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Top 5 Albums That Make My Beard Scream and Dance by Valient Himself (Valient Thorr)

Posted September 1 by Jeanne F. (3 Comments)

By Valient Himself (Valient Thorr)

These are in no particular order. That's because accurate lists are time-consuming, all-encompassing shared social knowledge that have to be precise, detailed, and accurate for the benefit of all who may come across said list. However, I lack the time necessary to develop a maquette that will cross off all the parameters that are usually present on one of these lists. So I'll just run with what I can think of that I would like to party and sweat to AT THIS MOMENT.

5. FUNKADELIC - LET'S TAKE IT TO THE STAGE
An unbelievable album. The three-guitar attack of Eddie Hazel, Michael Hampton, and Garry Shider combined with the FUNK combines to make what I consider their best effort. These dudes made some of the best, underrated guitar albums of the seventies. This one in particular makes me freak out when the needle hits the wax.

Posted August 31 by Chris D.

By Igor Nardin (Noctiferia)

I must admit that I haven't written such a novel since my primary school. This diary for Deciblog was quite a deal for me, and I am happy it's last day of writing!

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Kids Incorpse-orated

Posted August 31 by Shane Mehling (7 Comments)

** Fast forward to the :36 second mark **

Okay, let's not make this a conversation on whether this is death metal, deathcore or "Ticknikal Dith Mittle." No matter how we may parse this, these guys are still playing some of the most extreme music possible in front of children in New Zealand or Australia or some other upside down country and the kids are just bopping around arrhythmically like they're trying to shake their sillies out. And the band's called Blindfolded and Led To The Woods. That's not a name as much as instructions. They may as well be called Get Into Vans With Strangers.

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A Nightmare on Netflix

Posted August 30 by Shawn Macomber (1 Comments)

Never Sleep Again, the gargantuan new documentary covering the New Line, pre-remake years of the A Nightmare on Elm Street series, is flat out fantastic—essential viewing, really, for fans of the franchise, pre-CGI horror films, or even those with just a general interest in creative low budget, insurgent filmmaking. From the gay subtext of Freddy's Revenge, New Line palace intrigue, and how The Dream Child (unintentionally!?) ended up so goddamn ridiculously camp to Renny Harlin's awesome break down of Freddy’s Dream Master resurrection for that pompous, humorless ass James Cameron (“A dog pisses fire”) and a hilarious exposition of the lyrical competition between Don Dokken and Jeff Pilson which culminated in the “Dream Warriors” single, the film is as comprehensive as it is entertaining.

“This is not a fluffy promo piece,” the film's amiable, incisive director Daniel Farrands tells Decibel in the Q&A after the jump. “It’s an indie documentary. We didn’t make it to appease a studio or sell DVDs. We wanted to tell the real behind the scenes stories of a franchise we love in a real way from as many viewpoints as possible, and the stars thankfully somehow aligned for us.”

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Eddie Van Halen knows how to party

Posted August 27 by Shane Mehling

And by party we mean act like a goddamn lunatic. Brent Smith, lead singer and unironic facial hair sporter for the almost incomprehensibly shitty asshole band Shinedown is a bad story teller, but thanks to a cartoon, it's like we're really there to see Eddie Van Halen's "Smoking Gun." What is the smoking gun?

Posted August 27 by Chris D.

By Igor Nardin (Noctiferia)

Last night there was a major storm here in Ljubljana. I love the mornings after a stormy night. There is strange calmness in the air and everything seems to be so simple. At least for the first few hours. Then everything gets messy again. Nature is one of the main inspirations in my life. I try to recreate its dramatics in our music with all its extremes... Beauty on one hand and terror on other.

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Hostile City Deathfest 2010

Posted August 27 by Chris D.

If you're anywhere near Philadelphia (I'm looking at your New York, Baltimore, and D.C.!), this weekend -- actually right fucking now -- at Club Polaris death and black metal bands from across the country and around the globe -- actually just Australia's Destroyer 666 and Belgium's Enthroned -- are tearing the City of Brotherly Hate a new asshole. Like we need it. Well, our crime rate is down for the second year in a row. OK, so we're no Flint, Michigan or Chester, Pennsylvania, but for the next three days Philadelphia not going to be the same. Trust us. 'Cause we're gonna be there! Along with...

Thrash gods Exodus are here. PA OSDM legends Incantation are here. Florida's Malevolent Creation are here. So too are Hate Eternal, Origin, Diabolic, Mortician, and Black Anvil. Even Shaun LaCanne is bringing his cuddly one-man death metal show, Putrid Pile, to the Hostile City Deathfest.

Click here for more information on the Hostile City Deathfest. Click here for the running order. Click here to check out some guts.

Posted August 27 by Jeanne F.

******CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR PLAYING.********

Reading is fundamental. No doubt about it. And if you have any interest in punk and hardcore music, nothing is more fundamental than ye olde zine known as Touch and Go. Back in Lansing, Michigan, in 1979, two fellas by the names of Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson started the zine to talk about their favorite bands. (If you missed the Deciblog's extremely excellent interview with Vee and editor Steve Miller, read it now.) As Negative Approach's John Brannon so eloquently put it, "Creem may have taught me how to piss, but Touch and Go taught me how to shit." That's deep, dude. The entire 22-issue run was recently wrapped up into a ridiculously awesome book put out by Bazillion Points Press. Want a copy? Yes, yes you do. Enter for a chance to win after the jump.

Posted August 26 by Chris D. (4 Comments)

Too bad there are no keytars in this video. Or Michael Score haircuts. Or George Alan O'Dowd dance moves. Mose Giganticus actually kind of rocks. Kevin Stewart-Panko kinda thought so too in dB #070.

Posted August 26 by Chris D. (6 Comments)

By Igor Nardin (Noctiferia)

Today, I found some time to play with Noctiferia symbols. I got cool idea for a series of t-shirts titled ‘God Save us from Religion’. Three main religious symbols with the NoctiStar symbol on top. Maybe it was already done, I don't know. I honestly don't care. Ironically I chose the three most pop religions. Obviously, those that created most suffering in history. Every religion is the same at its base. All have same source, but they were divided to create conflict, manipulate, and separate instead to connect. I work as designer, so I do all Noctiferia designs. It is almost as important as music.

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