Tag: Decibel Magazine

The human voice and percussion were likely the first two modes of musical expression. Even an acoustic guitar or a simple trumpet must be constructed, and so come less naturally…

UK-based trad doom dealers Monolith Cult are finally due to release their follow-up to their 2013 debut, Run From the Light. Clocking in at 7 songs and 42 minutes of hypnotizing doom, Gospel of Despair is…

Portland death dealers Vitriol very well may be the most vicious and explosive death metal band currently hailing from the United States. Their first EP, Pain Will Define Their Death, oozes angular riffs…

Progressive/instrumental metal unit Valence have a new single called “He Tried to Kill Me With a Forklift,” and they’ve paired it with a ridiculous new video for the song. Comedic camera angles…

Sludge outfit V (featuring current/ex- members of Katatonia, In Mourning, etc.) are wallowing in the depressed, emotive corner of the genre. Instead of the bludgeoning nihilism generally expected of the genre,…

Happy Halloween, yo. So here’s the deal: every couple of weeks, I review some upcoming releases, some I like, some I don’t… well, there’s no real way to tell until…

Welcome to Demo:listen, your weekly peek into the future of underground extreme metal. Whether they’re death, black, doom, sludge, grind, thrash, -core, heavy, speed, punk-, stoner, etc., we’re here to…

If all you really want out of new music is to be transported to the days of big hair, leather and speed metal guitar riffs, Stalker are a band that should be…

Enslaved, Wolves in the Throne Room, Myrkur and Khemmis are set to dismantle North America as part of the 2018 Decibel Magazine Tour. And you can get your tickets now (or at 10 a.m. your local time)!…