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Album Premiere: Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster – ‘The World Inside’
August 18, 2021 Sean Frasier
Progressive heavies Tacoma Narrows Bridge Disaster offer a treacherous post-rock expedition with The World Inside.
Blast Worship: Melting Rot
August 17, 2021 Gene Meyer
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll hurl when you hear Aurora grinders Melting Rot.
The Way of the “Fuck You Heroes”: Bitter Branches on “Along Came a Bastard”
August 11, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Noisy post-punk/hardcore supergroup Bitter Branches takes a switch to bad cops and inner demons on its latest EP.
Track Premiere: Wharflurch – “Stoned Ape Apocalypse”
August 11, 2021 Sean Frasier
Death metal slimecrawlers Wharflurch chomp on shrooms of doom in their new single “Stoned Ape Apocalypse.”
Full Album Stream: Imperial Slaughter – ‘…Vile Slobs’
August 10, 2021 Gene Meyer
Clean up your act and hear all of Texas death dealers Imperial Slaughter‘s new LP, …Vile Slobs, before its release this Friday.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2021 Tickets ON SALE NOW!
August 6, 2021 Decibel Magazine
All ticket options for Converge (performing all of Jane Doe) and Cave In (performing all of Until Your Heart Stops) plus Deadguy, Sacred Reich, Hate Eternal & more at Metal & Beer Fest LA are on sale now.
SIEGE of Sacrilege: Robert Williams Goes Avant Death-Pop on “Morning Has Broken”
August 4, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Self-described “extreme musick-devoted freak” Robert Williams has a song in his heart — a throat full of broken glass.
Track Premiere: Atra Haeresis – “The Sacred Games”
August 4, 2021 Sean Frasier
Black/death misanthropes Atra Haeresis will rip out your beating heart during the lyric video for their new single, “The Sacred Games.”
FULL OF HELL ‘Garden of Burning Apparitions’ Decibel Exclusive Color (Limited to 250) Pre-Order Available!
August 3, 2021 Decibel Magazine
This special Decibel edition of Garden of Burning Apparitions comes on Gold Translucent vinyl housed inside a single sleeve with insert, and is strictly limited to only 250 copies worldwide.
Track Premiere: Inferi – “Simian Hive”
August 3, 2021 Brad Sanders
Upcoming neck-snapper Vile Genesis isn’t here until September but that doesn’t meant you can’t hear a new track off it from tech death vets Inferni.
Blast Worship: Eastwood
August 3, 2021 Gene Meyer
International blasters Eastwood will make any grindcore fan’s day.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2021 Announced, Full Lineup Revealed
August 2, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Special sets from Converge (performing all of Jane Doe) and Cave In (performing all of Until Your Heart Stops) plus Deadguy, Sacred Reich, Hate Eternal and Repulsion highlight Metal & Beer Fest’s LA return.
Undeath To Release New Song, “Diemented Dissection,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
July 30, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, August 2 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from New York new jack death metallers Undeath.
Video Premiere: Union Black – “Walking In My Shoes”
July 29, 2021 Albert Mudrian
Watch Gruesome drummer Gus Rios step out from behind the kit and front tribute/cover band Union Black with an arresting Depeche Mode cover.
Low Fidelity: Vintage Vinyl and The Precarious State of the Indie Record Store
July 29, 2021 Neill Jameson
Krieg’s Neill Jameson reflects on the closing of New Jersey’s legendary Vintage Vinyl and what it means for your favorite indie record store.
Horror Slash Punk: The Inside Story of the “Straight Edge Kegger”
July 28, 2021 Shawn Macomber
You may think clean living and bloodbaths are mutually exclusive, but the punk slasher Straight Edge Kegger suggests otherwise.
Album Premiere: Underdark – ‘Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry’
July 28, 2021 Sean Frasier
UK black metal revolutionaries Underdark shine brilliantly on their debut LP, Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry.
Full Album Stream: Covered In Sores – ‘Civilian Casualties’
July 27, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear the full length debut from Philly death dealers Covered in Sores and grab a copy from HPGD Production before that shit gets infected.
Gus Rios (Gruesome, Union Black) On His Brush With Suicide and Fighting Depression
July 26, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Drummer/guitarist/vocalist Gus Rios pens an editorial about overcoming suicidal thoughts.
For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Karloff, Fetid Zombie, Tombstoner and “Tragedy”
July 23, 2021 Blake Harrison
Our fine feathered fiend digs deep until the underground this week and returns with a mixed bag of worms.
Video Premiere: Lotus Thrones “Liberate” You from the Extremely Extreme Status Quo
July 23, 2021 Andrew Bonazelli
Watch Wolvhammer expatriate Heath Rave enlist the haunting saxophone of Yakuza’s Bruce Lamont in the latest Lotus Thrones video
Album Premiere: Brilliant Coldness – ‘The Ultimate Dream. Plan B: Disposal Of Humanity’
July 21, 2021 Sean Frasier
Ukrainian death metal brain-scramblers Brilliant Coldness continue their shrewd genre progression on their new full-length album.
Video Premiere + Interview: Eyes of Perdition – “When Deeply Ingrained Traumas Spill Forth Like Maggots in Carrion”
July 20, 2021 Brad Sanders
Chameleonic frontwoman Lindsay O. (Coma Cluster Void, Natalia) embraces her slam/death side with Eyes of Perdition. Watch their new video and read an interview with Lindsay here.
Blast Worship: Shitbrains
July 20, 2021 Gene Meyer
Don’t overthink the caustic grind of Los Angeles blast duo Shitbrains.
Get 10 Free Flexis When You Order a Decibel Flexi Series Deluxe Edition Collector’s Box!
July 16, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Get free flexi discs from Bloodbath, Converge, Opeth, Gatecreeper and more when you order Decibel Flexi Series Deluxe Edition Collector’s Box this weekend ONLY!
Full Album Stream: Archangel A.D.’s Cassus Belli
July 15, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Sounding like a mix of Dave Mustaine’s veins circa-1985/’86, the floor of the Rochester, NY studio Metallica slept on whilst recording Kill ‘Em All and Lemmy’s liver from 1969 onwards, it’s Archangel A.D.
Full Album Stream: Bottomless – Bottomless
July 14, 2021 Cody Davis
Hear Italy’s Bottomless dive deep for low-end on their self-titled debut album.
Track Premiere: Judas Knife — “Warm Hands, Cold Heart”
July 14, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Your ears do not betray you: The post-hardcore vets of The Judas Knife have defied death (seriously) and are here to slay.
Track Premiere: Pray U Prey – “Living Library”
July 13, 2021 Albert Mudrian
Our minds have led us into ignorance, so Shrew and Shrub return with the crust punk/death metal of Pray U Prey to lead us out of ignorance.
Hear a Lost Nachtmystium Song from the ‘Instinct: Decay’ Sessions via the Decibel Flexi Series
July 8, 2021 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this previously unreleased Nachtmystium flexi disc single, featuring a lost track from 2006, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series.
