California crossover crushers Dead Heat dropped their impressive Metal Blade debut, Process of Elimination, earlier this year. No surprise then that Elimination ultimately cracked Decibel‘s Top 40 Albums of 2025 list, which should make the fact that we were so hot for more Heat that… Read More »DEAD HEAT to Release Exclusive Track, “Light Me Up,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
This year, I’m breaking my “Top Albums” list into two: one focused on full-length albums and one focused on minis. For the mini album category, things get a bit repetitive because many of the year’s strongest acts released multiple projects and I don’t limit myself… Read More »The Top K-Pop Albums of 2025: Mini Albums
After 15 years of carving a singular, emotionally lacerating path through underground metal, Sidian returns with new music—and, as it turns out, a definitive farewell. Today, we’re premiering the video for ‘Pendular | Amidst the Hysterics of Gloom,’ the first single from the project’s upcoming… Read More »Video Premiere: Sidian – “Pendular | Amidst the Hysterics of Gloom”
If you’ve spent even a minute or two on the phone with N.Y.C. guitarist Tommy Bolan, or better yet in his presence, you’ll totally get the energy that Doro Pesch vibed on when she asked him to join Warlock for their Decibel Hall of Fame-inducted… Read More »N.Y.C.: Ex-Warlock Guitarist Nods to NY Roots in Pulverizing New Power Trio
Dublin-based black/death entity Malthusian made a stir in the underground seven years ago when they released their debut album, Across Deaths, and they followed it up this summer with The Summoning Bell. In between those releases, Malthusian also released a split with Italian black/death dealers Suffering Hour, entitled Time’s… Read More »Video Premiere: Malthusian – ‘Delirium’