Justin Norton

Laina Dawes, author of What Are You Doing Here: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation In Heavy Metal speaks about her experience publishing with Bazillion Points.

Michael Gira discusses Swans, his solo career, the impact of social media and more.

Celtic Frost’s Tom Gabriel Fischer discusses writing Only Death is Real and publishing it through Bazillion Points.

A year ago today, Celtic Frost and Hellhammer visionary Martin Eric Ain died from an unexpected heart attack at 50. To honor his massive and enduring influence on the music we love, we are rerunning our obituary.

Xasthur‘s Scott Conner discusses his acoustic direction.

Bazillion Points, the heavy metal publishing house founded by Sound of Beast author Ian Christe, turns 10 this year. To celebrate, Decibel has corralled 10 authors from the BP stable to discuss their own works and what it’s like to part of the world’s heaviest publisher.  Brian Lew, Murder In The Front Row: Shots From The…

Legendary Venom co-founder and and Venom Inc guitarist checks in following a massive health scare.

Author & Punisher‘s Beastland is reviewed.

Melotov Records’ Melanie Voltz shares the story of her struggle with prescription narcotics.

Sabbath Assembly‘s Jamie Myers pens an editorial on the importance of making music and art despite internal hesitations.

Stream a new song from noise punks Super Thief.

Cheap merchandise. Diminishing revenues for labels already under financial pressure. Death metal shower curtains and bar signs. Decibel‘s special report on how online bootlegging is hurting the extreme metal scene.

Soft Kill main man discusses addiction, sobriety, the birth of his son and new album Savior.

Remembering one of extreme metal’s most iconic figures, Slayer‘s Jeff Hanneman, five years after his death.

Let’s imagine a world where kids can get lost in records and find themselves again. Let’s imagine a world where the bridge to adulthood doesn’t include fearing for your life.

Leila Abdul-Rauf is well known to Decibel readers for her exemplary work with bands including Vastum, Cardinal Wyrm, Hammers Of Misfortune and others. The multi-instrumentalist is also busy composing her own music, which often veers in unpredictable directions. Her upcoming album Diminution, the followup to the 2015 release Insomnia, draws on Abdul-Rauf’s feelings about the collapse of the…

Dag Nasty give a new interview on friendship, bringing things full circle and a new album.

Martin Eric Ain, a member of the legendary outfits Celtic Frost and Hellhammer, is remembered.

A Walk with Love and Death
Double Studio Gonzo
dB rating: 8/10

Mutilated and Assimilated
Too fast, too furious
dB rating: 8/10

Stream the new Gaytheist track “Let’s Get Astrophysical” right now!

Blood Offerings
Axe of the unspeakable
dB rating: 9/10

Filmmaker Sam Dunn talks to us about his new Wacken documentary filmed in virtual reality.

Jinx Dawson gave us an exclusive Q&A on the return of Coven, scheduled for Roadburn later this week.

Get a sneak peek at the special features included with award-winning black metal documentary Blackhearts. 

By 1993, Cannibal Corpse was an interesting conundrum: When you have hammer-smashed every boundary of decency and good taste on your third album, where exactly do you go?

Decibel talked to psychedelic pioneer Arthur Brown about his role in the birth of metal and why art flourishes in times of political and social upheaval. 

Get right with GOD in this week’s Demo: Listen. 

Decibel talks to the author of the excellent new book Heavy Metal Africa. 

Listen to a track from Tight Fright’s pending debut Hotel Metal.