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We couldn’t very well finish off our series of exclusive excerpts from Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records without a Metallica teaser. After all, the band made its first appearance on Metal Massacre way back in 1982, and Lars and James have been

It’s getting harder and harder to expect a happy ending for former Jackass star and skateboarder Bam Margera. After multiple stints in rehab and friends literally doing whatever they can to try to help him clean up his act, he’s now on the run from Pennsylvania police following an altercation with his family. According to

Little Rock big guns Terminal Nation recently delivered the 150th entry in the Decibel Flexi Series. And both Decibel and the band couldn’t be happier to share the one-two punch of death metal/hardcore that is “Concrete Hell” and “A Pound of Flesh or a Gallon of Blood.” So much so that, in fact, Terminal Nation shot

Photo: Anna Atlasman Three decades is a long time for a band to exist, but Cradle of Filth have plenty left in the tank. Their latest, Trouble and Their Double Lives, is an 18-track live record spanning 2015-2019 and also features two new studio tracks that were recorded after Cradle’s last album, Existence is Futile, but didn’t

When Norwegian black metal’s “weirdification”—a turn-of-the-millennium dismissal of the second wave’s rule-heavy conservatism by its own practitioners (yes, even Mayhem)—is referenced, we often hear about the “heavy hitters.” Ved Buens Ende, Solefald, Arcturus… all fell victim to modernity’s beck and call, and with a Cardiacs-like whimsy did these artists completely abandon black metal in favor

This week, we’ve got Cattle Decapitation axeman Josh Elmore as our guest on The MetalSucks Podcast! We discuss what it’s like having to answer the same questions in interviews, the process of getting a Cattle Decapitation song passed by all of the band members, and which member sends memes in the group texts. We also

Experimental black metal project Thy Catafalque just shared a new music video for “A csend hegyei” from their forthcoming album, Alföld. The record is out June 16 via Season of Mist. The name of the new album means “The Great Plains” and returns to the artists heavy roots. Project mastermind Tamás Kátai includes both progressive

Brutal metalcore masters Bleeding Through just unleashed a new song, “War Time.” This is the first teaser of new material they are working on. Last year, Brandan Schieppati announced the band’s plan to make new music via Instagram, and in late December, they dropped the track. Bleeding Through have been on hiatus since their 2018

Sanguisugabogg just announced a very short and limited tour run with Jarhead Fertilizer and Stabbed. The tour starts May 30 in Fort Wayne, IN, and ends June 4 in Boston, MA. If you’re lucky enough to be on the strange and winding trajectory of this tour, one that resembles the nonsensical nature of the Sanguisugabogg logo itself,

In a recent interview, Marty Friedman claims that he has no regrets about the Rust In Piece-era Megadeth lineup not resurfacing. But not in a shady way. He has no regrets overall and is at peace with how things have played out. “The Rust In Peace thing was very interesting, the idea,” he says. “Whatever it took

Metallica‘s Jason Newsted is temporarily bringing back his self-named side project, Newsted, for a comeback show. This show will take place May 20 at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, FL. He gave more details about that in an interview with Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, as transcribed by Blabbermouth. “About a year ago at this time, The Chophouse Band played

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