NWOBHM
Hall of Fame Countdown: Angel Witch’s “Angel Witch”
October 8, 2020 Greg Pratt
Ranking the songs on Angel Witch’s Hall of Fame-inducted, NWOBHM classic self-titled debut from worst to best.
Video Premiere: Lovebites – “Golden Destination”
April 17, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
If you’ve got BabyMetal in your sights, watch out for Lovebites.
Track Premiere: Sacred Leather – “Oruku”
April 15, 2020 Sean Frasier
Heavy Metal lustlords Sacred Leather are back to tease their upcoming LP with the fiery riff-spittin’ new single “Oruku.”
Full Album Stream: Lord Vigo – ‘Danse de Noir’
April 8, 2020 Sean Frasier
German doom sextet Lord Vigo bring epic balladry and NWOBHM flare to their synth-soaked Blade Runner concept album Danse de Noir.
Hear Exclusive New Satan Song “Twelve Infernal Lords” Via the Decibel Flexi Series!
March 4, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Satan flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track written and recorded for the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Satan to Release New Song “Twelve Infernal Lords” Via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 31, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, Feb 3 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single featuring a brand new song from NWOBHM heroes Satan!
Full Album Stream: Solace — “The Brink”
December 11, 2019 Shawn Macomber
New Jersey doom n’ rollers Solace channel a career of hard luck into a scorching comeback record.
Full Album Stream: Savage Master – ‘Myth, Magic & Steel’
October 23, 2019 Sean Frasier
Louisville leather-fiends Savage Master unmask their newest offering of devilish ragers on their Myth, Magic & Steel LP.
Full Album Stream: Screamer – ‘Highway of Heroes’
October 9, 2019 Sean Frasier
Swedish hell machines Screamer take a leather-clad trad metal joyride on their newest triumphant record, Highway of Heroes.
Q&A: Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) Talks Twin Leads & XLIX
May 13, 2019 Chris Dick
Wishbone Ash guitarist and founding member Andy Powell regales Decibel about the past, the present, and the future.
Track Premiere: Seer – ‘Iron Worth Striking’
January 23, 2019 Vince Bellino
Hear a new song from Canadian doom/sludge outfit Seer.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Raven’s “The Pack Is Back”
January 10, 2019 Greg Pratt
Revisiting and justifying Raven‘s major-label experiment The Pack Is Back.
Track Premiere: Untimely Demise – ‘Lethal Enforcers’
September 7, 2018 Adrien Begrand
Untimely Demise nail the death/thrash formula with “Lethal Enforcers.”
Judas Priest – “Stained Class”
May 1, 2018 Adem Tepedelen
Judas Priest‘s Stained Class takes its place in the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Track Premiere: Pagan Altar – ‘Dance of the Vampires’
July 27, 2017 Vince Bellino
Listen to a new song from NWOBHM group Pagan Altar, their last with late vocalist Terry Jones.
Tank’s ‘Filth Hounds of Hades’ Inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame
July 13, 2017 Albert Mudrian
British heavy metal luminaries Tank bulldoze their way into the Decibel Hall of Fame. Pick up the August issue (#154) to read the making of Filth Hounds of Hades.
Tank – “Filth Hounds of Hades”
July 6, 2017 J. Bennett
March 1982. Maggie Thatcher lords over a dangerously unemployed U.K. with a hatchet face, a controversial economic policy and “a voice like a cat sliding down a blackboard.” The Falklands War debacle is just weeks away.
Exhumed’s Matt Harvey talks new trad metal project Pounder
June 22, 2017 Greg Pratt
We caught up with Pounder’s Matt Harvey to talk about how his new trad metal project is really more similar to his extreme metal bands than you might think.
Full Album Stream: Rebel Wizard – ‘Triumph of Gloom’
February 22, 2017 Vince Bellino
Rebel Wizard‘s unique sound, self-described as “negative metal,” is an unholy marriage of black, thrash and power metal with a healthy dose of NWoBHM thrown in. Stream their album Triumph of Gloom in full now.
Saxon’s “Wheels of Steel” Inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame
January 4, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Saxon‘s NWOBHM building block Wheels of Steel enters Decibel’s Hall of Fame.
Saxon – “Wheels of Steel”
January 4, 2017 Chris Dick
The New Wave of British Heavy Metal wasn’t a movement. Until it was a movement. Early on, bands—mostly categorized as hard rock—merely created music the only way they knew how.
Nick Bowcott to Join Grim Reaper for Two US Shows
October 5, 2016 Vince Bellino
The NWOBHM band’s original guitarist will join them for two shows in Los Angeles and Phoenix on their upcoming tour.
Track Premiere: Evil Invaders are “Raising Hell”
September 21, 2016 Vince Bellino
Evil Invaders‘ “Raising Hell” is a speed-drenched, retro tune.
Premiere: Step up to BAT with the Full-Album Stream of “Wings of Chains”
June 10, 2016 James Lewis
Friday is for flying rodents. Or NWOBHM supergroups featuring members of Municipal Waste, Volture, and D.R.I. — your choice.
Brian Tatler of Diamond Head on New Album: “It Feels Like a Re-Birth, a Statement of Intent”
May 27, 2016 J. Andrew
The Diamond Head frontman chats about the band’s new album.
Satan – “Court in the Act”
April 1, 2016 Kevin Stewart-Panko
By the time 1983 rolled around, those bands participating within the loose construct known as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal had become well aware that there was more to their scene and sound than playing time-tested and amped-up blues-based riffs in the back rooms of pubs or moldy rehearsal rooms.
Full Album Stream: Monolith’s “Against The Wall Of Forever”
February 6, 2015 Justin Norton
Last week, we debuted the track “Caravan” from Monolith’s soon to be released album Against The Wall Of Forever. It turns out that there is a pretty decent audience for the band’s proto NWOBHM sounds. So, our friends at the new label Funeral Noise Records (a spinoff of death metal staple Gore House) asked if…
Streaming: Monolith’s “Caravan”
January 28, 2015 Justin Norton
Gore House Productions is known for their embrace of some of the most depraved death metal on the planet. The bulk of their catalog would be considered NSFW. But gore-hound-in-chief Carlos Matt is launching a sister label called Funeral Noise Records that aims to embrace different and, dare we say, more accessible metal. Decibel got…
The Deciblog Interview: Paul Di’Anno
October 20, 2014 Justin Norton
“A lot has been written and said about me through the years — most of it bad, some of it untrue.” That’s the opening of the 2010 Paul Di’Anno biography The Beast, which reads more like a gritty LA noir novel than a musical memoir. If you were to read the book — a combination…