The Ocean Tour Vlog, Part 2
June 3, 2011 Chris Dick
German forward-thinking metallers The Ocean give us Part 2 of their recent trouble-filled trek through the U.S. and Canada. What to expect? A pro-filmed video, a few different accents (British, German, Australian), quick shots of front row boobage, the realization that the Job for A Cowboy dudes pump iron like Stallone, the group’s driver disappearing…
Runhild Gammelsaeter (Khlyst) interviewed
June 2, 2011 Chris Dick
OK, what is the central idea to Amplicon? I read bits of what sounded to be a neat concept.Runhild Gammelsaeter: In a bout of delusions of grandeur, I decided to make a soundtrack of the cycle of the universe, from its birth by the big bang to its collapse, the big crunch, or whatever the…
Exclusive: 400 Blows- “We Killed Like Champions”
June 2, 2011 Shane Mehling
Noise punk. That’s a term I don’t get to swing around often enough. And 400 Blows are fucking noise punk. It’s been six arduous years since the release of Angel’s Trumpets and Devil’s Trombones but the half-crazed virtuosos are back with Sickness and Health. The band can clearly still flagellate their instruments as Scott Martin…
So You Think You Can Dance?
June 2, 2011 Kevin Juliff
If you think you can dance, congratulations, but that isn’t getting you shit. Now, if you think you can rock a mean-ass drum kit, you might just be in luck. All of the world’s top names in the drum industry, including Mapex, Zildjian, Remo and Vic Firth, are teaming up to find the next big…
Are Those Pitchers Moving?
June 2, 2011 Shawn Macomber
The Rev. Aaron Pepelis is a veritable heavy metal institution in the Northeast. His long-running radio show Return to the Pit — transmitted from WUNH in Durham, New Hampshire and streamed here — is about as solid as tru blackened grind industrial death rock radio gets. He is a consummate and tireless photographer whose work,…
Sometimes Selling Out is Waking Up… and Sometimes Not
June 1, 2011 Shane Mehling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wy_mXuEsP0 Brent Hinds has twirled his Mastodong around by starring in a surprisingly well done commercial for Atlanta bar and restaurant Elmyr. We can only assume that Hinds truly enjoys their food and was happy to do it as I doubt a place that sells two kinds of PBR is flush with marketing cash. But…
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Megadeth’s “Risk”
June 1, 2011 Jeff Treppel
Almost every band has that album: you know, the critically and/or commercially reviled dud in an otherwise passable-to-radical back catalog. Well, every Wednesday morning, a Decibel staffer or special guest will take to the Deciblog to bitch and moan at length as to why everybody’s full of shit and said dud is, in fact, The…
Sound of a Judas Priest on a Playground Fading
May 31, 2011 Shawn Macomber
In an typically astute review of the new In Flames disc Sounds of a Playground Fading penned for the issue of Decibel hitting stands right about now, Adrien Begrand argues — correctly, in my negligible opinion — that despite the Gothenburg quintet’s obvious (and occasionally egregious) missteps, far too much of the band’s post-Clayman output…
Plop Culture Dump O The Day: Happy Birthday Cee Lo Green
May 30, 2011 Jeanne Fury
Photo: Cee Lo Green, working out his Immortal aspirations. Perhaps our most high-profile Closet Metalhead to date, Cee Lo Green turns 37 today. I had the honor of interviewing him for Decibel #76, and in case you missed it (order it here), here’s an excerpt: When I was a kid, we would go out to…
Kim Carlsson [aka ( )] (Lifelover) interviewed.
May 27, 2011 Chris Dick
Most people are picking up on Lifelover at Konkurs due to the Prophecy re-issue. Is that a good starting point for people interested in Lifelover?Kim Carlsson: Definitely, even though any of our albums would be a good starting-point Konkurs involves many of our trademark elements, so if it’s followed by our current release Sjukdom the…