With the new album "Climax", Decadent Heroes captures the precise sound of an artist exhaling after holding his breath for an eternity. Italian musician Luigi Chiappini has spent years building this instrumental rock project, using his electric guitar as a leading voice. Here, he reaches the exact point of creative evolution where a player abandons the exhausting pursuit of external validation. He trades showing...

Nasty Passion is back, and “Nasty” puts that fact first. The track opens the band’s upcoming album campaign. It also marks a clear move for a group reunited after years apart. Hollywood’s Sunset Strip culture shaped Nasty Passion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band built its name on high-energy rock, memorable live work and raw attitude. “Nasty” carries that history into a fresh...