In exactly one week, the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Pre-Fest: Philly 2024 will be loading into the Foundry at the Fillmore on April 11 for all those eager to pregame this year’s main festivities. Featuring an already stacked lineup including death metal new bloods Undeath, horrifying hometown heroes Outer Heaven and pitch-black thrashers Morbikon, it’s our killer kawaii opener Houkago Grind Time that has the honor of blasting open the doors to our weekend of debauchery. To better get to know this hyper-prolific one-man goregrind unit, featuring Andrew Lee of Ripped to Shreds, the Decibel Flexi Series is assigning you The Houkago Derek Time EP—five tracks of mincing anime-themed guttural grind with a special appearance by a very confused dB Editor-in-Chief Albert Mudrian in an isekai nightmare of his own making.
Don’t be a baka—stream the whole thing right now below. For extra credit, be sure to pick up the latest issue of Decibel containing this essential release. Failure is not an option.
