Month: February 2018

Enslaved, Wolves in the Throne Room, Myrkur and Khemmis kick off the Decibel Tour in Philly TONIGHT!

An interview with Taken vocalist and issue #162 Reader of the Month, Ray Harkins

Happy Valentine’s Day from Decibel. We like you like you, so we made you a playlist of metal love songs — light on the power ballads.

If you haven’t grabbed a two-day “Just Metal” pass for Metal & Beer Fest, you’re about to lose out.

Are you mad as hell and not going to take it anymore? Denver’s Fathers is here to help.

Stream a stunning new song from progressive metal visionaries Oceans of Slumber now.

Swedish melodic hardcore stargazers We Dream Alone examine the pursuit of “Happiness” in their newest single from ÆTHER.

British doom legends Paradise Lost return to the Decibel Hall of Fame for the first time in 13 years.

Stream the infectious third album from The Good the Bad and the Zugly.

Stream the new 12” from California’s death metal iconoclasts VoidCeremony now.

On Thorns I Lay discuss their upcoming death/doom epic, Aegean Sorrow.

Watch a new video from blackened crust cult Scumpulse now.

Tombs’ Mike Hill weighs in on the upcoming fight between Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic, the role of Cain Velasquez and Jon Jones’ doping scandal.

Icon is inducted into the Hall of Fame.

An angry, rage-drinking, death metal-loving red panda from the Hello Kitty world gets her own Netflix series. Behold Aggretsuko!

Krieg’s Neill Jameson reconsiders Beherit‘s much-maligned electronic records.

The legendary Judas Priest guitarist will not perform on their upcoming Firepower tour due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease.

Spain’s Totengott invoke Celtic Frost on new song “Satan Beside You.”

Your Easter Sunday just got 100% more blasphemous.

Harm’s Way discuss Posthuman, nu metal and constantly reinventing their sound.

Don’t call them comebacks. Call them the best reunion albums in metal history.

Stream a brand new Napalm Death song.

Cist has taken the science of scorching vocals, gritty guitars ripping out excellent riffs, and a brutal yet precise rhythm section, and turned it into an art.

Mysterious death cult Ruin unleash a compilation of their previous releases.

Stream the new album from Spanish death metal machine Ataraxy now.

On this week’s Demo:listen, we enter the darkened, crumbling halls of Lexington’s Rotting Kingdom.

We know you haven’t done ANY Valentine’s Day shopping yet for your headbanging sweetheart, so we’ve got you covered with our annual Decibel Valentine’s Day Subscription Special. Get moving.

Vex reveal live versions of songs they previously recorded but struggled with live on new EP.

Can’t wait for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest in Philly on March 31-April 1? Neither can we, so we we’re getting things started a week early in Brooklyn with the Decibel Metal and Beer Official Kickoff Party!

Against the Grain embody the swagger of retro rock ‘n’ roll on their new album.