Last year I premiered the first EP from a new Death Metal band called Phantom Horde. Describing songs from The Umbra, I wrote: “while the members hail from California and Texas, the blood of Gothenburg’s golden era rages through their veins.” Less than a year later, they return with a two-track tandem of singles that
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Photo by Blake Roemer End Reign — the new crossover powerhouse featuring members of All Out War, Pig Destroyer, Exhumed, and more — makes a proper full-length debut next month. The quintet fuses hardcore elements with tinges of thrash and death metal that makes The Way of All Flesh is Decay a much-anticipated release. To hold everyone
Maniak isn’t messing around. The Swedish newcomers have blasted out of the gates of hell to reign blood, fire and death upon the world with pure mid-80s extreme metal worship. It’s with pride, therefore, that Decibel delivers the band’s new EP to you. Here is what the band had to say: “Speed Metal Terrorist is
Where they from?New Brunswick, New Jersey. My friend recently said that every hardcore band is from New Jersey, whether they know it or not. This very true as hardcore and grind require a certain depressed/disillusioned mindset that only the armpit of America can truly provide. Just ask Kevin Smith or the Dillinger Escape Plan. Why
Roughly three months since the release of their latest album V: Djent Is Not A Genre, Periphery has finally scheduled their first headlining shows of 2023 — but just barely before 2024 hits. Announced earlier today, the progressive metal band revealed they’d be playing on November 4 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California
From the rocky shores of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada comes a blood ceremony, an unholy sacrament of the wicked riff. The Order of the Precious Blood congregates to bask in the red glow and immense power of heavy fucking metal. Precious Blood, Eastern Canada’s ferocious experimental hardcore punk five-piece, drop their highly anticipated
Photo by Charles J. Tice We don’t know if Anchorage metallic hardcore outfit She walks by moonlight, but if their debut full-length, Goodpaster, (no idea) is any indication of their extracurricular activities, they definitely enjoy brutalizing earholes. This frost-bitten Alaskan foursome—Andrew Sims (vocals), Mercy Cofield Jr. (guitar), Justin Costiniano (bass), Justin Rodda (drums)—has been honing its
If you like your death metal dizzying and brutal, with perhaps a side of jazz to spice things up, you’ll find a lot to like on Sarmat‘s debut album, Determined to Strike. The group blasted its way into the metal word with the Dubious Disc live ep, and this new full-length establishes their hegemony over
Our esteemed Decibel colleague Adem Tepedelen might be too modest to tell you, so we’re gonna tell you for him: He wrote a fucking book. With Steve Turner of Mudhoney, no less. Mud Ride: A Messy Trip Through the Grunge Explosion is basically Turner’s life story, from his Seattle childhood and BMX/skate days to his
Photo courtesy of Stabbing Texas’ favorite slam-meats-brutal-death-metal ensemble, Stabbing, are gracing us with a new video today for “Visions of Eternal Suffering.” The song comes from the band’s 2022 record, Visions of Eternal Suffering, via Comatose Music. Now, the relentlessly heavy anthem is paired with campy slasher vibes in the most fitting way possible. “This song
Downwind from the long burned out mushroom clouds birthed from man’s fascination with destruction within the Nevada desert circa 1953, brutal and horrific death metal has risen from the ash of Phoenix, Arizona. Enter Nuclear Remains, a vicious quartet of death metal purists who draw influence from the pantheon of the greats; from Skinless to
Reaping Flesh hail from Milan, Italy, 2023 but could easily be from Tampa, United States, 1987. Citing Autopsy, Massacre and Death as their main influences, Reaping Flesh have dropped their first music in the form of debut EP Lies of Existence. Clinging closely (and intentionally) to their influences, Lies of Existence is a total rager that starts off with
Killswitch Engage fans were in for a treat at their June 9 show when the group were joined by special guests onstage. The guest appearance happened at their New Hampshire show at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom. Anthrax vocalist Joey Belladonna and former Killswitch singer Howard Jones wowed fans by joining in during certain songs. Belladonna
Today Is the Day made fans happy last week when they announced both U.S. and European tour dates to celebrate their 30th anniversary. The band are also working on a new album and plan on releasing more information soon. The disjointed but expansive tour will start in Maine and then move over to Belgium and
Dreadnought, Immortal Bird, and Izthmi are embarking on a North American tour this July. Dreadnought play proggy metal and hail from Denver, while Immortal Bird are Chicago-based and play blackened sludge and Izthmi are from Seattle and play atmospheric black metal. The complimentary contrast of this tour will be something to write home about. The
Obituary are doing a special tour across Florida with 200 Stab Wounds and Tribal Gaze. The tour is in support of Obituary’s recent record, Dying of Everything. If you’re lucky enough to live in Florida and catch the sickness that is this lineup, you can get tickets here. 7/7 Pompano Beach, FL @ Piper’s Pub
Compared to last week, this week’s playlist update is rather tame. Still, we’ve added a handful of new tracks from the past week, including the latest King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard track “Dragon,” the Extreme song “Other Side of the Rainbow,” and Calligram’s “Ostranenie.” We excised some older tracks to make room for the
Stanley Sievers, the comedian who coined the “Mosh Retirement Guy” character, is making a new mockumentary about that very character. The plot, which frankly sounds amazing, is about the character getting in trouble for crowdkilling and getting banned from shows. When his favorite band plays a reunion show, he has to find the person he
Say what you will about Metallica; they’re still loud enough to get noise complaints from the locals. When the band played at Download Festival at Donington Park on June 8, DerbyshireLive reports that their set could be heard as far away as 15 miles away in the town of West Hallam, resulting in noise complaints. One
There may be no new music from Hypocrisy yet, but there is a pretty cool video for the track “They Will Arrive.” The song comes from the band’s 2021 album Worship,released via Nuclear Blast Records.Footage was filmed at three different shows during their 2022 European tour. While we wish there was some new music to