Top Story

OFFER ENDS SOON! ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner’ Death-luxe Edition ALMOST GONE!

September 12, 2025

There are only 160 copies left of our special edition version of Born Human, the biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner! Get it with the T-exclusive shirt now!

Premiere

Album Premiere: Matt Miller – ‘Fiber Tormentum’

September 11, 2025

Tech death maestro Matt Miller is dropping his latest album, Fiber Tormentum, via Exitus Stratagem Records on September 12. Here is a day early here!

Editorial

Gus Rios (Cold Slither): The Toys That Saved Me

May 30, 2025

Fresh from his reveal as Cold Slither frontman Zartan, drummer/guitarist/vocalist Gus Rios provides the following homage to the impact of the toys that defined his childhood and shaped his adulthood. 

Latest Issue

Castle Rat

October 2025 [#252]

Includes exclusive limited edition Inhuman Condition flexi disc

Killer Queen! Also: Ozzy Osbourne R.I.P., the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Psychotic Waltz’s A Social Grace, Melvins & Napalm Death, Helloween, Paradise Lost, Perturbator and more

Five For Friday: September 12, 2025

September 12, 2025

Find new worlds to explore with this week’s new releases, including the latest from Between the Buried and Me, Infernal Thorns and more!

Q&A and Full Album Stream: Dazzling Killmen Reissue Debut ‘Dig Out The Switch’

September 11, 2025

Hear the remastered version of Dazzling Killmen‘s Dig Out The Switch! And read our conversation with guitarist and vocalist Nick Sakes and drummer Blake Fleming about making the album, reuniting, surviving cardiac arrest, and more.

Album Premiere: YOTUMA – ‘The Final Void’

September 10, 2025

Brutality meets craftsmanship in The Final Void, the crushing new full-length from Wisconsin death dealers YOTUMA—and we’re streaming the entire record exclusively here.

Track Premiere: Gawthrop – ‘Jimmy’

September 9, 2025

South Korean sludge crew Gawthrop get heavy and nihilistic on new track “Jimmy.”

Blast Worship: Noisy Neighbors

September 9, 2025

Is 2025 is the year of Texas grind? Noisy Neighbors help strengthen the case.

Video Premiere: All Hell – “Sunsetter”

September 8, 2025

Hear Asheville black ’n’ roll punishers All Hell stomp through the grinding title track to their upcoming album, Sunsetter.

Full EP Stream: Caesarean – “Wretched Decrepitude”

September 8, 2025

Gory, thrashy death metal outfit Caesarean worship at the altar of old school on their new EP.

Psychotic Waltz – A Social Grace

September 5, 2025

Psychotic Waltz’s progressive metal masterpiece A Social Grace enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Track Premiere: Haraball – “Pink Tiles”

September 5, 2025

Haraball share “Pink Tiles” from their new album Fear of the Plow, dropping September 19 via Fysik Format. Listen here first.