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Not much we can tell you about mysterious Portuguese duo Lord Sin, as they choose to cloak their real identities in secrecy. Their second full-length, Confessions, however, reveals a doom-obsessed outfit with a penchant for experimentation. The guitar and drums on all six tracks on this sludgy crusher were recorded live, with bass, vocals and keyboards added

Where they from?Los Angeles, California. Yesterday, I woke up to the news that the New York Mets signed Juan Soto to a 15-year, bajillion-dollar deal. I normally am very wary of these big-time contracts for star players, but I need this right now. My football team sucks, my hockey team sucks and my toilet is

Ready for a dose of brutal death metal in your day? Canadian death dealers Tombs of Disgust are prepping to release their new EP, Shadow of War, in summer 2025 and they’re keeping the hype train rolling with a premiere of the title track. The song’s message is blunt, explains vocalist Josh Willms: “‘Shadow of War’ is written

For decades now, the mighty Judas Priest has been able to captivate audiences and keep fans completely enthralled with their high octane show. With Rob Halford at the helm of everything, the band’s managed to not only stay afloat, but thrive and survive when the genre itself went through tectonic shifts. So it only makes

Photo by Caio Dangelo Brazilian death thrash trio, Claustrofobia, follow up the recent M-Theory re-issue of the their 2022 album Unleeched, with a brand new live video of the title track, recorded while on tour with Sepultura. The video was filmed by Raphael Pinotti and edited by the band’s drummer, Caio D’Angelo, and shows off the

Some 20 years ago today, the world lost a legend in the death of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott. The Pantera and Damageplan guitarist was a legend among legends and was taken away in such a fucking shitty way. Abbott was shot while onstage during a Damageplan concert at the Alrosa Villa Club in Columbus, Ohio back

If you happen to like both soccer and that ragga ragga goodness of Welsh metal band Skindred, then you happen to be in a somewhat niche realm of luck. The band has teamed up with their hometown soccer club Newport County Association Football Club (AFC, and don’t forget they call soccer the more appropriately named

Sarcophagum From the shadows of Australia’s plague-stricken chaos in 2021, Sarcophagum emerged as a studio-only project, a channel for members of Golgothan Remains past and present to explore new ideas and sonic realms. Today, Decibel is proud to present their full-length debut, The Grand Arc of Madness, streaming in its entirety ahead of its December

Breaking news from Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest headliners Autopsy regarding their December 6 headlining performance at Summit in Denver: “Hello Autopsy Freaks, Decibel Devourers and Death Metal Fiends! Figured we’d brace you for Friday night’s [December 6] Autopsy set at the Decibel Metal & Beer Fest in Denver, CO. as it will have

Decibel is happy to present a new video from the UK-based black metal band, Vosforis. Vosforis plays a grand and forceful variant of black metal akin to latter-era Satyricon, with faint echoes of some of the more recent output from bands like Necrophobic, Nordjevel, and God Dethroned. It’s a sound that’s captivating and destructive in equal measure,

Greetings, Decibel readers! I can’t believe it’s December already. It’s already time for the last standard edition of this column for the year! For the next couple weeks I’ll be doing my annual takeover in which I rattle off my favorite death metal and black metal albums of 2024. But in the meantime, there’s still

Photo by Hillarie Jason It is impossible to understate the significance of Nintendo in the world of video games. Say what you will of their draconic business practices or underpowered hardware, the fact is that the house that Shigeru Miyamoto built has stood the test of time for one reason: they make really, really good

Erik Wunder, the enigmatic figure behind the Colorado-based solo project Man’s Gin, dropped his latest sonic offering, The Reprobate, on September 6 via Profound Lore. A blend of psychedelic rock, experimental noise, and folk influences, the album is a testament to Wunder’s eclectic musical vision. “The songs had been kind of building up over the

Who’s thirsty?! We’re a mere two days away from Denver’s truest of beer fests and “Metal & Beer” tickets are quickly running dry. To help whet your palate, we’ve decided to release the entire beer menu that will be on hand at this year’s festivities. If your beer goggles are getting the better of you,

If Rush were from Oregon and predisposed toward a belief in Eastern concepts of reincarnation and other metaphysical topics that many an Oregonian has pondered (while no doubt under the influence of psychedelics), they’d probably sound a whole lot like Portland trio Light Creates Shadow, on their new single, “Beauty For Ashes.” Which is to say,

Where they from?Chavronay, Switzerland. It is now December, which means the holiday onslaught is now upon us. How was your Thanksgiving? The highlight of mine was when my three-year-old nephew opened the door on my Dad while he was pooping. Everyone was horrified except for me and him. I guess we have the same maturity

Swedish death dealers Ghoulhouse are one of prolific multi-instrumentalist Rogga Johansson’s (Paganizer, Ribspreader, et al.) many projects, which gives you a pretty good idea of how Fresh Out of Flesh, the trio’s new album, sounds. The 12-track ripper doesn’t offer much in the way of surprises—the HM-2 is cranked to 11 as Ghoulhouse tear through 11 crusty,

Great Content, the debut album from Toronto-based tech-metal outfit Mirror Neuron, is an explosion of influences from across the extreme metal spectrum. In the press release, the band members describe their sound as taking influence from Between the Buried and Me, Krallice, His Hero is Gone and Anata, which is a pretty apt description. Technically, Great Content is

Justifiably so, we reckon, AI has become the new boogeyman of the metal scene (and perhaps the world at large) and UK death crushers Mutagenic Host have a few thoughts on the matter. Their latest single, “Artificial Harvest of the Obscene,” attacks the theme with an opening salvo of glacially paced DM before thrashing forward

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