Metal

Philadelphia doom lords Crypt Sermon have returned with their new album The Stygian Rose, and Decibel has summoned our own exclusive edition on Ochre-streaked Orange vinyl courtesy of Dark Descent Records, limited to a mere 100 copies! Recorded, mixed and mastered by the infernal Arthur Rizk, this expansive third LP from the mystical sextet comes

Austin doom crew Destroyer of Light have been one of the most consistent and reliable doom bands over the last twelve years, releasing six albums, three EPs and more, but all things have an expiration date and Destroyer of Light have reached theirs. Degradation Years, the band’s new full-length, shows a considerable growth for the long-running band. It’s

Where they from?England, U.K. Baseball started this past week. My World Series prediction is Yankees/Dodgers. I don’t know how accurate that is, I just know it would piss everybody off the most, which would be great. No one deserves to be happy! Especially us Mets fans! Why the hype?OY A BIT OF THE OL’ MASH

Any self-respecting sludge fan knows that Iron Monkey created some of the best music in the genre during their initial run. With a self-titled debut (1997) and a worthy follow-up Our Problem (1998), the Nottingham marauders made some of the decade’s most infectiously violent and hateful music. With an impossibly groovy rhythm section, riffs both

On its second album, Litanies of the Unceasing Agonies, one-man black/death metal outfit Altar of Gore strips death metal back to its rawest, purest form and revels in it. Following the project’s last release, 2022’s Infinite Visions of Violence, Litanies of the Unceasing Agonies comes from a similar place, with creator The Acolyte of the Foul Ones eschewing

Do you want a piece of the late, great Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead fame? Well, if you aren’t lucky enough to be one of the few friends that were given his ashes, you can have the next best thing with the new book that Z2 has put together as a tribute to the late frontman.

Jack Owen has been a legend in death metal since the late ‘80s when he became one of the founding members of Cannibal Corpse. He stayed with them until 2004 when he left and joined Deicide, staying with them for 12 years before leaving them in 2016, before he eventually ended up reuniting with fellow

Though they originally rose to underground fame in the ’80s, death metal band Morta Skuld are a great example of a band who didn’t get their due until later in their career. While they may have flown under the radar a little bit when they first burst onto the scene, they are slowly realizing what

Since first crawling out of Hell via Tony Iommi’s hand of doom, metal has largely remained a male-dominated scene. Notable exceptions have made their presence known, but have mostly been that—exceptions. After over five decades of existence, extreme music is starting to see noticeable shifts in its demographic, both off- and on-stage. As Women’s History

Richmond post-hardcore heroes City of Caterpillar return with their first new song since 2022’s stunning comeback album, Mystic Sisters, via the Decibel Flexi Series! “In the Tall Grass” is an exclusive new banger and the 162nd entry in our nonstop floppy serialization. Want to make sure you don’t miss out on this necessary flexi? Be

Death/doom ritualists Tzompantli return with their unearthly new album Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force, and Decibel has an exclusive variant on Blood Red Stain vinyl limited to a mere 100 copies courtesy of 20 Buck Spin! The brainchild of Brian Ortiz of California legends Xibalba, Tzompantl’s latest work builds up on an already unshakable

Photo: James Rexroad Portland, Oregon-based outfit Semuta have a new album, Glacial Erratic, coming out on May 24 and Decibel is more than happy to spread the word by way of the band’s new music video for the title track. A duo comprised of vocalist/guitarist Benjamin Caragol (Burials) and drummer Ben Stoller (Prize Hog), Semuta play a form of progressive,

It’s been interesting to watch Julia Gaeta‘s musical evolution. Gaeta has always been a card-carrying metalhead, but like the most interesting artists and people, she couldn’t be contained by one genre or approach. She’s a bit of a chameleon. Gaeta has landed in an interesting place: she’s become a first-rate dark wave/post-punk/trip-hop chanteuse with a

Prepare to be crushed by riffs, torn apart by grows, and pounded into dust by relentless drumming. Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s Suffer is here with a new album, their second full-length but part of a long legacy stretching back to the early days of death metal in 1990. Decibel is proud to showcase this album in

Wretched Blessing, Spurious Ovation Prepare for a temblor along the extreme music fault line as Kayhan Vaziri (known for work in Yautja and Coliseum) and Rae Amitay (of Immortal Bird and Thrawsunblat) roll out an earth shaker as Wretched Blessing. Formed in Chicago in 2023, with Vaziri taking the lead on guitar and vocals and

Are you feeling hungry? I hope so, because you’ll need a strong stomach to eat from the Amalgamations of Gore on display on Ohio death metal butchers Mutilation Barbecue‘s first full-length album. Formed after the demise of Ohio death-thrashers Subtype Zero, Mutilation Barbecue released their first demo in 2021 before catching the eye of hype death metal

Where they from?Los Angeles, California. I know I’m addicted to watching sports because even though I don’t follow college basketball I watched like fifteen games this weekend. Is there any better way to disassociate from an uncomfortable social situation than to just stare at your phone and watch Yale beat Auburn? THEY’RE A FOURTEEN SEED,

Black metal is well-renowned for it’s capacity for blazing fury and aggression. But in the last several years, many bands have taken this darkest of arts and honed it in ways that are more pensive and contemplative. Verwoed is definitely one of those bands, and this is absolutely true of the project’s latest album, The

You may not be familiar with Mustard Gas & Roses—MGR for short—but you are almost certainly familiar with main man Mike Gallagher, who spent nearly a decade and a half with post-metal titans Isis. Originally begun as a sort of side project and becoming a more prominent focus as the years have passed, Gallagher has used

Protest The Hero are touring Canada this May, which is of note to everyone, not just Canadians, since it means the band will be touring on their home turf. The tour kicks off May 23 in Tillsonburg, ON and wraps up June 1 in Kingston, ON. Check out the dates below, and get tickets here.