Sean Frasier

Swedeath’s flame burns brighter than ever as Degial share their fiery anthem off Predator Reign, “Crown of Fire.”

Venture into a nightmarish chasm with Finnish death demons Desolate Shrine on Deliverance from the Godless Void.

Jersey grind hedonists Pink Mass stream their debut LP Necrosexual and share their vision of a world without sexual repression.

Spirit Adrift are our Best New Noise.

Horror Pain Gore Death strike again during Halloween season with a four-band split from Toxicology , Skuz , Triple Cripple , and Ground.

Southern Gothic post-punks Wailin Storms explore murder, mortality, and malice on sophomore record Sick City.

Harvey Milk are back with new uncompromising sludge/noise and a new outlook on fan interaction.

British extreme metal experimentalists Akercocke speak about comeback record Renaissance in Extremis and more in an extended interview.

German metal force Attic rock the convent with mystery and murder in their mercyful Sanctimonious concept record.

What happens when you ask extreme metal luminaries to crack open their dream journals and share their most memorable nightmares, dreams, hallucinations, and astral projections? Dream Bloody Gore. This month, Chuck Sherwood of death metal titans Incantation invites Decibel to crawl into his unconscious mind. In the immortal words of Chuck Schuldiner, “See past the…

Virginian pit-stirrers High Priest blast out hardcore/grind extinction sermons on their ferocious Grail Sludge EP.

Shattering Light’s Creation
When black metal ruled the earth
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Immolation vocalist/bassist Ross Dolan discusses the past, present, and future of death metal in an extended interview from the August 2017 genre-exploring cover story.

Broken Hope founder Jeremy Wagner dishes the dirt on Mutilated and Assimilated, the best horror film of all-time, and the current state of death metal.

Ascending Into Shimmering Darkness
A tiny light prevails in the darkness
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The scumdogs of the universe are ready to corrupt the world in another medium, as the GWAR: Orgasmageddon comic hits shelves. Here are the first issue’s 5 most insane panels.

Poisoned Blood
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble
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Trevor William Church of doom rockers Beastmaker talks touring, bad omens, and Vincent Price.

Philly doom conjurers Heavy Temple worship at The Dark Tower on psychedelic eye-opener Chassit.

Dream Bloody Gore compiles twisted nightmares shared by members of Horrendous, Ides of Gemini, and Craven Idol.

Craven Idol lead a blackened assault on greed and mindless worship on The Shackles of Mammon.

Chaos reigns as Turkish black metal veterans The Sarcophagus travel Beyond This World’s Illusion on their new LP.

Heartless
The power of the urn
dB rating: 9/10

DREAM BLOODY GORE shares twisted nightmares, dreams, and hallucinations from members of Gruesome, SubRosa, and Dreaming Dead.

East Coast rule-breakers Sloth Herder play “power-slob” the way your three-toed uncle likes it: Dirty, mean, and LOUD.

UK misery conduits Grim Ravine bring the doom and the sludge on The Light is From Below.

Californian spacelords Lecherous Gaze blast their cosmic punk ‘n’ roll from 365,000,000 miles away on “Thing Within.”

Swedish doom trio Laser Dracul are the children of the night, and the music they make is LOUD.

Celebrate the death of 2016 with Philly-based label/distro Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.

War is hell, and hell sounds better than ever on Dead War’s The Triumph of Death.