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...
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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...
Crowbar – Crowbar – Decibel Magazine
Ah, a “scene.” That vague concept when our pattern-searching brains detect connectable musical activities happening within a short distance of each other. Sometimes it’s more of a perception bias than...
Krallice – Krallice – Decibel Magazine
In early 2008, if you knew of Mick Barr and Colin Marston, it was as musicians operating on the outer fringes of underground metal. At the time, Barr was best...
Fu Manchu – The Action Is Go
Go ahead and judge this book by its cover. That’s legendary skater Tony Alva demonstrating a “frontside air” at the Dogbowl in Santa Monica in ’77. After 12 years, professional...
Paradise Lost – Draconian Times
Some albums are so ahead of their time when they’re released that it takes decades of word-of-mouth recommendations and critical reappraisal to reach an audience commensurate with their quality. Many...
