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Pre-Order ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of DEATH’s CHUCK SCHULDINER’ from Decibel Books! Read an Exclusive Excerpt Now!
August 8, 2025
Pre-order the massive, nearly 500-page official biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner from Decibel Books and read an excerpt now!
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Track Premiere: Crimson Butchery – “Lab Rat”
August 8, 2025
Crimson Butchery are back with Stalker, their third slab of surgical brutality, and we’re thrilled to slice into the premiere of its gnarly fourth track, “Lab Rat.”
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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.
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Blackbraid
September 2025 [#251]
Includes exclusive limited edition Kontusion flexi disc
The Warrior’s Trail! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Witchcraft’s Witchcraft, Maryland Deathfest XX & Northwest Terror Fest reviewed, Carla Harvey, Cold Slither, Katatonia and more
Five For Friday: August 8, 2025
August 8, 2025 J. Andrew
This week brings a special kind of darkness with the latest from Crypt Sermon, Blackbraid, Malthusian and more!
Guitar Playthrough: Last Retch – “In the Polder They Reek”
August 7, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Canadian death dealers Last Retch have blessed us with a playthrough video of “In the Polder They Reek” from their forthcoming record, Abject Cruelty, due out September 26 via Time to Kill Records.
A Brief Reading Round-Up from the Heavy Metal Book Club
August 7, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
On the eve of a massive Decibel Books announcement, Kevin Stewart-Panko wants you to know what’s on his summer reading list.
KILL SCREEN 068: Mike McKenzie and Greg Weeks of THE RED CHORD Are Our People
August 6, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
One of our earliest player characters returns with a friend to talk about ditching class to play Atari, terrible games and amazing OSTs.
Track Premiere: Heads for the Dead Channel Cronenberg and Necrophagia on “To The Very Last”
August 6, 2025 Tim Mudd
Heads for the Dead—helmed by Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath) and Ralf Hauber (Revel in Flesh, ROTPIT)—have emerged from the fog with their fourth full-length, Never Ending Night of Terror. Get a taste now.
Video Premiere: Intercourse – ‘Another Song About the Sun’
August 5, 2025 Emily Bellino
The Red Chord’s Greg Weeks stars in a new video from Connecticut noise rockers Intercourse.
Track Premiere: Revelator – “Death Serenade”
August 4, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Canadian black death warriors Revelator growl their vicious “Death Serenade” on their new single.
Video Premiere: Cultic – ‘Nomad’
August 4, 2025 Emily Bellino
Cultic embrace the thrills of battle and high fantasy on newest offering “The Nomad.”
Five For Friday: August 1, 2025
August 1, 2025 J. Andrew
It’s time for another installment of dark and brutal sounds with the latest from Ancient Torment, Kontusion, Empillarist and more!
Video Premiere: Undead – “This Side of the Grave”
August 1, 2025 J. Andrew
WATCH: Death dealers Undead wake up on the right side of the grave.
