Year: 2019

Current Vio-lence and former Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel talks reunion, the possibility of future shows and why Robb Flynn isn’t involved this time.

Modern death/doom purveyors Cold Colours capture the spirit of the Peaceville Three on new song “Spirit.”

Want to own a part of Gimme Radio? Now you can.

Swedish journalist Ika Johannesson talks her fantastic and enlightening new cultural history Blood Fire Death: The Swedish Metal Story.

Read the making of Obituary‘s classic, Hall of Fame-inducted Cause of Death before the death metal legends perform it in its entirety at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 13.

Wanna drink rare beers from Trve, 3 Floyds, Adroit Theory, Wake, Metal Monkey, Ardent at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly? Well, “Metal & Beer” tickets are running low—get yours now!

Black metal veterans Shabti pull back the veil on new album Trembling and Shorn.

Watch a new video from Philly black metal punks Devil Master.

What’s old is new in the case of the altbier. North Coast Brewing Company offer their spin on the style.

Kidnapped show off what they do best on their new album, Connecticut Powerviolence.

All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte discusses the passing of guitarist Oli Herbert and ninth album Victims of the New Disease, plus touring the US and Europe.

Rotting Christ find lucky number 13 with The Heretics.

Danish post-punk power trio Foreign Resort set fire with new edit of single “Outnumbered” off the group’s new album, “Outnumbered.”

Chilean thrashers Critical Defiance embody the spirit of the ’80s on their new album.

Get thrashed with a new song from Peruvian-American punks Los Huaycos.

Observe the Insemination Rites of the Succubus with Night Hag.

Waldo pecks on new titles from Beast in Black, Snake Tongue and Rotting Christ.

Watch a new video from medieval death/doom practitioners Cultic.

Hate Force (feat. members of Harm’s Way, Weekend Nachos and Like Rats) deliver a punishing death metal beatdown on “Into the Sea.”

On “Infinite Ancient Hexes,” Britain’s Abduction weaves a spiraling winds of chaos and destruction. A soundtrack for your next seance-gone-wrong.

Our 100th flexi disc is 11 years in the making, but you only have until 10am EST on February 4 to sign up for a deluxe Decibel subscription to secure your copy.

This week’s Demo:listen stands awestruck in the massive shadow of Melbourne’s Ostro.

Current/ex-members of Operation Ivy, Neurosis and Dystopia play British-style punk in Kicker.

Hear a new song from Slovakian duo Ceremony of Silence.

Wake Brewing and WAKE the band join forces for Paradigm Lost, a new collaborative IPA for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly.

We catch up with our friend behind Obscure Transmissions for the details on his latest work of interstellar dark ambient, plus a full stream of Volume 2.

“Disuse is a grindcore band”

Looking back on 1992’s Complete Control tour with members of Obituary, Agnostic Front, Cannibal Corpse and Malevolent Creation.

The members of Blut Aus Nord convene as Yerûśelem to give the world The Sublime.

Ifernach‘s latest composition, “Kesik, Dethroned King of the Northeastern Woodlands,” is music for frigid winters.