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Even with Kill Screen’s already hefty word count—one that rivals a typical Decibel cover story feature—a lot of really great anecdotes unfortunately never see the light of day. Rather than leaving it undiscovered, we here at Decibel’s nerdiest column are overly eager to present Kill Screen: The Lost Levels, much-needed editorial DLC to supplement your

Back in October, we learned that Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale was actually a Scumdog of the Universe — an interplanetary destroyer known for the slaughter of countless around the universe. This past Friday, October 13, we saw Hale — I mean, Clitaurus Maximus the She Bull — in action during GWAR‘s New York City show

Where they from?Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. On Sunday, the New York Jets — my New York Jets — beat the Philadelphia Eagles for the first time in NFL history. Coming into yesterday’s matchup the Jets were 0-12 all time against the Eagles. They have been playing against each other since 1973 and the Jets always JETSED it

Photo by Scott Evans Though the moniker might suggest it, this isn’t a Dave Witte solo project. The ultra-talented in-demand drummer isn’t even a member of Ex Everything, though this noisy post-hardcore quartet does include current and former members of Kowloon Walled City, Early Graves, Mercy Ties, Blowupnihilist, Less Art, and other notable outfits. Today we’re

Dayal Patterson’s contribution to black metal cannot be overstated. It’s hard to think of any non-musician who’s done more for the style as a historian and devotee than this singular British author. His book, Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult, originally released in early 2014, filled in the essential gaps in knowledge and nuance left

Ever since he complained about weed smoke during an Iron Maiden show, it’s been hard to not see frontman Bruce Dickinson as the classic “old man yells at cloud” meme. I mean, the dude’s been in the spotlight and making music for decades now. He’s traveled around the world, become a pilot, and generally gets

Volume has been in the heavy garage rock game for a long time, forming in 1993 and issuing the EP Requesting Permission to Land originally in 2003. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its release, the band is issuing a proper vinyl edition, and Decibel is happy to grant the band all-clear status on the

Britta Hoppe Photo Shane Embury has been through the grinder (pun intended) of the music business and come out on the other side as a grizzled veteran of the highest order.  The Godfather of Grindcore has punched tickets across multiple decades and an untold amount of bands and projects, from Venomous Concept, Brujeria, and Lock

Sink your teeth into Receptor, the new album from California outfit OWDWYR. Sitting at the meeting point between death metal, modern prog and grindcore, Receptor is a beefy, technical album that never lets up. Citing influences from Car Bomb and Fleshgod Apocalypse to classical composers with guest appearances from Navene Koperweis (Entheos, ex-Animals as Leaders), Kenny Grohowski (Imperial

Thursday fans, your day is nearing—The band just announced that they will celebrate the 20th anniversary of War All The Time with a tour in the album’s honor, on which dates the band will play the complete album. Joining them on this trip down memory lane will be Rival Schools and Many Eyes, featuring Keith

Black metal masters Watain just released a new single from their forthcoming live album, Die In Fire – Live In Hell, out November 3 via Nuclear Blast Records. This is the live version of the opening track from the band’s latest record, The Agony And Ecstasy Of Watain. The video was directed by Johan Bååth.

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