Emily Bellino

2 days ago | decibelmagazine.com | Emily Bellino

German thrashers Warfield recently staked their claim as the latest band in the genre to watch, releasing their second album, With the Old Breed, last month. It makes a fine addition to any thrashers’ collection, showcasing the band’s love for the sound. To get deeper in their heads, Decibel connected with the band to get their picks for the five most-essential Teutonic thrash metal riffs. When you’re done walking down memory lane, you can listen to With the Old Breed and score your own copy now.

3 days ago | decibelmagazine.com | Emily Bellino

In the great tradition of bands naming songs after themselves, off of albums named after themselves, comes “Clamfight,” a new song from New Jersey sludge crew Clamfight, off their upcoming album Clamfight. The sludgy tune is a hefty beast in length and sonic heaviness, but also in its emotional weight and celebration of friendship. “The lyrics and theme for ‘Clamfight’ spun out of a night that Sean and I spent fishing in Jersey,” drummer/vocalist Andy Martin tells Decibel.

1 week ago | decibelmagazine.com | Emily Bellino

Ancestor of Kaos play black metal that rocks. Or, rather, Ancestor of Kaos play black metal that thrashes on their new album, Animal Ritual, which the band self-recorded and will release later this week on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. The thing that stands out the most about Animal Ritual is the enthusiasm and aforementioned sense of rock-and-roll that Ancestor of Kaos bring to the table.

1 week ago | decibelmagazine.com | Emily Bellino

Asheville, North Carolina outfit Mo’ynoq have spent the last decade dispelling the myth that black metal only comes out of the frozen north, infusing their brand of USBM with an atmosphere that recalls their home in the southern United States. Three years after their last release, 2022’s A Place for Ash, Mo’ynoq are back in action and they brought friends, fellow Asheville black metal trio Urocyon.

2 weeks ago | decibelmagazine.com | Emily Bellino

Obliterated Life, the new album from French death dealers Putrid Offal, is an exercise in gory, primitive death metal and it’s one you can take in right now. Coming five years after their debut, Sicknesses Obsessions, they’ve honed their songwriting chops and given their grindcore-infused death metal a boost. There’s a lot of variety across the 14 songs on Obliterated Life. The shorter songs are like bursts of energy, coming in choppy, no frills blasts.