Arch Enemy – Wages of Sin
Though it may seem difficult to imagine now, at the turn of the millennium, Arch Enemy were not the world-beating commercial juggernauts they are today. The Swedish quintet’s pedigree was...
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE’s This Consequence Delivers Ferocity, Melody, and a Renewed...
Metalcore pioneers Killswitch Engage are back with their ninth full-length album, This Consequence, set for release on February 21, 2025, via Metal Blade Records. Known for their ability to seamlessly...
Killing Joke’s “Outside the Gate”
Killing Joke in the 1980s (and late ’70s for that matter) were a curious beast, constantly evolving and transforming from album to album. If you’d never heard them before you...
Xysma’s “Lotto”
It was the summer of 1997 and I was preparing to begin an unsuccessful few years at college. Two albums came out in the months prior from long established bands...
Crimson Glory’s “Strange and Beautiful”
Almost every band has that album: you know, the critically and/or commercially reviled dud in an otherwise passable-to-radical back catalogue. Occasionally, a Decibel staffer or special guest will take to...
Gorgoroth’s “Under the Sign of Hell 2011”
Very few bands have more than one “perfect” album, let alone a run of three in a row but Gorgoroth managed this hat (no pun intended) trick within their first...
Danzig’s “6:66 Satan’s Child”
It’s pretty much an unimpeachable statement to say that the first four Danzig records are completely flawless and by the time they made Danzig: 4 that they were possibly the...
Video Premiere: Season to Risk – ‘Echo Chamber’
It’s been a long, long time since noise rock pioneers Season to Risk released new music (2001, to be exact, when they wrapped up a four-album run including two records on Columbia),...
Five For Friday: February 7, 2025
Greetings, Decibel readers! At the beginning of every year, I create a new playlist called “[Current Year] Essentials.” This serves two purposes: in the short term, it helps me keep...
Video Premiere: Pyres – ‘Some, Not All, Came Back’
Toronto sludge crew Pyres have taken a long journey to get to their second album, Yun. The follow-up to their last release, first album Year of Sleep in 2013, Yun is a testament to Pyres’ resilience, the...
