Streaming: Four Tracks From New Coffins Omnibus
May 13, 2015 Justin Norton
Coffins is a long-time dB favorite and we’re happy to bring you four tracks from the new collection Perpetual Penance.
Shibaru and spiders: yup, it’s a new Cradle of Filth Video (NSFW)
May 13, 2015 Jeff Treppel
You can always depend on Cradle of Filth to deliver controversial videos, and “Right Wing of the Garden Triptych” is no exception. Don’t watch this while your boss is in the room.
Track Premiere: Clouds Collide, “Perihelion”
May 13, 2015 Adrien Begrand
Clouds Collide is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Chris Pandolfo of Allentown Pennsylvania, and has been steadily showing tremendous promise when it comes to the soaring, epic “metalgaze” pioneered by Alcest and made popular by Deafheaven. The great thing about Clouds Collide is that Pandolfo has used those influences in a constructive way rather then simply imitate, a great example being the 2013 debut full-length Until the Wind Stops Blowing…, a heartfelt tribute to his late mother that was equal parts agony, reflected in the searing black metal passages, and wistfulness, heard in moments that dared to approach the majesty of Ride.
NEGATIVE APPROACH: TOTAL NEGATION’S “Kronzeuge” VIDEO
May 12, 2015 Jeff Treppel
Despite what the band photo would lead you to believe, this is not a black metal remake of the “Addicted to Love” video (as awesome as that would be). Still, Total Negation deliver eight minutes of atmospheric black metal goodness here.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Punk Elegies Playlist
May 12, 2015 Shawn Macomber
In his equal parts bewitching and harrowing memoir Punk Elegies: True Tales of Death Trip Kids, Wrongful Sex, and Trial by Angel Dust former Slash Magazine mainstay Allan MacDonell delivers a gorgeous, iconoclastic, wonderfully actualized, deliciously literary encapsulation of the 1970s Hollywood punk scene.
To celebrate the book’s release MacDonell was kind enough to send this exclusive playlist along to Decibel…
Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck… of the Woods
May 11, 2015 Andrew Bonazelli
No, this doesn’t sound like Prong. Sometimes the (labored) headlines just write themselves around here. Vancouver progressive quartet Neck of the Woods mean business. Operative word: mean.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: King Diamond’s “The Graveyard”
May 11, 2015 Matt Solis
I’m going to give my editors the benefit of the doubt here and assume they meant Verify Your Awesome Taste. I mean, come on, everybody knows there’s no such thing as a shitty King Diamond record. Some might be less memorable than others based on your personal criteria and/or schlock tolerance, but I’ll be goddamned if King has ever had a “St. Anger” moment in the span of his career.
STREAMING: Vattnet Viskar “Yearn”
May 11, 2015 Chris Dick
“Once this song was written, we had a much more clear idea of where the album was headed. A more grimy, riffy direction,” says Vattnet Viskar’s Nick Thornbury to Decibel.
GEARIFIED: Bill Kelliher’s Dissonant Aggressors
May 9, 2015 Jesse Chase
**Matt Olivo is the founding guitarist of extreme metal trailblazers Repulsion, whoseHorrified LP ranks as Decibel’s #1 grindcore album of all time. Because we know that every reader ever plays guitar, we brought his print column to the Deciblog. In issue #113, Matt gave his feedback on Bill Kelliher’s Dissonant Aggressors by Lace, which “crush/destroy with impunity.”
