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U.K.’s Manorfest announced the fest will not be returning. In a lengthy statement, they talk about low ticket sales, high costs, and the inability to recoup losses. They will be officially dissolving the company as well. Had this year’s festival happened, it would have boasted such big-name bands as Moonspell, My Dying Bride, Soilwork, and

Better Lovers just announced they will be playing Furnace Fest, and they also rolled out some tour dates. The band is made up of Greg Puciato, Jordan Buckley, Clayton “Goose” Holyoak, Stephen Micciche, and Will Putney. Furnace Fest will take place this year September 22-24 at the Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama.

When you woke up this morning, I bet you didn’t expect to see the phrases “krautrock,” “free jazz,” and “black metal” all in the same MetalSucks story, but here we are. Occult-themed synth-doom outfit Circle of Sighs have shared a full 30-minute concert video that’s equal parts musical experimentation and avant-garde theater production. Titled “Circle

Exclusive, Metal and Beer Fest Decibel Metal and Beer Fest, home featured, Metal and Beer, Metal and Beer Fest, Shirts. Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2023 may be over, but don’t lose your head over it. With this shirt designed by Decibel art director Mike Wohlberg, you, too can convince people you were there to see the

What’s up? It’s your old boy Waldo here, to inform you about some new and upcoming releases, good, bad or otherwise.  Remember, I’m not an elitist, you just have terrible taste. Unearth releases their eight full length The Wretched; The Ruinous. I’ve never been a fan, so I’ll try to review this fairly. On first

Greetings, Decibel listeners. [Insert lame and worn out joke about yesterday being 4/20 here.] Ha. Ha. Ha. Weed, am I right, guys? Ha. Ha. Ha. Here are some new releases. — Bonginator – The Intergalactic Gorebong of Deathpot lol. Imagine Party Cannon but make add stuff about space into the mix. Here are some of

In just a few weeks from now on May 12, The Acacia Strain are going to drop two new albums at the same time and fans are going to be drowning in new deathcore and metalcore jams. Rather than leave their fans in the lurch until then, the band just dropped a new single titled

Last week, we learned that Max and Iggor Cavalera were not only re-recording Sepultura’s Bestial Devastation EP and Morbid Visions, but that they were planning to tour the U.S. for nearly two months this fall in support of those releases. As it turns out, today we learned a little more about that tour, as both

Wintersun hasn’t released an album since 2017’s The Forest Seasons. Dimmu Borgir hasn’t issued anything new of note since 2018’s Eonian. That year also happens to be the same one in which Vesania broke up. Emperor are “touring” the US later this year and have teased about the possibility of new material, but I’ll believe

Streaming, Track Premiere Caligari, Cronos Compulsion, death metal, premiere. Death metal is at its finest when the songs are about cutting shit into bits and pieces. Such is the case with “Sacred Butchery,” the latest offering from Denver trio Cronos Compulsion. At a lean 3:16, Cronos Compulsion keep things moving briskly. There are traces of

Though they’ll be spending a lot of time on the road supporting Disturbed during their Take Back Your Life Tour, Ukranian metal band Jinjer will be breaking out from the lineup on off days for some headlining gigs throughout the U.S. A total of eight shows have been added in between their commitments with the

Photo Credit: gorphotographic UK black metal stormbringers Gyrdleah formed as a solo-member project by Satanic mastermind Flagrum. Based in Birmingham, Gyrdleah released an introductory EP (Passage into the Night) before hibernating through some turbulent times. But this Friday the silence officially shatters with the black magic and blasphemy of a new LP. Spellbinder is a

Detroit-based melodic power-thrashers Among These Ashes have unleashed a new video for “The Enemy In I.” Jayson Cessna of Astralborne created the video for “The Enemy In I,” which will be released on April 21, packaged with B-side track “Sirens,” a cover of the classic Savatage track. “A year after releasing our debut album, Dominion

“The problem is, with this interview, I’m just gonna go on and on.” Katie Davies, vocalist and guitarist for up-and-coming mathcore/blackgaze amalgam Pupil Slicer, has a sense of excitement in their voice, and they certainly have a lot to be excited about. After the release of their breakout debut Mirrors in 2021, the group have

Earlier today, Twitching Tongues posted a video on their Twitter account that could be suggesting that we’ll get some new material from them soon. In the tweet, an alarm clock is shown going off at 4:26 on the dial until someone smashes it with their boot. Accompanying the video is an upside down statement that

New Jersey grindcore titans Bayht Lahm are back with a brand new full length album, Widening Autonomy, dropping later this week. The sludge/grind duo return with the same snarling ferocity that has allowed them to quickly rise the ranks of the east coast grind scene into major player territory in a rather short span. The

Photo by Tomas Gidén We’re counting down to the publication date of Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records with a new exclusive excerpt from the tome. This week, we present a portion of the chapter “In Search Of,” which features Scandinavian death metal

For three decades, Danish metal stalwarts Saturnus have enveloped the globe with bitter swaths of melancholic and atmospheric death-soaked doom. Their output may have waned in recent years, though their punch and ability to walk the jagged edge between the calm and the chaotic, the beautiful and the desolate has only sharpened. Never has this

Pacific Northwestern doom metal monolith Bell Witch emerge with their new double LP Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate, and Decibel has conjured an exclusive edition via Profound Lore on ethereal Red with Black Galaxy swirled vinyl, limited to just 200 copies! Like 2017’s much-lauded Mirror Reaper, this album is presented as a single 83-minute track, the first