Metal

Post-metal guitar virtuoso Mike Gallagher (Isis, Cast Iron Hike), has unearthed long-buried sessions for his emotive project Mustard Gas and Roses (MGR). The tracks, now in the form of a three-song EP Awakenings, stem from a near-decade-old recording session in 2014. Decibel is proud to premiere the end result of those creative meetings of the

Days after his ousting from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner remains the target of outrage after recent comments he made pretty much cut down the contributions of every Black and female musician, past and present. Having said that neither group of artists “were articulate enough

Going to the hospital fucking sucks. It’s even worse when you’ve got to go under the knife for a major procedure. For Ozzy Osbourne, the need for continued medical assistance to fix issues with his neck and back has been going on for a long time now — and it’s just fucking over it. The

Brazilian thrash outfit Farscape are celebrating their 25th year together as a band with a brand new full-length, Purged and Forgotten, their fourth total long-player. What, you may ask, took them so long to get four albums out if they’ve been a band continuously for 25 years? Well, these things can’t be rushed, you see.

Where they from?Well, Jon Chang lives in New Jersey, Bryan Fajardo resides in Texas and Takafumi lives in Japan, so the band is truly a far-flung international grindcore unit. Why the hype?If you’ve been living under a rock for the past 15 years or so, let me introduce you to your new favorite grindcore band.

Do you remember the rollout for Avenged Sevenfold‘s Life Is but a Dream… album? After teasing us forever with little bits like their use of an orchestra and hinting at beatboxing, Kanye West influence and more. Once that happened, they unveiled elaborate promotional tactics including a website “hack” and a countdown clock. Of course, it

It’s not easy being thrust into the spotlight at any age, let alone as a young teenager, but that’s just what Wolfgang Van Halen had to deal with when he joined Van Halen at age 15. Playing alongside his father, the late Eddie Van Halen, made Wolfgang grow up fast, the musician said in a

Very few bands have more than one “perfect” album, let alone a run of three in a row but Gorgoroth managed this hat (no pun intended) trick within their first few years with Pentagram, Antichrist and Under the Sign of Hell. There are very few people into black metal who can deny the impact of

Photo Courtesy of Horror, Pain, Gore, Death Destablizer are back with a new record, Violence Is the Answer, out September 22 via Horror, Pain, Gore, Death. You can stream the album in full right here: These chaotic thrashers are punishing, straightforward, and a lot of fun. Hailing from Denmark, they throw back to the classics of

German prog band Unprocessed are back with a new single, “Thrash,” out on their forthcoming record …and everything in between. The album is out December 1 and follows their 2022 record, Gold. About the song, the band say: “‘Thrash’ is the ultimate composite of everything Unprocessed has ever created, ranging from the style of our tracks on Covenant to Gold,

Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))) fame are returning to the stage as Shoshin (初心) Duo for 10 dates beginning late November. The band claim that the new tour will feature, not surprisingly, “full throttle valve amplification, spectral harmonics, distortion, and most importantly, pure volume.” Look for the Sunn O))) Shoshin (初心) Duo

Blood Incantation officially dropped their two-song Maxi Single today, Luminescent Bridge, via Century Media. To go with it, they also shared a video for the death metal track from the release, “Obliquity of the Ecliptic.” Side B of the album, the title track, is the ambient companion to the death metal single. The video was

Pantera bassist Rex Brown opened during a recent appearance on Gibson TV’s “Metal and Monsters” series about meeting the late Abbott Brothers. In the interview, he shared that meeting the two brothers early in life helped give him focus during a turbulent period in his teenage years. Before joining Pantera, his first band, Neck and

Ibariki, the Japanese-themed metal project brought to us by Matthew Kiichi Heafy of Trivium fame, just dropped a video for “Jigoku Dayu.” The video was created by Black Card Film, and the song is from the band’s debut album, Rashomon, which is out now. Heafy says about the song: “When I first witnessed the original classic

Famous ’80’s pop icon Boy George just shared a post on X that reveals he is a big Napalm Death fan. In the post, he mentions seeing them in Australia and shouts out vocalist Barney Greenway. Saw the noise monsters @officialND last night and my ears are still ringing. Loved all of the stuff Barney

It’s too nice out to be cooped up inside, so I’m going to try to run through this week’s playlist update as quickly as possible for both of our sakes. After all, this week’s update is pretty straight forward. As far as new tracks go, we added a decent amount of tracks to the playlist,

Gina Gleason of Baroness is our guest on this special half episode! We’re here to celebrate yesterday’s release of the new Baroness album Stone. During our chat, we also discuss her experience in Philly during last years Super Bowl, the DIY approach they took to create music videos for Stone, and how the creative process

You may have just read our earlier post about an incident that broke out at a Cro-Mags show earlier this week in Frederick, Maryland. While the bulk of the details are unclear, it is known that a fight between Cro-Mags singer/bassist Harley Flanagan and his crew and Defy Zine, a music publication that said they

After an excruciating four-year wait, acclaimed Canadian death metal mediums Tomb Mold have crept back from the woods with The Enduring Spirit and Decibel has landed 200 copies on Phantasmic Easter Yellow & Aqua Blue Merge Vinyl courtesy of 20 Buck Spin! Recorded by Sean Pearson (Dream Unending) and mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk

Do you love angular post-hardcore being played by four straight edge dudes from the Philly suburbs? Well then boy howdy do I have a treat for you! Say hello to your new favorite band, Pennsylvania’s own Get Well. Comprised of vocalist Scott Muir and drummer Trevor Machinia, both formerly of legendary Landsdowne hardcore outfit Prevail,