Metal

You could choose to believe the following about Tennessee thrash trio Quiescent Mantis, or not, but according to part of their bio: “Quiescent Mantis, comprised of former scientists, Chris Trainor, Jordan McKenzie and Johnny Mejia, emerged from an extraordinary origin story. While employed at Sub-Atomic Weight Of Acceleration Research Mechanics (S.W.A.R.M.), the trio inadvertently opened

I hear you readers enjoy a loud racket. A bit of noise with your morning coffee. Well, pour yourself a cup of this new album from Austria’s Desolat. Taking inspiration from the prevailing environment of post-modern social turmoil and instability, the band has arrived with Get Sick And Let Me Watch You Die. The album is

Greetings, Decibel readers! There’s a couple big names on the list below, especially for those of you who really love dissonant death metal or traditional-doom-done-right. But if you just want something brutal, there’s a new Malignacy out today as well. Enjoy! — Crypt Sermon – The Stygian Rose The previous decade saw a massive wave of neo-classical

Check out the latest full album from Paradise in Flames, Blindness. It’s heavy and catchy and you can stream it with us first. The band say: “We had only created an identity in the last album: Act One, and we managed to mature our ideas very well. I believe fans will really like this new one. The album

Photo courtesy of MRSA Check out the latest from MRSA, a campy (pun intended), summer horror-themed slice of brutality complete with an on-theme video. “We believe the fans will devour our hook-filled songs with glee,” the band say. “Every song we write is a tribute to not only the films they represent but to the

Portland, Oregon’s Dry Socket have been around for a number of years now, earning greater attention with their early-2024 full-length, Sorry For Your Loss. The quartet’s scathing approach to melodic hardcore punk was a welcome sound and now they’re back after less than six months, armed with a new split with Mid-Atlantic hardcore crew Body Farm. It’s a certified rager

Torturers’ Lobby perfectly embody the sage advice that to make your own sound, you need to smash everything you like together, toss it into the musical blender and see what comes out. In the case of this Tampa-based quartet, there’s a lot of thrash metal energy, death metal menace, black metal riff-work, and bits and

Photo by Bryan Eckermann San Antonio’s Mythologik is set to ignite with its debut full-length album, Blood in the Sky, dropping on June 14. This dynamic duo, featuring multi-instrumentalist Bryan Eckermann (known for his solo work and contributions to Scars of the Flesh and ex-Wings of Abaddon) and Joe Gregory (Valkyrie TX) on vocals, delivers

UK extreme metal outfit Krysthla have been plying their craft for nearly a decade now, releasing three albums and touring with the likes of Decapitated and Vader, as well as making appearances at various European festivals. Their upcoming album, The River, is coming later this summer and while we wait for details to solidify on that, we have

It’s been six years since Amarok‘s last release, their massive double LP, Devoured.  The doom outfit hasn’t become any faster in their downtime, as evidenced by Resilience, their upcoming new album. The album’s closing track, “Legacy (XIII),” is a massive, slow-burn offering that you can stream today via Decibel. Starting with lightly-strummed acoustic guitars and light ambience

Chilean ensemble Lucifer’s Hammer have nailed the art of melodic heavy metal on their new album, Be and Exist. Their fourth since Beyond the Omens in 2016, Be and Exist brings rock melodies into the gallop and flair of Lucifer’s Hammer’s brand of heavy metal. The album is officially out Friday, June 14 on Dying Victims Productions, but you can listen

Check out the latest from Burial Oath, their cvlt and catchy video for “Pagan Fires,” available with us first. Initially forming in 2015, the band share members with Metal Blade act Cloak, and started playing live and touring in 2016 as a trio. They were temporarily on hold in 2023 when Jesse Greenfeather joined Cloak on

It’s time to venture down to Arkansas, home of those creepy-ass billboards that just have the 10 Commandments on them, because Bangin’ in the Rock Festival returns for another year at the end of September. The festival promises a little something for everyone, or at least a little something for everyone who enjoys loud, hard

There is no cure for cancer, no matter what anyone tells you. Despite what fake news articles on social media tell you, there’s no secret cure to cancer that is being suppressed by Big Pharma because they can’t make money off of it. And, despite what hippies may tell you, a vegan raw food diet

Album Art: Paul Carrick Hatred is a powerful force—a motivation for good, or evil, or even just getting yourself out of bed and through the day—and it’s a force that Teeth examine on their new album, The Will of Hate. Their first release since 2021’s Finite EP, The Will of Hate sees Teeth further hone their style of dark, dissonant death metal.

For 15 years, The Obsessed’s 1991 LP Lunar Womb was spoken about in hushed and reverent tones, particularly in stoner rock circles. That’s how long it took for the band’s second album to receive its first North American release in a lovingly assembled reissue/remaster from MeteorCity and 20 Buck Spin. Maybe you’d heard parts of

Massachusetts metal miscreants Morgued have made their malevolent return with a brand spankin’ new EP Reduced to Primitives. The Boston-based badasses whirl and churn on the album’s five new songs, whipping up their chaotic trademark concoction of science-fiction focused old-school death metal. The songs here punish and mystify, eviscerating the listener as much as ensnaring

Greetings, Decibel readers! It’s like a death-metal buffet this week! You can take your picks à la carte, with servings of techy brutality, filthy caveman beats, razor-sharp clarity, and Jacob Bannon’s side project. Eat up. — Fractal Generator – Convergence Brutal, slightly-techy death metal with an overall vibe similar to Hate Eternal Gateways-era Morbid Angel. I like hoe

Today we present to you the debut EP from Cruce Signatus, a one-man multi-instrumentalist project from David Frazer of Pillaging Villagers. This instrumental album is the first of four releases that will together make up the soundtrack to a feature-length animated anthology. He has collaborated with independent animators and illustrators to make the video you

Photo: Scott Kinkade Longtime Decibel readers probably remember Philly dormant grind freaks Die Choking for their high-speed, technical musicianship and solid songwriting. Though it’s been a few years since we’ve heard from the trio, core members Paul Herzog and Jeffrey V. Daniels have been hard at work alongside guitarist Jason Herrmann—who played with Daniels in Burden—and veteran