Kevin Stewart-Panko
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!
“The Lineup Is So Sick!” Artists Prepare as Decibel’s Metal & Fest: Denver Approaches
November 13, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Members of Mother of Graves, Phobocosm, Krypts, Astral Tomb and The Munsens talk Metal & Beer Fest Denver as Dec 1-2 approaches.
Rottenness Keep on Rotting and Rocking with More Releases, Free Goodies and Tour News
November 2, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Dig in as death grinders Rottenness cover Anthrax, give away free shit and tour the world!
Streaming: Supreme Conception Defy Death Metal with “The Post-Humanist Delusion”
October 19, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out 12 minutes of immersive tech-death by Supreme Conception!
Ett Dödens Maskineri Wants You to Know How Screwed We Are
October 5, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a track from Kulturekrget, the new album by Swedish nihilists, Ett Dödens Maskineri!
EP Premiere: SPOOK THE BEAST Shock and Awe with “Guided By the Second Sun”
September 21, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the downcast calamity of post-sludge doom crushers Spook the Beast‘s latest EP!
Video Premiere: Driving Thrash Metal, Literally, With Sinnery’s “An Ode (Knife of Erato)”
September 7, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Get behind the wheel with Israeli thrashers Sinnery and their latest video!
Video Premiere: Post-Apocalypse Survival with Vortex’s “The Future Remains in Oblivion”
August 24, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the a rendering of the future by Quebec-based symphonic death metallers, Vortex!
EP Premiere: Necronomicon Ex Mortis Mix Shredding Death Metal and Horror On Silver Bullet
August 10, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take a listen to the new EP by Chicago horror shredders, Necronomicon Ex Mortis!
More Friendly Rotten Fun From Our Rotten Friends in Rottenness
July 27, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Deathgrind crushers Rottenness always have a story to tell and will always share it with Decibel.
An Interview With Geoff Bourrie – Founder, Promoter and Curator of Loud as Hell Fest
June 29, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
An interview with Loud as Hell Fest mainman Geoff Bourrie!
Full EP Stream: Orchid’s Curse’s The Decay Waves a Flag For Eastern Canadian Metal
June 15, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Turn back the clock to the late ’90s/early ’00s with the metallic hardcore and epic bright-eyed sludge of eastern Canada’s Orchid’s Curse.
Video Premiere: Being Productive During Those Wasted Years with Cavern Deep’s “Skeletal Wastes”
June 1, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video by Swedish doom dwellers Cavern Deep!
EP Premiere: Experiencing Repulsion with Phantom Lung’s Abhorrent Entity
May 22, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take a deep breath and listen to the new EP by Toronto grinders Phantom Lung!
Video Premiere: Keeping it Wolf with Oak, Ash & Thorn’s “Unchain the Wolf”
May 18, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video by Denver Blackened Death D-beaters Oak, Ash & Thorn!
Video/Track Premiere: Invicta Battles into the Beyond with “Battle the Beyond”
May 4, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a new live track/video by Canadian melodic thrashers Invicta!
Full Album Stream: As Above, So Below with Atavistia’s Cosmic Warfare
April 20, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the orchestral density of Atavistia‘s new album, Cosmic Warfare!
Full EP Stream: Maudiir’s Musical Soliloque
April 6, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out Maudiir‘s musical soliloquy of prominent prog rock melodies, blackened NWOBHM chord voicings and mid-period Mustaine riffing …Soliloque
Full Album Stream: Forcefed Horsehead are Seeing Things with Monoceros
March 23, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Indulge in a stream of Forcefed Horsehead‘s animal mutant-friendly new album, Monoceros
Video Premiere: Exploring Misopedia via Tech-Death with Angelic Desolation’s “Shake the Baby”
March 9, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out “Shake the Baby,” Angelic Desolation‘s video response to the abortion controversy!
Full Album Stream: Getting Morose n’ Miserable with They Grieve’s To Which I Bore Witness
February 23, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to the debut full-length by Ottawa-based post-metal/drone doom duo, They Grieve!
Video Premiere: Unaligned Open Up About Their “Occhiolism”
February 9, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest single from Floridian tech-death whippersnappers Unaligned!
Video Premiere: Arriver Carry on with “Only On”
January 26, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video from Chicago prog-doomsters Arriver!
Live Review: Anthrax with Black Label Society and Exodus (Grey Eagle Events Centre, Calgary, AB: 1/22/23)
January 24, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Decibel’s takes in the Calgary date of Anthrax‘s ongoing 40th anniversary tour.
Video Premiere: Canada’s Alienatör are Rocking Out While Calling Out Cops on “The Less Dead”
January 12, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video offerings from Canadian noise rockers Alienatör!
Video Premieres: Asbestos Worker Bring the Noise… Rock. Two-Fold
December 29, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out two new videos from Minneapolis noise rockers Asbestos Worker!
Track Premiere: Pyramid Mass Drop a Big ‘Ol Monolith of Sound with “Offerings” from Monolith
December 15, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of Pyramid Mass‘ forthcoming debut full-length of spacey, blackened death!
Toronto’s Nihilist Death Cult Tackles Tyranny with Death to All Tyrants
December 1, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the debut by Toronto’s Nihilist Death Cult!
Video Premiere: Sxokondo Ooze with Despair and Disgust on “Child of Rage”
November 17, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video by Swiss slashers Sxokondo!
EP Stream: The Pandemic Couldn’t Kill Gorgatron’s Work Ethic (or Embryonic Cells)
November 3, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out Gorgatron‘s new EP, video and their Sepultura cover!