Metal

Now this is the type of parrot I’m down to hear continuously squawking. Australian grindcore band King Parrot has been relatively quiet the last few years, but they’re back baby! Yay! They’re releasing their first full-length album since 2017’s Ugly Produce and 2020’s Holed Up in the Lair EP. They’re calling it A Young Person’s

Coltsblood (Photo by Adam Clarkson) Few bands summon the abyss like Coltsblood. Their sound is less music than it is an immovable force, a seismic shift beneath the surface of doom metal. With Obscured Into Nebulous Dusk, their upcoming LP on Translation Loss Records, the UK trio honors their roots while carving out a path

The day after Christmas 2024, the co-nerds of Kill Screen received a text message from Decibel editor-in-chief and notable not nerd Albert Mudrian: “Contents of my Out of Season package”. Attached was a photo of his haul, made up of a copy of Mortiis’ Født til å herske on vinyl, a black-on-foil sticker branded with

Copenhagen’s Phrenelith has been among the finest purveyors of death metal in recent years. They, among many Danish counterparts, have garnered acclaim and notoriety for their fierce and festering styles of extreme metal. The band is over three years removed from their last full-length album, Chimaera–plenty of time to flesh out how their third full-length, Ashen Womb, would

Greetings, Decibel readers! At the beginning of every year, I create a new playlist called “[Current Year] Essentials.” This serves two purposes: in the short term, it helps me keep track of favorites to suggest for Decibel‘s end of year list; and in the long term, it makes it easy for me to revisit those

Visceral have dropped a new track, “Where the Wretches Are,” from their new album Eyes Teeth and Bones, out April 4 via Raging Planet Records. Check out the very heavy debut single from the album below. “With Eyes, Teeth and Bones, we wanted to push everything further—faster, heavier, and more intense. We made sure every riff, every

It’s been a long, long time since noise rock pioneers Season to Risk released new music (2001, to be exact, when they wrapped up a four-album run including two records on Columbia), but the Kansas City crew reformed for the live stage last year and are ready to pick up where they left off. Their new album,

In 2018 Finnish stoner metal sensations Kaiser released their debut album, 1st Sound. Any guesses as to what’s coming down the pipeline on March 7th with 2nd Sound? Anyone…? Anyone…? With a sound that stands tall and proud in the centre of the sun-baked desert fuzz/soulful British electric blues/thunderous doom thrash Venn diagram, the trio

Imagine how dark and cold it is in Sweden right now. While you’re mulling that frigidness over, have a listen to the new single, “Trenches,” from sludgy Swedish  post-metal trio, Kazea, who offer up a chilly, bleak musical landscape, punctuated by tense guitar thrum and understated vocals. The band—Rasmus Lindblom (bass/synth), Jonas Mattsson (vocals/guitar), Daniel Olsson

TÓMARÚM (Photo by Vizions of Mize) Progressive black metal duo Tómarúm have never shied away from pushing their sound—or themselves—to the limit. Their 2022 debut, Ash in Realms of Stone Icons, was a dizzying display of technicality and catharsis, but with their newly announced album, Beyond Obsidian Euphoria, the band sets out on an even

Italian black metal outfit Sakahiter have existed for more than 20 years in the underground but Samnite Black Metal is their first full-length album in that time, coming after a series of demos and EPs (plus a 17-year break). As the album title suggests, Sakahiter explore the history of the Samnites, an ancient Italic people who were later subjugated

We’re just two months away from the return of Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly—the world’s loudest, heaviest, headbangingest, two-day craft beer event—so it’s time to make those Spring weekend plans NOW! Swedish death metal legends Dismember will headline the first night with an exclusive performance of their 1991 landmark album, Like an Ever Flowing Stream (plus other choice

Chicago blackened death metal outfit Marrowomb is the brainchild of one Frank Lato, who handles the guitar, bass, synth and vocal duties in the band alongside session drummer Kevin Paradis (Benighted). The resulting product is Phisenomie, Marrowomb’s debut album, a potent concoction that walks the line between technical, symphonic and classic death metal. Though Phisenomie doesn’t come out until

Deathrock is having a moment. In the early 80s, the music took hold at a time when the culture faced fears of apocalyptic annihilation by nuclear weapons. Four decades later, a new crop of goth and deathrock bands is creating the soundtrack to an era of authoritarianism and Orwellian manipulation. One of the darkest lights

The festivals this year are really top fucking notch. Bill after bill and lineup after lineup made of just straight fire. Louder Than Life just got a little bit better, too. A Perfect Circle and the early 2000s nü metal band Ra have been added to this year’s lineup. It’s kind of a big show

I don’t think I’ve ever been more jealous of people in Greece than I am right now with this news, and I’ve got several reasons to be jealous. Outside of living in a fuckin paradise, Greek metalheads will get to experience something I likely will never get to in my life—seeing Candlemass perform with one

You wanna know something I can honestly say has never crossed my mind? Wanting to smell like a rockstar, especially one from a nü metal band. I don’t know why but I feel like of all the subgenres they don’t rank very highly in the scent department. But I guess Korn‘s guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer

Philadelphia’s own old-school death/thrashers Spesimin are back with a brand spankin’ new EP full of ghoulish twists and turns sure to make any scuz rocker happy. The new EP entitled Skull Worship features five brand new songs from the malicious trio and simultaneous to it’s release the band is releasing a self-titled compilation of their

Greetings, Decibel readers! I sure hope you like death metal. Although there are lots of new releases this week, there’s a conspicuous glut of blood-soaked death that demands our attention. The coolest part is that all the releases below are from lesser-known acts, which means new pathways for listeners to explore. Don’t get me wrong,

In just four short years, Philly upstarts Unholy Altar have brought no shortage of new followers to worship their brand of second-wave-inspired black metal. Last year, their Veil of Death! Shroud of Nite debut full length even managed to crack Rolling Stone‘s 20 Best Metal Albums of 2024 list. In April, they’ll cast a pall