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ONLY 200 LEFT! ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner’ Death-luxe Edition (Includes Exclusive T-Shirt) SELLING FAST!
August 22, 2025
Our special edition version of Born Human, the biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner, is nearly sold out!
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Track Premiere: Sunburster – ‘Jinn’
August 28, 2025
After more than a decade, Philly sludge regulars Sunburster have their debut album on the way and you can hear the first track now.
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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.
Five For Friday: August 29, 2025
August 29, 2025 J. Andrew
As we bid farewell to a pair of legends, let’s also celebrate the latest from Desaster, Sadistic Force and more!
Album Premiere: Imperishable – ‘Revelation in Purity’
August 28, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
The new record from Imperishable, Revelation in Purity, is out this today via Everlasting Spew Records. Listen to it now.
Album Premiere: Biolence – ‘Violent Obliteration’
August 28, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Portuguese death thrash band Biolence are dropping their fifth album, Violent Obliteration, on September 1 via Doomed Records, Raging Planet and Selvajaria Records. Check it out here.
Video Premiere: Cosmic Reaper – “Bones”
August 27, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Sludgy North Carolinians Cosmic Reaper fire up some “Bones” in their latest video from new album Bleed the Wicked, Drown the Damned.
Bent Sea’s Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth) Teams with Kevin Sharp (Venomous Concept, Brutal Truth) on New Track “My Fall”
August 27, 2025 Albert Mudrian
“My Fall” isn’t a typical Bent Sea blast furnace, but a lurching banger that recalls Brutal Truth at their mid-paced crushing best.
COLD SLITHER to Release New Song, “Cobra Island,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
August 27, 2025 Decibel Magazine
You’ve got until Sunday August 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of G.I. Joe-stanning supergroup Cold Slither‘s new ripper “Cobra Island” becomes part of your vinyl collection.
Exhumed, Gruesome, Impaled and KMFDM members payed homage to their young by helping bring the fictional Cobra-backed metal band Cold Slither to life.
Album Premiere: Erosion – ‘Invasive Species’
August 27, 2025 Tim Mudd
Seven years after their punishing debut on Hydra Head Records, Vancouver’s Erosion return with Invasive Species—a filthy, blood-boiling follow-up that finds the band operating at peak ferocity.
Track Premiere: Seilies – ‘Before We Die’
August 26, 2025 Emily Bellino
Seilies want you to see this video “Before We Die.”
Blast Worship: Internal Rot
August 26, 2025 Gene Meyer
Melbourne blasters Internal Rot do not disappoint on a new split with fellow face-melters Mutilated Cop.
Full Album Stream: Prayer Group –Strawberry
August 25, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear bruising secular secular noise rockers, Prayer Group, whip out their big ten-inch… record, Strawberry.