Metal

A few weeks ago, Philly-based musical collective HIRS (sometimes referred to as the longer name of The HIRS Collective) released their latest full-length, We’re Still Here. It’s a hard record to talk about in succinct terms because of its scale, but We’re Still Here is a behemoth of a hardcore/grind record that pulls from every corner of heavy music and then

Legendary thrash metal lifer Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth is our guest this week on The MetalSucks Podcast! In this episode, we discuss Overkill’s 20th album Scorched, coming out this Friday, as well as the positive changes he’s witnessed in the last 40 years of being in the music business. And in that vein, we also try

Black metal artist Xasthur just dropped a video for the title track from his new double album, Inevitably Dark, out June 23. Xasthur fans should be extra excited because in addition to this double album, Xasthur is also releasing a rare recording, Rehersals 1997-1999, on limited red transparent vinyl along or original black vinyl with

In bummer news for Nightwish fans, the band announced they will not be touring in the foreseeable future. This extends to their next album cycle, and possibly further. They posted a statement on social media that explains their decision: “After the planned shows for June 2023 we will be ‘hanging up our spurs’ for an

Shane Embury‘s solo project, Dark Sky Burial, just released a new record, Nascentes Morimur Morientes Nascimur, out now. Known for his work with, of course, Napalm Death, Embury also made music with Venemous Concept, Lock Up, and Brujeria, and now, the bass player and icon is focusing on his solo work. This record is the

Dawn of Ouroboros just shared a new track, “Testudines,” from their forthcoming album, Velvet Incandescence, out April 21 via Prosthetic Records. This will be the sophomore record fro the Oakland-based blackened prog band, and if this track is any indication, it won’t disappoint fans who have enjoyed their previous offerings. Of the release, Tony Thomas

Septicflesh are unveiling a digital EP, Reconstruction, featuring revised versions of songs from their latest record, Modern Primitive. The album is streamable now through Nuclear Blast. The songs on the album were recorded with an orchestra and a choir to achieve an even more symphonic sound than the heavy yet orchestra band normally go for.

Photo: Gobinder Jhitta Shane Embury’s prolific streak is well documented. From Napalm Death and Venomous Concept through Lock Up and Brujeria, the legendary extreme music force is seemingly always creating. But even by the bassist’s incredibly prolific standards, we’ve never seen output like Dark Sky Burial. And today, his solo, ambient, largely instrumental project unveils

Haunt are unleashing a new, furious stream of traditional heavy metal via their new single, “Chimera,” from their forthcoming album, Golden Arm, out May 5 via Grip Records and Church Recordings. “‘Chimera’ is all about using your imagination,” says frontman Trevor William Church. “In music, we must always keep our imagination running wild.” Golden Arm,

Alt-metal band Houston just dropped the first single from their forthcoming EP, Every Branch on the Way Down, out today via Init Records. Check out “What Doesn’t Kill You.” The Minneapolis-based band got together for the first time in 15 years to make this album. “We decided there was some unfinished business,” says guitarist and

Just one week ahead of their appearance at this year’s Metal & Beer Fest at the Fillmore Philly, metallic hardcore anti-heroes Drowningman are reissuing their sardonic debut Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline, and Decibel has made the call to pick up an exclusive edition on Neon Orange vinyl, limited to just 100 copies! This special 25th anniversary edition of

There’s a curious movement brewing in the mid-Atlantic over the last 5 years or so: completely over-the-top fruited sours with a cult-like following so fervent that fans buy cases on drop days. It may have started with Berlin, MD’s Burley Oak and its J.R.E.A.M. series; this certainly set the tone for dessert-themed fruited sours on

Greetings, Decibel readers! This week brings us a new release from Tribulation. I know lots of you are into them, so that should be enough to get you excited. But you’ll have to scroll down to the bottom to see that. So be sure to give the other bands a chance along the way. Enjoy! — Asystole

We’re still a few months away from Furnace Fest in Birmingham, Alabama, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve our attention right now. And that’s mostly thanks to the bands that are being added to the lineup as we get closer and closer to showtime. Earlier today, organizers took to social media to announce that

As the brainchild of Montréal-based multi-instrumentalist, Frédéric Bergeron, Maudiir is what one would expect and hope for from a one-man band. We originally introduced the project a couple years ago on the back of then-new EP, La Part du Diable here At that time, we classified the release “as a mix of early Metallica and

One person’s noise is another’s symphony. We’re partial to noise, noise rock, improvised noise, noise for noise’s sake. etc. Thus new Baltimore outfit Mast Year scratches a bunch of those itches for us. The quartet (vets of numerous Charm City bands)—Darin Tambascio (bass), Noel Mueller (guitarist), Ben Price (drums), Eric Rhodes (vocals)—bonded over a love

Photo Credit – Jim Wertman Close out the week in this post-apocalyptic hellscape with a fittingly on-point lyric video from U.S. death metal legends Pyrexia for the track “Unscathed.” The song is from the forthcoming reissue of their slamming classic 1997 album, System of the Animal, which will be fully remastered and available on June

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly kicks off NEXT WEEK, which means it’s time to finalize travel plans and get your tickets if you haven’t already. To aid in your planning, Friday and Saturday set times are now available. Phobophilic will kick things off on Saturday at 4:30 pm, with doors opening and pours from breweries becoming

Today we highlight an extremely extreme charity compilation from cult New York label Fiadh Productions. Back in 2011, Fiadh label-runner Bariann conceived of a music compilation originally created to benefit animal rescue. Over a decade later, From Dreams to Living Things unites some of the most exciting bands in the metal underground for a great

Photo: John Malley Tithe‘s blistering second album Inverse Rapture is many things but is not easy listening. It’s an angry and relentless record with a palpable touch of grief.  Learn a bit more about this album’s creation and the reasons for this are apparent: guitarist/vocalist Matt Eiseman wrote the bulk of Inverse Rapture during and