Metal

Spark up a fat one and float through the cosmic void on this one. Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (or Pigs x7) released a live recording of their song “Terror’s Pillow” from their upcoming release, Live In New York and it’s an absolute crusher. Packed to the gills with fuzz and slower than

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

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

Someone, somewhere once described Spook the Beast as “a cross between Neurosis, Ulcerate and Cult of Luna.” After mopping up the anticipatory drool that puddled in the folds of my Through Silver in Blood zip-up, oozed on to my Somewhere Along the Highway work out shorts and Vermis tour shirt, I tracked the band down 

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

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

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

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

Days after his ousting from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner remains the target of outrage after recent comments he made pretty much cut down the contributions of every Black and female musician, past and present. Having said that neither group of artists “were articulate enough

Going to the hospital fucking sucks. It’s even worse when you’ve got to go under the knife for a major procedure. For Ozzy Osbourne, the need for continued medical assistance to fix issues with his neck and back has been going on for a long time now — and it’s just fucking over it. The

Brazilian thrash outfit Farscape are celebrating their 25th year together as a band with a brand new full-length, Purged and Forgotten, their fourth total long-player. What, you may ask, took them so long to get four albums out if they’ve been a band continuously for 25 years? Well, these things can’t be rushed, you see.

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.

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

It’s not easy being thrust into the spotlight at any age, let alone as a young teenager, but that’s just what Wolfgang Van Halen had to deal with when he joined Van Halen at age 15. Playing alongside his father, the late Eddie Van Halen, made Wolfgang grow up fast, the musician said in a

Very few bands have more than one “perfect” album, let alone a run of three in a row but Gorgoroth managed this hat (no pun intended) trick within their first few years with Pentagram, Antichrist and Under the Sign of Hell. There are very few people into black metal who can deny the impact of

Photo Courtesy of Horror, Pain, Gore, Death Destablizer are back with a new record, Violence Is the Answer, out September 22 via Horror, Pain, Gore, Death. You can stream the album in full right here: These chaotic thrashers are punishing, straightforward, and a lot of fun. Hailing from Denmark, they throw back to the classics of

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,

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

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

Pantera bassist Rex Brown opened during a recent appearance on Gibson TV’s “Metal and Monsters” series about meeting the late Abbott Brothers. In the interview, he shared that meeting the two brothers early in life helped give him focus during a turbulent period in his teenage years. Before joining Pantera, his first band, Neck and