Decibel Magazine

Decibel Magazine is back with its annual top 40 albums of the year list. Two of the top three (including the #1 spot) are reunion albums from death metal veterans, though many younger bands place highly as well...

Congrats to Decibel Magazine on their 100th issue, who celebrated in style in their native Philadelphia on Jan 19th at Union Transfer. Featuring a headlining appearance from Converge as well as well as Pig Destroyer, Repulsion, Municipal Waste, Tombs and Evoken, the show was also chockful of guests including John Darnielle (of Mountain Goats, a regular contributor), J Bennett, Tomas Lindberg (Disfear, At The Gates), John Baizley (Baroness, who would open for Neurosis the next night at the same venue) and more...

Pallbearer at Knitting Factory, September 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) Decibel Magazine has compiled their annual list of top 40 albums of the year...

Baroness @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/20/2009 (more by Tim Griffin) BBG will publish his own list of the best metal albums of 2009, but in the meantime here's what Decibel Magazine had to say:

DOWNLOAD: Repulsion "The Stench Of Burning Death" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Brutal Truth "Evolution Through Revolution" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Pig Destroyer "Loathsome" (MP3) Repulsion Only four days left (July 31st) until the upcoming NYC debut of grind gods Repulsion along with the unfathomable support crew of Brutal Truth and Pig Destroyer at Brooklyn Masonic Temple...

DOWNLOAD: Pig Destroyer - Gravedancer (MP3) (a BV metal correspondent) Calculators out..... The Dillinger Escape Plan will be back in NYC on Sunday December 16th, to play hits (and I mean that in a Tony Soprano kinda way) from their critically acclaimed new Faith-No-More-meets-odd-time-signature-Napalm-Death LP, "Ire Works"...

Klaus is back, and just in time for April Fool's. Neutral Milk Hotel reunion pictures at the end of this post..... ---- UPCOMING IN NYC & ON TV Go check out Michael Showalter, Eugene Mirman, Todd Barry, and Pete Holmes tonight at Union Hall in Brooklyn (April 1, 2007)...

Peaches is playing Irving Plaza in NYC on November 24, 2006. All tour dates below...