Metal

We’ve all kinda seen this coming for a while now, but it’s looking like it’s official. Ozzy Osbourne, the iconic heavy metal vocalist of Black Sabbath and solo fame, will tie a big black bow on his career after a pair of goodbye shows in his hometown of Birmingham, England. The news came out of

Eager to continue the momentum built from their fearsome debut album Festering Grotesqueries, Portland deathgrind quartet Dripping Decay holds nothing back on their vicious six-song EP Ripping Remains EP. Vocalist Eric Stucke, guitarist “Maniac” Neil Smith, bassist Jackson Jordan, and drummer Jason “The Machine” Borton spent the Summer of 2023 crafting Ripping Remains as they waited for

All hail the Fuzztronaut, the main character in the new music video for Craneium‘s “One Thousand Sighs,” the latest single from their upcoming fourth album, Point of No Return. As the name Fuzztronaut suggests, Craneium deal in fuzzy stoner rock and hefty doom metal, with their new single finding a solid middle ground between the two genres.

Legendary band Meanstreak, the “Real Housewives of Heavy Metal,” reunited in 2022 and were the supporting act for John Petrucci’s recent solo tour. Now, the reunited Meanstreak have announced their first reunion album, a new EP due out February 2nd called Blood Moon, which in no way sounds like it should actually be the title

New England-based hardcore band Escuela Grind was unable to complete a show in Dallas, Texas because their vocalist, Katerina Economou, was injured after somehow being launched from the stage into the middle of the pit. Before we start joking about the situation, let’s first make it clear that Economou is fine and only sustained a

Swedish power metal band Sabaton announced their decision to part ways with their guitarist of seven years, Tommy Johansson. Johansson had joined the band in 2016 to replace Thobbe Englund. Johansson has a band of his own to focus on, his symphonic power metal band Majestica, formerly ReinXeed, that he’s fronted since back in the

Founding member of British metalcore band Asking Alexandria, Ben Bruce, announced his decision to leave the band recently. In an Instagram story reported on by Metal Injection, the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the band posted a statement from Bruce: “To my amazing AAFamily. First and foremost I want to say thank you to

This year marks 26 years since the release of Orgy’s debut album Candyass, so what better year for a 25th anniversary tour? Well, the actual 25th anniversary year, I guess. The nu metal band, who scored their first big hits in the late-‘90s, announced a co-headlining tour with Cold that kicks off on April 11,

Germany’s Metal Queen herself, Doro, put out a Metallica cover from back in the days before all of Metallica’s members qualified for AARP. The latest single from Doro’s upcoming EP Conqueress – Extended is a cover of Metallica’s “The Four Horsemen” from the band’s 1983 debut album, Kill ‘Em All. While obviously a classic Metallica

A whole lot of cool new tunes came out over the last week, so you know what that means — the MetalSucks Playlist is back and updated as fuck, baybeeee. This time around, we added more than a dozen new songs to the list, including songs by Samael, Invent Animate, and Leather Lung. All good

Legendary band Meanstreak, the “Real Housewives of Heavy Metal,” reunited in 2022 and were the supporting act for John Petrucci’s recent solo tour. Now, the reunited Meanstreak have announced their first reunion album, a new EP due out February 2nd called Blood Moon, which in no way sounds like it should actually be the title

The devastation that gone on in Gaza since the heinous October 7 terror attacks committed by Hamas has been devastating. Though no one in their right mind should ever try to justify the murder of Israeli civilians, it’s not a stretch to call the response by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government one of the most

Our friends down in Uruguay are gonna be bummed about this one. Earlier this afternoon, Megadeth announced on their official social media pages that a show set to take place there on April 11 isn’t happening anymore. And details behind the show’s cancellation are pretty scarce at this point. The legendary thrash band was supposed

Today we celebrate the official release of Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult—Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition by revealing the first excerpt from this massive hardcover black metal history (over 800 pages!), authored by Dayal Patterson. The following passage transports readers to—you guessed it—Norway: the waning days or the underground death metal craze, the messy

Greetings, Decibel readers! Those of you who like to inhabit the borderlands between thrash and death metal will be very happy with the first three albums on this week’s list. Those of you who just want to hear the new Vemod will be happy too. Enjoy! — Boundless Chaos – Sinister Upheaval Deadlier than what

Maybe all of us should pull a Sleep Token and delete our social media accounts. The world would be a better place, don’t ya think? Ah, one could dream. Here’s a few of this week’s new releases. Lord Dying Clandestine Transcendence (MNRK Heavy) We’re pretty big fans of sludge metal around these parts, so naturally

Since last October, the Palestinian people in Gaza have been under siege by the Israeli military in reaction to horrific terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas fighters. Though no one should try to justify the murder of Israeli civilians on October 7, what’s followed since has been the disgusting and atrocious murder of tens of thousands

Upon our first listen to Metal Blade’s Metal Massacre IV compilation in 1983, we were immediately entranced by an intense young quartet from British Columbia, Canada called Sacred Blade and their insanely wordy and speedy track, “The Alien.” And so, it seems, Sacred Blade’s fellow Canucks in Kontact felt the same many years later. Formed

Hot off the release of their third album Obsidian Wreath, Virginia-based blackgaze screamo outfit Infant Island announced that they’re heading out on the road this April and they’re bringing some friends along for the ride. Kicking off on April 6 in Brooklyn, the U.S. tour will run through local venues everywhere until the whole thing

The metalcore supergroup Better Lovers has been all over the place these last few months, putting on shows around the U.S. and dropping new music left and right. With more than a dozen new songs already written for their debut album, they’re looking to keep taking their sound out on the road with a lengthy