Tag: hardcore

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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….

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…