Metal

Austrian musician Erech Leleth has constructed quite an empire in a relatively short amount of time. The prolific musician builds interconnected worlds with his many projects, the likes of Ancient Mastery, Bergfried, Summer Haze ’99, Carathis, Grandeur and more. All operating somewhere between black and heavy metal, Erech Leleth’s guitar heroics and catchy songwriting are

Nearly two decades after first appearing in the pages of Decibel, scuzzy, infectious black ‘n’ roll debasers Persekutor plough their way into the Decibel Flexi Series! “Eternal Snowstorm of the Frozen Eye” is a previously unreleased brain-freezer that is absolutely vital to anyone with a respectable Bulldozer vinyl collection. Persekutor frontman Vlad “the Ihaler” Bârladean

Jarhead Fertilizer slid in under the radar with one of the best death metal/grindcore albums of 2023, releasing second LP Carceral Warfare on December 8. If you’ve heard it already, you know what’s up. If you haven’t, this is what you should be listening to for the next 29 minutes. A thematically gritty and violent record with performances

Last year, Korn and sports clothing brand ADIDAS did the thing that should have been done nearly 30 years ago, as the two joined forces to put out a super expensive clothing line. It was insanely popular, people went nuts, and it sold out like a motherfucker. But ask most people what comes to mind

Many Eyes, the band fronted by Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die fame, just announced their first live show, which will happen shorty before there first tour. Their first-ever performance will happen January 24 in Hamden, Connecticut, the day before their U.S. tour with Thursday and Rival Schools starts in Buffalo, New York on

On January 3 last week, Poison The Well went viral when they played a small and intimate show at Programme Skate & Sound in Fullerton, CA and playing a rare song during their exclusive set. Fans were especially stoked on this particular set, as they played the song “Horns and Tails” from the record Tear

Coliseum, who announced their reunion in November of last year, just dropped details about their first show since they broke up in 2015. Also known as C.L.S.M. and hailing from Louisville, KY, the band will be getting back up on stage on April 20, 2024 at Planet Of The Tapes in Louisville. Guitar and vocalist

The tea is piping hot with this one. Original Anthrax bassist Dan Lilker just spilled all in an interview with Talk Louder, which you can stream in full below. Lilker opens up about tensions with the band’s former singer Neil Turbin and the fact that he was allegedly “asked to leave and had no choice”

You might wonder why we’re covering Carried Underwood, but it’s because she’s a metalhead, of course! She just launched her own workout channel, and apparently, her favorite workout song is “Watch the World Burn” by Falling In Reverse. Her SeriusXM channel, cleverly titled “Carr-dio,” proudly features the song. Underwood is a known rock and metal

Gravesend just announced a crushing death metal tour across the U.S. East Coast alongside Maul. Although Gravesend hail from New York and Maul come from Fargo, North Dakota, the vastly different home scenes don’t stop the bands from having a lot in common when it comes to their sound and straightforward, gnarly approach to the

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Philadelphia’s Fragile Body takes post-metal and does the unthinkable–rather than letting the music meander and grow slowly, their debut single “Anhedonia” takes the famously bloated style and compacts it, making it sleek and digestible. Ideal for multiple listens in one sitting rather than post-metal’s multi-session marathoning, “Anhedonia’”s sub-three-minute length captures the genre’s highlights–the build-ups, the

Greeting, Decibel readers! This week’s edition of Five for Friday is kind of a mix of fresh new releases and a catching up on some interesting work left over from December. You’ll also notice that the selections below are all from lesser-known and obscure artists. It’s a bit of a light week for new stuff,

All the warning signs were there. We should’ve seen The Ethereal Mirror coming. The large majority of us didn’t. The glacial pace of Forest of Equilibrium and its overcast attitude weren’t going to be replicated on Cathedral’s second album. The Coventry-based outfit had moved on for all intents and purposes, with 1992’s Soul Sacrifice EP

Motörhead. Venom. Hellhammer. Bulldozer. All bands that were despised, sometimes ridiculed, from the onset of their careers. Though it’s an ignominious distinction to be reviled so publicly, for bands that survive the initial battering, there can sometimes be redemption. Italian trio Bulldozer—who certainly owe a musical debt to at least two of the aforementioned bands

A major change within Belgian death metal outfit Aborted was announced earlier today, as their long-time bassist Stefano Franceschini announced that he was stepping away to pursue higher learning. Now, he hadn’t been touring with the band during their recent runs, as he was already in the midst of his educational journey, which started during

Looks like fans of California-based tech/prog deathcore duo Entheos won’t have to wait nearly as long as they had in the past for new tunes, as it looks like they’re back in the studio. Remember, six years took place before they followed up on their 2017 album Dark Future with last year’s Time Will Take

The new video for “The Top,” from Colorado Springs post-metal sludge lords Clarion Void is sorta like Groundhog Day with a lot of glowing blue objects. Woman wakes up, drinks water, makes coffee, brushes teeth, etc. Oh yeah, and at one point that routine involves putting on what looks to be a glowing blue crocheted mask of

Since the very early days of metal, Doro Pesch has been holding a candle among the greats, first with her band Warlock, and then later and still to this day as a solo artist. While almost everyone in the heyday of heavy metal is male, except for Girlschool and a few other noteworthy exceptions, Pesch

Last year was seemingly a good one for Massachusetts-based death metal outfit Bonginator, having released their debut LP The Intergalactic Gorebong of Deathpot and being featured on MetalSucks on 4/20. You can be the judge which one was more important. But earlier today, they announced that 2024 is full of new beginnings and kick ass