Metal

Formed in 2015, death dealers Moral Putreaction have been grinding it out across the Indian and international music scenes for nearly a decade now. Releasing their first (and only) demo, Scum of the Earth, in 2019, Moral Putrefaction locally supported bands like Suffocation, Psycroptic and Immolation before going on to perform at Wacken in 2022. Those years of

Where they from?Dallas, TX. Last Thursday the New York Rangers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals and for the first time in my adult life it dawned on me that one of my favorite sports teams has a very realistic chance of winning a championship. This is an incredibly foreign feeling for me and, to

The war of words between legendary drummer Carmine Appice and Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx may have cooled off in recent months, but a previous challenge to a ‘jam-off’ to see who was really “washed up” has largely been left unanswered. And Appice hasn’t forgotten that fact. During an interview with The Logan Show (as

Danish death metal entity Morbid Grave formed in 2021, the brainchild of prolific musician Michael Huhle. Playing a primitive style of death metal concerned mostly with death, slime and bodily fluids, they released debut EP Pandemic Mutations in 2021. After launching those six songs into the world, Huhle began working on The Slime Crawlers, Morbid Grave’s debut album, which was

German thrash metal heroes Kreator recently revealed that, if you’re waiting for the follow up to their 2022 album Hate Über Alles, you shouldn’t hold your breath because it’s going to be a while. Back in December, frontman Millie Petrozza revealed in an Instagram post that the band would be focused on touring for 2024

Founding drummer of Massachusetts-based post-grunge, nü-metal band Staind, Jon Wysocki, sadly died on Saturday, May 18 at 53 years old. According to Blabbermouth.net, Wysocki had been struggling with liver issues and had been seeking treatment for it for some time. We extend our deepest condolences to Wysocki’s friends, family, fans, and former bandmates. According to

We’ve made mention of Carolina’s cinematic sci-fi proggy death metal aliens Voraath in this space before. See here. Well, they’re back with yet another Shudder/SyFy worthy, seemingly budget-busting work of dystopian video art. “The Leviathan’s Keep” is about…well…you can read the band’s statement on the topic of the song and video below, but most significantly

In 2002, Massachusetts crushers The Red Chord changed the death metal landscape forever with the release of their debut album Fused Together in Revolving Doors. Now, 22 years later, the recently reactivated Black Market Activities is pressing this landmark album to vinyl for the very first time ever in extremely limited quantities, and Decibel has secured our own Lava-colored vinyl variant (translucent

Atmospheric metal authority Agalloch has given their mood piece masterclass The Mantle the deluxe reissue treatment, and Decibel is once again honored to have our own exclusive edition on Opulent Translucent Orange Double LP, limited to just 200 copies courtesy of the dark artists at Eisenwald Records. Once more featuring the deluxe triple gatefold packaging

Greetings, Decibel readers! Those of you who’ve been with us for awhile know it’s a big week: there’s a new Gatecreeper album out! But along with those masters of modern death metal, we’ve got new ones from lesser-known acts, including one at the end of the list I’m especially stoked for. It’s mostly death metal

Philly-area punks L.M.I. have been thrashing around the underground since 2010, mixing punk, hardcore, sludge and stoner metal on numerous releases over the years. Their new album, Failed to Feel It, is the heaviest and most chaotic L.M.I. have ever sounded, the Lansdale trio, reveling in bursts of noisy punk, gnarly sludge and Converge-esque hardcore, like you can

After 12 years off, Montréal band Derelict are back with a brutal, technical track, “Versus Entropy.” Their album of the same name is out June 21. About the track, the band say: “If someone had never heard Derelict before and wanted to get an impression in one song, this would be the one. It’s melodic

Hematoxin – Thrash and Prog-metal from Pittsburgh How about 29 minutes of blended thrash-prog to start your Wednesday? Beginning with their debut Between Forever …and the End in 2013, followed by the Alchemist EP, Hemotoxin continued to evolve with their 2016 release Biological Enslavement and 2020’s Restructure the Molded Mind. Now, with the help of fellow Ripped to Shreds bandmate Andrew Lee and long-time

Photo by A.J. Kinney “You are here, and it’s beautiful, and escaping isn’t always something bad.” –Firewatch, 2016 In spite of our lengthy and incredibly thorough first half of our conversation with Full of Hell vocalist Dylan Walker—focusing on his past and present with video games—the co-nerds at Kill Screen found that there was still

Malguist is a new black metal band, formed by the duo of The Malguist and The Mongrel. With little information given about the band’s members or origin, we’re left with just the music of their first release, I. A two-track effort, Decibel is officially streaming “Apex to Ashes,” the first song on I, for early listening.

Decibel and heavy-metal illustrator Mark Rudolph go way back; if you’ve ever cracked open an issue of Decibel or read Metal Gods, then you’re certainly familiar with his work. After years of appreciating it in various mediums and publications, you can finally own it for yourself all in one place: Profane Creations: the Metal Art of Mark Rudolph is a new

His debut solo album From Hell May Rise is headed for release this Friday, but Slayer guitarist Kerry King is already looking ahead to its eventual follow-up. The news came about from an interview King did with The Aquarian, in which he said he wants to get back in the studio as soon as he’s

It’s been a long road for Swedish progressive metal unit Evergrey, who formed in 1995 and have continued to chase the dream across three decades and 14 albums. Singer Tom Englund‘s love for the music and desire to expand—both as a musician and in terms of popularity—is as bright as it was on Evergrey’s first demo.

Wyndrider This week, Electric Valley Records offers a tantalizing taste of WyndRider‘s upcoming album Revival with the single “Under the Influence.” Formed just two years ago, the Tennessee-based stoner doom quartet has quickly become known for its hardworking ethos and heavy riffs that resonate through the mountain air. Recorded with Danielle Fehr at The Wizard

Four years after the release of their self-titled first album, German extreme metal entity Markgraf return with their second album, titled Hohenbaden. It’s an exciting and triumphant fusion of black and heavy metal, an album which does not clearly belong to either genre, and you can stream it below via Decibel. Album opener “Allerheiligen” gets the blood pumping with