Thrash Metal

Belgian speed demons Evil Invaders are a stylistic throwback to the days of Metallica and Slayer, playing fast and tight guitar-driven thrash. After debuting with Pulses of Pleasure on Napalm Records, their second LP, Feed Me Violence, builds on what they started on Pulses. In other words, Evil Invaders aren’t just rehashing something that’s been done to death—they play exciting, tight thrash…

Stream the first single from Left Behind‘s new record, Blessed by the Burn now!

Watch a new live video from Dust Bolt before they hit the road with Obituary and Exodus!

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,…

Stream the new album from epic heavy metal duo Sons of Crom!

Go behind the scenes with prolific Russian label Satanath Records.

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Exit Eden, Warbeast and Damn Freaks.

New York thrash metal heroes Nuclear Assault join the ranks of the Decibel Hall of Fame this month with the induction of their landmark 1986 debut album, Game Over. You can read the extensive story about the making of the album in the September issue of Decibel (available here), which includes interviews with each member of Nuclear Assault who performed on…

Our Neill Jameson revisits Metallica’s controversial self-titled album.

Watch a new video from groove metallers Granada. 

Stream a new song from old-school thrashers Toxik. 

Stream the new record from River Black, featuring members of Municipal Waste and Revocation.

Prepare to suit up and Enter the Arena with Texas thrash heavyweights Warbeast. 

New York City-based label WYLN is reissuing lost, classic heavy metal records including albums from Cyanide, Leather Nunn, Valhalla and Death Squad. 

Stream the title track from crossover thrashers Paralysis’ first full-length record, Life Sentence.

Goatwhore frontman Ben Falgoust on new album Vengeful Ascension. 

Kick off your weekend with the silly but ferocious debut from Wolves Attack!! 

Contest alert: Win test pressings of Kreator‘s reissued first four albums plus full Q&A with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza.

There’s only one Duplicate Records.

Stream EP closer “Sickle & Scythe” from thrashers Green Death.

Stream new track “The Observer” from blackened thrash force Wilderness Dream. 

Journalist Martin Popoff just released a trio of new metal books, and we picked his brain about them.

Ikillya are At War For An Idea on their third effort, which you can stream now.

Melodic thrash metal crew Dead Asylum premiere “Defiance” from new album Death Always Wins. 

The Future State of Wicked
Binge on some tasty riffs
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Satanarchist are a raging whirlwind of black metal and anarcho-punk on their new album, First Against the Wall.

Croatoan unleash potent thrash/groove metal on “Bloodgutter.”

The vile underground is alive and in good hands with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. 

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Casket Huffer, Altar of Betelgeuze and Necrowretch. 

Their first album since the reunion of Jersey’s morbid thrash cult, Blood Feast, The Future State of Wicked boasts deadly riffs, razor-sharp vocal attacks, and explosive battery. Out this Friday on Hells Headbangers, The Future State of Wicked is here.