Interview
Q&A: Erik Payne Resurrects Floridian Death-Thrash Institution Intoxicated
September 5, 2022 Chris Dick
Erik Payne from Florida death-thrash combo Intoxicated riffs with Decibel. New album, Watch You Burn, is out now on Seeing Red Records.
Track Premiere: Cloud Rat – ‘Kaleidoscope’
August 25, 2022 Emily Bellino
Cloud Rat stream new song “Kaleidoscope” and discuss their upcoming album, Threshold.
Die Young’s Daniel Austin on Vegan Powerlifting and Eating For Strength
August 24, 2022 Cosmo Lee
In the latest installment of our Health Awaits fitness column, Daniel Austin (Die Young, Will to Live, and Tooth and Claw) discusses becoming a vegan AND a competitive powerlifter.
Interview: Redefining Darkness Owner Thomas Haywood Hosts Inaugural Into the Darkness Fest
July 12, 2022 Emily Bellino
Decibel spoke with Redefining Darkness Records about Into the Darkness Fest, a new death metal festival in Youngstown, Ohio.
Bjørnson, Beers & Bears: A Fire In the Mountains 2022 Festival Preview
July 11, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Festival organizers Jeremy Walker and Alex Feher, as well as lineup curation mastermind Shane McCarthy, on the return of Wyoming’s great wilderness fest.
Q&A: Grave Digger’s Chris Boltendahl on Crusaders, Falsettos, and “Honest Heavy Metal”
June 27, 2022 Justin Norton
Heavy metal lifer, Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger talks to Decibel about the new album and the graves of the 80s.
Q&A: Temple of Void’s Alex Awn And Mike Erdody Paint The World Doom
June 27, 2022 Chris Dick
Temple of Void‘s Alex Awn And Mike Erdody talk death-doom, Warhammer 40K, and new album Summoning the Slayer.
Q&A: JB Le Bail Scorches Earth With New Svart Crown EP, ‘Les Terres Brûlées’
June 20, 2022 Chris Dick
French black metallers Svart Crown re-think their formula on new EP Les Terres Brûlées. Madman JB Le Bail sets the tone.
Q&A: Patrick O’Neil On His 80s Hardcore Memoir Anarchy At The Circle K
June 6, 2022 Justin Norton
In his latest book, Anarchy At the Circle K, Patrick O ‘Neil writes about 80s hardcore in a narrative that’s a combination of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life.
Watch: CANNIBAL CORPSE Guitarist Erik Rutan Talks Classic Cannibal LPs, Performing with the Mountain Goats & New Hate Eternal Music Ahead of Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
May 24, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan gives his picks for what he thinks would be the best Cannibal albums to perform in full ahead of the band’s headline performance at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 11.
Come to Grief guitarist Terry Savastano details Apple Music playlist choices
May 19, 2022 Greg Pratt
Come to Grief guitarist Terry Savastano talks about the songs he recently picked for a guest-curated Decibel Apple Music playlist.
Q&A: Peter Tägtgren Has A New Conspiracy
May 16, 2022 Chris Dick
Hypocrisy mastermind Peter Tägtgren reveals a new conspiracy brewing below the Earth’s crust on new album, Worship.
Q&A: Paul Masvidal Explores The Renewel Of Æon Spoke (Aeon Spoke)
May 9, 2022 Chris Dick
Paul Masvidal (Cynic) finds rebirth in the Season of Mist reissue of the final Æon Spoke (Aeon Spoke) full-length.
Full Album Stream: Stöner – “Totally…”
May 5, 2022 Emily Bellino
Tune in and drop out with the new album from Stöner.
Q&A: NITE Guitarist/Vocalist Van Labrakis Heavies Blackened Metal
May 2, 2022 Chris Dick
Decibel summons NITE guitarist/Vocalist Van Labrakis to discuss his band’s newest album Voices of the Kronian Moon (Season of Mist). Gallop into the black…
Watch: WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Drummer Aaron Weaver Talks Special Guests For Their ‘Two Hunters’ Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
April 14, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Wolves in the Throne Room drummer Aaron Weaver discusses the USBM stalwarts’ first-ever performance of their classic Two Hunters LP at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 10.
