Metal

Photo: Aleksandra Majak Though Polish metal outfit Shadohm are a new band, Decibel readers are likely familiar with the band members’ other projects; three of the members play in the Napalm Records version of Batushka, and drummer Paweł Jaroszewicz drums in or has drummed for Antigama, Vader, Hate and Decapitated. On their debut album, Through Darkness Towards

Note: This review originally ran with the incorrect cover art in the April 2024 edition of Decibel. It is presented here in its proper Dan Seagrave-painted glory.  Skeletal Remains were generated from the crucible of a long-established formula. Their modus operandi has always been the obvious mimicry of Morrisound’s death metal heyday, and at five

Arthouse Fatso have just been birthed painfully onto their scene with their debut album, Sycophantic Seizures: A Double Feature, out March 22 via Horror Pain Gore Death, and we have the whole bloody stream for you right here. Hailing from Duisburg Germany, Arthouse Fatso began in early 2021 and were originally intended as a quick, low-investment

Bay Area goregrinder Houkago Grind Time is a lesson in brutal efficiency. The passion project of Ripped to Shreds’ main man Andrew Lee, the anime-themed gore grind unit has been on a tear with international tours (including a scheduled debut Philadelphia appearance at the Metal & Beer Pre-Fest on April 11), two full lengths and an entire harem of splits

Greetings, Decibel readers! Definitely a lot here for the death metal crowd this week, with new ones from Fathomless Ritual and Vorus. But there’s plenty of room for fans of thrash (Devastator), blackened death (Volcandra) and some righteous metallic hardcore (Worst Doubt) as well. Enjoy! — Devastator – Conjurers of Cruelty A crushing, blistering, and … well, devastating blend

Photo: Pua Castellano Rodriguez Prepare to slow down: Iberian funeral doom pushers Blazar are here with Fatal Cosmic Wound, Their first full-length release since forming more than seven years ago, Fatal Cosmic Wound builds on the slow, atmospheric style of doom the quartet established on their debut EP and following splits. Fatal Cosmic Wound contains four main tracks, as well as

Indiana power metal thrashers Idol Throne formed in 2018, cutting their teeth with a demo and first album that established their sound. On their second album, A Clarion Call, they’re expanding their mission statement and getting more ambitious, delving deeper into the progressive side of their music and maintaining the energetic power-thrash that’s already there. The first taste

One of America’s first black metal bands was also one of its most adventurous. The Bay Area’s Ludicra carved a unique identity for themselves in that stylistically restrictive subgenre. These five crows left of the murder flew in the face of the genre’s conventions, culminating in their 2010 masterpiece, The Tenant. Ludicra’s heresies include drawing

The Gathering went on a wild, exploratory journey after they, along with former label Foundation 2000, unfurled their atmospheric doom-death masterpiece Always… in the summer of 1992. Whether it was Mandylion (1995) and How to Measure a Planet? (1999) or The West Pole (2009) or their most recent album, Beautiful Distortion (2022), the Dutch masters

Dejecter says their second EP Majesty Artificial is not just a rumination on how technology has changed humanity but a more intense and urgent release. “This EP picks up where we left off with our first release but takes everything up a notch,” guitarist Josh Caldwell says. “We expanded our sonic palette in every direction.

Photo by Rachel W. Rawle It’s been 16 years since Salt Lake City’s Iota released their debut album, Tales, and also 16 years since the band’s last release. The dry spell finally ends on March 22 when Iota release their second album, Pentasomnia. It picks up where they left off, playing warm stoner grooves intermixed

Welcome to our latest semi-regular Decibel feature. Here, talented musicians from across the metalsphere provide us with their Last Tape Before Doomsday. Sebastian Thomson’s range of reference when it comes to his drumming is infinite in its eclecticism. As a studious player, Thomson brings the motorik pulse of Krautrock, funky backbeats, DC hardcore power, jazz-like

Noise rock, extreme metal and post-punk have often gone hand-in-hand, with the genres overlapping sonically and often sharing fans. If you, dear reader, are one of those fans, then we have a treat for you today: a complete stream of Wax Donut Records‘ new compilation, New Wave Donut: A Raucous Tribute to the Birth of Post-Punk.

We’re back, baybee! You thought this thing we call The MetalSucks Top Tracks of the Week was dead and done but nope. We’ve got 50 tracks — almost half of which are brand new to the playlist — for your listening pleasure. From Rotting Christ to Linkin Park, Leather Lung to Belushi Speed Ball, and

The best part of waking up is blood in your cup! According to Metal Injection, Concepts Café, the company that brought us Cannibal Corpse’s Cranial Extraction Cold Brew has brought us another metal-themed offering. This time they’re teaming up with former Sepultura and current Cavalera Conspiracy members Max and Iggor Cavalera. Their new venture is

Photo Credit: Ryan Piorkowski and Alex Joo Brace yourself for L.A.’s Stygian Crown‘s explosive return with their much-anticipated sophomore album, “Funeral for a King,” releasing on February 23, 2024, via Cruz Del Sur Music in CD, vinyl, and digital formats. A colossal offering of doom metal enriched with nods to legends like Candlemass and Iron

Venezuelan black metal force Selbst will release its new album (and third overall), Despondency Chord Progressions, on April 19 via the always excellent Debemur Morti Productions. And since neither we nor you can wait that long to get a taste of the project’s Enslaved- and Mgła-inspired progressive madness, we’re stoked to premiere the first track

Since 1999 Oakland’s Rock Against Rock provocateurs Sleepytime Gorilla Museum have been rewriting the heavy side of avant-garde with just about every twist in the vine. Their perpetual use of the kitchen sink has rightly or wrongly earned them comparisons to Mr. Bungle, Estradasphere and Secret Chiefs 3 and after 13 years of inactivity the

Greetings, Decibel readers and honored guests! As you enter the building, you’ll see various exhibits on display today. From the latest masterworks from Borknagar and Morta Skuld, to the return of long-dormant composers like Job For A Cowboy. So please, enjoy your time here, but please, don’t touch the artwork. Happy musing: — Borknagar –