Metallica
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Mic Dion of Altered Dead
February 11, 2021 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of Returned to Life, we caught up with Altered Dead‘s Mic Dion to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Slayer, Maiden & Metallica: Buzz Osborne Remembers 1983
February 10, 2021 J. Bennett
The Melvins will unleash their new record, Working With God on February 26. It’s the second album from the Melvins 1983 lineup, so we wind back the clock with King Buzzo.
Five For Friday: August 28, 2020
August 28, 2020 J. Andrew
Smash the hell out of that volume knob, it’s time to crank the latest from Metallica, Necrot, Venomous Concept and more!
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Andy Thomas of Black Crown Initiate
August 6, 2020 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of their new album, Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape, we caught up with Andy Thomas of Black Crown Initiate to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Decibel Presents Get Behind the Mask: An Online Gallery of Metal Musicians in Support of Public Health
July 10, 2020 Michael Wohlberg
In a concerted effort to break stigmas and stress its universal importance to metalheads worldwide, Decibel gathered over 140 musicians in support of wearing masks to help end the novel coronavirus and expedite the return of live extreme music.
Fight Fire with Fire: ‘Rust in Peace’ vs. ‘…And Justice for All’
June 25, 2020 Greg Pratt
It’s Rust in Peace vs. …And Justice for All in the ultimate thrash showdown.
Brian Posehn Interviews Jonny Z About Metallica, Megaforce and His New Book
April 9, 2020 Vince Bellino
Decibel Exclusive: The legendary Jonny Z Talks Metallica, Anthrax, Megaforce Records and his new book, as metalhead comedian Brian Posehn interrogates!
Mainstream Metal is F*cking Dead
December 27, 2019 Shawn Macomber
As we close out the decade, Decibel has an infernal correspondence on the demise of relevant major-label metal
And Literacy For All… An Exclusive Excerpt from “The ABCs of Metallica”
November 20, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Rejoice! It’s finally Let Metallica Take Your Kid to School Day!
Video Premiere: Watch Rodrigo y Gabriela Cover Metallica’s “Battery”
November 19, 2019 Albert Mudrian
The acclaimed acoustic duo’s cover of the Metallica is featured on their upcoming METTAL EP out November 29.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Grayson Stewart of Norma Jean
October 24, 2019 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of their new album, All Hail, we caught up with Grayson Stewart of Norma Jean to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Enter Night Pilsner
August 21, 2019 Nick Green
Before you head off to never-never land, read this review of the “Metallica Beer” Enter Night.
Decibel’s Top 5 Thrash Metal Cover Songs
June 10, 2019 Chris Dick
In which we explore the best of the ’80s thrash metal cover brigade.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Eric A.K. of Flotsam and Jetsam
January 17, 2019 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of Flotsam and Jetsam‘s new album, The End of Chaos, we caught up with vocalist Eric A.K. to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Hanno Klänhardt from Mantar
August 30, 2018 Greg Pratt
We catch up with Mantar‘s Hanno Klänhardt to find out what the five heavy albums that changed his life were.
Track Premiere: Psykopath – ‘Armageddon’
August 17, 2018 Vince Bellino
Who said thrash is dead? Not Psykopath!
Budgie’s “Never Turn Your Back on a Friend” Inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame
August 13, 2018 Vince Bellino
Heavy metal originators Budgie are inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Budgie – “Budgie”
August 1, 2018 Chris Dick
Budgie‘s Never Turn Your Back on a Friend is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Heavy Metal Love Songs: A Playlist
February 14, 2018 Joseph Schafer
Happy Valentine’s Day from Decibel. We like you like you, so we made you a playlist of metal love songs — light on the power ballads.
Ex-Anthrax/Armored Saint Vocalist John Bush Talks ’84 Tour With Metallica in Exclusive “The Rise of L.A. Thrash Metal” Clip
January 17, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Check out an exclusive clip from the revelatory new documentary The Rise of L.A. Thrash Metal.
Bob Rock on Metallica: “I didn’t cater to what they were. I catered to what they wanted to do.”
September 18, 2017 Chris Dick
Legendary producer, engineer and musician Bob Rock discusses working with Metallica and the way that producing records has evolved over time.
Ten Songs Inspired by Stephen King
September 4, 2017 Joseph Schafer
This coming Friday, a new film adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic and massive horror novel ‘IT’ will be released in American cinemas. Will it be good? King does not have the best history with cinema. The beloved miniseries based upon the novel, starring Tim Curry as the shapeshifting clown monster Pennywise, does not hold up,…
The Top 10 Metal Songs Never Performed Live
August 8, 2017 Joseph Schafer
We look at some of the best metal songs of all time… that have never been performed live.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Metallica’s “The Black Album”
July 31, 2017 Neill Jameson
Our Neill Jameson revisits Metallica’s controversial self-titled album.
Hall of Fame Countdown: Metallica’s …And Justice for All
March 2, 2017 Greg Pratt
In which we revisit …And Justice for All and rank the songs from worst to best. Justice is done.
Decibel Presents The Top 100 Metal Tours of All Time Special Issue
February 17, 2017 Albert Mudrian
What are the Top 100 metal tours of all time? Find out in Decibel‘s new limited edition special issue of 100% previously-unprinted content.
Metallica “Hardwired” Cover Creator: “We hadn’t heard of Crowbar or seen the album”
December 14, 2016 Greg Pratt
There’s more than a little similarity between Metallica’s new album cover and a classic Crowbar album cover; we caught up with one of the guys who worked on the Metallica cover to find out what’s going on here.
For Those About to Squawk: Peckin’ on Metallica
November 24, 2016 Blake Harrison
Waldo pecks on Metallica‘s Hardwired… To Self-Destruct.
Metallica Re-revisit the Cover of Decibel! Advance Copies Available
November 11, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Metallica return to the cover of Decibel for the first time in eight years. Get your copy now.
THE DEATH METAL THAT INSPIRED DEATH METAL (THE MOVIE)
October 12, 2016 Shawn Macomber
Chris McInroy brought a little shred, gurgle, n’ grind to this year’s Fantastic Fest with his relentlessly awesome, gore-drenched love letter to the decimating power of riffage, Death Metal. The short film is now tearing its way through a huge number of subsequent festivals and considering both its Deci-worthy subject matter overlap and the season, we thought we’d reach out to the director to see if he’d be down to summon up a Death Metal playlist.