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Video Premiere: Total Fucking Destruction’s “Anal Trump is Gay”
June 6, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Total Fucking Destruction enter the DNC running with their new video.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: ‘Suburban Grindhouse’ Author Nick Cato’s Top 5 Most Metal Grindhouse Moments
June 5, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Heavy metal devotee and underground writer/editor extraordinaire Nick Cato takes us on a back row tour extremely extreme, metal-friendly cinema.
Full Album Stream: Slomatics – ‘Canyons’
June 5, 2019 Sean Frasier
Venture back to deep space with doom explorers Slomatics on their 6th LP Canyons.
Blast Worship: Ramuh
June 4, 2019 Gene Meyer
Members of Maruta and Full of Hell deliver the grindy goods as Ramuh.
Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 1
May 31, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Longtime metal journalists Jeff Wagner and Ula Gehret go deep on the mechanics of the heavy metal record review.
Track Premiere: Violent Life Violent Death – ‘Pray’
May 31, 2019 Albert Mudrian
NC’s VLVD decree viva la EP!
Avail – “Over the James”
May 30, 2019 Greg Pratt
Avail’s melodic hardcore classic Over the James enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Blast Worship: Ixias
May 28, 2019 Gene Meyer
Decibel‘s weekly grindcore fix returns to our nation’s capitol for a second week in a row.
Full Album Stream: Kull – ‘Exile’
May 24, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Awaited debut album Exile by the members of the Sheffield’s Bal-Sagoth out now via Black Lion Records.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Three Brain-Blasting Heavy Metal Revelations From “Blood On Black Wax”
May 22, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Take an expertly guided tour of heavy metal horror soundscape via the lush, brilliantly curated new book Blood on Black Wax.
Track Premiere: Pale Misery – “No Choice”
May 22, 2019 Sean Frasier
Louisiana crust fiends Pale Misery offer “No Choice” but to listen to their newest blackened ripper.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Gaahl’s Wyrd, Lord Gore, St. Vitus and Full of Hell
May 17, 2019 Blake Harrison
A rare clean sweep this week for our friend who shits in a cage.
Interview: Lo-Pan: “People Overlook Ohio for Art and Music at their Own Peril.”
May 15, 2019 Joseph Schafer
Ohio rock quartet on their new LP, their new label and “finding a way out of the bullshit.”
Track Premiere & Interview: Temple Koludra — ‘Namarupa’
May 15, 2019 Shawn Macomber
The latest track from German blackened death outfit Temple Koludra is a genre and border busting adventure in heavy metal transcendence.
Blast Worship: Human Effluence
May 14, 2019 Gene Meyer
The competition is “stiff,” but meet your new favorite Hyper Gore Blast band.
Track Premiere: Thonian Horde – ‘Brickstorm’
May 13, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Members of Admiral Browning, Pale Divine, Faith In Jane, Weed Is Weed and Bailjack get their doomend black on.
Fallow Heart: Metal Without Christianity
May 10, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts takes us to metal church.
Tomb Mold: “We Wanted to Up the Ante in Every Department”
May 10, 2019 J. Andrew
Inspiration never sleeps, it only slays. Check out “Infinite Resurrection” from Tomb Mold‘s new album!
Video Premiere: Deadbird – “Alexandria”
May 8, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Watch the brand new video from Arkansas doomongers Deadbird.
Track Premiere: Ian Blurton – “Seven Bells”
May 8, 2019 Sean Frasier
Canadian songwriter and recording veteran Ian Blurton shares another burner from his volcanic solo album Signals Through the Flame with trad metal delight “Seven Bells..”
Varathron’s “His Majesty at the Swamp” Inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame
May 1, 2019 Emily Bellino
Varathron‘s 1993 classic, His Majesty at the Swamp, is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Track Premiere: Diagonal Path — “The Die-Off”
May 1, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Freya guitarist Brendon Flynn returns with the proggy, atmosphere-heavy Diagonal Path — and we’ve got an exclusive stream of a new track.
Full Demo Stream: Lathliss – “Demo II”
April 30, 2019 Dutch Pearce
USBM duo Lathliss have conjured a new demo tape. Check it out now.
Blast Worship: Menacing Glare
April 30, 2019 Gene Meyer
Baldwin Park, California ain’t got nuthin’ on Copenhagen, Denmark
Shape of Despair Announce East Coast Shows Ahead of Eternal Warfare Fest
April 29, 2019 Emily Bellino
Shape of Despair to play their first-ever live shows next month.
FLASH SALE: Decibel Books and T-Shirts As Low As $5!
April 26, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies and The Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology Vol II books are just $10! Metal & Beer Fest shirts, Decibel Tour shirts and Choosing Death Fest shirts are just $5!
Track By Track: Cauldron Burial — “Amanti d’oltretomba”
April 24, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Cauldron Burial is back to give you a little “love from beyond the grave” — and scare the hell out of you to boot.
Full Album Stream and Interview: The Mound Builders
April 24, 2019 Sean Frasier
Indiana sludge rockers The Mound Builders celebrate ten loud years with their eponymous LP.
Darkthrone reveal new track “The Hardship Of The Scots”
April 23, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Jam a new Darkthrone song from their forthcoming LP, Old Star.