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Blast Worship: Jisei
October 26, 2021 Gene Meyer
Vancouver duo Jisei healthy dose of deathcore doesn’t spoil their grindcore recipe on Bad Representation.
Full Album Stream: LIVLØS – ‘And Then There Were None’
October 21, 2021 Brad Sanders
Preview the second album by Danish melodeath crew LIVLØS now!
Q&A: Pro Wrestler Malakai Black on Amenra and Growing Up A Metal Fan
October 20, 2021 Justin Norton
Tom Büdgen, better known as Malakai Black, is one of the world’s most celebrated professional wrestlers. He tells us about how his visual presentation owes much to his lifelong metal fandom.
Album Premiere: Organic – ‘Where Graves Abound’
October 20, 2021 Sean Frasier
Italian battalion Organic dig burial pits for the decimated on their new LP of old school death crust, Where Graves Abound.
Blast Worship: Dog Food
October 19, 2021 Gene Meyer
Long Island, New York’s Dog Food are on the menu if you have a hankering for stompy riffs mixed with rapid-fire grindcore precision.
Album Premiere: Lutharo – ‘Hiraeth’
October 13, 2021 Sean Frasier
Canadian melodeath quintet Lutharo pack power anthems and planet-burning riffs into their debut LP, Hiraeth.
Juggernaut: The Making of Cave In’s ‘Until Your Heart Stops’
October 12, 2021 J. Bennett
Get hyped for Cave In‘s December 11 performance of Until Your Heart Stops at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA with this Hall of Fame induction from 2007 of the metallic hardcore classic.
Blast Worship: Impulsealer
October 12, 2021 Gene Meyer
Czech out the latest release from European grind duo Impulsealer!
Undeath Unleash Part II of ”Undeath: Life on the Unroad” Video Tour Diary
October 7, 2021 Michael Wohlberg
Watch New York death metallers — and recent Decibel Flexi Series stars – Undeath deliver another installment of their video reports from their first U.S. tour.
Track by Track: Maimed – “Torrential Gore”
October 6, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brutal death metal project Maimed share insight into each track on their skull-crushing bloodbath of an EP, Torrential Gore.
Blast Worship: Stall
October 5, 2021 Gene Meyer
Cincinnati’s Stall don’t have time to slow down via powerviolence blasts delivered in a minute or less.
Video Premiere: SPY – “Obtained Under Duress / Exceptional American”
October 1, 2021 Fred Pessaro
Eye Spy a double-dose of hardcore punk in VHS-inspired form from To Live a Lie Records.
Q&A and Track Premiere: Symbolism’s “Rile On”
October 1, 2021 Justin Norton
Hear former Christian Death and Samhain members join forces in new death rock act Symbolism.
Video Premiere: Bleach Everything — “Bound”
September 30, 2021 Shawn Macomber
The horror-obsessed Richmond, Virginia avant punk outfit Bleach Everything seeks/finds Hell on earth.
Full Album Stream: Grizzlor — “Hammer of Life”
September 29, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Doom-y noise rockers Grizzlor are here to drop the hammer (of life) straight down on your unsuspecting noggin.
Track by Track: Outer Heaven – “In Tribute…”
September 29, 2021 Sean Frasier
Pennsylvanian death filth Outer Heaven share track by track commentary about their In Tribute… covers EP.
Video Premiere and Interview: Snares of Sixes (ex-Agalloch) – “MoonBladder”
September 28, 2021 Jon Rosenthal
Jason Walton (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch and ex-Khôrada) debuts new project, talks, um… Lawnmower Deth.
Full Album Premiere: Vixen Maw – ‘4 Way Spilt’
September 28, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear Brooklyn based experimental grind unit Vixen Maw‘s portion of a new four-way split, imaginatively titled 4 Way Split, on Sludgelord records.
Exodus Dominate the Latest Decibel Cover! Advance Copies Available Now!
September 23, 2021 Decibel Magazine
We have a limited number of advance copies of the November issue of Decibel, featuring our exclusive new picture flexi disc single from doomed heavy metal heroes Khemmis available NOW!
The Lazarus Pit: Maineeaxe’s ‘Shout It Out’
September 23, 2021 Greg Pratt
Looking back on Maineeaxe’s 1984 debut Shout It Out.
Full Beer List Revealed for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2021!
September 22, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Here are the 60 different beers that “Metal & Beer” ticket holders are entitled to sample on September 25-26 in Philadelphia!
Video Premiere: Filth is Eternal — “The Ritual”
September 22, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Filth is Eternal brings that pandemic-defying spark of life with a new video for “The Ritual.”
Album Premiere: Tumba de Carne – ‘Decatexis // Perpetuo Altar’
September 22, 2021 Sean Frasier
Argentinian newcomers Tumba de Carne emerge from the tomb with five meaty and mighty cuts of discordant death madness on Decatexis // Perpetuo Altar.
Blast Worship: Death Toll 80k
September 21, 2021 Gene Meyer
The numbers add up. Death Toll 80k are one of grindcore’s best bands at the moment.
“We Were Punishing People”: A Review of Deadguy: Killing Music
September 21, 2021 Shawn Macomber
The seminal sonic slaying of Deadguy gets the documentary treatment just ahead of the classic lineup’s first show in more than a quarter century at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest.
THE LOCUST, CURL UP AND DIE, BEWITCHER and RUDE Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST: Los Angeles on December 9!
September 20, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST: Los Angeles tickets are just $30 in advance and on sale Friday, September 24 at 10am PT.
Jim Saah On His Defining Photos of DC Hardcore, Black Flag, Minor Threat and More
September 17, 2021 Fred Pessaro
Legendary DC hardcore photographer Jim Saah shares images and ’80 punk tales from his book In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997.
If He Will: The Profound & Affecting Art of Hardcore’s “Universal Man” Daniel Austin
September 15, 2021 Shawn Macomber
A new book and covers album shows Die Young/Tooth and Claw frontman Daniel Austin in brutal renaissance.
Video Premiere: Akiavel – “Lady of Death”
September 15, 2021 Sean Frasier
French death metal thrill-killers Akiavel explore the psyche and legacy of Aileen Wuornos in their murderous music video for “Lady of Death.”
Track Premiere: Feed the Corpses to the Pigs – “Jesus Is My Respirator”
September 14, 2021 Brad Sanders
Need some brutal death metal to excoriate people who feel their religion takes precedence over public health? Feed the Corpses to the Pigs have got you (and your face) covered.
