.
Pro-Pain Frontman Injured In Robbery, GoFundMe Started To Cover Medical Expenses
July 10, 2017 Emily Bellino
Pro-Pain frontman Gary Meskil was injured last week in Belgium, where he was the victim of a robbery and attempted murder.
Video Premiere: Get the Shot – ‘Hellbringer’
July 6, 2017 Emily Bellino
Check out the new lyric video from metallic hardcore outfit Get the Shot.
Full Album Stream: River Black – ‘River Black’
July 6, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the new record from River Black, featuring members of Municipal Waste and Revocation.
5 Great Live Roadburn Albums
June 30, 2017 Emily Bellino
Converge, Godflesh, Neurosis and more have immortalized their Roadburn performances as live albums.
Track Premiere: Hellweed – ‘Guts Out’
June 23, 2017 Emily Bellino
Russia’s Hellweed premiere new song “Guts Out.”