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The Flight of Sleipnir Today, we are thrilled to bring you the exclusive premiere of Nature’s Cadence, the latest album from The Flight of Sleipnir. This release marks a significant moment in the band’s journey, showcasing their signature blend of folk-tinged black metal and a bold step into new creative territories. A Journey of EvolutionNature’s Cadence represents a

Southern California’s death rock heroes New Skeletal Faces have signed to Peaceville Records (My Dying Bride, Darkthrone, etc.), and they’re premiering a new track, “Until the Night,” right here at Decibel. We’re no strangers to death rock, having hosted Grave Pleasures (HERE and HERE), Rosemary’s Babies (HERE), and genre originators Death SS (HERE). So, it’s

Released on September 25, 2001 in North America to generally favorable albeit mixed reviews, Silent Hill 2 has gone on to be regarded not just as one of the best horror games of all time, but one of the best games ever, full stop. A departure from the story of the first installment on the

Finally, all four volumes of the Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology book series—including the brand new Volume I and Volume IV—are now in stock and shipping immediately. For the full list of Hall of Fames stories included in each—as well as a way to SAVE BIG by bundling your volume orders—see below. The Decibel Hall

Hello, Decibel readers! So last weekend me and my movie-night buddies watched Night of the Creeps, a fun horror flick from 1986 that involves leech-like alien creatures that turn people into zombies. And because it’s the 80s they’re attacking a college campus on the night of a formal event. I have to say, the writing and acting

We’ve been pretty friendly to and supportive of BornBroken over the years. Here, on the occasion of their 2013 debut The Healing Powers of Hate and again here when they issued The Years of Harsh Truths and Little Lies back in 2018. And as there’s very little that can keep a Montreal metal band down

Photo courtesy of the band Khshathra’s debut offering, “War Drums,” is weird and historical, the perfect soundtrack to an internet rabbit hole about the Battle of Carrhae. Nothing like a little history to get your Thursday going. We have it first. About the backstory of the track, the band say, “In 53 BCE, the Roman

The Decibel family is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Brujeria co-founder and frontman John “Juan Brujo” Lepe today. We send our love to Brujo’s family, his bandmates and countless friends and fans in the underground metal community. RIP, El Hefe. Originally Posted Here

OK, friends, settle in for nine minutes of avant black/death metal depravity courtesy of Aussie outfit Ploughshare, a band whose name evokes pastoral imagery, though their music definitely doesn’t! The apocalyptic sounding—both in title and approach—”Fall of All Creatures” is the lead track from Ploughshare’s upcoming third album, Second Wound, which we can’t help but feel should

Where they from?Erba, Italy. Football season is in full swing, you walk through the airport and see everyone rocking jerseys of their favorite NFL team. Say what you will about sports, but football seems to dominate the national conscience in a way where you feel like you can talk to anyone about it. I saw

Pennsylvania grind trio Collaped Skull released their first album, Eternity Maze, in 2022, catching a few eyes and ears—including a set at the Metal & Beer Fest: Philly pre-show that same year—but mostly flying under the radar. The trio have been occupied with other projects Full of Hell and Jarhead Fertilizer since then but Collapsed Skull just dropped

The science behind harsh vocals is still pretty flimsy, despite the techniques having existed for decades now. Many vocal coaches and teachers were unfamiliar with the way screaming and growling worked (with exceptions like Melissa Cross), meaning that little research was ever done and the question was left outside the world of academia. Recently, vocal

Based on the new video from Bellevue, Ohio shoegaze/sludge quartet, Flourish, the “New Cosmic Terror” might be octopus-related. Go figure. The nearly five-minute track is a contrast in melody and drop-tuned sludge with airy vocals and heavy, heavy washes of six and four-string chordage. The video itself, directed by Brendan Gill, is a bit of

The latest solo album from Sebastian Bach, Child Within the Man, always had a weird title. I’m not even going after the fucked-up sex joke that is right there because it’s just too fucking dark. But, considering that Bach pretty much lost his position in Skid Row due to being an overgrown man-child, you’d think

One come a day the water will run, no sucker-punching bitch boy will stand for things that he has done. In other words, Jane’s Addiction is really sorry about what happened on Friday night’s concert in Boston. Fans who have been rooting for a reunion of the original four members of the Jane’s Addiction—Perry Farrell,

Jade=Sanctarium Split – The Sempiternal Wound Prepare yourself for a descent into the macabre with The Sempiternal Wound, the latest split release from two masters of death and doom metal, Jade and Sanctarium. Set for release on September 13th, 2024, through Pulverised Records, this split EP offers a harrowing exploration of life’s inevitable cycle of

It feels impossible to overstate how popular video games have become, a fact that can even be lost on its most devoted of fans. After forming an alliance with Napalm Records in December 2018, folk/power metal hybrid Wind Rose got to work crafting what would be their label debut and fourth LP overall, set to

Photo by Dennis Johansson Toxaemia are debuting their new video for “Blood Red,” ahead of their November 15 album Rejected Souls of Kerberu. “’With ‘Blood Red,’ we wanted to explore the mind of a serial killer and that primal, raw power,” explains Toxaemia’s founding member and bassist Pontus Cervin. “We wanted a real go at

Happy Friday the 13th, dear Decibel readers! I hope you’re all prepared to start spooky season a little early this year given the timing of this day. Do yourself a favor and go watch a Friday the 13th film. And yes, the consensus is correct, stick with the fourth film. Just on the strength of

Photo courtesy of the band NightWraith are releasing their new album, Divergence, tomorrow via What’s Left Records, and you can hear the whole thing with us first. The proggy, melodic death metalers from Denver have blessed us with this a day early, and in addition to eight originals, it also features a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Us and