Metal

Massachusetts metal miscreants Morgued have made their malevolent return with a brand spankin’ new EP Reduced to Primitives. The Boston-based badasses whirl and churn on the album’s five new songs, whipping up their chaotic trademark concoction of science-fiction focused old-school death metal. The songs here punish and mystify, eviscerating the listener as much as ensnaring

Greetings, Decibel readers! It’s like a death-metal buffet this week! You can take your picks à la carte, with servings of techy brutality, filthy caveman beats, razor-sharp clarity, and Jacob Bannon’s side project. Eat up. — Fractal Generator – Convergence Brutal, slightly-techy death metal with an overall vibe similar to Hate Eternal Gateways-era Morbid Angel. I like hoe

Today we present to you the debut EP from Cruce Signatus, a one-man multi-instrumentalist project from David Frazer of Pillaging Villagers. This instrumental album is the first of four releases that will together make up the soundtrack to a feature-length animated anthology. He has collaborated with independent animators and illustrators to make the video you

Photo: Scott Kinkade Longtime Decibel readers probably remember Philly dormant grind freaks Die Choking for their high-speed, technical musicianship and solid songwriting. Though it’s been a few years since we’ve heard from the trio, core members Paul Herzog and Jeffrey V. Daniels have been hard at work alongside guitarist Jason Herrmann—who played with Daniels in Burden—and veteran

WyndRider A few weeks ago, we premiered ‘Under the Influence,’ the first single from WyndRider’s sophomore album, Revival. Well, guess what? Now we have the whole shebang. Revival, recorded, mixed, and mastered by the talented Danielle Fehr at The Wizard Productions in Bristol, TN, dives deep into the raw essence of Appalachian life. The album infuses

Photos by Alyssa Lorenzon “Renting games, also—that’s a funny figment of the past,” ponders guitarist Brody Uttley, the newest addition to PA synth rock/shoegaze act New Miserable Experience. “Going to the video rental store and going into a corner where the games are. What, are you going to play a game in a couple of

Decibel is pleased to present the new video for “Crucifixation,” from the mysterious musical collective known as Øvi. Fans of bands like Gojira and the later works of Dimmu Borgir and Enslaved will find a lot to dig into on this track. The dramatic and powerful music is matched by the striking and menacing imagery

London doom trio Old Horn Tooth have been mostly quiet since the release of their first album five years ago but that changed last month when the band emerged from hibernation armed with a new album, Mourning Light. A sprawling four-track release spread out over an hour of music, Old Horn Tooth dwell in the same sonic territory

Photo by James Rexroad A lot of people keep saying noise rock is back and that’s thanks in part to The Ghost is Clear Records. The Kansas City label has been gaining attention in recent years for putting out some of the genre’s strongest material and they’re rapidly gaining momentum. The newest one in the

Before Seattle heavy metal torchbearers RivetSkull were the band they are today, three members—guitarist Mark Plog, singer Chad McMurray and dummer Michael Robson—were known as Rising. Formed in 2009, the trio were the core of a Ronnie James Dio tribute band, and a very successful one at that. After five years of national and international touring, Plog,

System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian recently scored a new Netflix documentary series about the rise of a white-supremacist, fascist regime with the subtitle Evil on Trial. No, it’s not about Donald Trump’s recent hush money trial, but rather about the rise of Hitler’s Nazi party. According to Metal Injection, the documentary series, which

The last handful of times I’ve visited Minneapolis have been surprisingly pleasant. I stumbled across a couple sweet used bookstores in addition to my usual haunts which never fail to extract money from my wallet, the Twins were playing a home game during one of my visits and the game was being shown on a

Mass blasters Escuela Grind will melt faces with a new full-length LP later this year, but your face can’t wait until then, so we’re bringing you a brand new track courtesy of the Decibel Flexi Series! Exclusive track “Distant Disruptor” delivers 75 blistering seconds of rabid deathgrind and will not be featured on the new Escuela Grind record! You have until Monday,

“Supergroup” feels like too pretentious a word for a genre as cynical as noise rock but that’s exactly what you can call Cold Wives, a new group consisting of current and former members of Unsane, Glassing, Made Out of Babies, Red Sparowes and Dining With Dogs, just to name a handful. They’re coming out of the

Bands like Deathwish are those essential sonic entities that keep several flames burning for all of us: punk, speed metal, and all manner of obnoxious noise. The band displays an obvious fealty to Motörhead while also coming close to the ferocity of bands like Skitsystem, Midnight and Panzerbastard. This impressive Wisconsin outfit will unleash their

Paradox Rift released their new album, Ensnared, and the track “Doomsayer” is a great example of the record. Check out the video below. This heavy track tackles the topic of human frailty. The band say about the song: “Here’s a track that clearly sounds different from the rest of the album. Rooted in an almost blackened metal

Photo: Paisley Mena Los Angeles entity Swampbeast last emerged from their marshy lair in 2021, presenting their debut album, Seven Evils Spawned of Seven Heads, following a pair of smaller releases. They’ve emerged from the swamp again, this time with sophomore effort Offering of Chaos, Lamenting in the Blood of Man in tow. A 10-track slab of blackened

House by the Cemetery: Mike Hrubovcak – Photo by Diego Vieria; Rogga Johansson – Photo by Jacob Johansson If you thought I’d gone soft with last week’s Bleakheart premiere, fear not. Or, rather, be very afraid. Horror aficionados House by the Cemetery are rousing the undead once again with their sophomore album, The Mortuary Hauntings.

The Troops of Doom, Photo by Cissa Flores Oh, you thought we were done with full album streams for the day? Not. Even. Close. And this one is special. Jairo ‘Tormentor’ Guedz is back with a vengeance, leading Brazilian metal supergroup The Troops of Doom. Boasting an all-star lineup that includes guitarist Marcelo Vasco (Patria,

Yet another tour was announced earlier today and it seems like if you’re a fan of that post-hardcore/metalcore sound, then this run’s for you. That’s because Dayseeker are going on their ‘Dark Sun Protocol’ North American tour later this year with Alphawolf, Catch Your Breath, and Kingdom of Giants. Starting from August 27 in Dallas,