Metal

Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Erech Leleth’s universe is vast. From projects like Ancient Mastery’s power metal-inflected black metal resistance songs to Summer Haze ’99’s shoegazing blast and Carathis’ guitar heroism, this Austrian musician’s vision encompasses all his projects to tell the story of a fantasy world. In Bergfried Erech Leleth, here known as Erech III. von

Days after saying he was going to quit social media after people called him out over some gross anti-trans comments he posted online, Thy Art Is Murder vocalist CJ McMahon returned to make a weak-ass attempt at an apology. The move comes roughly two days after his bandmates offered an equally milquetoast statement in a

Royal Thunder will be joining Alice in Chains on their West Coast tour this late September and October. “We are beyond stoked to announce that we’ll be joining the legendary Alice In Chains on their headlining shows next month on the west coast!” writes Royal Thunder of their coming tour dates. “All dates listed below and ticket links in

Nü-core band Tallah are not longer collaborating with turntabalist, sampler, and keyboardist Alizé “Mewzen” Rodriguez due to grooming allegations. These claims, which were initially reported by New Fury Media, reveal that Mewzen, who joined the band in 2020, will now no longer be involved with the project. The band’s statement says: “We have just been

CJ McCreery, formerly of Lorna Shore and Signs Of The Swarm, has released new music with his band Immortal Disfigurement. You can watch the video for “King” below. The band is also made up of Josh Freeman from A Wake In Providence, Leo McClain on drums, and bassist Shane Slade from Winds of Plague. The

Even if you’re living under a rock, you’re surely familiar with the current debate about AI and how it will impact art and life. Recently, Alex Skolnick of Testament chimed in with his two cents on the matter. In an interview with Ultimate Guitar, he claims that AI is a danger to pop music, a genre

We’re keeping the bloated playlist alive this week, so you’ve still got an additional five songs to play with for another seven days. To make use of that extra playlist space, we crammed the shit out of it with new songs from Knife, The Word Alive, and The Devil Wears Prada. All good stuff that’s

Bernie Marsden, the original guitarist of Whitesnake, has died at the age of 72 and will be missed. This was confirmed via social media posts at the end of last week. “On behalf of his family, it is with deep sadness we announce the death of Bernie Marsden,” reads the statement. “Bernie died peacefully on Thursday evening

In Flames have a new bassist, Liam Wilson, formerly of The Dillinger Escape Plan. In a recent interview, vocalist Anders Fridén joked that they found him on Tinder after former bassist Bryce Paul left the band. Fridén tells EMP, “[Bryce] wanted to focus on family. And we’re still good friends, so there’s no bad blood

Attention all those St. Anger fans that have been in hiding since 2003 — now is your time in the sun. Slipknot vocalist and heavy metal arbiter of everything Corey Taylor has deigned it reasonable to at least accept the album for what it is, if not enjoy it wholesale. Or something like that. The

Though today’s thrash metal scene is full of killer bands and absolute bangers being produced on the regular, for many people the peak moment of the genre came in the early 80s. For German thrash stalwarts Sodom, who’ve been around since the early days, they’re looking to take it back with a new EP aptly

Greetings, Decibel readers! Not only is it Friday, it’s also new-Incantation-album day! Speaking of Incantation, have you picked up Decibel #228 yet? It has the band on the cover and goes into detail about the band’s history and the making of Unholy Deification. All of that and more to be found below. — Blut Aus

God damn it, man. Every time The Callous Daoboys put something new out, it’s fucking killer and I almost can’t stand it. The six-piece from Atlanta have a style that’s hard to pin down, oscillating from madcap insanity to borderline sexy melodies to irreverently screaming “fuck you” to conventions, this band is one you should

Photo: Lindley King Last year, while researching a Kreator cover story, I looked for some thrash upstarts who could talk about how much Mille and his band meant to them. Around the same time, I was spinning Graveripper‘s Radiated Remains. Vocalist and guitarist Corey Parks ended up in the story (nice job). Graveripper must have

Photo by Seydina Seck For the uninitiated (this scribe included), Haurun is an Egyptian protector god of magic and healing. Or so the interhole tells us. This Haurun, however, is a heavy, doomy psych outfit from Oakland, CA, offering up a new track, “Lost & Found,” from their debut full-length, Wilting Within. The single from the

In 1986, São Paulo teenager Marcelo R. Batista channeled his love of pure, wild heavy metal into the self-produced fanzine United Forces. Over the next five years, his homemade publication captured the explosion happening before his eyes thanks to riotous Brazilian metal upstarts including Sepultura, Sarcofago, Vulcano, Holocausto, Mystifier, Sextrash, Ratos de Porão, Skullkrusher, Necrobutcher

In the same way that 24’s fictional anti-terrorist superhero and protector of the Great Fortress of America, Jack Bauer (ironically not only played by a Canadian, but a Canadian who’s grandfather was chiefly responsible for universal health care) would invariably get shot — on those rare occasions of a lapse in his unassailable bullet-dodging skills

Noise rock quartet Chat Pile are getting ready to head out on the road for an extended run of dates. And while it’s a long list of shows they’ve got on their plate, they went and did the only possible thing that makes sense — they added more dates. They’ll once again be on the

Photo by Shane K. Gardner Psychedelic black metal band Nixil are sharing a full stream of their forthcoming album From the Wound Spilled Forth the Fire. The record is out August 25 via Prosthetic Records. The chaotic, heavy and challenging new album is both psychedelic and crushing, weaving a hypnotic web that mirrors the art on the

New Jersey based progressive/angular metal duo Equivocator drop their eponymous EP this September through Nefarious Industries. Until then, Decibel proudly shares their powerful, layered new single “Axiomatic”, a sonic wallop from the pair Matthew Lupo (East of the Wall, Stronds, Opul, The Postman Syndrome) and East of the Wall bandmate Chris Alfano (ex-NY In 64,