Metal

I’m not going to pretend that I’m intimately familiar with all the names mentioned on the list of influences when Anthers cracks off with “Gilla Band, Metz, Bjork, Mandy Indiana, Psychotic Monks, Geneviève Castrée, Holy Fuck, DJ Alice, At the Drive-In, Exotica, Carpenter Brut, The Simpsons, and I Think You Should Leave.” But the Seattle-based

Exclusive, News, Special Offer, Vinyl home featured, Opeth, Peaceville Records, rare vinyl, Still Life, the decibel hall of fame. This special limited release of Opeth’s Still Life from Peaceville Records marks the album’s 25th anniversary and is presented on a striking double gatefold red/black splatter effect vinyl. The sleeve features the original stunning cover artwork from Travis Smith,

Greetings, Decibel readers! If you wanted a clear picture of what death metal looks like today, this week would deliver you the ideal representative landscape. On the one hand, today brings us two albums from the style’s experimental side with Blood Incantation and Cosmic Putrefaction. On the other, if you just want meat-and-potatoes, riffs-and-grows — Maul and Undeath

Hannah Verbeuren isn’t your typical portrait photographer. Her new book, Midnight: A Thousand Nights in Sodom, out now via Bazillion Points, isn’t a collection of smiling faces bathed in soft light. Instead, it’s a deep dive into the gritty, electrifying world that shock rock black metal mavericks Midnight have created. “It was during my high school

Lisbon, Portugal-based doom outfit Sinistro have been mostly quiet in the six years that followed that their 2018 album, Sangue Cássia, but they have been around, releasing a live album in 2021 and forging ahead after various lineup changes. Their new album, Vértice, arrives tomorrow, October 4, but Decibel has an early stream of the album right now. At just over

Sometimes a new band’s members’ résumés are just too long and confusing to sort out. Let’s just stay that new crusty hardcore quartet Life Abuse—Mark Telfian (vocals/guitar), Sean Doody (bass), Nate Wilson (guitar), Dan Barker (drums)—are lifers. And if you want a sample of their past exploit(ed)s, check this list out: Self Defense Family, The

This is a story with a happy ending. Roughly two years ago, Decibel premiered the debut song from an unknown Arkansas sludge/doom band called Mammoth Caravan. It quickly found an audience, and the band got a nice Internet bump from the metal community. Things got better from there. Mammoth Caravan played with some of their

Where they from?Drummondville, Quebec. I’m currently watching the Mets and Braves play a doubleheader. The playoff scenario is that is they both win a game, they are both in, but if either of them get swept the losing team loses and the Arizona Diamondbacks get in. You, I and God Almighty know the Mets will

Polish unit Deivos have been a consistent force in the technical death metal underground since the late ’90s, releasing a slew of albums after a demo and EP. Their latest, Apophenia, is due for release via Selfmadegod later this month and Decibel has a preview of the album in the form of latest track “My Sacrifice.” The

Washington, D.C. death metal crew Goetia have been crushing it since popping up a short time ago, releasing their self-titled EP in 2023 and their new EP, Tomb Essence, today. To go with the drop, Goetia unveiled the video for “Naturam Demonto,” the first track on the four-song EP. There’s nothing fancy about “Naturam Demonto.” Rather, Goetia have

In 2024, metal’s relationship to the blues seems quaint. Or maybe nonexistent. Thrash and everything that came after put the nail in that coffin. But you can’t really admire, for instance, Black Sabbath’s early catalog without accepting that, yeah, the blues were there all right. So metal may have moved on, but Austin, Texas, quartet Heavy

It’s about time we heard some good goddamn news. Lou Koller, the vocalist for New York hardcore band Sick Of It All, was diagnosed was esophageal cancer earlier this year. The prognosis caused the band to quite obviously cancel their 2024 tour dates for Koller to get treatment and recover as much as possible. This

You know what sucks? Having to not do something you like, really wanna do. Especially when that thing is continuing to play with one of the most influential metal bands ever. Sadly, that’s what happened to Ivan Moody and his band Five Finger Death Punch. (It’s not like this was a ~ once in a

Italian cult death metal heroes Fulci are fresh off slitting throats with their recently released fourth proper LP, Duck Face Killings, but Decibel isn’t finished adding to the body count. We present a brand new exclusive track, “Life In Pain,” courtesy of the Decibel Flexi Series! This murderous rampage was recorded during the Duck Face Killings sessions, but was saved

Photo courtesy of Sister Thieves Sister Thieves are back with a new single, “Human,” from their forthcoming album CRAWL, out October 25. Steph from Sister Thieves says about the song: “‘Human’ is a very emotional, very angry song that was incredibly cathartic to write. I’m really happy with how it has evolved over time both emotionally

Flexi Disc, News, Vinyl Bewitcher, black-thrash, Century Media, home featured, speed metal, the decibel flexi series. Portland Satanic speed sorcerers Bewitcher have been busy enchanting the underground. Their Century Media debut Spell Shock, produced by punk legend Lars Frederiksen of Rancid fame, is finally unleashed upon the world today, using catchy and crusty riffs to further their power.

Greetings, Decibel readers! Ah, the joys of print media. I just had to turn in my 2024 albums of the year list to our editor-in-chief. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely knew my top five or six albums of the year off the top of my head. But it’s still jarring to have to come up

Photo Credit: Carly Glassbrenner & Robbie Lewis New York’s Concrete are sharing a new video, “Cyber Vermin,” ahead of their full-length Mortualis, out January 10 via Upstate Records and Blood Blast Distribution. This metallic hardcore chunk of heaviness is a bone-crushing glimpse until the full record will drop. Guitarist Jon Dorn says about the song: “’Cyber Vermin’

Finnish progressive metal outfit Antipope are gearing up to release new album Doors of the Dead next month and you can get a dose of it right now in the form of new song “Brotherhood of Babylon.” There are flashes of a few different genres at play, namely prog, gothic and black metal, and even a touch of classic

Photo by A.J. Kinney “It’s funny,” our player character remarks. “As we’re talking about this, I’m packing up a hotel room right now and I’m putting away the Xbox.” Calling into the Kill Screen arcade is Greg Puciato, the seasoned road warrior who currently claims membership to underground supergroup Killer Be Killed, brooding synth stars