Sepultura
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.
Continue the Arise: Brazil’s Metal Scene Lives!
November 4, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Writer/photographer/tireless scene advocate Jessica Marinho takes us on a guided tour of the bustling, burgeoning, extremely extreme Brazilian metal scene.
Fight Fire with Fire: ‘I.N.R.I.’ vs. ‘Schizophrenia’
October 22, 2020 Greg Pratt
It’s the big Brazilian 1987 showdown with Sarcófago‘s I.N.R.I. vs. Sepultura‘s Schizophrenia.
Full EP Premiere: Sun in Shadows & Soul Remnants — “Collection of Skulls: A Tribute to Sepultura”
October 7, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Take a stroll down death thrash memory lane with this sick Sepultura covers EP courtesy Sun in Shadows and Soul Remnants.
Iggor Cavalera On Petbrick Collaboration with LG Petrov; Proceeds to Benefit Iconic Frontman’s Cancer Treatment Fund
October 2, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Can the digital hell of the new Petbrick single courtesy two heavy metal legends help strike a blow against cancer? It’s up to you.
Video Premiere: The Troops of Doom – ‘The Confessional’
September 16, 2020 Vince Bellino
Founding Sepultura guitarist revisits old ideas on “The Confessional.”
Track Premiere: Vulnere — “And They Fall”
August 12, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Rising Portland, Oregon death metallers Vulnere mine some of the greatest extremely extreme ore of yore for killer track “And They Fall.”
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Rising Horror Lit Visionary Scott Cole
April 1, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Philadelphia-based author and graphic designer Scott Cole writes brilliant, reality-refracting dark fiction — and has an extremely extreme heavy metal writing playlist to match.
Album Review: Sepultura – ‘Quadra’
January 28, 2020 Adrien Begrand
Sepultura‘s latest, Quadra, is Decibel‘s album of the week.
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.
Fallow Heart: Inner Self (Part II)
April 19, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts continues to ruminate on the inner self.
Fallow Heart: Inner Self (Part I)
April 12, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Analyzing Sepultura through a Buddhist lens.
An Update and Preview from Mexi-merican Death Grinders Rottenness
February 28, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Mexican-American deathgrinders Rottenness provide an update on their new album.
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: Allfather – ‘Citadels’
July 18, 2018 Sean Frasier
UK hardcore riff-rebels Allfather incite revolutions and mosh-pits with their newest single “Citadels.”
That Tour Was Awesome: New Titans on the Bloc (1991)
January 25, 2018 Greg Pratt
In 1991, the New Titans on the Bloc tour brought together Sepultura, Sacred Reich, Napalm Death and Sick of it All in a traveling circus of violence and extreme-music melting-pot mania.
Conspiracy Theories with Cavalera Conspiracy
November 15, 2017 Vince Bellino
Max Cavalera opens up to Decibel about conspiracy theories.
Top Ten Kaiju Metal Crossovers
October 2, 2017 Joseph Schafer
We select the 10 best songs about giant monsters.
Top 5 Death Metal Albums Marred by Terrible Production
March 27, 2017 Chris Dick
The subject header from Albert read: “top 5 idea”. The body read: “The greatest death metal albums marred by terrible production.” He then presents three albums, Reek of Putrefaction, The Red in the Sky is Ours, and Breeding the Spawn. Immediately, I recognized a gold post idea if there ever was one.
All-Star Sepultura Cover Band Clenched Fist Announced As Post-Metal And Beer Fest Show
March 14, 2017 Vince Bellino
Clenched Fist, the all-star Sepultura cover band featuring members of Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Misery Index will perform at the post-Decibel Metal And Beer Fest show.
5 Great Decibel Posts from 2016
December 30, 2016 J. Andrew
One writer picks five favorite Decibel web articles of 2016.
Pre-Order the Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology: Vol. II Book!
October 31, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Decibel has complied 25 of our best Hall of Fame pieces into a brand new hardcover, limited-edition, hand-numbered anthology, exclusively available here.
That Tour Was Awesome: Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura (1992)
October 27, 2016 Shane Mehling
The frontmen for each band—Ministry‘s Al Jourgensen, Helmet‘s Page Hamilton and Sepultura‘s Max Cavalera—share stories from one of the most oddly perfect mixes of diversified brutality in metal history. Get ready for tales of heroin, highway crashes and a puke-covered Eddie Vedder.
The Grindmother Covers Sepultura’s “Slave New World” (Video)
July 26, 2016 Albert Mudrian
The Grindmother – the Canadian trio fronted by a 67-year-old grandmother – are back with a Sepultura cover. And Decibel‘s got it here.
Video Premiere: Thrash Trio Nervosa aren’t Negotiating in “Hostages”
May 24, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Brazilian trio takes thrash beyond their country’s (bloody) roots on “Hostages.”
Hall of Fame Countdown: Sepultura’s Arise
February 18, 2016 Matt Solis
With three rock-solid releases preceding it (one of which is an undeniable first-ballot classic) and two, shall we say, polarizing releases following it, Arise is the sound of Sepultura finding their sweet spot. Ranking the songs from “worst to best” is borderline insane as they all completely rip, but we did it anyway.
Sepultura – “Arise”
January 28, 2016 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“Arise was the seed that exploded on Roots,” Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser thoughtfully notes. Those of you keeping score will note that this is Sepultura’s third dance with our Hall of Fame, a dB first.
Talkin’ Bout Flex: Misery Index
December 11, 2015 Daniel Lake
We spoke with Mark Kloeppel of Baltimore’s Misery Index about his band’s contribution to the Flexi Series. Misery Index’s song – a cover of Sepultura’s “Primitive Future” – can be found in our current issue (#135, January 2016, Lamb of God cover), but you can also check it out right here while you read Kloeppel’s comments on the recording’s origins and execution.
Interview: Crucifixion BR
October 13, 2014 Jeanne Fury
Brazil’s Crucifixion BR recently signed a deal with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions to release their debut full-length Destroying the Fucking Disciples of Christ. The Deciblog emailed with drummer Juliana Novo (aka DarkMoon) and singer/guitarist Marcio Guterres (aka Lord Grave War) to learn about all things heavy south of the equator. Tell us a bit…
Enter A Sweet, Sweet Deci-Hell, Courtesy Metalcakes
January 8, 2013 Shawn Macomber
“The weak pale in the face of both baking and metal!” Metalcakes proprietor Kathy Bejma declares when asked how she first came to realize heavy metal and cupcakes belonged in the same mixing bowl. “Plus ovens are like little mini hells accepting your sacrifice of unborn chickens, butter, and sugar…Occasionally I’ll get the How dare…