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Lithuanian post-metallers Erdve are heavy on introspection (and riff) on new album, Vaitojimas.

Icon is inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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

Swedish progressive rock upstarts Hällas tell tall tales of high adventure.

Avant-garde black metallers Lychgate destroy boundaries on new song, “Remembrance.”

German black metallers Chaos Invocation put the fear of death in you with new track “Calling From Dudail.”

Tribulation are our Best New Noise.

American black metal sensation Chaos Moon talk the realities of Eschaton Mémoire.

Iniquity’s Martin Rosendahl Revisits Serenadium and confirms reunions are dead.

Mysterious U.S.-based dark metal outfit Deathwhite premiere new track “The Grace of the Dark.”

French synthwave specialist Dan Terminus talks gear, popularity, and new album Automated Refrains.

British doom/death metallers raise the dead on new track, ‘Killing Flaw.’

Swedish thrashers Dreadful Fate stream new album, The Sin of Sodom, in full. Total death!

Decibel would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and acquaintances of Sanctuary and Nevermore vocalist Warrel Dane, who passed away today, December 13, in São Paulo, Brazil after suffering from a heart attack.

Midnight’s new album, Sweet Death and Ecstasy, streaming in its entirety. Horns up!

Colombian black metallers Ignis Haereticum confound and bewitch on new album, Autocognition Of Light.

Soror Dolorosa’s Andy Julia talks travel, black metal, and new album Apollo

Dutch death metallers Neocaesar invoke the old gods on new album 11:11.

Ireland-based death/black metallers Coscradh unfurl the gnarled and punishing “Of Death and Delirium” EP. Out via Invictus Productions on November 24th.

Chilean heavy metal wizards Lucifer’s Hammer raise fists and spirits with their take on NWOBHM on new mini-album, Victory is Mine.

Cornered in a cold, dark room on a rickety chair, GosT’s main keyslasher succumbs to Decibel’s queries about Non Paradisi and new album Possessor.

Formed in 2009, Germany’s Sacrilegious Rite (featuring ex-members of Capitis Damnare and Bael) bubbled up from the ever-dark Underworld with spiteful intent. The group’s debut EP, Sexual Blood Rites–a split with Teutonic legends Ungod–scarred the Continental landscape upon its 2011 release. Now, six years (and several EP/splits) later, the Germans have returned with their debut…

Cloak are our Best New Noise.

xXx Fanzine editor Mike Gitter explores the release of his new book, xXx Fanzine 1983-88: Hardcore & Punk in the Eighties.

Doom metal sensation Spirit Adrift discuss new album, Curse of Conception, along with the bands — like Metallica — who served as influences.

Swedish heavy rockers Dead Lord impart heartbreak, LSD trips, and politics on their new album, “In Ignorance We Trust”.

Greek death metallers War Possession unleash upon mankind new long-player, “Doomed to Chaos”.

Septicflesh guitarist/composer Christos Antoniou details his Top 5 movie scores.

Enslaved are this week’s best new noise.

Post-punk aficionados Soft Kill feel the weight of Tom Petty’s recent passing. To cope and to honor the legendary musician, Soft Kill have covered “Insider” off Petty’s “Hard Promises” album.