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CITY OF CATERPILLAR to Release Exclusive New Track, “In the Tall Grass,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
March 29, 2024
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, April 1 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Richmond post-hardcore legends City of Caterpillar.
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Video Premiere: Julia Gaeta’s “Blur Divine”
March 28, 2024
Hear Julia Gaeta‘s musical evolution via the dark wave/post-punk/trip-hop of new track “Blur Divine”
Editorial
Slayer’s Debut “Show No Mercy” Turns 40
December 4, 2023
There was once a metal world without Slayer, as hard as that is to imagine. That world changed forever with this album. Show No Mercy is a giant’s first loud footstep.
WATCH: FOLTERKAMMER and WITCHING Vocalists on Black Metal, Influences and More in This Exclusive Video Interview
March 29, 2024 Michael Wohlberg
Two of avant-garde black metal’s exciting new voices have much to discuss.
Video Premiere: Semuta – ‘Glacial Erratic’
March 28, 2024 Emily Bellino
Portland sludge duo Semuta party with the Portland metal scene in their new video.
Interview: Morta Skuld Finally Get Their Due on ‘Creation Undone’
March 28, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Morta Skuld guitarist/vocalist Dave Gregor about the band’s latest album, Creation Undone. We unpack the record, the process, and how it feels to finally get some recognition.
Full Album Stream: Suffer – “Grand Canvas of the Aesthete”
March 27, 2024 J. Andrew
“We wanted to have one last chance to make a Suffer album that sounded the way every Suffer recording should have sounded.”
Track Premiere: Wretched Blessing – ‘Spurious Ovation’
March 27, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear Kayhan Vaziri (Yautja) and Rae Amitay (of Immortal Bird) roll out a new earth shaker as Wretched Blessing.
Full Album Stream: Mutilation Barbecue – “Amalgamations of Gore”
March 26, 2024 Emily Bellino
Hope you brought you appetite: it’s time for the debut album from Ohio death metal butchers Mutilation Barbecue.
Blast Worship: Shock Withdrawal
March 26, 2024 Gene Meyer
Hear grind vet Mitchell Luna return with the debut LP, The Dismal Advance, from his new group, Shock Withdrawal.
Full Album Stream: Verwoed – “The Mother”
March 25, 2024 J. Andrew
According to Dutch black-metallers Verwoed, the band’s new album is “truly is a prayer of blood and fire.”
Full Album Stream: MGR – “Glacier’s Wake”
March 25, 2024 Emily Bellino
Former Isis guitarist Mike Gallagher explores post-rock and more on the new MGR album.
Five For Friday: March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024 J. Andrew
This week’s load of new arrivals comes in heavy with the latest from Necrophobic, Khold, Mastiff and more!