FINALLY!!!!! A Decent Issue of Decibel

Jesus Man!!! I feel like it's been forever since a somewhat tolerable issue of Decibel has come out. I actually decided to not renew my subscription because the shit that was in being published was so fuckin' terrible.

Let me explain...

After what has seemed like forever, Decibel has finally put out an issue that is worthwhile reading!!! Jesus fuck!!!! The past few issues have been friggin' horrible. From there top albums of 2009, I think even slightly before that too, through now, the issues have been practically unreadable. Fucking Mudvayne was in last issue I think. Baroness got best record of 2009 (over Mastodon??!?!?!? among many other albums that surpass 'Blue Record' in terms of JL's end-all be-all, my word is right, fucking opinion). Fear Factory was the cover story for March 2010. Fear Factory?? I don't give a fuck that these jackasses reunited! If you know who Fear Factory is, there's a really good chance that you saw them about 10 times in 1998 alone, nevermind the few years following 1998 (that would be 1999, 2000, & 2001).

I really don't mean to shit on this magazine. Decibel has been a saving grace for underground music. It has introduced me to countless bands since I started getting it. My first issue was April 2007 (making last month's issue a full 3 years... right on, I wish I had known earlier) and I would read every issue front to back each month religiously. It was almost addicting because each month there were 10 new bands that I was exposed to and would immediately head to my computer to either, well, pirate that shit or buy it off iTunes or order it from a website.

None-the-less, the issue remains, Decibel has sucked lately, but not this month. The cover story on High on Fire is awesome. There are a bunch of great reviews. A feature on Isahn, Dark Tranquility inducted into the hall of fame (which makes me even more pissed off at  Killswitch with the whole Devil Wears Prada nonsense), the 'Upfront' profiles this month I actually I give two shits about or they're bands that i've never heard of and am now very interested in. As a whole, it's a good issue and it brings a sigh of relief, or at the very least it intsills the tiniest bit of faith in the future of the magazine. Lets just hope that next month's issue is an appropriate follow up to this one. If it is, I will renew my subscription, I promise.

I definitely understand that with more popularity, there is a need for more distribution, production, and most vitally, a need for funding. Enter advertisements. Who has money for advertisements?? Dickbags like Mudvayne. The economy sucks (this I know very well on a personal level since I've been unemployed and looking for a job since August when I completed my fucking MBA) so it makes sense that Decibel sells ads to groups or labels that i'm not partial to, it's just the way it works. But, the one thing that I can guarantee is that were Mudrian et al in my shoes, and I was releasing those issues of Decibel, they would be shitting on me even harder than I am shitting on them. They're fucking ruthless! Which is why Decibel has been so fucking awesome for almost 6 years now. And, yea I said I was gonna cancel my subscription, and yea i'm totally full of shit. There is no way i'm cacelling that shit. When that new decibel comes each month, it's almost as if Satan himself just bought me a pint of Whiskey, which is a very, very, good thing.

I really hope there is not a single person in this world that takes me seriously. Except for everything I just said.