Metal

This one’s an assbeater. French brutal death dealers Embrace Your Punishment are slated to drop their third album, Made of Stone, and Decibel has the exclusive advance stream. Initially catching my eye for its features—Crowbar’s Kirk Windstein, Misery Index’s Jason Netherton and Benighted’s Julien Truchan—Embrace Your Punishment earned their keep with riffs that balance between brutality and technicality, a jackhammering
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Some labels are great because you know what to expect. But others are worth following for the opposite reason, like with Caligari Records, you’re never exactly sure what you’re in for. The label has played host to a menagerie of heavy sounds, from black and death metal heresies, to thrashy and punky gutter anthems. But
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Today only, EVERY ITEM in the Decibel webstore is 20% OFF! That means discounts across the board on books (including The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1987, Evolution of the Cult—Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition,  Amorphis: The Official Story of Finland’s Greatest Metal Band,  Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of Obituary, USBM and Rotting Ways to
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Live Nation and Ticketmaster have apparently not escaped scrutiny, as U.S. senators are apparently just as up in arms about abusive consumer practices as metal fans are. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) has officially subpoenaed Live Nation Entertainment and subsidiary Ticketmaster for documents on their practices. Some of the practices being called into
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Ghost never pass up a good collab, as their recent line of butt plugs and dildos proves. Now, they’ve also collaborated with Lugz on some shoes. This time making something a little more practical than sex toys and action figures (depending on how you look at things), the Swedish larger-than-life band have create a functional,
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The Goblin’s back in town—or at least they will be soon. Orange Goblin just announced they are in the studio working on a new record. Earlier this month, the band announced they were in the studio in the U.K. working on their untitled, 10th studio album, the follow-up to their 2018 record The Wolf Bites
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Sepultura have been consistently dropping records every couple of years lately, but alas, no more—A recent interview reveals that they will nOT be releasing anything but live music anytime soon. Guitarist Andreas Kisser spilled the tea in an interview with Everblack podcast, which you can watch in full below. “We are recording everything,” says Kisser. “We
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Greetings, Decibel readers! Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving, for those who celebrate. In case you hadn’t seen it before, we have an entire article dedicated to songs about eating. Aside from that, we also have five new albums for you to digest below. After all, this is when all retail establishments will be
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SPEND. SPEND. SPEND. CONSUME. BUY TONS OF MUSIC AND MERCH FROM YOUR FAVORITE BANDS. OBEY. SATIATE YOUR MARKETPLACE GODS ON THIS BLACKEST OF FRIDAYS. Cruciamentum Obsidian Refractions (Profound Lore) This unrelenting slab of death metal from international act Cruciamentum is no fucking joke. Our review was super high on it and here’s what it said:
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