by Bram Teitelman | Feb 12, 2015 | News, Touring, Updates
Next month’s Decibel Magazine Tour was already looking pretty amazing, with At the Gates, Converge and Vallenfyre heading out on the road for the two-week tour. Then Pallbearer got added to it, making it a must-see tour for anyone into extreme music. From the...
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 7, 2014 | News, Reunions, Touring
For a band that had been defunct since 1997 and only has three albums out, Failure sure as hell made an impact. Their albums, especially 1996’s Fantastic Planet, are viewed as classics, and even though the band fit more into the alternative world, have plenty of...
by Metal Insider | Jan 25, 2013 | Deals
Our ad network Blast Beat Network has created a tradition this time of year of showing a little extra love to unsigned bands via a special offer. For a limited time, Blast Beat is offering unsigned bands the chance to have ads on all the sites within their network...
by Matt Brown | Jan 24, 2013 | Events, Photos
I would have posted about this earlier in the week, but I was too busy trying to pick my jaw up off the floor while slowly regaining my hearing. Anyway, there were a few things I was expecting on the evening of Decibel’s 100th Issue Celebration Show, including...
by Bram Teitelman | Oct 25, 2012 | Milestones
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLuiVJBZyVM[/youtube] This is absolutely insane, and it’s been kicking around for a while, but according to Decibel, the modern blast beat is 42 years old, and one of the co-owners of it is none other than Billy Joel....