Let us introduce you to a band, DEATHFUCKINGWOUND, that just came into existence in August of this year. The mysterious grindcore duo have purposely obscured their identities, but we have sussed out that they are Finnish. The pair went from forming to recording the six… Read More »Video Premiere: DEATHFUCKINGWOUND – “Visceral Chaos Agitation”
From the hallowed halls of late-’90s blackened Scandinavian death metal returns Richmond-based Morbikon, the project helmed by Phil “Landphil” Hall. Building on the towering heights of 2022 breakthrough debut Ov Mournful Twilight, Tankcrimes is now prepared to unleash the fiercely anticipated sophomore LP Lost Within… Read More »ONLY 90 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order MORBIKON’s New LP ‘Lost Within the Astral Crypts’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl
I often write about K-pop groups needing to find a “signature sound,” but that doesn’t mean the sound is always for me. Boy group POW have taken an oddly subdued approach with their music, leaning on elements of downbeat jazz to fuel their aesthetic. It… Read More »Song Review: POW – Wall Flowers
EXO has seen many of its members go solo and I’m beginning to spot a musical pattern between their output. Kai aside, I can’t think of any other major boy group whose solos have hung on more tightly to adult contemporary sounds. The guys seems… Read More »Song Review: Chen (EXO) – Arcadia
As Seventeen enters their inevitable military enlistment era, focus has shifted from group work to solos and sub-units. Next on the docket are S.Coups and Mingyu, joining forces alongside American singer/rapper Lay Bankz for a party track that heavily samples Roy Orbison’s iconic 1964 hit… Read More »Song Review: S.Coups x Mingyu (Seventeen) – 5, 4, 3 (Pretty Woman) (ft. Lay Bankz)