Metal

You need to wear earplugs at concerts. You just do. I’ve been going to loud rock concerts since I was 14 years old and I just started wearing earplugs a few years back and, let me tell you, I wish I had started a lot earlier. If I could meet my younger self like in

I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’ll never be on the fame end of the show stick, casting eyes down at the main character in the front row versus being the one casting eyes up. And, that’s okay. I’m fine with it. Much like how Guitar Hero and Rockband did for us back

Talk about a good moonlighting gig. Sure, everyone is dynamic in their own way with so many sides to them, but you wouldn’t necessarily expect a pretty mild-mannered profession to have such a metal-mannered alternative. Chinese black metal band Zuriaake has been paving the way for Chinese black metal basically forever at this point, but

Where they from?Sydney, Australia. As everyone gets excited for the NFL season I am here to simply remind everyone of one indisputable fact: the New York Mets suck. They currently are only 2.5 games back from the Atlanta Braves for the last wild card spot in the NL but it doesn’t matter because they can’t

Denver doom trio Oryx have always wielded heaviness deftly, knowing when to crush the listener and when to pull back. That hasn’t changed on new album Primordial Sky. If anything, it’s only gotten more pronounced, as you’ll hear on “Myopic,” the first track from the band’s upcoming release, due out October 18 on Translation Loss. Adding a blackened

Massachusetts crushers Thy Will Be Done spent plenty of time in the aughts and early 2010s grinding through the underground scene, touring across North America, Europe, the UK and Japan, while releasing two albums and an EP. While they never truly went away, things slowed down and there weren’t many releases until 2020, when Thy Will Be

Greetings, Decibel readers! I’m about to head out for a fantastic late holiday in northern New England, but before I let myself feel totally checked out (enjoying a strong drink on an Adirondack chair), let’s make sure you’re all set for heavy music this weekend! It’s an especially ferocious week, so buckle up. — Avmakt

Flexi Disc, News, Vinyl 20 Buck Spin, death metal, Flexi Disc, Fulci, home featured, the decibel flexi series. Italian cult death metal heroes Fulci are fresh off slitting throats with their recently released fourth proper LP, Duck Face Killings, but Decibel isn’t finished adding to the body count. We present a brand new exclusive track,

Photo courtesy of Manuel Barbara Renown metal guitarist and composer Manuel Barbará is dropping a new single, “A Different Horizon.” The song features Jake Howsam Lowe of Plini and The Helix Nebula and is from the forthcoming EP Whisper in a Storm, out September 13.  He says about the song: “‘A Different Horizon’ kicks off

The Hostage Situation Marking their first new music in 18 years, Arizona’s chaotic hardcore veterans, The Hostage Situation, have made a thunderous return with their latest single, “The Last Leg,” and an equally intense music video to match. The video throws viewers into a whirlwind of glitchy, rapid-fire scenes, blending elements of DIY punk aesthetics

Doom—a short, monosyllabic word synonymous to which any patron of this website may claim a connection. While our less digitally-savvy readership will bring to mind the image of stacks of amps and the sounds of slowed, mammoth riffs drenched in reverb, the inside kids that keep up with Kill Screen are keenly aware of another

This weekend, cult death metal heroes — and recent Decibel Hall of Fame inductees — Deathevokation return to the stage as part of Decibel‘s epic 20th Anniversary Show at Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia. To celebrate, w’re streaming the first new Deathevokation recording in 15 years via the Decibel Flexi Series!  “Black Blood” appears on this exclusive

Uniform‘s new album American Standard is a bold step forward for the NYC band. The punchy industrial stylings have been, in many areas, taken over by droning instrumentals that sound almost like doom metal or shimmering, soaring textures that feel wonderfully at odds with the grimy core. Still, the album is as abrasive as ever,

Get ready to “roll initiative” everyone! San Jose’s Dungeon Crawl is back with a new song from their upcoming album, Maze Controller. The track, “+1 Mace,” showcases the band’s various influences from across the heavy metal player’s handbook, from thrash metal, death metal, power metal, and orchestral metal — all converging into an impressive homebrew

Post-rock stalwarts God Is An Astronaut will soon release their eleventh album, Embers, via Napalm Records. Coming not long after the band celebrated their 20th anniversary, it is an emotive record that draws from their past and looks to their future in familiar and fresh ways. Ahead of Embers‘ release, Decibel spoke with guitarist and keyboardist Torsten Kinsella

Usually metal doesn’t get the credit it should when it comes to mainstream attention. Since metalheads are just a bunch of cool guys I doubt it’s really bothered us at all, but that doesn’t mean we won’t bask in the recognition whenever we receive it. Our latest triumph comes from one AC/DC and their iconic

It seems like no one can catch a break lately. Everyone is either getting sick, hurting themselves, splitting up or insert any other shitty thing that can happen to a band. Hard rock oldies Scorpions are the latest to deal with some bullshit, unfortunately having to cancel five shows they were supposed to do in

Could it be? No, it’s not possible, but, what if it is? What does it all mean? For now, these are the life questions that need to be answered if you’re a Linkin Park fan, because the mystery and intrigue around a post the band made on Saturday is palpable. Seemingly out of fucking nowhere,

If you know me, you’ll know that if you give me a sliver of conversational space in which to bring up tennis, you’d better buckle the fuck up. Or walk away for the sake of your sanity. But while my sports-related pedantic nerdery may focus on the true beautiful game, know that it branches out

Greetings, Decibel readers! I don’t know about you, but I feel like this year has been a little slow to deliver knock-out releases. Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of bands doing cool stuff, but I feel like the end-of-year lists will be pretty easy to stack up as the weather cools down. However, this