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EXCLUSIVE Carcass ‘Torn Arteries’ 2xLP Color & ‘Surgical Steel’ Reissue LP Color Pre-Orders Available NOW!
June 18, 2021
Preorder an exclusive Swamp Green with Mint Splatter double LP of the first new Carcass record in eight years and a special Decibel Album-of-the-Decade reissue of Surgical Steel on Green with Brown Splatter.
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Track Premiere: Vouna – “Grey Sky”
June 18, 2021
Stream Vouna‘s monumental new track black doom track “Grey Sky.”
Editorial
Fight Fire with Fire: ‘Scum’ vs. ‘Horrified’
June 17, 2021
It’s an early-grindcore showdown as we try to figure out what album is better: Napalm Death‘s Scum or Repulsion‘s Horrified.
Latest Issue
Amenra: Beyond Critical Mass
July 2021 [#201]
Includes exclusive limited edition Fuming Mouth flexi disc
Featuring: Enslaved, Monster Magnet, Halloween, the Decibel Hall of Fame: the making of Satyricon’s Dark Medieval Times, Voivod, Suffocation, Spirit Adrift and more
For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Fear Factory, Withered and Helloween
June 18, 2021 Blake Harrison
Our cooped up correspondent finds his feathers surprisingly pecks on the latest from from power metal legends, post-nu-metal survivors and blackened, uh… whatevs!
Five For Friday: June 18, 2021
June 18, 2021 J. Andrew
This week’s slate of new releases includes bangers from Blazon Rite, The Day of the Beast, Eye of Purgatory and more!
Full EP Stream: Waerloga “Liar / Enemy” 7-Inch
June 17, 2021 Chris Dick
Mysterious American black metallers Waerloga delight our mid-’90s black metal preferences with new EP, “Liar / Enemy.” Streaming now!
Video Premiere: Lilim – ‘Top Locks’
June 17, 2021 Vince Bellino
Toronto metal-punk band Lilim debut new video for “Top Locks.”
Video Premiere: Akaivel’s “Comrade” Hates Russian Serial Killers as Much as We Do
June 17, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video by French death groovers Akiavel!
Transcendence Awaits: Cop Problem/Painbody Frontwoman Deb Cohen On Her Heavy Metal Yoga Practice & Classes
June 16, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Looking to sharpen your corpse pose game? Cop Problem/Painbody front woman Deb Cohen has got you covered.
Video Premiere: Unto Others, “When Will Gods Work Be Done”
June 16, 2021 Adrien Begrand
Portland goth-flavored metallers Unto Others—formerly Idle Hands—return with a new name, a new label and new music.
Track Premiere: Empress – “Libations”
June 16, 2021 Sean Frasier
Vancouver post-metal project Empress raise a chalice to lost loved ones on their evocative doom single, “Libations.”
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Mad Ear
June 15, 2021 Nick Green
Get in now on Trinity’s Bière de Garde-style Mad Ear while it’s still kvlt.
Blast Worship: Ptomatopsiaa
June 15, 2021 Gene Meyer
Are Ptomatopsiaa your new favorite hypergoreblast band? Of course they are!
