Dylan Neal describes his solo project Thief as “hard to market.” No argument there. Take glitchy grooves, melodic clean vocals and various tonal experimentations born out of samples of extremely old sacred music (sounds kinda sweet, right?), then pitch them down into the bleakest, blackest… Read More »Track Premiere: Thief – “Moon and Kill”
– August 31st, 2026 – “How To Cast A Shadow” Full-Length Out Now On Metal Blade Records Photo by Jeremy Saffer Watch/stream NORTH SEA ECHOES’ “Good Enough” HERE NORTH SEA ECHOES, the project featuring progressive metal pioneers, singer Ray Alder and guitarist Jim Matheos, of… Read More »North Sea Echoes: Project Featuring Ray Alder and Jim Matheos of Fates Warning Presents “Good Enough” Video
– August 31st, 2026 – JARI MÄENPÄÄ RETURNS TO ENSIFERUM FOR LIVE SHOWS – FIRST TIME OUTSIDE FINLAND For the first time since 2004, founding vocalist and guitarist Jari Mäenpää will reunite with Ensiferum (Markus, Petri, Janne, Sami, and Pekka) for very special live shows… Read More »Ensiferum – The Early Years
Indianapolis doom crew Veilcaste are back with Hellward, their fourth album in six years, later this week and Decibel has an early sampling of the release for your early listening consumption. Hellward recalls the melodic side of doom, Cathedral and their ilk, mixed with the brooding anger of nastier sludge, like Crowbar… Read More »Full Album Stream: Veilcaste – “Hellward”
At the end of each month, I look back at my three favorite title tracks by K-pop artists. I take my own ratings into account, but there’s a bit of wiggle room as certain songs tend to grow or fade. August 2026 Overall Thoughts The less… Read More »The Top Three K-Pop Songs of August 2026