Video Premiere: Hyperia Showcase Beery Guitar Playthroughs and Wedded Bliss with “Experiment 77”
April 7, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
For Canadians Hyperia, beer and thrash metal are the ingredients to a successful playthrough video and marriage!
Watch: CANDLEMASS Frontman Johan Längqvist Talks ‘Epicus Doomicus Metallicus’ Anniversary Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
April 5, 2022 Albert Mudrian
Candlemass vocalist/legend Johan Längqvist discusses the doom kings’ special Epicus Doomicus Metallicus set at Metal & Beer Fest, amazingly, on the record’s 36th birthday.
Q&A: Keith Morris on the CIRCLE JERKS Reunion
March 30, 2022 Justin Norton
Catching up with hardcore OG and Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris on the band’s return to the stage after 15 years.
Grim Reefer Fest Smokes Up Baltimore on April 16th
March 30, 2022 Sean Frasier
Grim Reefer Fest celebrates riffs and spliffs with a nine-band lineup of stoned heaviness on April 16th in Baltimore, MD.
Watch: Dan Lilker Talks Possible Final NUCLEAR ASSAULT U.S. Performance, ‘Game Over’ Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
March 29, 2022 Albert Mudrian
Nuclear Assault bassist/legend Danny Lilker talks Metal & Beer Fest beer collaboration with KCBC, a special guest stage-dive performance at the event, and the black metal bedspreads.
Swedish Metal Squad BOMBER Combine Maiden and Lep Influences with “Black Pants Magic” on Their Killer Debut
March 25, 2022 J. Bennett
With Def Leppard style hooks, Judas Priest anthemics and Maiden/Lizzy-esque guitar harmonies, Bomber’s debut is exactly what we need after two years of pandemic doom and gloom
Power and Glory Ride to British Columbia: An Interview with Hyperspace Festival Organizer, Joey Hockin
March 24, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Joey Hockin talks about how the ingredients of planning, having faith and never stopping went into Hyperspace Metal Fest 2022.
Sharp Tongues Of Hungry Animals: An Oral History of Christian Death’s ‘Only Theatre Of Pain’ On Its 40th Anniversary
March 24, 2022 Justin Norton
On the 40th anniversary of Christian Death‘s Only Theatre Of Pain, Decibel talked to all the living members of the album lineup about the making of this deathrock classic and its legacy.
Fallow Heart: Truth in Dissonance Part II: Don Anderson (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch) On Art As a Leaderless Movement
March 14, 2022 Forrest Pitts
In which we present the second part of Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts lengthy discussion on creative musical impact.
Interview: Bitter Branches (Deadguy, Lifetime, Paint It Black) Discuss New Album, “Your Neighbors Are Failures”
March 14, 2022 Emily Bellino
Bitter Branches discuss their new album, Your Neighbors Are Failures.
Dan Swanö on STEEL, the Short-Lived Supergroup With Members of Opeth and Edge of Sanity
February 16, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
Producer legend Dan Swanö tells the story of Steel, the obscure heavy metal supergroup he formed with Opeth members during the recording of their Morningrise LP.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed Charles Elliott of Abysmal Dawn’s Life
February 10, 2022 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of the Nightmare Frontier EP, we got Abysmal Dawn vocalist/guitarist Charles Elliott to mosh us through the five heavy albums that changed his life.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Rocky of Voivod
February 3, 2022 Greg Pratt
We caught up with Voivod bassist Dominic “Rocky” Laroche to find out what five heavy albums changed his life. To Morgoth! (Not the band!)
Liberteer’s Unsung Grind Classic ‘Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees ‘ Turns 10
February 1, 2022 Daniel Lake
Decibel celebrates the 10th anniversary of Liberteer‘s Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees with Matt Widener, the man behind this eclectic grind masterpiece.