Today marks the release of Tarja’s brand-new Christmas album Dark Christmas. It is the highly anticipated sequel of her 2017 album From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas) and features haunted interpretations of classic Christmas hits and carols, as well as the brand-new Tarja original song Dark Christmas. Utilizing the sound of a […] …Continue Reading

It has taken well over a decade, 9 albums, multiple fan petitions and even a support group for Australian fans upset at not having a tour, to finally get one of the greatest live bands in the history of heavy music to Australia. Renowned for legendary performances, ludicrous levels of skill as musicians and a seemingly endless catalog […] …Continue Reading

As I jumped off the tram outside Rod Laver Arena last night I never expected that the Jimmy Eat World/My Chemical Romance concert was about to be the personally emotional affair that it turned out to be for me. Sure, I have been a fan of the bands over the years – my Jimmy Eat […] …Continue Reading

Avoid crushing international shipping fees and get Cult Never Dies’ incredible Dutch death metal history, black metal photo book, classic early ’90s zine anthologies and more exclusively via Decibel.
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Interview by Erin Eddy Most musicians will tell you that creating music is their lifeline. Most serious music fans will also attest to this. Almost all of us can summon a song or album to mind that we really connected with at a turbulent time in our lives, and in turn, it became the soundtrack […] …Continue Reading

Having refined their broody, mesmerising vision of gothic/symphonic metal to cinematic levels with three EPs and a full-length album behind them, BLACKBRIAR continue to set their sails towards the future. The Netherlands based band are proud to announce their signing to Nuclear Blast Records, and are currently working towards their second full-length album, accompanied by […] …Continue Reading

Athens-based metal unit W.E.B. today unveils their brand new video for “Murder Of Crows”, taken off the full-length Colosseum that was released last year via Metal Blade Records. Comments guitarist/vocalist Sakis Prekas, “‘Murder of Crows’ is about the loneliness of death, the greatest mystery of what the end of life’s circle feels like and the […] …Continue Reading

Andrea Ferro reflects on 20 years of Comalies and the band’s re-imagining of the integral album.
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We’ve got 100 — that’s right, 100 — copies of Type O Negative’s loooooooong out of print Dead Again on limited edition CD loooooooong box. Get it before it’s gone/dead again!
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