Greetings, Decibel readers! There’s something beautiful about how upsetting extreme metal is. You’re not going to make people cheery with the albums below. You can’t put any of the song titles on a pillow at TJ Maxx. Well, maybe you could. And I’d buy that… Read More »Five For Friday: April 19, 2024
– April 19th, 2024 – “Młot, Miecz I Bat” Visualizer Now Playing Photo by Justyna Kaminska Preview/purchase BLAZE OF PERDITION’s Upharsin HERE Upharsin, the sixth full-length from long-running Polish black metal unit BLAZE OF PERDITION, is out today Metal Blade Records! A step back from… Read More »Blaze of Perdition: “Upharsin” Full-Length Out Today on Metal Blade Records
– April 19th, 2024 – Photo by Alan Swan Preview / purchase DVNE’s Voidkind HERE Scottish progressive post-metal artisans DVNE unveil their epic, critically-adored new full-length, Voidkind, out today on Metal Blade Records. Forged in Edinburgh in 2013 by Frenchman Victor Vicart and native Scot… Read More »Dvne: “Voidkind” Full-Length from Scottish Progressive Post-Metal Collective Out Today on Metal Blade Records
A K-pop act’s title track isn’t always the best song on their album, even if it’s the one most people will hear. Sometimes, b-sides deserve recognition too. In the singles-oriented world of K-pop, I want to spotlight some of these buried treasures and give them… Read More »Buried Treasure: BOYNEXTDOOR – So Let’s Go See The Stars
When compared to the length of Queen Bee’s history as a band, I’m quite a latecomer to their fandom. Super Memorial (超メモリアル) celebrates fifteen years of music, but it feels as if they’re just getting started. The band released my favorite song of last year… Read More »Song Review: Queen Bee – Super Memorial