Having already released my personal favorite album of 2023 via his work on Venomous Concept’s The Good Ship Lollipop, it’s only right for extreme music legend Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria, don’t make me type the rest) to put a bow on this year with… Read More »Album Premiere: Dark Sky Burial – ‘Tantum Religio Potuit Suadere Malorum’
Every year at this time, I like to look back at which of my posts received the most views. If nothing else, it’s a good gauge of artist popularity. I know there are readers who take a look at everything I post, but there are… Read More »The Top Ten Most Popular BIAS LIST Posts of 2023
I’ll be making my 2024 K-pop resolutions tomorrow, but in true Bias List tradition I’d like to rewind one year first. I usually set my wishes pretty high, and 2023 was a weird year for K-pop. But now that the dust has settled, how did… Read More »Looking Back at Last Year’s K-Pop Resolutions — Did 2023 Deliver?
2023 may nearly be over, but fear not! The ever-expanding tripleS project won’t let the year end before unveiling another sub-unit. tripleS NXT is composed of members Park ShiOn, Lynn, Jeong HaYeon, and JooBin, each in their teens and debuting with the sprightly Just Do… Read More »Song Review: tripleS NXT – Just Do It
Greetings, Decibel readers! And now for my favorite post of the year, a chance to impose my glaring editorial bias for raw, straightforward black metal (and Esoctriliuhum, which is kind of its own [totally insane] thing). 2023 brought us another abundant crop of black metal,… Read More »Five For Friday: Black Metal 2023