Metal

Last week, The Zenith Passage dropped the video from the title track of their latest album, Datalysium, out now via Metal Blade Records. This record is the band’s second full-length, and the LA-based death metal band are leaning into their technical prowess as well as their melody and musical chops on this latest release. The

L.S. Dunes just got in trouble for posting a video featuring Legos, and now they want to know why. The post-hardcore band featuring former members of Coheed & Cambria, My Chemical Romance, and Circa Survive used Legos in their video for the song “Grey Veins,” and then started receiving calls from the company with requests

North Carolina metal band Wretched announced last week that they signed to Metal Blade Records for their next album. The band originally formed in September 2005, and signed to Victory Records in 2008, releasing four albums with the label. This new record will be their fifth and the first album from the band since 2014.

We’re not sure why we’re even uploading this playlist update. Most of you guys are probably out either enjoying your summer or spending five or more hours in the movie theater for Barbenheimer. But the show must go on and the music must be ready when you get back. So with that in mind, we’ve

Equal parts goofy and impressively technical, Archspire have unveiled a new video for “Bleed the Future.” They initially unveiled the video via livestream on Thursday of last week, and while their quote about the video pertains more to the livestream than the actual video, we included it because its hilarious: “Attention Archspire fans: “If you

Hard rock/metal/ mainstream/badass crossovers Beartooth announced a new album this week, The Surface, and dropped a video for the track “Might Love Myself.” This record is the band’s fifth album and will be out October 13 via Red Bull Records. According to the band, it not only represents musical growth but the members’ personal growth

Need a dose of melodic death metal to get your weekend started? New York City’s Solemn Vision have just the thing for you in the form of new single “Gates.” Characterized by staccato guitar riffs and upbeat drumming plus vocalist Aaron Harris’ recognizable high screams, “Gates” is pretty impossible to dislike if you’re a fan of melodic

Gabber, commonly referred to as “hardcore techno,” shares a lot in common with metal and punk, namely in that it is loud, abrasive and incredibly annoying to the uninitiated. The small but dedicated international gabber scene has produced a few breakout acts in it’s 25 years of existence, notably groups like Angerfist and Rotterdam Terror

Normally, Fridays are a day where I do my best to sift through new releases and blatantly show my bias for black metal and death metal. But today, let’s go for change of pace. Let’s slow down the tempo and kick up the blues with the new video from Vermilion Whiskey. If you dig the

What’s up? It’s your old boy Waldo here to deliver you some bad news. Unfortunately, after 15+ years, it’s time for me to fly the coop. It has given me great pleasure to deliver my opinion on the best, the worst and the in between.  It saddens this birdbrain very much that we have to

Despite the various lineup changes within All That Remains, one of the constant faces within the band has been drummer Jason Costa. Yet all of that changed earlier today, as he announced his departure from the act after 17 years. According to a post on the band’s official Instagram account, the 50-year-old drummer assured fans

Ever since they dropped the two singles “Blast Furnace” and “Standoff” earlier this week, Fugitive has been on repeat here at MetalSucks HQ. Gimme some good fucking thrash and it’s on repeat, man. So you can imagine my excitement when not only did they release a video for the killer “Blast Furnace,” but they made

We’ll be honest, we love a name with dual meanings, and Chicago thrashers Bloodletter have a good one, both meanings being very metal. But, hey, this frisky quartet—Pat Armamentos (guitar), Pete Carparelli (vocals/guitar), Tanner Hudson (bass), Zach Sutton (drums)—have more to offer than just a kick-ass name, as evidenced by their upcoming third full-length, A Different

Photo: Ester Segarra On the video that you’re about to watch, before this devastating song, the opener on Trivax’s forthcoming new album Eloah Burns Out, kicks in, a short message is shown, generally giving us the conceptual context, and ending on this note: “Trivax stands against totalitarianism of all forms including religious and cultural dictatorships.”

“[This song is] about how I dream of tasting the body of Christ in a delicious hot tea made from his butchered insides.” Usually I share a little background bio context before diving into a quote from the artist. But Satanic Tea Co captured my interest by subverting expectations. That opening line from vocalist Crucifix

Photo courtesy of Mondo Generator Heavy desert rockers Mondo Generator unveil a new track, “Death March,” from their forthcoming album We Stand Against You, out October 13 via Heavy Psych Sounds. “’Death March’ is for everyone who refuses to back down, lay down, bend over to authority,” says bassist and vocalist Nick Oliveri, “We stand against… WE

Photo by Gene Smirnov As the technology that powers home console gaming has advanced at a staggering pace over the past 50 years, so, too, has its storytelling quality. That should come as no surprise to those of us who were sentient during some of electronic entertainment’s earliest days as we needed to refer to

Back in March, Angerot issued one of 2023’s death metal albums to beat with The Profound Recreant. The band’s crushing crusade continues with a music video for the title track, available for your viewing pleasure here at Decibel. The video features an ornately headdressed regal figure with the band members arrayed around him in chains.

When it comes to classic thrash albums, there are few that stand above the masterpiece that is Megadeth‘s Rust In Peace. From front to back, Dave Mustaine and co. wrote some absolute shredders, with “Hangar 18,” “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due,” and “Tornado of Souls” landing high on any hesher’s list of favorite songs from

Hindsight is always 20/20, but for ex-Five Finger Death Punch drummer Jeremy Spencer, the past is much clearer looking back at his ill-fated Psychosexual and Psycho Synner projects. You may not remember them, or you only remember them with a snarky joke attached to it, but the projects saw Spencer dressed up as a devil,