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Myrkur’s credits on her new album Mareridt are: vocals, piano, nyckelharpa, violin, guitar, percussion, synth, organ. She also composed the record. It mixes a bunch of different elements: choral vocals, Continue reading Myrkur returns and tours with “Mareridt”
This is the first release I’ve heard from Sloth Herder since 2012’s Abandon Pop Sensibility, which caught me off guard with its caustic amalgam of grind, sludge and black metal. Continue reading Review: Sloth Herder is back with “No Pity, No Sunrise”
Grief Relic is the name of the new Withered album. We interviewed Withered about it last year, but now Decibel has premiered a track from the record. The song has a Continue reading Withered’s “Grief Relic”
“Tortured blackened doom/death metal” is how Atlanta’s Withered describes itself, and that’s accurate. The band has knocked out three albums of this slice of music since 2003: Memento Mori, Folie Continue reading Withered: new album & Atlanta’s music scene
Infernal War from Poland has a new record coming out, which is of interest to J.R. Hayes; he has sung Infernal War’s praises before, for D.U. The band has released two Continue reading J.R. Hayes from Pig Destroyer on Infernal War
Following our recent story on the reactivated Infernal Stronghold, we’ve got a piece of video from their ripping set at the Pinch in Washington, D.C. There’s more video on a Continue reading Infernal Stronghold in D.C.: video
Thrashing black metal band Infernal Stronghold from Philadelphia, PA, had built up a strong reputation over time before it ceased writing riffs for Satan. D.U. ran a short piece on Continue reading Infernal Stronghold: back for the attack
Musk Ox is a progressive chamber folk, or neo-folk as it’s called, three-piece instrumental band from Canada and it’s pretty awesome. People align the band with black metal, but that might be Continue reading Musk Ox: neo-folk
Sepulchral Temple‘s self-titled EP was originally out on vinyl and came out on CD through Invictus Productions in November of 2014. The UK band plays old-school death metal with plenty Continue reading New EP from Sepulchral Temple released
Old-school death metal is alive and well with Conquer (the band calls itself “blackened death metal”). A Worm’s Demise has it all: low growls; blast beats (they’re not the fastest we’ve Continue reading Conquer “A Worm’s Demise” review