Gods of Wrath The Making of Bulldozer’s The Day of Wrath Motörhead. Venom. Hellhammer. Bulldozer. All bands that were despised, sometimes ridiculed, from the onset of their careers. Though it’s an ignominious distinction to be reviled so publicly, for bands that survive the initial battering,… Read More »Bulldozer – The Day of Wrath
Can You Feel the Groove? The Making of Cathedral’s The Ethereal Mirror All the warning signs were there. We should’ve seen The Ethereal Mirror coming. The large majority of us didn’t. The glacial pace of Forest of Equilibrium and its overcast attitude weren’t going to… Read More »Cathedral – The Ethereal Mirror
Greeting, Decibel readers! This week’s edition of Five for Friday is kind of a mix of fresh new releases and a catching up on some interesting work left over from December. You’ll also notice that the selections below are all from lesser-known and obscure artists.… Read More »Five For Friday: January 5, 2024
Every once and awhile, a favorite act releases a song that simply lands with a thud. For me, Love Trigger is that song for Snow Man. I’m a big Snow Man fan. They often appear near the top of my year-end J-pop lists and I… Read More »Song Review: Snow Man – Love Trigger
Philadelphia’s Fragile Body takes post-metal and does the unthinkable–rather than letting the music meander and grow slowly, their debut single “Anhedonia” takes the famously bloated style and compacts it, making it sleek and digestible. Ideal for multiple listens in one sitting rather than post-metal’s multi-session… Read More »Video Premiere: Fragile Body – “Anhedonia”