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There is no band like Black Flag. And I can say that finally in present tense because they're back! Joy of fucking joys. One...
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"Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead is surely one of Avatarium's finest LPs due to its consistent songwriting and familiar yet wide-ranging...
"Simply calling this black metal, or even post-black metal, risks overlooking the ways this band has grown past labels, pursuing catharsis instead of acceptance."
There is no band like Black Flag. And I can say that finally in present tense because they're back! Joy of fucking joys. One...
After the Burial is a band that has largely remained unchanged throughout the years in terms of their core sound- low tuned guitars that...
A few weeks ago, Southern Lord Records announced that drone giants Sunn O))) were teaming up with the musical chameleons in Ulver for a collaborative LP titled Terrestrials. At...
Self-described "Epic Doom Metal" band Funeral Circle have arrived with their self-titled debut album. In a way, their name is very telling by the...
I'm thinking that this will be my last Weekly Injection for the year. This time of year is nothing but stuff being put out...
The Decibel 100th issue show happened at the beginning of this year, and it was a whole lot of fun. I initially wrote my...
The last two months of the year are usually pretty sparse when it comes to the amount and quality of heavy metal releases. One...
In the late 90's and early 00's, Rhapsody of Fire (simply Rhapsody at the time) were one of the undisputed heavyweight bands of power metal. There were...
Let's be frank, shall we? 23 years into the band's recorded history, there have been far more mediocre Deicide albums than truly good ones. No one...
Ovid's Withering made a fairly large splash in the metal community early on in 2012 with their Cloud Gatherer EP, and then seemingly vanished...
When bands try and fuse the frantic energy of hardcore punk with the nihilism and darkness of heavy metal the results are frequently disappointing....
So after only a scanning a few tracks, I thought this album would produce a very "ho-hum" review. But after a much closer listen...
Ohio's gore metal pioneers Necrophagia have a long, storied, and complicated career in the death metal underground. The band has existed in various incarnations for...
Not that I have immediate bias against artists on Victory Records, because there are a few I really do like, but you pretty much...
Female fronted doom bands are all the rage these days, and for good reason. The juxtaposition of down-tuned lurching metal with soaring female vocals...
There's nothing quite like an album that's pissed off. An album that is so dead set to kill that the first strikes of its...
Tres Cabrones is the second Melvins album in five months, and like its predecessor, Everybody Loves Sausages, there is a bit of stunting involved here. Whereas Sausages focused on a...
Evangelist, noun: one who spreads the gospels of Christ far and wide, with the intention of converting as many new acolytes as possible, by...
Five years between albums is a long time but when you've got a hundred other side projects that's just the way shit rolls. And...
Someone's been listening to their King Diamond. Oh, what the hell… there are so many Venom, Bathory and Celtic Frost clones flitting about – not to mention Sabbath, Slayer and even Blue Oyster...
When trying to talk about Winds of Plague, I'm at a loss for words, as I don't feel that strongly either way. They seem...
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Evil Never Dies, his vinyl debut as Toxic Holocaust, Joel Grind issued a career spanning retrospective (From the Ashes...
It's been three years since Castevet unveiled their debut album, Mounds of Ash. The record received widespread critical acclaim and helped solidify the legitimacy...
