Metal

Vajra just covered Pat Benatar’s “Love Is A Battlefield,” and we don’t hate it. She keeps the 1983 track catchy, and the heaviness levels it out instead of making it hokey. “We don’t normally do covers, but we wanted to pay tribute to one of our inspirations, and we wanted a song that had some

Mizmor and Portugal. The Man collaborated on a track and video, “Doubt – Mizmor Version.” Maybe not the most creative name, but the video stars Mizmor’s A.L.N., Portugal. The Man frontman John Gourley, and vocalist Zoe Manville. And it features Jesse Shreibman of Bell Witch on drums. So what it lacks in a creative name,

New band alert, and System of a Down members doing absolutely anything alert. SOAD bassist Shavo Odadjian just announced he is starting a new band with vocalist Taylor Barber of Atlanta nu-deathcore unit Left To Suffer, guitarist Alejandro Aranda, and drummer Josh Johnson.  The band shared some behind-the-scenes shots on Instagram yesterday that give a

It’s finally the weekend and we’ve got a metric fuckton of new releases to dive into, but I don’t give a fuck about any of that. Judas Priest released a killer new track and all I can think of now is making it to March so I can hear the final product. Firepower was an

As if The Acacia Strain weren’t already doing the most, Devin Shidaker and Matt Guglielmo of the band just announced a new project, Grime Reaper. This band is a passion project of the two of them, with Shidaker on vocals, guitar, and bass, and Guglielmo, also of End, on drums and production. And the boys

Halloween costume idea number 666: the skeleton on the cover of Zao‘s The Well-Intentioned Virus. And no, you don’t have to draw it yourself or cut up a bunch of album covers, because Zao have a mask for sale! The famed mathcore band released the mask alongside some other cool merch to celebrate Friday 13

Two men who went missing following Aftershock Festival, Jacob Clark-Jendrock and Anthony Acosta, have been found. That’s all the info we have so far—just that they are safe and no longer considered missing. “UPDATE- Jacob and Anthony have been located and are safe!!!” wrote Clark-Jendrock’s mother, Shannon Jendrock, in a statement. “Thank you to everyone who

Industrial powerhouse Author & Punisher is back with a new video, “Maiden Star,” taken from his 2022 release Krüller. The video was shot during his 2023 European tour by James Rexroad, who joined him on that tour, and edited by Augie Arredondo. And it really captures how crushing the live Author & Punisher experience is.

Concrete Caveman like to keep things short and sweet, describing their death-metal-meets-punk style as “grindcore length without the grindcore label” on their new album Feral. We’ve got the title track for your listening pleasure today and it only takes a minute, so you have no reason not to put it in your earholes. While the band’s musical

Greetings, Decibel readers! Gonna start with a bit of tangent this week to give you all a book recommendation. I assume at least some of you like to read. After all, you bothered to start reading this. If you’re looking for a reading companion to the music below, or just something that matches metal’s dark aesthetic,

With just a couple weeks left before the release of Year of the Knife‘s forthcoming album No Love Lost, so naturally that means we get another single to tide us over until then. Today’s release, “Your Control,” follows their previous singles “Wish” and “Last Laugh” by continuing the hyper aggression one should expect from the

For the last few years or so, Slipknot have been planted firmly in their sort of artsy/weird/experimental phase. The End, So Far wasn’t really your typical Slipknot release and the Adderall EP fell further down that rabbit hole. And with today’s release of the “Hive Mind” music video, the band continue down that weirdly artsy

We’ll admit that Indian thrash mongers Kill the King had us firmly on board just with their Rainbow/Dio-referencing moniker. This ripping new five-piece—Aditya Swaminathan (guitars), Rishikesh Dharap (guitars), Rahul Singh (drums), Pritam Adhikary (vocals), Saurabh Lodha (bass)—took on their name, however, as a nod to their resistance to all forms of oppression. With maybe a hint

Back in 2020, Phoenician doom project Aiwass ascended with their first single “The Sun Devil.” That song introduced the desert-scorched riffs of Aiwass founder and solo musician Blake Carrera. But on his first full-length Wayward Gods (2021), Carrera’s approach to psychedelic doom leaned heavier and darker. Two years later, Aiwass return from the shadows with

Photo by Ed Newton “I also want to preface by saying: This is the only time I’ve ever openly admitted that I played that game.” Sat in front of a Zoom-filtered backdrop by legendary fantasy and sci-fi painter Michael Whelan is equally talented and prolific John Baizley, the accomplished main man of Baroness. With six

Reid Chancellor grew up a weird kid in Evansville, Indiana, silently struggling with mental health issues. He fell in love with punk and hardcore and joined bands but often felt out of place. When he discovered illustration, he found a way to express himself and work through his dark places. As it turns out, many

Photo by Trey Derbes Oakland, California melodic death/thrash band Glacier Eater are back with their second record, Tempest, out via Glacier Recordings on October 27. Check out the track “Homeward” below, and get stoked for the full release. The record follows their 2015 release, and the band channel sadness and despair through the lyrics and riffs. “Homeward” provides

Montréal death metal mind-flayers Phobocosm cough up their third fateful full-length Foreordained, and Decibel has been bestowed with our own exclusive edition on murky Transparent Blue & Black Marble vinyl limited to just 100 copies! Featuring a gorgeously gloomy gatefold cover from the unparalleled Lauri Laaksonen (Desolate Shrine, Convocation, Pestilent Hex), this oracular LP—their third album overall with Colorado doomsayers Dark

There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the eventual release of a brand new Mercyful Fate record in recent months, especially after the band started playing the new track “The Jackal of Salzburg” live last year. And while the latest update we have on that front is effectively a “it’ll be done when it’s done,”

Where they from?United Kingdom. Since my article two weeks ago where I LAMBASTED Zach Wilson for being the worst NFL player in the history of the universe he has actually played pretty well. Heck, the Jets even won a game on Sunday. Did you know they could do that? I thought that was illegal or