Metal

Revered co-creator of Metalocalypse Brendon Small admits that Metallica, namely the Some Kind of Monster documentary, majorly inspired the show. The movie, which came out in 2004, shows all the turmoil the band were famously going through right before they recorded St. Anger. Ironically, that controversial album probably caused even more backlash for the band,

A sublime new opus is now upon us. Taake’s long-awaited eighth full-length album, Et Hav av Avstand, is set to drop on September 1, six years after the band’s last full-length release, Kong vinter. Taake ranks among the most well-known and globally revered names in all of black metal; Bergens Tidende, one of Norway’s leading

The pit can be a dangerous place. One errant elbow, one misstep and BAM — you’re in a world of hurt. For Biohazard’s Bio Billy (aka Billy Graziadei), his trip back to the stage from the crowd resulted in him on the floor and security rushing to pick him up. News of the incident, as

Greetings, Decibel readers! I don’t know about you, but I’m stoked for the show tonight. What show? Ah, I’m seeing Sacramentum. I wasn’t sure I’d ever get the opportunity to see the masters behind Far Away From the Sun, so this is a real treat. I eagerly await my entrance into the storm of melodic

Penelope Spheeris was the first filmmaker to go inside the emerging heavy metal and hardcore scenes in the United States. Her Decline of Western Civilization documentaries are required viewing for anyone who wants to understand how extreme music developed, and her feature film Suburbia was an accurate slice of the ’80s hardcore scene in suburban

It’s probably a coincidence that the beloved and incomparable SubRosa unexpectedly split in 2019 just before the world went to complete dogshit. Maybe it was less cosmic that ex-SubRosa frontman woman Rebeca Vernon used some of that newfound “downtime” to fashion the music for her new project the Keening. SubRosa fans will surely recognize Vernon’s

In a clear case of WYSIWYG, Greek grind quartet, Head Cleaner, do in fact offer a track, “Not Like All of You,” that’ll definitely clear out the cobwebs. This 2:20 blast of blinding fury is all bite (and bark) with snarling vocals, sick guitar tones and the usual jackhammering rhythm section you expect from such

Photo: Milo Mendoza Like your noise rock with teeth and a little oomph? Chicago-based quartet death pose (intentionally stylized as lowercase) might have what you need on their debut album, Midnight Society, which was announced earlier today. With thirteen potent tracks—including the already-released “Double Hockey Sticks”—death pose make their mark as a band to watch, like with new

Post-hardcore suffered an incredible loss with the passing of Pitchfork/Drive Like Jehu/Hot Snakes shaman Rick Froberg, but the scene is arguably stronger than ever. Exhibit A is Strangelight. The Bay Area quartet, featuring members of Kowloon Walled City and Transistor Transistor, only need two minutes to flex their angular, brash, feverish skronk with “Power, Rent,

One month out from the release of his second solo effort CMF2, Slipknot frontman and dude that’s not afraid to sing the Spongebob Squarepants theme in front of a crowd Corey Taylor dropped another single, titled “Talk Sick.” As the album’s third single, “Talk Sick” takes a different approach than the previous two offerings in

Black metal from the Pacific Northwest is getting some representation next month, as Washington state’s Wolves In The Throne Room announced the impending release of their EP Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge on September 29. Featuring a side that’s two black metal tracks “Beholden to Clan” and “Twin Mouthed Spring” and another side that just sounds

Photo by Gene Smirnov Who is your go-to player two? This isn’t a trick question. Though the world is certainly not lacking in immersive single-player experiences, we’ve likely all spent at least some time bonding via a controller with a friend, a sibling, a family member or a complete stranger. Fighting games, battle royales, sports

UK deathbringers Celestial Sanctuary first demanded my attention when I heard their Soul Diminished record in 2021. It was scathingly old school, doomed without being slow, and drenched in reverb. Two killer American labels that know their fucking death metal (Redefining Darkness and Sewer Rot Records) worked on that album. Two years later, Church Road

No matter what the medium is—painting, opera, punk rock—or how much practice a performer has, there comes a point where rubber has to meet the road and one has to actually do the thing they’ve been practicing and dreaming of. Of course, sometimes that thing is playing your first show with Slipknot. Slipknot drummer Jay

When your dad is Eddie Van Halen, it’s gotta be hard for other musicians to feel larger than life. In a recent interview with The Rock Show with Johnnie Walker, the guitarist’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen, discussed who his “rock god” is. Wolfgang Van Halen’s answer? Dave Grohl, the legendary Foo Fighters frontman and former

There’s something about this Italian retro doom trio’s logo and name, Bottomless, that evoke Pentagram’s Relentless-era. Which, as it turns out, isn’t too far off-base in regard to the music on their debut album, The Banishing, we’re premiering here. Bottomless are far from Pentagram clones, but their leaden, ’70s-inspired riffing and reverbed-out vocals certainly are mining the

Though Spectral Lore mastermind Ayloss’ oeuvre has never been synonymous with the stylistically conservative and “old school,” this Greek multi-instrumentalist and songwriter has proven to always have something up his proverbial sleeve. Venturing into the world of black/thrash metal, Auriferous Flame‘s bludgeoning riff-fest is reminiscent of days of yore, when “black/thrash metal” meant being unbridled

Every performer has different pre-show rituals, especially with regard to what they will or won’t eat before they go on stage. Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier recently spoke to Finnish publication Chaoszine about his preferences, to which he shared that he eats foods like avocado before he goes on stage. More interestingly, he said that his

Every musical era has its megastars, cult favorites and novelty bands that we associate with a sonic moment in time. But when dig deep, we see a wealth of creative voices that got lost in the shuffle or just didn’t have the chance to make themselves heard. FLO was formed in the late 1990s in

Boston hardcore outfit Move released their debut album, Black Radical Love, on Friday, joining the growing list of hardcore bands to do so this year. Released via Triple B Records, Black Radical Love is an incendiary political statement as well as a celebration. “The record deals with our current position living underneath the US Imperialist state, specifically a