I’ve been a fan of Norway’s Barren Womb since their 2014 debut, The Sun’s Not Yellow, It’s Chicken. The duo of Timo Silvola (drums) and Tony Gonzahl (guitar/vocals) have since delivered regular offerings of angular and pulsating “electronic rock/noise/hardcore” that land somewhere between the Refused,… Read More »Video Premiere: Bugging Out on Barren Womb’s “Bug Out Bag”
Seattle death rock/goth metal mavens, Dark Meditation, have returned with a brand new six-song EP, Where the Darkness Bleeds, which we’re previewing in its entirety here. The gloomy quintet—Adam Vick (vocals), Ryan Fitch (guitars), Ian E. (guitars), Will Klintberg (drums), Rachel Robillard (bass)—are following up 2022’s Polluted… Read More »Full Mini-Album Stream: Dark Meditation –Where the Darkness Bleeds
Time And The Hunter, an experimental electronica group formed by ex-Dark Tranquillity guitarist Niklas Sundin and The Moor main-brain Enrico Longhin, debut three tracks from their forthcoming Inertia Music debut, Weapon Pt. I. While most fans have come to recognize Sundin’s post-NWOSDM (also the much-missed… Read More »Track Premiere: Time And The Hunter Debut Three Tracks
After three can-crushing years at Summit, Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver is now tapping the Fillmore Auditorium as this year’s home of the world’s loudest, heaviest, most extreme craft beer festival on Friday and Saturday, December 5-6, 2025. Freshly reunited sludge/doom legends Acid Bath make… Read More »ACID BATH & BLOOD INCANTATION to headline Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver on December 5-6, 2025!
Tempest are set to release a new mini album at the end of the month, but today they’ve unveiled the kind of for-the-fans pre-release that cobbles together behind-the-scenes footage to highlight what’s clearly more of a b-side than promoted single. In the grand scheme of… Read More »Song Review: Tempest – Destiny