CONCERT REVIEW: Hulder – Devil Master – Worm – Necrofier Live at Thee Stork Club


The Bay Area is a funny place. In the three-plus years I have lived here I have seen countless great shows in venues large and small. When it comes right down to it, the best shows have been the intimate ones. The uncomfortable ones. The ones when you are right up against people to an unhealthy level, but you’re all feeling every moment of the music together, the ritual, the metal of it all. These are the unforgettable ones that are burned into my brain. Having never been to Thee Stork Club before, I can tell tonight was going to be one of those nights as I headed over for The Decibel Tour, featuring Hulder, Devil Master, Worm, and Necrofier.Continue reading


Hulder Kicking Off “Decibel Magazine Tour” Headlining Dates



US black metal outfit, Hulder, are just beginning their most extensive tour to date, from February 21st, as headliners of the Decibel Magazine Tour 2024. The nearly month-long venture will run through to March 18th, with support from Devil Master, Necrofier, and 20 Buck Spin labelmates, Worm. Keep reading below for live listings and more from Hulder.
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Hulder Share “Vessel Of Suffering” Single with New Album on the Way


North American black metallers, Hulder, are currently building up to the release of Verses In Oath, their second full-length offering. The album is due out on February 09th, via 20 Buck Spin records. They have given the first taste of its contents with the single, “Vessel Of Suffering,” and will hit the road after it drops, headlining The Decibel Magazine Tour across the US. Keep reading for more, and check out the new track.

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20 Buck Spin Presents The Decibel Magazine Tour 2024 with Hulder, Worm, Devil Master, and Necrofier


Running from February 21st through March 18th, The Decibel Magazine Tour 2024 celebrates the magazine’s twentieth anniversary with its return in February 2024 as Northwest black metal executioners Hulder headline Decibel’s eleventh nationwide expedition. Support for Hulder will be supplied by labelmates in Floridian blackened doom swamp things Worm, supreme Philly vampunk warriors Devil Master, and Houston black metal earth-scorchers Necrofier. Presented by 20 Buck Spin, the tour is sponsored by Pull The Plug Patches, Relapse Records, Night Shift Merch, Hell’s Heroes, and Magnanimous Brewing.

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Ghost Cult’s Top Death Metal Albums of 2021


It had been coming for a while… the underground has been festering and bubbling under for the last few years. A new breed of leaders, including Blood Incantation (who have definitely already influenced many of their peers), Tomb Mold, Gatecreeper, Necrot and Undeath, among others, have taken on the mantle from the old titans; the lava has been flowing molten and in 2021 the subterranean erupted. Barely a week went by without at least one brain-melting addition to the pile of bodies…Continue reading