Metal

Photo courtesy of the band Sea of Treachery have unveiled a new single and video for “What’s Past Is Prologue.” The reveal also serves as their official announcement that they’ve been signed to Mutant League Records. Vocalist Alex Huffman says about the signing: “We’re extremely excited to be working with Mutant League—We’ve wanted to find

Nearly four decades after their messy birth, California death metal legends Autopsy will make their long-anticipated filthy Philly debut with a suitably sick headline performance. “Autopsy is revved up, bloodthirsty and ready to bring 100% horrific Death Metal to Decibel’s 20th anniversary bash in Philadelphia,” says drummer/vocalist Chris Reifert. “Come on out and go insane

Pack up those prosthetic noses and ears and book your trip to Fort Wayne, Indiana! Because from October 18 through 20 the Great Lakes Dungeon Siege festival descends upon Stan’s Room @ Piere’s Entertainment Center. “The Great Lakes Dungeon Siege committee is proud to present an absolutely stacked lineup of dungeon synth from around the

Greetings, Decibel readers! Hope you enjoy this week’s selection of the latest in heavy music. If you like death metal, there’s something here for you. If you like progressive and unusual black metal, there’s something here for you. If you like pizza, there’s something here for you. That should cover most of you. — Belushi

Giant Spider are a new trio that consists of New York City/Long Island scene veterans on their latest mission to make heavy and fucked-up music. In the case of Giant Spider, the band builds from a hardcore punk base, giving it a bleak, grimy and metallic edge. To start things off, Giant Spider are set to

Photo courtesy of the band Red Rot, the project of Luciano Lorusso George and Davide Tiso, formerly of Ephel Duath, present their sophomore record, Borders of Mania, a day before it releases to the world via Hammerheart Records. You can stream it here! Their press release explains: “Red Rot is a physical band, it attacks you right

The Texas masters of all things cold-school Frozen Soul have made giant strides in a relatively short amount of time. After signing with metal pillar Century Media Records, not only did their sophomore release Glacial Domination land a respectable No. 8 on your favorite bathroom reader’s Top 40 Albums of 2023 list, they’ve rightfully earned

Photo by A.J. Kinney Back in 2022—before Kill Screen was even in alpha—Decibel’s nerdiest full-time staffers found themselves shirking their Metal & Beer Fest duties (sorry, Albert) in favor of an extended and animated talk with an equally procrastinating Dylan Walker, vocalist for grindcore heroes of legend Full of Hell. The topic? You know what

Black Mare, also known as the solo project of Ides of Gemini vocalist Sera Timms, followers might remember the project’s 2013 album, Field of the Host. The album, a combination of doom-esque songwriting, dark singer-songwriter and shoegaze, is still a moving record. While collecting rarities and out-of-print singles for new compilation Outsiders, Timms also decided to revisit

Where they from?Ocean City, MD. The NHL playoffs are in full swing and you know what that means: disappointed Toronto fans. I watched the cam footage of their outdoor rally for Game 7 against Boston over the weekend even I, as hardened and cynical as a sports fan can get, felt some meager pity for

When legendary Necrophagia vocalist Frank “Killjoy” Pucci passed in 2018, it spelled an end to the long-running death metal band, whose first demo came out in 1984. Though the band was finished, they were midway through completing an album that Killjoy had partially recorded his vocals for. Fortunately, Incantation vocalist John McEntee stepped in to help complete

It’s been 10 years since Kentucky hardcore crushers Knocked Loose first showed up on the scene, pushing an emotional and heavy-as-hell sound on first EP Pop Culture. A few releases and years of hard touring later, Knocked Loose are pretty much the biggest thing in current-day hardcore and, as demonstrated on new album You Won’t

Swedish death metal supergroup Grand Cadaver released the second half of their 7” double A-side single following the release of the first single, “Terminal Exit,” last month. The new track is called “Skinless Gods,” which is so named because skinless is the healthiest way to eat your gods. All of the fat is in the

Where do these months keep going?! I mean, it’s already May? Damn. Pretty soon we’re all gonna be sweating our nethers off in the dead heat of summer, wondering when shit’s gonna cool down. Before we get ahead of ourselves though, we’ve got a newly updated MetalSucks Playlist on your favorite digital streaming platform (as

Doom sludge bands Yashira, Autolith, and Drag Pattern dropped a surprise three-way digital split EP yesterday that was posted to Autolith’s Bandcamp page. The new release contains one song from each band, and Yashira’s contribution, “Blindfolded in Holly,” seems like it will mark the final song for the band as they announced an indefinite hiatus

Knocked Loose drummer Kevin Kaine responded to allegations made by an anonymous and now-deleted account on Reddit from someone claiming to have had a sexual encounter with Kaine and contracted multiple STIs. Here’s the original post that appeared on Reddit: “Warning for other women I don’t know what’s going on with Reddit or why my

Finland’s Unearthly Rites – Photo by Lassi Kojola As we turn the calendar page from April to May, Earth Month may have ended yesterday, but that doesn’t render the care and feeding of this spinning hellscape we mosh upon any less important. Especially not in the eyes, minds, and riffs of Unearthly Rites. With their

On Memorial Day weekend last year, when Maryland Deathfest took the year off, Northwest Terrorfest, the Milwaukee Metalfest and the Hell in the Harbor Fest all seemingly tried to take advantage of the absence and fill in the gap by airing their own festi-tacular wares that particular weekend. Almost lost in the shuffle of extreme

Denver has produced a veritable fuckton of of great metal over the last couple decades but few artists are as prolific as melodic death metal outfit Necropanther. The highly prolific band has put out at least one release every year since 2016—excluding 2017—and are still finding new ways to push themselves. On their latest EP, Oblivion Jones,

Photo courtesy of the band Weirdo avant-garde metal band Frogg have jut shared a video for “Double Vision Roll,” and boy is it quirky. Check it out below. The band say about the song: “’Double Vision Roll’ is a simple song. It’s about having a mental breakdown, a midlife crisis of sorts. Experiencing a shitstorm