Metal

Blut Aus Nord mastermind Vindsval has had a busy year. Along with releasing a new album under the Blut Aus Nord album, he also contributed guitars to a new band: Ershetu. Masterminded by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Sacr and lyricist Void, Ershetu’s atmospheric black metal showcases a fascination with Mayan folklore and mythology. Also featuring Borknagar
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Photo by Lacey Smith Never mind the continuity issue in this new video, “Spill the Dark,” from Wisconsin doomgaze outfit Vanishing Kids, just sit back and enjoy the gauzy misery! That said, we couldn’t help but notice that in various scenes where vocalist Nikki Drohomyreky is in a candle-lit canoe she’s sometimes paddling with a
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Cincinnati headbanger Ben Ricketts formally formed Acid Mass around the start of 2023. Hailing from the same state as Midnight, Ohio’s dark soil seems fertile ground for blackened thrash ‘n’ roll. Earlier this year, Acid Mass released the Lust For Violence EP. Now the savage solo project launches a full-length scud attack with Agonizer. Fellow
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Ohio is a miserable place, so it makes sense that self-proclaimed “apocalyptic metal” outfit Axioma would hail from one of the state’s largest cities, Cleveland. After two albums on Translation Loss, the post-black metal band are set to release new EP Primal Descent next month via new label Stained Glass Torments. Written in 2022, immediately after the release of
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Photo: Emma Matsuda When musicians with considerable metal chops decide to head in another direction, the results are usually interesting and often riveting. Case in point: the post-punk duo Dreamwheel, featuring Evan Linger (Skeletonwitch, Cultist) and Julia Gaeta (Madrigal, ex-Albez Duz, ex-Restless Ghosts). The pair got together during the pandemic and bonded over their American
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Post-metal guitar virtuoso Mike Gallagher (Isis, Cast Iron Hike), has unearthed long-buried sessions for his emotive project Mustard Gas and Roses (MGR). The tracks, now in the form of a three-song EP Awakenings, stem from a near-decade-old recording session in 2014. Decibel is proud to premiere the end result of those creative meetings of the
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Where they from?Well, Jon Chang lives in New Jersey, Bryan Fajardo resides in Texas and Takafumi lives in Japan, so the band is truly a far-flung international grindcore unit. Why the hype?If you’ve been living under a rock for the past 15 years or so, let me introduce you to your new favorite grindcore band.
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Do you remember the rollout for Avenged Sevenfold‘s Life Is but a Dream… album? After teasing us forever with little bits like their use of an orchestra and hinting at beatboxing, Kanye West influence and more. Once that happened, they unveiled elaborate promotional tactics including a website “hack” and a countdown clock. Of course, it
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German prog band Unprocessed are back with a new single, “Thrash,” out on their forthcoming record …and everything in between. The album is out December 1 and follows their 2022 record, Gold. About the song, the band say: “‘Thrash’ is the ultimate composite of everything Unprocessed has ever created, ranging from the style of our tracks on Covenant to Gold,
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Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))) fame are returning to the stage as Shoshin (初心) Duo for 10 dates beginning late November. The band claim that the new tour will feature, not surprisingly, “full throttle valve amplification, spectral harmonics, distortion, and most importantly, pure volume.” Look for the Sunn O))) Shoshin (初心) Duo
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Blood Incantation officially dropped their two-song Maxi Single today, Luminescent Bridge, via Century Media. To go with it, they also shared a video for the death metal track from the release, “Obliquity of the Ecliptic.” Side B of the album, the title track, is the ambient companion to the death metal single. The video was
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