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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,

Photo by Maria Alcantara Despite the plural moniker, Nuclear Dudes, is exactly one dude: Jon Weisnewski, guitarist/vocalist of Seattle bruisers Sandrider. The anything-goes solo project was launched as a creative outlet during the pandemic and has already produced a couple of EPs. The video we’re premiering here, “Lasers in the Jungle”—featuring a vocal contribution from fellow

Rochester New York’s slamming death metal practitioners Dissonant Seepage return from the muck and bile to unearth their pulverizing debut album The Darkness Will Swallow You Whole. Featuring Cody McConnell (vocals, bass), Daniel Fili (guitars) and Anthony Ferro (drums), former members of Goemagot and Contrarian, the trio’s highly anticipated debut album drops on July 25th,

The definitive version of the definitive black metal book is here! Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult—Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition, the acclaimed authoritative black metal history authored by Dayal Patterson, returns as a massive 700+ page hardcover book available exclusively in North America for pre-order via Decibel Books now. “I first worked with Decibel’s Albert Mudrian some 20 years ago when I

Prepare yourselves for a full on sonic onslaught. Barbaros is a brand new quintet composed of underground legends Irving Lopez (Cognizant, Trucido), Dan Ford (Commit Suicide, Vicious Blade), Erik Burke (Sulaco, Brutal Truth), and Lee Fisher (Commit Suicide, Fawn Limbs), which the band shared is “destined to produce an amalgamation of grindcore and death metal

From deep within the Pacific Northwest, Maniac Neil rises once again! Otherwise known as the mind behind Frightmare, Blood Freak, and many other highly quality death/grind bands, Neil’s new band Dripping Decay‘s more traditional, riff-inspired brick shithouse of a debut album Festering Grotesqueries‘ putrid and bloated mix of death metal and grindcore is a solid

End Reign formed out of humble beginnings, with guitarist Domenic Romeo (Pulling Teeth, Integrity, A389 Recordings) challenging himself to write new songs daily during the height of the pandemic. After collaborating on one song with All Out War vocalist Mike Score, the pair recruited Adam Jarvis (Pig Destroyer, Misery Index), Art Legere (ex-Bloodlet) and Sebastian Phillips

Gatecreeper are already darlings of the death metal world, and now they’ve officially announced that their next album will be produced by Kurt Ballou. Ballou, of Converge fame and known for coaching many bands to greatness as a collaborative producer, is working with the band and overseeing their recording at his studio, God City studio,

Florida death metal/hardcore band Bodybox just announced a West Coast tour with Corpse Pile and Snuffed on Sight. Bodybox got a big following when they went on tour with Soulfy as support for their Totem Tour. Tickets for the show will go on sale tomorrow. Bodybox vocalist Harrison Brown says about the tour: “Aye yo

Ukranian band 1914 are reiussing their 2015 album and dropping some merch to support themselves as well as the larger war effort. Their classic record Eschatology of War, unfortunately a very timely record right now, was digitally rereleased in April 21, and now, on August 4, Napalm Records are rereleasing the album in physical formats.

Yesterday, Year Of The Knife released an update about the recovery of vocalist Madi Watkins. Since the band’s tragic van accident last month, Madi has had surgeries on her jaw and facial fractures, as well as her femur and ankle, and now the next hurdle will be mental recovery from the traumatic injury. The band

Brujeria announceda new record this week, their fifth full-length, Esto Es Brujeria. The album will be out September 15 via Nuclear Blast Records. They also announced the debut single from the abum, “Mochado,” along with a video visualizer for the track. Vocalist Juan Brujo says about the new album: “Para que sientan y sepan el

Crowd-funded cartoon band The Shredderz just released the single “Destiny Calling” after a fan vote. The single is the final one-off fro their upcoming album, The Shredderz, out August 4. Drummer Donny Deckman says: “It was pretty cool having the fans pick the newest single. It really took the pressure off the band, as we

Another week, another playlist. And even though we’re now kinda in that slowish part of the summer where everyone’s going to festivals and not a whole lot else is going on, we got some great new music to highlight in this week’s iteration of The MetalSucks Playlist. We’ve got new tracks from: KEN Mode, Baroness,