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
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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
Raise your hand if you feel attacked by the song title. No one? Just me? It’s about to get weird in the bloody cellar that deathgrind duo Blight House are based out of. The demented outfit are preparing to release their latest LP, Blight the Way, on August 4 and Decibel is in on the action with a premiere
Fans of metalcore outfit Darkest Hour will have a lot to be excited about once the new year rolls over, as they’ll be that much closer to the release of the band’s 10th studio album. Through there aren’t any details about said album, it’s coming as a result of their other announcement that Darkest Hour
Yesterday, we learned the sad news that Ozzy Osbourne had to cancel his planned performance at the Power Trip festival this October because of health issues. It’s a huge bummer to think he’s having such a hard time getting back on stage, but when he said some “personal friends” would take his place, we all
A little history before the unveiling of the brand new tune, “Shattered Generation,” from Sleep Maps. Multi-instrumentalist Ben Kaplan is the creative force behind this post-metal project originally based in NYC, and dating back to the early ’10s, he’s issued four previous instrumental full-lengths. For album number five, Reclaim Chaos, Kaplan has relocated to Northern
It’s been six years since USBM mainstay Woe released their last album, the excellent Hope Attrition. In the time since, they released one EP containing an original and a Dawn cover, but have otherwise been quiet—until now. Today, you can listen to “Scavenger Prophets,” the first new song from Woe since 2019 and the first from their new album, Legacies of
Just a few days before they head out on their co-headlining tour with Underoath, metalcore outfit The Ghost Inside dropped a new single that marks their first new track since 2020’s self-named debut. Titled “Earn It,” the track has the kind of crushing guitars and vocal styling you’d expect to hear from the band. While
It’s been nearly 11 years since their last show and even longer since they last released a studio album, but Christian rock band and gym bro mainstay Creed could soon rise like Lazarus and reunite. At least that’s what everyone and their mother thinks after the band’s social media pages were updated the other day
So, did you guys dig that track from Teloch Vovin I shared a few weeks back? If so, here’s another serving of quality black metal to chew on from Viserion, the band occupying the other half of the split. If you hear the word “Viserion” and start to think of A Song of Ice and Fire,
Seattle’s Colony Drop understand the most important thing about crossover thrash from the get-go on their debut album, fittingly titled Brace for Impact: it’s supposed to be catchy and fun. Mining in a not-dissimilar vein to Power Trip and Iron Age with splashes of Celtic Frost, Black Breath and Japanese D-beat, Colony Drop sling immediate and fast-moving