Brutal Truth
Track Premiere: Barbaros – “The Great Jester”
July 17, 2023 Dillon Collins
Hear Barbaros, a brand new quintet composed of underground legends Irving Lopez (Cognizant, Trucido), Dan Ford (Commit Suicide, Vicious Blade), Erik Burke (Sulaco, Brutal Truth) and Lee Fisher (Commit Suicide, Fawn Limbs) melt faces.
LIMITED Quantities Left: VENOMOUS CONCEPT’s ‘The Good Ship Lollipop’ – Out Now!
February 24, 2023 Decibel Magazine
The Good Ship Lollipop finally sets sail today! Order one of the remaining copies of the new Venomous Concept album from Decibel Records now!
VENOMOUS CONCEPT Release “Fractured” Video, Pre-Orders For ‘The Good Ship Lollipop’ Available
February 1, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Venomous Concept, featuring Kevin Sharp (Lock Up, ex-Brutal Truth) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death/Brujeria/et al), premiere new single “Fractured!” Watch the video NOW!
VENOMOUS CONCEPT Release “Timeline” Video, Pre-Orders For ‘The Good Ship Lollipop’ Available
December 14, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Venomous Concept, fetauring Kevin Sharp (ex-Brutal Truth) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death/Brujeria/et al), premiere new single “Timeline!” Watch the video NOW!
VENOMOUS CONCEPT (feat. Shane Embury & Kevin Sharp) Announces New Album, ‘The Good Ship Lollipop’; Drops New Single, “Voices,” via Decibel Records
November 18, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Venomous Concept—the punk band formed by Napalm Death’s Shane Embury and former Brutal Truth vocalist Kevin Sharp—are set to release The Good Ship Lollipop via Decibel Records on Feb 24.
Venomous Concept Vocalist Kevin Sharp on His Own Mental Health Struggles and Continuing the Fight
May 12, 2022 Decibel Magazine
In the wake of Trevor Strnad’s death, former Brutal Truth frontman Kevin Sharp opens up about about his own recent metal health reckoning and steps that saved him.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Mic Dion of Altered Dead
February 11, 2021 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of Returned to Life, we caught up with Altered Dead‘s Mic Dion to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Venomous Concept Members Announce New Project, Visceral Collapse, Debut ‘Knowle Rd’ Release
December 30, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Grindpunk heroes Venomous Concept unleash and new noise-heavy extension called Visceral Collapse. And Decibel has their sprawling single-track, 25-minute debut Knowle Rd for you now.
Venomous Concept Premiere New Track, “Vote Clown Party” Via Decibel Flexi Series
December 1, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Venomous Concept flexi disc single, featuring a brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
The Decibel Flexi Series Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary with Venomous Concept!
October 29, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Join the birthday party as the Decibel Flexi Series turns 10 this month! Sign up for a deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, November 2 at 12pm EST and celebrate with this Venomous Concept flexi!
U.S. Visa Process Trendpiece: The Interviews We Didn’t Have Room For
April 8, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Interviews with grinders Wake and grind-pappy Kevin Sharp that didn’t fit in the new issue’s U.S. visa piece.
That Tour Was Awesome: Campaign for Musical Destruction (1992)
February 27, 2020 Greg Pratt
The inside story of the legendary 1992 Napalm Death, Carcass, Cathedral and Brutal Truth U.S. tour
Track Premiere: Total Fucking Destruction — “…to be alive at the end of the world”
February 5, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Grindcore refracting iconoclasts Total Fucking Destruction return to provide a glimpse of what it will sound like “…to be alive at the end of the world.”
Metal Muthas: Dan Lilker (Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth, Anthrax, S.O.D., Blurring, Venomous Concept, etc.)
May 9, 2019 Justin Norton
How many Dan Lilker albums do you own? In today’s Metal Muthas, meet Mama Lilker.
Full Album Stream: Total Fucking Destruction – “#USA4TFD”
October 19, 2018 Emily Bellino
Speak of mutually-assured destruction? Nice story, listen to the new album from Total Fucking Destruction.
Get SIX Grindcore-Themed Decibel Issues for Just $21
July 27, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Get Decibel cover stories from Napalm Death, Nails, Brutal Truth, Pig Destroyer and a Napalm Special Issue (includes flexi disc) in this discounted grindcore bundle!
