Metal

They may be known as the band full of ex-Megadeth members doing covers of their former band on tour, but Kings of Thrash have original music in the works for the so far unnamed debut album. Now, you may remember that they released an original song earlier in the year that we pretty much feel

Photo: Mel Castro The era of Youtube and Hate5six videos begs an important question: do live albums still matter? Are they worth releasing? Obviously that answer is going to vary for everyone. With the ever-increasing popularity of Youtube and TikTok, it’s harder for some listeners to justify spending the time or money on a new

The Boneless Ones, featuring Max Fox (vocals), Troy Takaki (bass), Chris Kontos (drums), and Craig Locicero (guitars), returned from a 35-year absence to bring skate rock (or crossover, if you like) back to the masses. While the group had popularity via Thrasher Magazine in the ’80s, with “Skate for the Devil” (from the album of

At a show last week, Disturbed set off the sprinkler system. Ironically it happened during the song “Inside The Fire.” The incident took place on July 27 at the end of the band’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion set in The Woodlands, TX. To add some impressiveness to the humorousness, the band also finished out their

Pantera made a splash with rabid fans last week when they reintroduced the 1994 song “Slaughtered” back to their set list. The band played the song on July 28 at The Pavilion at Lake Star in Burgettstown, PA on their tour with Lamb of God. They included the song as part of their encore to

Signs Of The Swarm have announced a headlining tour this November with The Last Ten Seconds Of Life, To The Grave, and Tactosa. Check out the tour dates below, and get your tickets here. w/ The Last Ten Seconds Of Life 11/5 Iowa City, IA – Wildwood Tavern w/ To The Grave 11/12 Cupertino, CA – X-Bar11/13 Portland,

Sam Mooradian, the renowned guitarist of Fallujah, dropped his first album as a solo act, Bad Brain, yesterday. Mooradian says about the album: “Bad Brain feels like a musical companion to emotionally difficult times. It’s the result of years of trying to hone my own sound and style of prog metal while also navigating significant

Man, what a week, eh? Lots of new music came out, lots of wild shit happened, it got insanely fucking hot out here in the states… We’re in the real dog days of summer now, so it’s all about trying to stay cool while listening to some of the most blistering hot metal tracks out

Angra announced last week that their new album, Cycles Of Pain, out November 3 via Atomic Records, is now available for preorder. Guitarist Rafael Bittencourt says: “This is a very special record for us for several reasons: First, much has happened since our last release in 2018. During the last five years, we experienced a

EVILDEAD are back with a new track and visualizer for “Bathe in Fire,” a song from their upcoming album. Details of the forthcoming album from the thrash band are yet to be shared, but it will be their first record after 2020’s United States of Anarchy. Themes of “Bathe in Fire” are depression and suicide,

Holy crappola! Sometimes some of us — mostly me — will casually throw around the phrase “friends of Decibel” in reference to those bands/artists/supporters/benefactors/swell human beings who are indeed friends of Decibel. Recently, after being approach by our old friends in death-grinders Rottenness about whether there was website real estate available to the tell the

Colorado USBM outlaws Wayfarer saddle up with their new LP American Gothic, and we’ve managed to commandeer our own exclusive variant from Profound Lore on Marble Gunsmoke vinyl, limited to a mere 90 copies! After a decade spent reconnoitering the dark soul of America, the black clad bandoleros tapped noted audio-desperado Arthur Rizk to forge their signature blend of

Greetings, Decibel readers! Interesting, all of this chat going around lately about nu-metal making a comeback. I remain skeptical for a number of reasons, not the least that people already went around saying this in 2014 when Issues came around, and then no revival happened. Sure, some people erroneously put the label on Code Orange,

KEN MODE’s New Album ‘VOID’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl Is Available for Pre-Order RIGHT NOW! June 2, 2023 We have only 100 copies available of KEN Mode new album, VOID, on exclusive blue vinyl, perfectly complementing the sadness within. Originally Posted Here

New Jersey’s grindcore berserkers Organ Dealer bring barbwire laced riffs and blast beat fever to their long-awaited sophomore album The Weight of Being. The foursome of Eric Schnee (drums), Jeff Knoblauch (guitar), Trevor Graham (bass, vocals) and Scot Moriarty (vocals on the record, later replaced in the line-up by Chris Ward) took to the studio

Photo by Anna Haas Nashville heavy duo Friendship Commanders present a new video for “Vampire” from their upcoming album Mass, out September 29. Guitarist/vocalist Buick Audra says about the track: “There was a season at the end of my time in Boston where I was being turned into The Problem by someone who wanted to control

Decoherence, the enigmatic U.K. black metal innovators, release their haunting third full-length album, Order, this week. This mechanized odyssey draws listeners into a realm of absolute darkness and existential emptiness, exploring humanity’s insignificance within the vast expanse of reality. The album envisions a future where advanced technology bridges cosmic distances, forcing mankind to confront its

What began four years ago as a solo project by an anonymous masked fiend who goes by the moniker No One has been transformed on The Sun’s Journey Through the Night’s fourth full-length release, Wordless. On this newest effort No One is joined by three collaborators—Lune (guitar), Deimos (drums), Corvus (bass)—in crafting a dynamic, modern black metal album

Someone better check the temperature down in Hell, because it’s late July 2023 and I’m writing a MetalSucks post about Vince Neil actually sounding half decent during a recent show. While the rest of Mötley Crüe are ostensibly working on new material or trying to find new ways to drag Mick Mars through the mud,

Last year, a product called The Real Thing cropped up on Kickstarter that could only be described as a weird little tabletop roleplaying game that was loosely based on — and endorsed by — Faith No More and their releases. Earlier this week, the company behind the RPG came back to fans with their hat