Metalcore
KILL SCREEN 046: Greg Puciato of BETTER LOVERS Reminds You to Enjoy Games Responsibly
September 25, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
In rediscovering his past love of gaming, the hyper-prolific vocalist remembers to love the present.
Video Premiere: Matriarchs – “The Day You Slipped Away”
September 10, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
California metalcore crushers Matriarchs process grief in new lyric video for “The Day You Slipped Away.”
Mouth For War Drop New Video “Captivated,” Breakdown Album Bleed Yourself With Decibel’s Q&A
October 26, 2023 Dillon Collins
Vicious Colorado-based quintet Mouth for War unleash new video “Captivated,” while frontman Trae Roberts talks brutal therapy via music and the Colorado metal scene.
EXCLUSIVE Excerpt Part 2 from ‘Swing of the Blade’ – “You Win Some, You Lose Some”
April 11, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Read an exclusive excerpt, featuring Killswitch Engage, from Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records.
Pre-Order: DROWNINGMAN’s “Busy Signal…” on Decibel-Exclusive Neon Orange Vinyl Limited to 100 Copies!
April 7, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Drowningman‘s classic Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline with the Decibel-exclusive edition!
For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Sanguisugabogg and All Out War
January 20, 2023 Blake Harrison
After flying south for the holidays, our bird is back with new releases from slam newjacks and underground metal/hardocre vets.
Hear New ALL OUT WAR Track “Glorious Devastation” & Pre-Order New LP ‘Celestial Rot’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!
October 13, 2022 Decibel Magazine
We’ve got 100 copies of metallic hardcore heroes All Our War‘ new LP, Celestial Rot, on Decibel-exclusive Bone White vinyl. Pre-order now!
The Lazarus Pit: Drowningman’s ‘Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline’
September 29, 2022 Greg Pratt
Revisiting when Drowningman got metalcore very right on 1999’s Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline.
Video Premiere: Out of Nowhere – “Dying Sun”
July 26, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Iranian metalcore quintet Out of Nowhere burnt brightly in new “Dying Sun” video
Video Premiere: Black Matter Device – “Blood Splatter Ink Blot”
June 14, 2022 Gene Meyer
Like any good American mathcore act, Richmond, Virginia’s Black Matter Device pass the Rorschach test in latest video.
Video Premiere: Disquiet (ft. Vicky Psarakis) – “Wrecked”
April 14, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Dutch melodic death metal quintet Disquiet turn the vocal mike over to the Agonist vocalist Vicky Psarakis on this emotional rager.
Video Premiere: Model Prisoner – “Dirt Merchant”
April 1, 2022 J. Andrew
Check out the new song and video from the hardcore crushers in Model Prisoner, off their new EP, Compulsion Analysis.
Video Premiere: Foreign Hands – “Separation Souvenir”
January 28, 2022 Bradley Zorgdrager
Hear metalcore crushers Foreign Hands take the genre back to its halcyon days of 20 years ago on “Separation Souvenir.”
Video Premiere: Trench – ‘Imminent Power Looming’
November 17, 2021 Emily Bellino
Calgary heavy crew Trench sense “Imminent Power Looming.”
Track Premiere: Super Structure – “Despair“
August 25, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
We are calculating the process of Super Structure‘s late ’90s-inspired metallic hardcore/mathcore by just listening.
Video Premiere: Ovtlier – “Bulletproof”
July 22, 2021 J. Andrew
The new song and video from Ovtlier is here for those of you who miss the vibe of the late 90s and early 2000s.
Video Premiere: Hatefulmurder – ‘Santificado Seja o Meu Ódio’
June 23, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brazilian death thrashers Hatefulmurder release the video for their only Portuguese-language single, “Santificado Seja o Meu Ódio.”
Video Premiere: Mastiff – “Endless”
June 10, 2021 J. Andrew
In need of a good crushing? The new song and video from the blackened sludge-core devotees in Mastiff will get that out of your system.
Full Album Stream: Orphan Donor – “Unraveled”
June 8, 2021 J. Andrew
According to Orphan Donor, the new album “is an authentic expression and account of some of the hardest and scariest times in my life.”
Video Premiere: Eastern High – “Emperor”
May 14, 2021 J. Andrew
Watch the new video for “Emperor,” from Swedish prog-metal heroes Eastern High, off their upcoming new album, Halo.
Video Premiere: Carnivora – “Hypnogenic”
April 14, 2021 Sean Frasier
Massachusetts metal quintet Carnivora recruit guest performances from two Shadows Fall members for their new single, “Hypnogenic.”
Video Premiere: There Were Wires – ‘His Talk, Her Teeth’
March 30, 2021 Emily Bellino
Underappreciated early-aughts metalcore unit There Were Wires rear their heads with a remastered version of 2003 banger “His Talk, Her Teeth.”
Track Premiere: Zao – “Croatoan”
March 4, 2021 J. Andrew
“This song is a vehicle for that feeling and relates it back to dissociation and being lost in strange dimensions and dreams.”
Video Premiere: Purity – “Serpentine”
February 18, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
The Las Vegas collective Purity offer anything but in their hybrid of late ’90s sounds.
Video Premiere: Silenus – “The Garden Is Burning”
February 4, 2021 Bradley Zorgdrager
Watch Long Island metalcore crushers Silenus build their own world in “The Garden Is Burning.”
Video Premiere: Mind Power- “Mess”
January 29, 2021 J. Andrew
The new video from Mind Power features singer Robert Meadows telling you just how furious he is with all of us.
Video Premiere: Left to Vanish – “Pity”
December 30, 2020 Sean Frasier
Venture into the darkness to watch the music video from metalcore throne-smashers Left to Vanish. Stream their new single “Pity” now.
Video Premiere: Matriarchs – ‘Slave City’
December 10, 2020 Emily Bellino
Los Angeles metalcore bruisers Matriarchs refuse to go to “Slave City.”
Full EP Stream: Ten Ton Hammer – ‘New Failures’
December 3, 2020 Gene Meyer
Philadelphia-based bashers Ten Ton Hammer drop five new tracks of ’90s-fueled metal and hardcore squarely on your cranium with the New Failures EP.
Video Premiere: Violent Life Violent Death – ‘Grave Walk’
November 13, 2020 Emily Bellino
Violent Life Violent Death do the “Grave Walk.”