Track Premiere: King Parrot – ‘Die Before You Die’

King Parrot—perhaps Australia’s finest extreme metal export—have a busy fall ahead of them. On September 22, they’ll drop their third full length, Ugly Produce, on Phil Anselmo’s Housecore Records before leaving…

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Full EP Stream and Track-By-Track Commentary: Protosequence’s Biophagous

Protosequence is a progressive, djent-y, deathcore band from Edmonton that is about to release its latest EP, Biophagous. And when I say “about to release,” I mean it comes out…

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Track Premiere: Auðn – ‘Í Hálmstráið Held’

Hailing from Iceland, Auðn balance aggressive black metal with a sense of melody on their sophomore release, Farvegir fyrndar. The atmosphere present on their eponymously-titled first record remains, but new song “Í Hálmstráið…

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Justify Your Shitty Taste: Voivod’s “Angel Rat”

Anyone else remember these cards? Almost every band has that album: you know, the critically and/or commercially reviled dud in an otherwise passable-to-radical back catalogue. Occasionally, a Decibel staffer or…

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Julie Christmas and Cult of Luna’s Johannes Persson Talk Upcoming “Mariner” Tour

Next week Swedish perception-expanding post-metallers Cult of Luna and singular, legendary Made Out of Babies/Battle of Mice vocalist Julie Christmas will at long last perform their extraordinary 2016 collaborative effort Mariner…

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Track Premiere: The Living – ‘Deceiver’

San Francisco outfit The Living pull from a variety of sounds on their new self-titled album. Most noticeable is the sprawling progressive rock atmosphere and the powerful choruses that wouldn’t be out…

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Q&A: Epica’s Isaac Delahaye

European symphonic metal heavyweights Epica are preparing for their return to the United States for a stacked tour with Lacuna Coil, Insomnium and Elantris, a monthlong trek that will see them hit…

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Full Album Stream and Interview: The Convent Horror of Attic’s “Sanctimonious” Concept Album

“Sunset, darkness had fallen on the hill/A storm was raging on outside the abbey.” With eerie organs and a flash of lightning, German metal coven Attic begin the central nunnery-set…

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Myrkur Graces the Cover of Decibel’s October Issue

Amalie Bruun makes her Decibel cover debut to usher in the release of the much-anticipated second Myrkur album, Mareridt, out via Relapse on September 15. Our October issue also includes an exclusive…

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Prong – “Beg to Differ”

dB HoF No. 154 Label: Epic Release Date: March 1990 ___________________________ To say Prong was unique would be an understatement. We’re not talking about kitchen percussion and a catgut string…

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