That Tour Was Awesome: Pain Teens/Boredoms/Brutal Truth (1993)
May 31, 2018 Greg Pratt
Experimental noise rock met left-field grind and the one and only Boredoms during a legendary tour in 1993 when Pain Teens, Brutal Truth, and the Japanese noise legends hit the road together.
Full of Hell Release Split 7″ with Intensive Care
May 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Full of Hell release new split 7″ with Intensive Care.
Full Album Stream: End Christian – “Bach Part One”
May 22, 2018 Emily Bellino
Members of Brutal Truth, Starkweather and more collaborate once again for End Christian‘s Bach Part One.
Total F*cking Destruction Wish You a Merry Christmas
December 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Philly grindcore outfit Total F*cking Destruction are getting in the holiday spirit. Are you?
Track Premiere: End Christian – ‘Delivered In Shame’
July 26, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new track from End Christian, featuring members of Brutal Truth, Hex Inverter and more.
EXTREME CONDITIONS DEMAND EXTREME INSTRUMENTS: OWN DANNY LILKER’S BRUTAL TRUTH BASS
December 14, 2016 Shawn Macomber
“Works fine, but looks a little beat up due to being my main bass during Brutal Truth’s career in the early 90s.”
So reads the no doubt understated Ebay listing for the US-made B.C. Rich 4-string bass extreme music trailblazer and living heavy metal legend Danny Lilker — revisit our “Better Living the Danny Lilker Way” for a reminder of the man’s unquestionable supremacy — deployed on such landmark Brutal Truth grinders as Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses and Need To Control as well as S.O.D.’s 1992 Live at Budokan.
Danny Lilker’s Short Retirement: Stream Blurring
April 22, 2015 Justin Norton
Last we checked wasn’t Brutal Truth/SOD/Nuclear Assault impresario and longtime Decibel friend Danny Lilker retiring? Well, that didn’t take too long. The guy just put out another grindcore record!
Better Living, The Dan Lilker Way
November 11, 2014 Shawn Macomber
My review of Dave Hofer’s excellent Perpetual Conversion: 30 Years & Counting in the Life of Metal Veteran Dan Lilker — out now on Handshake, Inc — will appear in an upcoming issue of Decibel, but the book is such a crazy, inspiring smorgasbord of gonzo metal history/wisdom a distillation of a dozen of its…
Exclusive Sneak Peek at Danny Lilker Biography “Perpetual Conversion”
March 18, 2014 Jeff Treppel
Danny Lilker is a goddamn legend in the metal scene. His long history includes stints in bands as diverse and influential as Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, Storm Troopers of Death, and Brutal Truth. Now on the verge of his 50th birthday, he’s announced his retirement from the touring life, and what better to celebrate his accomplishments…
EXCLUSIVE: Danny Lilker Elaborates on Departure from Brutal Truth
January 15, 2014 Jesse Chase
On Friday, January 10, Brutal Truth bassist Danny Lilker announced via Facebook that he “will be retiring from being a full time recording and touring musician” on his forthcoming 50th birthday, October 18, 2014. The news flash resonated throughout the entire online extreme community, who, in the process, appears to have disregarded Lilker’s commitment to…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Read This Now!
November 8, 2013 Adem Tepedelen
There are all kinds of new products popping out of the woodwork in the Decibel Universe right now. You may have heard of this limited-edition 100th Issue Show: The Movie DVD that’s just arrived at dB HQ. Then there’s the Top 100 Black Metal Albums of All Time special issue that’ll be the perfect holiday…
No Chimes in Decibel-land
February 8, 2012 Zach Smith
About two weeks ago, a massive set of Bob Dylan covers compiled to honor 50 years of Amnesty International—4 discs, 73 tracks and 73 different artists—hit shelves. Sure, it’s fascinating to see an expansive and eclectic roster that includes old-timers like Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck and Mark Knopfler alongside relative newcomers like The Gaslight Anthem,…
Secret to Placing in Decibel’s Year-End Top 5 Revealed!
January 3, 2012 Adem Tepedelen
First we’d like to congratulate Tombs on topping our annual list of the Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2011. It was, of course, well deserved. Not all our readers may agree with it, but then again there’s no satisfying the most extremely extreme readership in all of metaldom. You’re an opinionated lot, and we love…