Tag: hardcore

Spirit Adrift’s sophomore LP, Curse of Conception, drops October 6 via 20 Buck Spin. And when it does, you’ll be treated to the breakthrough doom metal album of 2017. That…

There are times when listening to a record — like Death Angel’s “Act III” or Havok’s “Conformicide” — elicits a specific response: “Damn, this band was/is on fire!” As with…

Matt Harvey is the frontman of Exhumed, Gruesome, Expulsion and Pounder. This is his guest editorial, but Decibel’s editors endorse his position. After reading the open letter recently published by…

Medusa Snakes from the Divine Paradise Lost’s unparalleled career trajectory comes full circle on their Nuclear Blast debut Release Date: September 1, 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast Like locust swarms, classic…

Last Tuesday, on August 22, Boston metallic hardcore outfit Trap Them announced a trio of farewell gigs, closing out fifteen years of recording, touring and in-general blowing people’s heads off…

With their 2017 release, Women, Ides of Gemini makes quite an impression. The guitars are set to the perfect level to create the right atmosphere, but still contain a satisfying…

Hives in Decline, the impressive debut from Salt Lake City sludge trio The Ditch and the Delta, is a lumbering sludge/doom record originally released on Battleground Records. The release caught the…

Two of New Jersey’s up-and-coming extreme bands—Dutchguts and Chained to the Dead—joined forces to record a raging split album on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. Dutchguts is up first, with three sludgy…

If “cosmic blackened death metal” piques your interest, stop what you’re doing and click play on the new track from Sxuperion, coming from the otherworldly force’s latest release, Myriad, the conclusion of…