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South Carolina alt-metal band Crossfade technically never broke up, something they popped up on social media to remind us of from time to time over the years, but they haven’t played a live show since 2012. Well, whether or not to you count that period of inactivity as a true hiatus (it was), the wait

Breaking News, News Body Void, Doom, home featured, LGBTQ+, Prosthetic, Sludge, Trans Day of Remembrance. New Jersey’s own Sunrot have teamed up with New England bruisers Body Void to release a special split EP for 2024’s Trans Day of Remembrance. The record is an ode to Trans and LGBTQ+ experience, encompassing the rage, trauma, grief

WTR_main_by_Riamond_Lomeli Progressive deathcore heroes Within the Ruins dropped their latest album, Phenomena II,  August 23 through MNRK Heavy. The record comes a decade after the original Phenomena, and we caught up with vocalist Steve Tinnon about the album. “The writing process for Phenomena II was a bit different from our past albums,” he explains. “With the band’s

Photo by @rebeccabowring We’re not sure if Swiss quartet Mandroïd of Krypton‘s latest single, “The Waltz of Death,” is an actual 3/4-time waltz—though by the thrashing involved, we doubt it—but it definitely has an old-school death ’n’ roll vibe. It’s three minutes of buzzy riffs, aggro punk anarchy and a thud-wallop rhythm crush. Mandroïd of

There are still good people in the world, thank goodness. One of them is Geezer Butler, who was recently honored for his lifelong commitment to animal welfare by the Center For A Humane Economy. He was among only four honorees. Even though the ceremony happened at the beginning of October, Butler spoke of his achievement

Vanishing Kids Vanishing Kids, the Wisconsin-based dream doom and gothic psych-rock innovators have released a captivating new video for their single “Demon Glove.” This haunting track is the third single from their critically acclaimed album Miracle of Death, released by Aural Music. Set in a surreal, dreamlike forest, the “Demon Glove” video mirrors the song’s

By Aris Hunter Wales When one leaps into the fray that is a heavy metal tour, the odds of danger and mayhem go up exponentially. You have to be adaptable, and ready for anything and everything. Bewitcher prides ourselves on staying professional, while being prepared for adventure and willing to take it wherever it leads

Photo courtesy of the band Buried just released another song from their forthcoming EP, Infect and Replicate, set to drop in early 2025. Check out “Tallies” below. “’Tallies’ is ultimately about choices and the affects they have on our personal world,” vocalist Ben Rosputni says about the song. “Someone, in a moment of weakness, makes a decision

Hard to believe, but your favorite extreme metal rag has officially survived two decades of being asked, “Wait, people still make magazines?” To celebrate standing the test of time (and our patience), we’re discounting all available vinyl in our store by 20% this weekend only. We owe a lot to the awesome bands that have

Greetings, Decibel readers! It’s at this point in the year that I feel an extra sense of obligation to deliver this column to you, as the albums put out in the last few months of the year tend to get overlooked in a lot of end-of-the-year coverage. And that’s unfortunate. Legendary bands like The Crown

Testament are thrash royalty. The Bay Area gods are still practicing what they preach after 37 years and thirteen full-length albums, the latest of which is 2020’s powerful Titans of Creation. Currently, the “thrashsters” are out supporting the reissue and remaster of their 1987 debut, The Legacy and 1988’s The New Order with fellow thrash

Canadian thrashers Triskelyon recently released their third album, Shattered Elysium, and they’re keeping the hype train going with a video for fifth track “Seal Hypocrisy.” The track is tightly loaded with bouncy riffs, tight chugs and a combination melodic/extreme vocal performance from singer Amanda Kiernan (Into Eternity). The black-and-white music video combines clips of the band members performing

Photo by Alvino Salcedo It’s no secret that all of the nerds at Decibel—not just the video game ones—are fans of Denver quartet Blood Incantation. Capable of delivering riffs as angular as they are punishing, the Stargate frequent fliers continually incorporate heavy doses of psychedelic, world and synth music into their core genetics in an

We present to you today the latest track, “Rescission,” from five earnest-looking, bearded, black shirt-adorned Scots called Codespeaker. It’s as bleak and monolithic as the structure looming on the quintet’s second full-length, Scavenger, a lurching, dissonant, down-tuned post-metal crusher. The nine-song Scavenger was recorded and mixed by Pedram Valiani at Outlier Sound (except drums recorded by Malcolm

1.86.0-2OARUY5K64I6NKUADYKEXMZP4E.0.1-4 Though it may seem difficult to imagine now, at the turn of the millennium, Arch Enemy were not the world-beating commercial juggernauts they are today. The Swedish quintet’s pedigree was unassailable: Michael Amott had helped codify melodic death metal as a genre with his contributions to Carcass’s Heartwork album in 1993. In Arch Enemy,

Italian genre weirdos Gotho—featuring keyboardist Fabio Cuomo, known for his collaborations with bands like Elder—combine elements of heaviness, progressive rock and dance music on their newest release, Gothron Versus Fartark. A conceptual album that tells the story of a clash between the album’s two titular figures, Gothron Versus Fartark is an album you won’t soon forget. For the

Hurricane Helene recently ripped through Florida and various other states, leaving a trail of damage in its wake. As the state looks to deal with the impact of yet another hurricane while dealing with the fallout of Helene, metal/hardcore stalwarts Converge have released a live album to aid recovery efforts. Simply titled Live in Orlando, FL 03​.​14​.​22,

Okay, when we call the latest track, “Religious Agonies,” from Greek black metallers  Thyrathen “epic,” we’re referring to both the scale and scope of the song, as well as the fact that it is literally inspired by Epicurean philosophy, based on the teachings of Epicurus. How epic is that? This ambitious quintet—Corax S. (drums/vocals), Noch

Remember last year when Max and Igor Cavalera started rerecording some of Sepultura‘s earlier discographical entries? More specifically, the brothers tackled Morbid Visions, Bestial Devastation, and Schizophrenia with a punchy panache, but apparently, those might be the only ones the two are touching. In a recent interview with Oran O’Beirne from Overdrive.ie, Max was asked

I’ve been a giddy little goose ever since Korn first announced they were officially teaming up with Adidas last year. I’ve never not thought of the two as a pair, so it was a collaboration essentially made in heaven. They’ve already released two collections so far, but this one specifically focuses on everything related to