It’s a holiday weekend here in America again as we celebrate this ongoing, often disappointing, experiment we call the United States. As we gather this weekend (and Monday/Tuesday) to blow shit up, eat garbage food, and blast loud music, allow me to point you in the direction to one hell of a fuckin’ playlist. This
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Incantation revealed details about their upcoming record last week and shared a new video for “concordat (The Pact) I.” Their forthcoming album, Unholy Deification, will be out August 25 via Relapse Records. This week, Incantation dropped the album art, track list, and preorders, as well as this initial video. Vocalist John McEntee says: “I’m not
Lil Uzi Vert‘s latest mix tape, Pink Tape, covers “Chop Suey”… sort of, and not everyone is into it. For scores of metalheads on the internet, it’s not that someone from the rap/trap world is covering metal, but rather it’s because the expectation in metal is that a cover will at least try to do
When they first hit the scene, Slipknot were known for their live show. Nine psycho clowns jumping da fuck up, beating on kegs and running around stage like men possessed made an impression and Slipknot have continued to go hard since, finding ways to one-up their production and stage show. Constant touring and live shows
If you’ve slept on The Silver, you can’t blame Decibel. We’ve done our part, ranking the Philly post-black metal quartet’s Ward of Roses debut album our #13 record of 2021, booking them to open the Philly edition of Metal & Beer Fest in 2022, and now this year, welcoming them to the Decibel Flexi Series.
You don’t need to linger in the shadow of our pale ale any longer, because ALL TICKET OPTIONS to Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver—the world’s loudest, two-day craft beer event—are on sale now! Be there when it returns to the Summit on Dec 1-2, 2023. Daily lineups and info on each ticket option
Scotland’s Iron Altar is here with a new video for their song, “Megalith,” which blends death and sludge metal together into an irresistibly catchy jam. If you listen closely, you may hear subtle hints of 2000s metalcore tucked away in the sound as well. The song comes from their upcoming album, Promethean, and reaches us
Located an hour and a half east of Calgary is the town of Drumheller, Alberta. With a population in the neighborhood of 8000 and existing smack dab in the middle of Canada’s desert and dinosaur country, it’s not a place one would immediately associate with any sort of metal scene, let alone a big-ass outdoor
For the better part of… geez, I dunno, A LOT of years, you’ve been charmed each month by Neill Jameson via his Low Culture magazine column. But did you also know, he has a band? It’s true! They’re pretty good, too. In fact, since the late-’90s Krieg have been instrumental in the development of U.S.
Photo by Börner There are at least two bands in Europe currently using the moniker Rise Above, so for full transparency, we should note that the mini-album we’re premiering here is from the Dutch metallic hardcore quartet, NOT the Norwegian melodic hardcore/emo quintet. Rise Above (Netherlands)’s music is definitely more in line with their namesake song
Back in 1989, when many of their potential new fans weren’t even born yet, Transilience were already at it, pushing the envelope, getting in the dissonant, proggy thrash ring up against the likes of Voivod and not getting knocked out in the first round. On the contrary, their debut Mouthful of Buildings is actually a
Somniate (photo by Martin Štembera) Back in 2020, Czech black metal cult Somniate released their debut LP. As an introduction to their sound, The Meyrinkian Slumber revealed a band who explores the peripheral shadows of black metal. But as a concept album it reflects Somniate’s tastes even further. Their debut was inspired by the seminal
California crossover assbeaters Dead Heat are getting set to release new EP Endless Torment exactly a month from today, so we’ve got a new track to whet your appetite. “Eyes of the Real” is the third song on the new EP and is pretty much built for pit action: side-to-side riffs alongside driving bass, dive bombs, fist-pumping vocal sections
Photo: Armand Nour Death metal and grindcore phenomenon Leon del Muerte might be known for his splattery approach to music, but this Portland-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter has an Ace up his sleeve. Helming a new project, Lightbreaker, del Muerte looks to mid-’90s black-and-avant-garde metal (especially Oxiplegatz) to tell the story of extraterrestrial visitors known as
This is no pale ale folklore! Decibel—North America’s only monthly metal magazine—is, in fact, returning the western edition of the world’s loudest, heaviest, most extreme craft beer festival to Denver, CO; once again tapping the Summit to host Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver on Friday and Saturday, December 1-2, 2023. Freshly reunited atmospheric metal kings Agalloch
Boston’s own goth-tinged metal group Final Gasp have achieved a major career move, as they’ve recently signed with Relapse Records, have their debut album Mourning Moon set for release on September 22, and have a U.S. tour all lined up and ready to go starting next week. The announcement came earlier today, with Relapse announcing
Where they from?Anchorage, Alaska. I regret to inform you that I am a fan of the New York Mets (LOL–ed) and, good lord, have they sucked just complete ass so far this season. Yesterday they blew a four-run lead against the Phillies by hitting two batters (also walking three, but who’s counting–ed? and a Matt
Demons My Friends is an unlikely collaboration between members of Mexican alt-metal band QBO and Washington, DC desert rockers Fellowcraft. The stoner/doom metal trio—Lu Salinas (bass/vocals), Tarro Martinez (drums), Pablo Anton (guitar/vocals)—embarked on their creative endeavor via an impromptu recording session at the SXSW music festival in Austin, TX in 2022 and have consummated the relationship
I am such a mark for ’90s and early aughts alternative rock. Like, seriously. Stone Temple Pilots, Hum, Failure, Third Eye Blind, Local H… the list goes on, and it’s in near constant rotation ’round these parts (when I’m not listening to black metal). Gilead Media signees Big Garden are part of a great new
Photo by Ryan Tamm Progenitor decimate us via a new black metal attack with the title track from their forthcoming EP, Eldritch Supremcy, a self-released record out July 14. “The inspiration for the song ‘Eldritch Supremacy’ came from the story The Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft,” the band say about the track. “I have read