Metal

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

When is a Finnish melodic death metal band, not a Finnish melodic death metal band? When said outfit, As the Sun Falls, was actually launched in Switzerland during the pandemic. So, even though the members—Mikko Voutilainen (vocals), Jani Mikkänen (guitars/vocals), Lauri Unkila (guitars), Oskar Englund (bass), Paul Rytkönen (drums)—are Finns (who sometimes sing in Finnish), we’re gonna go

British death/thrash overlords Overthrow will haunt the metalverse ahead of Halloween with their new EP Ascension of the Entombed, available, conveniently enough, this Friday the 13th through Redefining Darkness Records. Formed in 2011 as a gritty thrash band in the London underground scene, Overthrow has evolved into an edgy, brutal, and merciless blackened death metal

If there’s one thing metalheads dislike, it’s people being fucking fake; especially when it comes to live performance. Unlike pop stars that can get away with lip-syncing on TV or in front of their audience, metal acts thrive on authenticity. So whenever a band is caught doing either of those things *cough*Mötley Crüe*cough*, it’s met

Back in October 1993, the face of heavy metal was changed forever when Entombed dropped their genre warping album Wolverine Blues, creating a new styles we’d never head of even back then and we didn’t know we needed — death ‘n’ roll. While it’s not a massively possible genre even today, it’s a definite cornerstone

Listen, ex-Slayer guitarist Kerry King — I know what it’s like wanting to relive your younger years. I get it, really. But what’s going on in the design of these Slayer figurines from KnuckleBonz is a little extreme on the wishful thinking. These newly announced limited-edition statues featuring the three consistent members of Slayer (Tom

Looking for something a little less heavy to start off your work week? False Fed have just the thing, their debut album, Let Them Eat Fake. It’s the first outing from the dark punk band but you probably know its members: vocalist Jeff Janiak (Discharge, Broken Bones), guitarist Stig C. Miller (Amebix, Zygote), bassist JP Parsons, and drummer

Get them snapping fingers ready, because we got Tommy Victor of Prong on the podcast this week to celebrate the release of State of Emergency. During our chat, we discuss the band’s recent push in releasing five albums in five years after taking a creative break. Tommy also riffs on his preference to write everything

The collectibles marketplace Quidd just announced their series of “Helloween” images. Not to be confused with the band that goes by that name, the series features rare and never-before-seen photos of KISS, Black Sabbath, and Ozzy Osbourne. The photos will be released October 30 and come from the recently unearthed vaults of Retna Pictures and

Judas Priest got everyone extra stoked at Power Trip Festival by announcing their 19th studio album, Invincible Shield. This will be their first album since 2018’s Firepower and their third with guitarist Richie Faulkner, who took the place of K.K. Downing in 2011. The record will drop March 8, 2024. Also making waves at Power