Metal

Happy Friday the 13th, dear Decibel readers! I hope you’re all prepared to start spooky season a little early this year given the timing of this day. Do yourself a favor and go watch a Friday the 13th film. And yes, the consensus is correct, stick with the fourth film. Just on the strength of

Photo courtesy of the band NightWraith are releasing their new album, Divergence, tomorrow via What’s Left Records, and you can hear the whole thing with us first. The proggy, melodic death metalers from Denver have blessed us with this a day early, and in addition to eight originals, it also features a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Us and

It’s been a while since Philly-area thrashers No Gods released new music but they’re back today with two new songs and a revamped lineup, featuring new bassist Ray Figueroa (ex-Outer Heaven). The two songs, “Counterfeit” and “Noose Wound,” pick up where No Gods left off in 2018 with their first (and currently only) full-length, Paradise. The classic thrash

There’s so many labels putting out death metal and black metal today, that it’s hard to know where to go for interesting, fresh and creative takes on those classic styles. However, for the wandering headbanger, Singapore’s Pulverised Records offers a realm of dark and fascinating sounds, including some of the most crucial bands out today

Rarely can a single album claim responsibility for kickstarting an entire subgenre. Often these origins are the subject of heated fan discussions via a few candidates who are often bestowed prefixes like “proto-” to describe their style. It’s a fun metalhead exercise, but when it comes to epic doom metal, there is no space for

Legions of Doom began under sad circumstances. Following the passing of The Skull and former Trouble singer Eric Wagner in 2021,The Skull guitarist Lothar Keller and bassist Ron Holzner still had material written (with Wagner) that was intended for the doom group’s third album. With the blessing of the late singer’s family, the pair welcomed drummer

Guitarist Erik Burke has always remained busy, spending time Brutal Truth, Nuclear Assault, Lethargy, Napalm Death, Sulaco and plenty more over the course of his time playing music. Most recently, he’s playing with Sully, an upstate New York grindcore band formed during the pandemic. Releasing The Tony Demo last year, they’re back to deliver their self-titled debut LP

Another day, another anniversary celebration, only this time, it’s Swedish melodic death metal outfit Dark Tranquillity taking a walk down memory lane in support of their 1999 album Projector. With such a major milestone to celebrate, the band announced a vinyl reissue of the record that’s set to hit stores on November 1. Earlier this

Distant Dominion are the latest band to spring from the depths of the Philadelphia underground, assembling current and former members of Krieg, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Polterchrist, Mortal Decay, Total Fucking Destruction and numerous other groups to record their debut album, Ripping Through Time. A sharp combination of various extreme metal subgenres tempered with just enough technicality and melody

You know you must be a giant fuckhead when a band that doesn’t even exist has shunned you for being a piece of shit. That’s what Spinal Tap just did. Well, Harry Shearer did. The co-writer and co-star of the mockumentary film—he played the band’s bassist Derek Smalls—took to Twitter to let former President Donald

We love us some good hardcore. If it can get our juices flowing within the first few seconds it’s definitely a keeper, like Mammoth Grinder‘s new single “Undying Spectral Resonance.” It’s the title track off their upcoming new EP that’s due out this November. Listen to it below. That’s a pretty cool ass title, right?

Tomorrow sees the release of Draconian Darkness, the seventh album by Finnish melodic death metallers Wolfheart. Pretty damned prolific for a band that started as a solo project in 2013 by vocalist/guitarist Tuomas Saukkonen (Before the Dawn, Dawn of Solace, ex-Black Sun Aeon, Bonegrinder, RoutaSielu, The Final Harvest, Jumalhämärä, Rajavyöhyke). Below we’re giving you the opportunity

King Diamond is an elder statesman in the metal community, one of our foundational pillars. He is no longer just a vocalist but an action figure, cat enthusiast, and the subject of cartoons. The metal community universally loves him. Generations of metal fans have grown up with King Diamond, the friendly uncle. While most are

Photo courtesy of Glacier Boston post-metal band Glacier are dropping a heavy-as-hell new record, A Distant, Violent Shudder, a joint release via Wolves & Vibrancy Records and this Friday.  It’s a dark and dismal LP, and one that perfectly incapsulates the bleak present, and you can listen to the full record here before it drops at the end

Greetings, Decibel readers! This week, we have two bands with “God” in their name. And two bands from Ireland. And two bands from the Netherlands! Alas, there’s only one from Canada, but they have really cool album artwork, so it’s ok. Enjoy! — God Dethroned – The Judas Paradox God Dethroned, arriving to us with

Photo courtesy of Spread Thin Spread Thin, the heavy-hitting hardcore band from Wisconsin, have shared a new video for “Gaslit” from their July album World of Snakes.  According to the band, “The song speaks of the frustration of watching someone you love struggle and when you try to help, it blows up in your face every time.” Vocalist

Boston sludge/funeral doom crew Fórn went quiet shortly after the release of 2018’s Rites of Despair, their second LP. The release was followed by a series of events, both personal and worldwide, that kept Fórn quiet for the better part of six years. The dry streak ended earlier this year when the quartet announced their third album, Repercussions of

Ignominous Hailing from Thessaloniki, Greece, black metal trio Ignominous emerge from the shadows with the release of their first single from the upcoming debut album Dawn With No Light. Formed in 2020, the band features Anestis Nekhromancer (Terrordrome, Twilight, Obscence, Medivial) on bass, Chris (ex-Regent) on guitar and vocals, and Billy Vongaar (Terrordrome, Twilight, Disembowel,

New Zealand is home to some of the most ferocious and feral metal on the planet, and Ifrit is no exception to this legacy of brutality. On the band’s new EP, Haunting Charnel Grounds, the band blazes a trail of blackened death metal destruction. Fans of Angelcorpse, Immolation, Bolt Thrower, Incantation, and Gateways-era Morbid Angel will find a lot to

Change is afoot with the insanely fast, talented, and based Irish thrash metal outfit Gama Bomb. Roughly five years after their longtime drummer Paul Caffrey left the band, they’ve officially filled in that vacancy with a full-time drummer by bringing their live drummer Chris Williams into the fold. Williams has been playing with Gama Bomb