Subsidiaries are something we think of with corporations like HYBE and YG, but JYP Entertainment has slowly been branching out in this way as well. Boy group ALL(H)OURS are technically under their extended roster and soon there will also be girl group DDDD 25, formed… Read More »Song Review: Youngbin – Freak Show
Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ancient Thrones’ second album, Melancholia not only cherry picks from a sturdy stable of metallic subgenres — from the melodic, blackened and textural to the technical, exploratory and unhinged — but is also ground zero for an interesting concept/story. The… Read More »Full Album Stream: Telling Colourful Tales with Ancient Thrones’ Melancholia
I dunno if it speaks more to the quality of Cult Member’s music or Norway’s openness to extreme sounds, but this ripping hardcore crossover quartet received a Spellemann nomination (Norway’s answer to the Grammys) for their 2022 debut, Infinite Death. They’re back with album number two, GORE, and… Read More »Full Album Stream: Cult Member –GORE
Florida death dealers Inhuman Condition might be the perfect synthesis of old-school and modern death metal in 2025. It certainly doesn’t hurt that the band’s lineup features fairly recent Deicide addition Taylor Nordberg on guitar, Obituary/Left To Die (and former Death) member Terry Butler on bass and… Read More »Inhuman Condition Premiere New Song, “Burial State,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
It should go without saying (but we’re gonna) that the U.K.’s death doom institution Paradise Lost is a longtime favorite at dBHQ. Hell, we even wrote the book on them. Over nearly four decades, the band has amassed a discography that displays both a dedication… Read More »KILL SCREEN 071: Nick Holmes of PARADISE LOST Is All Smiles When It Comes to Games