Tag: hardcore
Live Review, Family Edition: Galactic Empire, Dangerkids, Master Sword and Aeoxis @ Ottobar in Baltimore, 7/12/17
The first show I ever attended was a Richard Marx concert. Before you laugh, you should know that I sat in the third row of a massive pavilion and thought…
Read more »Justify Your Shitty Taste: Metallica’s “The Black Album”
I understand that doing this piece on “The Black Album” basically reads as “Justify Your Shitty Taste: George W. Bush,” but I have a few good reasons for taking on…
Read more »Video Premiere: Nihilistinen Barbaarisuus – ‘Madness Incarnate’
Inspired by their dual citizenship in Finland and the United States, ambient black metal band Nihilistinen Barbaarisuus have maintained the trappings of a Finnish black metal group while remaining based…
Read more »Watch: Krieg Live at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest
Prolific black metal band Krieg (fronted by Neill Jameson, who you’ve probably read ruffling feathers in Decibel) brought a colder variation of black metal to the inaugural Decibel Metal and Beer Fest, giving…
Read more »Detailed Devils, A Q&A With Firespawn’s Alex Impaler & Victor Brandt
When Swedish supergroup–members also call Entombed A.D., Unleashed, Necrophobic, Usurpress home–Fireborn phoenixed into Firespawn in 2015, few expected such proficient, punishing death metal. The band’s debut, “Shadow Realms”, took the…
Read more »Integrity
Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume Consistency is the Devil dB rating: 8/10 Release Date: July 14, 2017 Label: Relapse Integrity is weird. After ruling the ’90s with apocalyptic hardcore,…
Read more »Today is the Day Record Exclusive New Song for Decibel Flexi Series!
Legendary noise rock and experimental metal progenitors Today is the Day just finished recording their debut LP for The End Records. But deluxe Decibel subscribers don’t have to wait that long to…
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Track Premiere: Hell – ‘Helmzmen’
Extreme doom outfit Hell — written, led and performed by sole member M.S.W. — are going to drop one of 2017’s rawest and most primitive records with their self-titled full-length in August….
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Full Album Stream: Söft Dov – “Massacre Through Seduction”
Söft Dov deliver a fusion of crust, punk, grind and even death metal on their new album, Massacre Through Seduction. At 12 songs, the album still manages to go by quickly but it…
Read more »Metal Tribute Book Trilogy Collection Now Available!
The extremely limited complete trilogy of Mark Rudolph’s graphic novel tribute series is exclusively available via the Decibel webstore in this limited edition bundle. – Metal Gods: A Tribute to…
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