Thrash Metal
Track Premiere: Mass Deception: “Selling Souls! Buying Lies!”
June 2, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Dutch thrash crew Mass Deception consider the pros and cons of soul-selling in latest video for “Selling Souls! Buying Lies!”.
Video Premiere: King Parrot – “Get What Ya Given”
April 30, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Aussie grind fiends King Parrot are about to squawk in their latest video.
Track Premiere: For the Pyres – “Downfall”
April 28, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish HM-2 stompers For the Pyres are burning for you on buzzing, thrashy new track “Downfall.”
Track Premiere: Panpsychism – “Imperfect Contrition”
April 16, 2025 Tim Mudd
From the blazing crucible of Pueblo, death/thrash newcomers Panpsychism are out to make their presence known with Imperfect Mortality, their debut full-length recorded at Hahn Audio.
Track Premiere: Family Garden – ‘Blazing Emerald Sky’
April 7, 2025 Emily Bellino
Get rowdy with Philly trio Family Garden.
Interview: Tech-Thrashers Cryptosis Discuss the Intersection of Technology and Extreme Metal
March 24, 2025 Emily Bellino
Futuristic Dutch thrashers Cryptosis talk Black Mirror, technicality versus melody and their new album, Celestial Death.
Full Album Stream: Sacrifice – “Volume Six”
February 18, 2025 Emily Bellino
Play thrash or die with Canadian thrash OGs Sacrifice.
Track Premiere: Hirax – “Worlds End”
January 27, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear old-school titans Hirax celebrate 40 years of SoCal thrash on new single “Worlds End.”
Full Album Stream: Axestasy –Withering Tides
January 13, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear German power thrashers Axetasy find that Motörhead-meets-Helloween sweet spot on new Dying Victims full-length, Withering Tides.
Album Premiere: Thinking About Thrashing with Montreal’s MUTANK
November 28, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take an advance left cross to the chops with MUTANK‘s new full-length!
Book Review: Marty Friedman –Dreaming Japanese
November 27, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Guitarist Marty Friedman’s Megadeth years seem quaint compared to his fame in Japan, as detailed in his new memoir, Dreaming Japanese.
Track Premiere: Graveripper – “Cybernetic Nightmare”
November 13, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Indiana speed metal dealers, Graveripper, issue an apocalyptic warning of the potential “Cybernetic Nightmare” on new new Wise Blood Flexi single.
Track Premiere: Mandroïd of Krypton – “The Waltz of Death”
October 14, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
“The Waltz of Death” from Swiss thrashers Mandroïd Of Krypton aims to make mosh pits more waltz friendly.
Q&A: Chuck Billy (Testament) Goes A Haunting
October 10, 2024 Chris Dick
Decibel interviews Chuck Billy of thrash metal titans Testament about the reissues of The Legacy and The New Order.
Full Album Stream: Vicious Blade – “Relentless Force”
September 24, 2024 Emily Bellino
Extreme thrashers Vicious Blade come at you with ‘Relentless Force’ on their debut full-length.
Full EP Stream: No Gods – “Counterfeit / Noose Wound”
September 12, 2024 Emily Bellino
Stream a new two-song EP from Philly thrashers No Gods.
Interview: Nervosa Frontwoman Prika Amaral Discusses New Lineup and First US Headlining Tour
August 22, 2024 Emily Bellino
Catching up with Nervosa frontwoman Prika Amaral ahead of the international thrashers’ upcoming US headliner.
Track Premiere: Herakleion Unleashes “Blood of Nessus” from Upcoming EP ‘Necroverse’
August 21, 2024 Tim Mudd
Herakleion prepare to enter the Necroverse with a quick visit to “The Tomb.”
Interview: LA Thrashers EvilDead Discuss New Album, Toxic Grace
May 23, 2024 Emily Bellino
Guitarist Juan Garcia discusses EvilDead‘s new album.
Track Premiere: Idol Throne – ‘The Last Voyage’
February 29, 2024 Emily Bellino
Indiana power-thrashers Idol Throne debut the first single off of their second album.
Track Premiere: Hypoxia – “Pathway To Charon”
January 30, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Queens, NY death metal horde Hypoxia return to the fray with a dissonant new crusher, “Pathway to Charon.”
Streaming: Hyperia Make Bolder, Darker Thrashier Moves with New Album The Serpent’s Cycle
November 16, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the new album by Canucklehead thrashers, Hyperia!
Full Album Stream: Degrave – “Volume”
October 30, 2023 Emily Bellino
New riffs, old-school sound. Listen to thrashers Degrave on their new album, Volume.
Video Premiere: Hatefulmurder – “Call Out Your Soul”
October 24, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Watch Brazilian melodic DM outfit Hatefulmurder thrash their way through new single, “Call Out Your Soul.”
Album Premiere: Acid Mass – “Agonizer”
September 20, 2023 Sean Frasier
Jump in a repossessed war machine and steamroll the day with Midwestern thrash ‘n’ roll solo project Acid Mass.
Video Premiere: Besta – “Olhar Serafico”
August 30, 2023 J. Andrew
Check out the new music video for Besta‘s song “Olhar Serafico,” off the band’s album Terra Em Desapego, out now via Lifeforce Records.
Full Album Stream: Bloodletter – ‘A Different Kind of Hell’
July 20, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Chicago thrash crew Bloodletter spin an epic tale on their new concept album for Wise Blood Records, A Different Kind of Hell.
Track Premiere: Transilience – “Seven Samurai”
June 29, 2023 José Carlos Santos
Watch Virginia progressive thrash unsung heroes Transilience return with the first Kurosawa-inspired single from their new EP Nervesaw.
Video Premiere: Terminalist – “The Crisis As Condition”
June 22, 2023 J. Andrew
“The crisis is no longer a phase in passing or a simple challenge to overcome, it’s become a permanent condition.”
Full Album Stream: Speedwhore – ‘Visions of a Parallel World’
May 25, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
This full album stream from old-school metal disciples Speedwhore proves they’re in no rush to leave 1985.