Metal

Though they originally rose to underground fame in the ’80s, death metal band Morta Skuld are a great example of a band who didn’t get their due until later in their career. While they may have flown under the radar a little bit when they first burst onto the scene, they are slowly realizing what

Since first crawling out of Hell via Tony Iommi’s hand of doom, metal has largely remained a male-dominated scene. Notable exceptions have made their presence known, but have mostly been that—exceptions. After over five decades of existence, extreme music is starting to see noticeable shifts in its demographic, both off- and on-stage. As Women’s History

Richmond post-hardcore heroes City of Caterpillar return with their first new song since 2022’s stunning comeback album, Mystic Sisters, via the Decibel Flexi Series! “In the Tall Grass” is an exclusive new banger and the 162nd entry in our nonstop floppy serialization. Want to make sure you don’t miss out on this necessary flexi? Be

Death/doom ritualists Tzompantli return with their unearthly new album Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force, and Decibel has an exclusive variant on Blood Red Stain vinyl limited to a mere 100 copies courtesy of 20 Buck Spin! The brainchild of Brian Ortiz of California legends Xibalba, Tzompantl’s latest work builds up on an already unshakable

Photo: James Rexroad Portland, Oregon-based outfit Semuta have a new album, Glacial Erratic, coming out on May 24 and Decibel is more than happy to spread the word by way of the band’s new music video for the title track. A duo comprised of vocalist/guitarist Benjamin Caragol (Burials) and drummer Ben Stoller (Prize Hog), Semuta play a form of progressive,

It’s been interesting to watch Julia Gaeta‘s musical evolution. Gaeta has always been a card-carrying metalhead, but like the most interesting artists and people, she couldn’t be contained by one genre or approach. She’s a bit of a chameleon. Gaeta has landed in an interesting place: she’s become a first-rate dark wave/post-punk/trip-hop chanteuse with a

Prepare to be crushed by riffs, torn apart by grows, and pounded into dust by relentless drumming. Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s Suffer is here with a new album, their second full-length but part of a long legacy stretching back to the early days of death metal in 1990. Decibel is proud to showcase this album in

Wretched Blessing, Spurious Ovation Prepare for a temblor along the extreme music fault line as Kayhan Vaziri (known for work in Yautja and Coliseum) and Rae Amitay (of Immortal Bird and Thrawsunblat) roll out an earth shaker as Wretched Blessing. Formed in Chicago in 2023, with Vaziri taking the lead on guitar and vocals and

Are you feeling hungry? I hope so, because you’ll need a strong stomach to eat from the Amalgamations of Gore on display on Ohio death metal butchers Mutilation Barbecue‘s first full-length album. Formed after the demise of Ohio death-thrashers Subtype Zero, Mutilation Barbecue released their first demo in 2021 before catching the eye of hype death metal

Where they from?Los Angeles, California. I know I’m addicted to watching sports because even though I don’t follow college basketball I watched like fifteen games this weekend. Is there any better way to disassociate from an uncomfortable social situation than to just stare at your phone and watch Yale beat Auburn? THEY’RE A FOURTEEN SEED,

Black metal is well-renowned for it’s capacity for blazing fury and aggression. But in the last several years, many bands have taken this darkest of arts and honed it in ways that are more pensive and contemplative. Verwoed is definitely one of those bands, and this is absolutely true of the project’s latest album, The

You may not be familiar with Mustard Gas & Roses—MGR for short—but you are almost certainly familiar with main man Mike Gallagher, who spent nearly a decade and a half with post-metal titans Isis. Originally begun as a sort of side project and becoming a more prominent focus as the years have passed, Gallagher has used

Protest The Hero are touring Canada this May, which is of note to everyone, not just Canadians, since it means the band will be touring on their home turf. The tour kicks off May 23 in Tillsonburg, ON and wraps up June 1 in Kingston, ON. Check out the dates below, and get tickets here.

Static-X are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their classic album Wisconsin Death Trip with a special documentary. The film will take a look at the history of the band’s career, and you can stream the trailer below. The band announced the documentary on the anniversary of their 1999 album yesterday. The documentary will be called

Since debuting in the thrash metal arena with Misconception in 2019 and following up with No Life Forms in 2022, Critical Defiance has kept a release pace as relentless as their tempos. Navigating lineup changes with remarkable agility—notably with Mauricio Toledo joining on guitar during No Life Forms— the Chilean upstarts are turning instability into

Where they from?Motherfucking south Jersey. The NCAA basketball tournaments start this weekend. College basketball is the one sport I pay absolutely zero attention to, but I always love making Final Four predictions. This year I have DeVry, Delco, Emerson and Duke. Oh, and let’s just throw the Kansas City Chiefs in there for the Hell

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions present Destiny, the debut album from Memphis, Tennessee’s ultra-violent sludge metal sadists Mudshow. Destiny is a wrestling-focused concept record telling the story of Matt Tremont’s explosive blood-soaked feuds with Atsushi Onita and Rickey Shane Page. Additionally, it is heavily indebted to A Season In Hell by 19th century French Symbolist

Greetings, Decibel readers! I’m particularly excited to talk up the new Necrophobic album this week, as it continues a winning streak they’ve been on for the last couple albums. But there’s other sources of righteous racket to enjoy below as well, including new ones from Apparition (I did the name … for no reason in

Photo: Nick Sayers UK lads Mastiff are no strangers to depression, anger and grief. Those emotions have been present on each release in the band’s very bleak catalog and come to a head on Deprecipice, the band’s fourth album. Though it’s Mastiff’s first release since the end of pandemic lockdowns, they aren’t depressed or angry about that; instead, Deprecipice sees

Austin, TX-based power trio Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol sound just about as big and dumb as their moniker would imply. They’re also as ridiculously awesome as their big, dumb moniker would imply. Since 2017 or thereabouts, vocalist and eight-string slinger Leo Lydon, bassist Aaron Metzdorf and drummer Sean St.Germain have been churning out lumbering cascades