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End Reign formed out of humble beginnings, with guitarist Domenic Romeo (Pulling Teeth, Integrity, A389 Recordings) challenging himself to write new songs daily during the height of the pandemic. After collaborating on one song with All Out War vocalist Mike Score, the pair recruited Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Misery Index), Art Legere (ex-Bloodlet) and Sebastian Phillips

Gatecreeper are already darlings of the death metal world, and now they’ve officially announced that their next album will be produced by Kurt Ballou. Ballou, of Converge fame and known for coaching many bands to greatness as a collaborative producer, is working with the band and overseeing their recording at his studio, God City studio,

Florida death metal/hardcore band Bodybox just announced a West Coast tour with Corpse Pile and Snuffed on Sight. Bodybox got a big following when they went on tour with Soulfy as support for their Totem Tour. Tickets for the show will go on sale tomorrow. Bodybox vocalist Harrison Brown says about the tour: “Aye yo

Ukranian band 1914 are reiussing their 2015 album and dropping some merch to support themselves as well as the larger war effort. Their classic record Eschatology of War, unfortunately a very timely record right now, was digitally rereleased in April 21, and now, on August 4, Napalm Records are rereleasing the album in physical formats.

Yesterday, Year Of The Knife released an update about the recovery of vocalist Madi Watkins. Since the band’s tragic van accident last month, Madi has had surgeries on her jaw and facial fractures, as well as her femur and ankle, and now the next hurdle will be mental recovery from the traumatic injury. The band

Brujeria announceda new record this week, their fifth full-length, Esto Es Brujeria. The album will be out September 15 via Nuclear Blast Records. They also announced the debut single from the abum, “Mochado,” along with a video visualizer for the track. Vocalist Juan Brujo says about the new album: “Para que sientan y sepan el

Crowd-funded cartoon band The Shredderz just released the single “Destiny Calling” after a fan vote. The single is the final one-off fro their upcoming album, The Shredderz, out August 4. Drummer Donny Deckman says: “It was pretty cool having the fans pick the newest single. It really took the pressure off the band, as we

Another week, another playlist. And even though we’re now kinda in that slowish part of the summer where everyone’s going to festivals and not a whole lot else is going on, we got some great new music to highlight in this week’s iteration of The MetalSucks Playlist. We’ve got new tracks from: KEN Mode, Baroness,

King Parrot will be touring across North America starting next month, hitting up festivals along the way. The Australian band haven’t been in the U.S. since 2018, so fans are rejoicing their return. They’ll be appearing at Full Terror Assault and RPM Fest, and will get to play with Pantera, Lamb of God, and Weedeater

At the start of 2023, Testament still had Dave Lombardo as their drummer and had a whole mess of live commitments lined up. Then they suddenly didn’t have Lombardo in the mix and they had to find a replacement. Then in April, guitarist Eric Peterson gave props to Seven Spires drummer Chris Dovas, who’d originally

Photo: Gobinder Jhitta Decibel’s been banging on about Shane Embury’s Dark Sky Burial project since all we started jamming Q-tips into our brains over three years ago, and we’re not stopping now. OK, we’ve mercifully mostly abandoned the painful swabbing, but Shane’s largely instrumental electronic project can’t slow down, and Pulvis Et Umbra Sumus, its seventh

Greetings, Decibel readers! We’ve got two new releases from UK black metal bands this week, two of the most interesting ones in the game, I’d say. Along with them we’ve got a pair of death metal bands from the frozen north. Oh, and re-recordings of two of the most important albums in extreme metal history,

The letters “USBM” conjure up a lot of things for a lot of people. From the primitive barbarism of VON and Profanatca to the crippling psychosis of Leviathan to the sunglasses of Deafheaven to whatever the fuck you folks like these days. But what you don’t think about too often is atmospheric, symphonic psychedelic USBM.

Synthwave act Gunship are back with some new tunes and this time around, they’ve recruited some big players in the rock, metal, and EDM scenes to add to their trademark sound. With their new album Unicorn coming out on September 29, they opened up the floodgates with its first single “Monster In Paradise,” which features

There are few things more metal and daunting than the cold, black infinite reaches of space. So naturally we humans want to fuck around with the infinite void — even though it very much would kill all of us in an instant — by sending our best/brightest men and women out there by strapping them

Pic by Rolf Meldgaard Danish avant metal trio Oxx have a lot to offer in a mere 2:36 on their latest single, “The Hypostasis.” The track is a crosscut between sludgy lumberings and manic riffing that feels both mathy and chaotic. It’s a helluva ride, punctuated by enraged vocals and a rhythm section that feels

WE ARE STILL FUCKING ICE! proclaims frozen black metal outfit Imperial Crystalline Entombment (heretofore referred to as ICE), opening their first album in two decades. Known for their especially frigid take on the already cold genre, ICE’s Ancient Glacial Resurgence shows this band hasn’t missed a beat in their absence. Citing spontaneous composition and subconscious

Jason Newsted is the kind of performer that leaves it all out there on the stage. As someone that’s seen him perform multiple times in person, the dude just goes and goes and doesn’t stop until the show’s done. Naturally, with that much exertion, the dude sweats a lot. During a recent interview with Bass

Just days before Christmas back in 2021, Nothing More vocalist Jonny Hawkins ran over his then girlfriend with his truck in a domestic violence incident that resulted in severe injuries and legal repercussions following the singer’s eventual arrest. And as details of the incident have begun circulating online, Nothing More announced that they have pulled

Formed in the cursed year of 2020, South Carolina power trio Auralayer quickly released a demo (Solar Plexus) a year later. That initial offering introduced a band combining guitar fuzz and infectious hooks across three songs. Those tracks now anchor the first half of the band’s debut record, Thousand Petals. Auralayer blend doom and guitar-forward