Metal

Time and a dedicated body of work has helped to facilitate digestion of Khanate’s unconventional and glacial approach to doom metal, drawing in elements of drone (recalling Earth’s own synthesis of pioneers La Monte Young) and diseased lyrics too unsettling for a black metal album. Suffice it to say, no one quite knew what to

Before you shotgun those beers and chuck those ‘dogs on the grill ahead of the long weekend, we’ve got just one more quick fix of brand new metal for you. Er, maybe mention of potentially addictive substances and “fix” weren’t the best choices of nomenclature there, as the latest single from Chicago band Riotous Indignation

Where they from?South Bend, Indiana. Last week I was all excited because I thought the Edmonton Oilers were going to pull off one of the greatest upsets in NHL history but NOOOOOOO, they just had to shit the bed like I used to do in high school (and well into adulthood). I highly doubt anyone

An Exit Exists, the new album from Aussie screamo/hardcore outfit Blind Girls, hits like a punch—or twelve punches, to be more accurate—to the face. Their third full-length since 2018, and seventh release in general, An Exit Exists is honed to a sharp point, the songs being delivered in short, chaotic bursts punctuated by vocalist Sharni Brouwer’s emotive shrieks.

Cryptic Hatred formed in 2019 and quickly made themselves busy, releasing a demo the next year and first album Nocturnal Sickness in 2022. Rooting themselves firmly in the realm of old-school death metal, they continued to hone their sound on a split with fellow Finns Azatoth, before setting their sights on another LP. Internal Torment is a genuine step

Australian grind/noise force Diploid are one of hardest working and most prolific bands on that massive continent. The Naarm-based act are set to return with their 20th(!) release in the form the face-melting new EP, MANTRA. “We feel it is important to acknowledge that at the time of this release, there is a genocide taking

Are you ready for some spooky dark folk music? Norwegian alt-folk band Kalandra just released a dark and haunting new single on Friday called “Are You Ready.” It’s off the band’s upcoming second album A Frame of Mind which is due out on September 13 from By Norse Music. In a statement, the band had

Metal may often be about death and destruction, but not of the rain forest. At least, that’s the philosophy behind metal band and 501(c)3 non-profit Savage Lands, both of which were founded by Megadeth drummer Dick Verbeuren. The non-profit was established in 2022 to raise money for reforestation efforts, and the band has now released

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if your band is looking for a kick ass frontperson, then you should really tap into your local theater kid scene. The expressiveness and dramatics they’re able to dredge up brings a compelling vocal and stage presence that’s difficult to take your eyes and

Credit: James Perry Kaonashi are streaming the single from their new EP, A Second Chance at Forever: The Brilliant Lies from Casey Diamond, a collection of songs forthcoming on Equal Vision Records that sees the genre-shifting Philadelphia-based band getting even weirder. With “Straycations,“ the band lean into their post-hardcore roots and channel the feeling of

In case the glowing review in the July 2024 issue or their scheduled full-album set at the magazine’s one and only 20th Anniversary Show weren’t clear enough, Decibel are big fans of Crypt Sermon and their new album The Stygian Rose. What we haven’t told you is that we’ve been holding out on an exclusive

Greetings, Decibel readers! It’s an exciting day for metalheads, as two black metal luminaries return with the latest from Sear Bliss (I hope you like brass instruments) and Limbonic Art (I hope you like synths) — and we’ve got the latest from the tailor-made-for-Decibel-coverage outfit in 200 Stab Wounds. Enjoy! — Amarok – Resilience Slow. Crushing. Devastating. Sludgy death-doom

New England master blasters Escuela Grind will melt faces with a new full-length LP on MNRK Heavy this fall, but since 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

Boston punks Miracle Blood have garnered a reputation over the last decade for their electric live performances and it’s easy to hear why on their new single, “Phenomenon.” The two-minute track gets in and out quicky, the band making no time in making their point by mixing their melodic punk core with some mathy instrumental performances. By

Drift Into Black Following its 2022 release, Earthtorn, New Jersey-based doom metal project Drift Into Black returns with its fifth full-length album, Voices Beneath the Rubble. What started as a solo project by Craig Rossi (ex-Grey Skies Fallen) has now become a full-fledged band. With the addition of bassist/guitarist Paul LaPlaca and drummer Klemen Markelj,

Photo by Bailey Olinger “Full transparency: I don’t game anymore, I don’t do any of that shit.” That was at the top of our discussion with 200 Stab Wounds guitarist and vocalist Steve Buhl during our interview for Decibel’s, uh, video game column. The Cleveland-born quartet has been on a tear these last three years

Technical death metal crushers Cognitive are back with a new release, Abhorrence, their debut for Metal Blade Records. This is their fifth album and the follow-up to 2021’s breakthrough, Malevolent Thoughts of a Hastened Extinction. The New Jersey band are known for their progressive songwriting, and this new record is no exception. We talked with guitarist

Where they from?Halen, Belgium. Holy shit, how about those Oilers? They gave it a ride in the Stanley Cup final against Edmonton and fought their way back from being down 3-0 to tie the series tied at three games a piece. But nothing good happens in Florida, so they, of course fell last night by

Photo by Adam Bubolz Nick Sakes never met a chord he couldn’t make uglier and/or better. Starting out as the guitarist/vocalist of deeply impactful Decibel Hall of Fame inductees The Dazzling Killmen, Sakes refined and expanded his sound with bands like Colossamite and Sicbay. Now the Minnesotan is back with new trio Upright Forms. Set

It’s been a long time since Richmond’s X-Cops released new music—28 years, to be specific—but the humorous crossover cops are back and ready to face an internal investigation on their new EP, XCAB. The five songs contained within have a decidedly rock ‘n’ roll feel to them and according to lead vocalist Sheriff “Tubb” Tucker, they’ve never had