Misery loves company, so October’s Decibel lays out the welcome mat for some big name first-time cover stars: legendary U.K. death/doom powerhouse My Dying Bride.

All the bands ripped and insisted that we do the same. We’re not the type of band to deny the whims of our hosts.

Cleveland’s Gorepunch features ex-members of System Divide, as well as Mike Heller of Malignancy/Fear Factory. 

Tampa metallic hardcore brutalists Blistered follow up last year’s debut EP, Soul Erosion, with full-length The Poison of Self-Confinement.

Carousel, a Thin Lizzy/Diamond Head-influenced quartet, are just about ready to drop new album 2113.

Misery loves company, so October’s Decibel lays out the welcome mat for some big name first-time cover stars: legendary U.K. death/doom powerhouse My Dying Bride.

The best part about organized religion is how it inspires horrifying violence. Up-and-coming slam-friendly death metal outfit From the Hellmouth get it, and they give it just as good on “God Told Us To.”

Time to break the champagne bottle on Argento Records with Italo-sludge up-and-comers Grime, who will be executing eight-song sophomore effort Circle of Molesters on September 1..

L.A. stoner-doom outfit Behold! the Monolith survive a tragedy.

Every so often, we take a little time on Mondays to pay tribute to the Muthas! That is, reprinting the adorable metal/maternal Q&As that run in the magazine. Today, enjoy Justin Norton’s chat with Colleen Letchford, mutha of Scale the Summit’s Chris Letchford.

We Deserve Our Failures

Glass All Empty

dB Rating: 8/10

The Finnish psych-doom collective is preparing to release its fifth album, Inversum.

Would you rather be burnt or taken by the sun? Does “taken” in this case mean kidnapped, raped or simply treated to a matinee showing of Pixels? 

French tech-death destroyers Gorod are primed to release their fifth album, A Maze of Recycled Creeds, this fall. We have the exclusive premiere of “Celestial Nature” below

Featuring members of Red Death and Disciples of Chris, D.C. death metal maniacs Genocide Pact are set to release their Forged Through Domination 12-inch on A389. 

Well, guys, it’s that time again, as I’m home from my whirlwind press tour, and boy are my wings tired. Here’s all the new releases that are fit (or not) to print.

Not every magazine can make a special request for an original song from a legendary band. But Decibel did just that, and gothic death/doom institution My Dying Bride graciously lent their considerable talents to our Flexi Series.

Quebec does brutal death metal right, so it’s no surprise that Unbreakable Hatred has already gotten props from members of Cryptopsy, Misery Index and Suffocation. 

SoCal hardcore new jacks Forced Order are comprised of dudes from Twitching Tongues, Disgrace and Soul Search, but their aesthetic is strictly skull-cracking old-school, emulating the likes of Integrity and Ringworm.

It’s been four years since previous full-length Die Miserable, but we refuse to take the advice of prolific Canadian grinders Fuck the Facts.

Ryan Parrish, Graham Scala and Brent Eyestone have teamed up yet again as ethereal/drone/ambient outfit Harmonic Cross, and we have the full stream of their new album It Is Finished. 

You surely recall guitarist Jeremy Wagner’s European tour diary in the August issue, but that’s not all Broken Hope are up to these days. The gore-slinging death metal machine is about to drop the Live Disease DVD.

We at Decibel have a longstanding policy: let the boys be boys. Hence, you get the slam-tastic concussive death metal of Norwegian (very) bad boys Kraanium.

Because the act of torture is generally performed with anesthesia (you know, to numb your victim so the experience isn’t too trying), Morbid Slaughter take the bold step of addressing “Torture Without Anesthesia.”

Montreal black metal duo Funeste obviously derive great pleasure from inflicting pain. The whirlwind that is “Hilkhot Avodat Kokhavim” is all the proof you need.

Seattle instru-psychers GIZA are not to be confused with GZA, although they’re probably just as qualified as the Wu-Tang veteran to give a TED Talk about the “genius of science.”

Floridian nasties Meatwound are everything that is good and right about punk, hardcore and noise squatting in the same dilapidated basement.

Weekend Nachos are nice after a hangover, but face it: they’re not a full meal. You’re lazy and bloated; might as well order P-John’s or Dominos, right? Minneapolis thrash-core merrymakers In Defence say fuck no to that. 

The uber-prolific Dutchman Mories’ one-man nightmare generator is back at it, ripping “Through Flesh,” the second track on forthcoming full-length Abyss of Longing Throats

Brisbane despondence-dealers Hope Drone have emerged from the underground fully-formed with epic full-length debut Cloak of Ash.