In another life, Matteo DeBenedetti fronted indie rock group Toy Cars. An Alt favorite, the Asbury Park four-piece were cut from the same cloth as fellow NJ heartland punks like Gin War and The Gaslight Anthem but faded away quietly after unceremoniously dropping the appropriately… Read More »Track Premiere: Charlie & Margot – “Giving Up”
Hailing from Canada’s capital region and featuring long-standing members of Ottawa’s under appreciated death metal scene, Hatred Reigns are but a day from the release of their debut full length. Awaken the Ancients follows on the distant heels of there band’s 2018 debut EP Realms… Read More »Streaming: Hatred Reigns’ Awaken the Ancients is Brutality in Sound and Theme
Decibel has stumped hard for Romania-cum-Los Angeles ice warriors Persekutor since their 10-out-of-10 debut, Angels of Meth, arrived at Decibel World HQ in a semi-padded milk carton addressed to “editing chief Albert” way back in 2006. Nearly two decades (and countless night and day jobs)… Read More »PERSEKUTOR to Release Exclusive New Track, “Eternal Snowstorm of the Frozen Eye,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
Where they from? Tangerang, Indonesia. Ihis past Friday I had the “pleasure” of watching my Jets get their asses utterly obliterated by the Miami Dolphins in the NFL’s first ever Black Friday football game. When will it end? I feel like the NFL is just… Read More »Blast Worship: Aftersundown
Though Dødheimsgard dazzled many with Black Medium Current, so much so that it made its way onto our critical Top 40 of 2023, it’s important to look to their contemporaries for further forays into the strange and bewildering in black metal. Featuring two former Dødheimsgard… Read More »Album Stream – Void – ‘Jadjow’