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There are many things in life that will instantly put a stupid smile on my stupider face. New material from Chicago’s Nequient is one of those things.

Austin rockers From Beyond blast synths and heavy space riffs on their otherwordly LP The Band From Beyond.

With exclusive track premieres from Caveman Cult, Crurifragium, and more.

Stream the debut album from German death horde Abythic now.

Get to know Lepidus Plague, the man behind Australia’s newest black metal force, Kommodus, while you stream the follow-up to last year’s staggering demo.

June 15th sees the vinyl re-issue of Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties that Blind. Today, we pay our respects in comprehensive, Decibel style with drummer Dave Mann and former guitarist/vocalist Gregory Lahm.

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

Stream the epic new track from Russian symphonic black metal duo Grimorium Verum now.

The world premiere of Shaving the Werewolf’s “Ass Above, So Below” from their new album, One Way to Dick City

St. Louis-based genre-benders The Lion’s Daughter scream through ’80s horror filters on new song “Die Into Us.”

Dutch black metal philosophers Wesenwille match dystopian warnings with fiery discord on their I : Wesenwille debut.

Drown in the stream of this new Funerary Descent song now.

Finnish depressive black metallers Totalselfhatred slit wrists on new track “Solitude MMXIII.”

Hear and acquire a copy of the exclusive new limited edition Gruesome flexi picture disc single here!

Stream a new song from occult Italian black metal circle Abhor now.

Slam death metal progenitors Internal Bleeding are in the studio recording their sixth album. Guitarist Chris Pervelis gives Decibel an update.

Prolific producer Martin Bisi shares memories of working with Sonic Youth, Foetus, Cop Shoot Cop and more.

In 2015 Death Engine released Mud, undoubtedly one of the best records that year and a high-water mark in noiserock that no one would feel confident trying to top. But while I’ve only sat with Place Noire for a couple days, goddamn it feels like they may have done it. Over the course of six tracks…

After their appearance in a recent Throw Me a Frickin’ Bone column, Philly’s Hellrad sent a none-too-pleased-with-you email to Decibel HQ. This opened a broader discussion about the different frustrations experienced by journalists and indie bands.

Swedish cultists Craft redefine black metal on new track, “The Cosmic Sphere Falls.”

Damian Herring of Horrendous reveals his approach to engineering killer death metal with Subterranean Watchtower Studios.

Occasioned by the finally widely available and expanded reissue of his book, Secrets of My Kingdom: Return to Dimensions Unknown, we present an exclusive and candid interview with the godfather of dungeon synth, Mortiis.

Stream the latest work from Demo:listen alumnis Garroted now, and get to know one of the hardest working, new death metal bands in the country.

Read an exclusive excerpt from Decibel’s May 2018 cover story detailing frontman Randy Blythe’s decision to join the Burn the Priest ranks in the mid-1990s. 

Howie Abrams interviews Elisha Wiesel.

Stream an exclusive new track from the ludicrously pummeling new full length from Danish deathmasters, Deiquisitor.

Next week sees the release of The Apostates, the seventh album by Parisian black metal shapeshifters, Glorior Belli, a band with a history reaching back over 15 years when they came to life as a Norwegian worshipping whirlwind. With time has come change as band leader Billy Bayou – also known by the less swampy…

Sentient Horror once again lead old-school Swedeath fans through a Lovecraftian pathway between New Jersey and Stockholm on their new EP, The Crypts Below.

Watch the epic new music video from Beneath Oblivion now.

Stream the final album from underground legend Steve “Tregenda” Childers now.