thrash

Full EP Stream: Morbid Breath – “In the Hand of the Reaper”

May 17, 2021

Morbid Breath seeks to “revive that malicious, heavy, and raw 80’s thrash-metal sound” on their new EP, In the Hand of the Reaper.”

Justify Your Shitty Taste: M.O.D.’s “Surfin’ M.O.D.”

April 15, 2021

If Municipal Waste released it, you’d love it, so let’s give M.O.D.’s Surfin’ M.O.D. the attention it deserves.

Track by Track: Black Knife – ‘Murder Season’

March 10, 2021

Blackened scumpunks Black Knife just released their homicidal LP, Murder Season. Founding vocalist/guitarist Hellwulv describes its fury track by track.

Full Album Stream: Paranorm- “Empyrean”

February 15, 2021

Decibel is pleased to present, for the thrashing-mad among us, an exclusive stream of the debut album from Sweden’s Paranorm.

Nervosa Dominate the Cover of the February Issue of Decibel

December 11, 2020

We have a limited number of advance copies of the February issue of Decibel, featuring our an exclusive new flexi disc single from murder metal kings Macabre.

Video Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Riff Cult”

December 2, 2020

Seasoned Brazilian death-tinged toad-thrashers Claustrofobia invite you to join their “Riff Cult.”

For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Sodom, Tombs and Witchwood

November 6, 2020

Our cooped up correspondent pecks on thrash metal legends, U.S. black metal’s unsung heroes and, um, a flute rock.

Video Premiere: Intoxicated – “Yuck”

October 26, 2020

Floridian deathrash trio Intoxicated return with a blistering music video for their venom-spewing single “Yuck.”

Comes Like the Flood: Anthrax’s “Persistence of Time” Turns 30

September 10, 2020

Thirty years ago Anthrax released the thrash metal apotheosis Persistence of Time, a timeless record which remains as beguiling and potent as ever.

Album Premiere: Evoke – ‘Seeds of Death’

September 9, 2020

Bullet-belted deathrashers Evoke race the devil on their debut LP, Seeds of Death. Out September 18 on Pulverized Records.

Track Premiere: Axeslasher — “Intro/The Axeslasher (Live)”

September 2, 2020

Killer Denver, Colorado horror metal outfit Axeslasher reemerges from the shadows with a wild and nasty new live album.

Album Premiere: Deathstorm – For Dread Shall Reign

July 28, 2020

An early full album stream of For Dread Shall Reign, the brand-new record from three-headed Austrian thrash beast Deathstorm.

Album Premiere: Temple of Dread – ‘World Sacrifice’

July 22, 2020

Death metal enforcers Temple of Dread prep a pyre for Earth’s burning on their sophomore LP, World Sacrifice. Out July 24 from Testimony Records.

Video Premiere: Shrapnel – “Begin Again”

July 16, 2020

Brit thrashers Shrapnel paid tribute to a friend who died by suicide with “Begin Again,” which they’re now a visual accompaniment.

Track Premiere: Psychosomatic – ‘We Don’t Trust You’

July 15, 2020

Unsung California thrash heroes Psychosomatic return with their first new song in five years.

Municipal Waste – “The Art of Partying”

June 25, 2020

Richmond crossover kings Municipal Waste make thrash fun again with Hall of Fame inductee The Art of Partying.

Track Premiere: Battlemaster – ‘Black Challenge’

June 1, 2020

Take the “Black Challenge” with long-running Richmond blackened thrashers Battlemaster.

Death Angel’s Will Carroll on His Coronavirus Battle: “They Seriously Thought I Was Going To Die”

April 13, 2020

Death Angel drummer Will Carroll shares his story for the first time with Decibel about how the his harrowing battle with COVID-19 changed his life.

Video Premiere: Rabid Flesh Eaters – ‘The Fall’

April 10, 2020

Texas thrash dealers Rabid Flesh Eaters drop the new LP, R.F.E., tomorrow, but you can watch their epic new video for “The Fall” TODAY.

Video Premiere: Total Annihilation – ‘Reborn In Flesh’

January 23, 2020

Total Annihilation picked an aptly-titled track for their visual return. “Reborn In Flesh” comes from the Swiss band’s first album in eight years, …On Chains of Doom.

Dying Fetus, Ringworm and Genocide Pact Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST

January 17, 2020

Get tickets NOW to see Dying Fetus, Ringworm and Genocide Pact demolish the Foundry in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 2 as part of the Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST!

For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Artillery and Blitzkrieg

December 3, 2019

The light release schedule forces Waldo to investigate a Mighty Music promo link. Click here to find out what happens next!

Full Album Stream: Dismemberment – ‘Arc of Ancients’

November 6, 2019

Blackened death/thrash bruisers Dismemberment will release Arc of Ancients, the second album from the Ohio extreme metal quartet, through Creator-Destructor Records this Friday, but why wait to hear it?

Video Premiere: Aftermath – ‘Scientists and Priest’

November 1, 2019

If you’re looking for affirmation of the separation between church and state, then Aftermath have got some bad fucking news for you.

Full EP Stream: Mother’s Tomb – ‘Absent Not Dead”

September 26, 2019

Get to know Mother’s Tomb, and their first four tracks of ripping death/thrash via of Absent Not Dead.