Tag: hardcore

Since Issue #75, Decibel has brought you left-of-center b-sides, rarities, live recordings and new songs from top-tier metal bands via the outstanding Flexi Series.  Want to hear the stories behind these recordings?…

Copenhagen-based label Indisciplinarian is led by Rising guitarist Jacob Krogholt. In addition to Rising, Indisciplinarian has put out albums from black metal group Orm, Solbrud, Fossils and more. Decibel spoke to Krogholt to…

Dirk Verbeuren, drummer for Megadeth, got his chops playing bands like Scarve, Aborted, and most notably Soilwork. True, he’s bashed skins for about 20 other bands/artists, but he made his…

Grindcore institution Nasum disbanded in 2005 following the death of guitarist/vocalist Mieszko Talarczyk. They reunited for a final run in 2012, culminating with a last show in Stockholm, Sweden. The final show…

Pittsburgh-based metalcore mainstays Zao will drop their latest EP, Pyrrhic Victory on November 3. The follow up to 2016’s The Well-Intentioned Virus, Pyrrhic Victory is explosive release that will surely ignite mosh pits more than twenty years…

Henrik Palm isn’t used to seeing his name at the top of posters, let alone on the covers of records. Even when communicating by text, he comes across first and…

If the thought of another doom band claiming Portland as their home city makes you shudder, then you’ll be glad to know that Ritual Necromancy are the furthest possible thing from doom….

Austrian brutalizers Belphegor released their eleventh opus, Totenritual, on Friday, September 15. Among their most inspired and vicious releases yet, it showed the trio further the sound they’ve been evolving for the past…

King Parrot, the Australian grindcore/punk whirldwind, have returned with their third LP, Ugly Produce, on Housecore Records. Simultaneously comedic and intense, Ugly Produce sees King Parrot continue down their unique, entertaining path. The album is…