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You know, my least favorite part of pecking this blog out is trying to think of some witty birdshit to say here in the beginning… so, like, I’m going to review some stuff for you… cool? Immortal ousted frontman/guitar player Abbath some time ago and Northern Chaos Gods will mark the first album without him. This will be difficult as I haven’t heard the whole record, but I will basically go off of the first track released. The track “Northern Chaos Gods” is blisteringly fast, and when I say fast, I mean fast. There are hooks and riffs in here ,and … Continue reading

Dave Grohl says that a cold that he got from his daughter is to blame for his husky voice at some of the FOO FIGHTERS‘ recent shows. A contingent of FOO FIGHTERS fans were concerned for Grohl‘s voice, fearing that he may have done permanent damage to his vocal cords. After the band played last Monday night (June 11) in Antwerp, Belgium, one fan wrote at the FOO FIGHTERS‘ Reddit page following the show that he was worried about Grohl‘s voice. The fan wrote: “I was at the Antwerp gig last night, and I thought the state of Dave‘s voice … Continue reading

Frayle‘s take on doom is hypnotic. Instrumentally pulling inspiration from acts like Sleep, Kyuss and Chelsea Wolfe, singer Gwyn Strang adds vocals that seamlessly blend into Frayle’s music without ever leaving the foreground. The song “Let the Darkness In,” with a new video we’re debuting today, is heavy, dark and haunting, matched with equally dark video. “Like most of the lyrics on The White Witch, lyrics to ‘Let the Darkness In’ have a thinly veiled duality,” Frayle explain to Decibel. “Gwyn writes of being in love with someone who keeps breaking her heart, but the unfortunate pull is strong, and she … Continue reading

Desolation, the third full-length from rising doom superstars Khemmis, is officially released today. There’s no question that it’s an excellent album, expanding upon every element of 2016’s Hunted, placing it among the best records to be released this year. Of course, Decibel readers are already very familiar with Khemmis, who nabbed our Album of the Year honor in 2016, performed at our inaugural Metal & Beer Fest in 2016 and on the Decibel Tour with Enslaved and Wolves in the Throne Room in 2017. To celebrate the release of Desolation, we asked Khemmis skinsman/TRVE Head Brewer Zach Coleman to write about the five best beers … Continue reading

Vocalist Jesse Leach spoke to Graspop Metal Meeting about the progress of the writing and recording sessions for KILLSWITCH ENGAGE‘s next album, tentatively due in early 2019 via Metal Blade Records in the U.S. and Sony Music Entertainment in the rest of the world. “I do have a bunch of lyrics for songs [ready to go],” he said (see video below). “We’ve got about maybe four, I think, we’re really happy with, but we have, like, 21 songs altogether. So, yeah, in between [KILLSWITCH ENGAGE‘s current European tour as the support act for IRON MAIDEN], ’cause we go home for … Continue reading

Canadian tech death outfit Depths of Hatred announced their new EP Bloodguilt in May, along with the news that vocalist Nico Monette would take over for longtime vocalist Dominic D.D. Decibel partnered with Depths of Hatred to premiere the second song on Bloodguilt, titled “An Infidel’s Descent.” Monette has the opportunity to show off his vocal range on “An Infidel’s Descent,” trading off between gutturals and higher vocals and the rest of the band are locked in just as tight. “An Infidel’s Descent” is the first single from Bloodguilt, but you won’t have to wait much longer to hear more. The EP comes out on July 20 via Prosthetic. … Continue reading

Berlin’s Star FM has uploaded a two-part podcast containing an interview with IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson, conducted earlier this year by Jakob Kranz of the “Heavy Hour” show. You can now listen to the chat below. Expressing his concern about an alleged epidemic involving the overuse of psychiatric medications for children, Bruce said: “My oldest son, Austin, was diagnosed with… A doctor came along when he was five years old and said, ‘Oh, yes, we should give him some Ritalin,’” referring to the drug used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). “And I was just, like, … Continue reading