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American power metal stalwarts Twisted Tower Dire dig up old bones on ‘Reflecting Pool’ from Crest of the Martyrs Demos (Nameless Grave).

Indonesian deathcrust cult Masakre light the globe on fire with their Morbid Extinction EP. Out from Pulverized Records on February 18th.

GGT Records brings the non-denominational hardcore punk fire with its opening salvo of releases.

Producer legend Dan Swanö tells the story of Steel, the obscure heavy metal supergroup he formed with Opeth members during the recording of their Morningrise LP.

Hear Rancid bassist, Matt Freeman, lead his speed metal trio Charger through a rampaging track from their upcoming debut LP.

Hear Spanish doom collective PYLAR drop a droning 16-minute masterpiece from full-length Abymos

Author Patrick O’Neil worked at Alternative Tentacles at the time of the Dead Kennedys’ Frankenchrist raid. The following is an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, Anarchy At The Circle K, about his years as a punk roadie in the early to mid-’80s.

Hear the folk-inspired third album, inspired by the Poetic Edda, from progressive Swedish black metal quintet Karmanjaka.

Brass-heavy metallers Red Fiction ask the age-old question: “What happens if the last human to escape the Earth he just destroyed was judged by soul-sucking Aliens?”

Chicago symphonic metal guardians Shield of Wings uncage their soaring first LP, Unfinished. Out February 11th.

We’ve got 300 copies of the Decibel exclusive “Translucent Emerald Green” color vinyl of the new Arch Enemy album Deceivers available NOW for pre-order!

Hear Portuguese vets Dawnrider channel a classic doom vibe on this bleak new track from their fourth album.

Double your (dis)pleasure: The legendary Immigrant Sun Records returns and resurrects stellar 90s noisecore act Hourglass for a “Complete Discography.”

Death metal blasphemers Father Befouled summon fresh hell on their sinister new single, “Unheavenly Catechesis.”

Hear Spain’s crusty old-school death metallers, Sepulchral, stink up the joint with the stench from their new single.

Hear a new track from post-metal powerhouse Abraham in advance of their new full-length, Débris de Mondes Perdus, set for release February 25.

Dutch black metal iconoclasts Deathless Void fuse apocalypse cold and dread on their self-titled debut EP. Streaming in terror!

The new single from rockin’ thrashers Tantivy is certainly worthy of your attention!

German black metal cosmonauts Vorga plunge you into a starless sky on their new album, Striving Toward Oblivion.

In this exclusive Doom Lexicanum II book excerpt, co-founding frontman Aaron Stainthorpe explains how the original My Dying Bride lineup first met.

Newly formed Swedish/Canadian death metallers AngelBlast stream new EP “Throne of Ashes”. Death is just the beginning…

Hear ambient dark wave solo artist Sataray’s ritualistic soundscape celebrating “witches night.”

Anacrusis frontman Kenn Nardi lets his progressive thrash roots show on the epic new solo track “Masquerade.”

MWWB (formerly Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard) return with the title track of their upcoming LP of cosmic psychedelic doom, “The Harvest.”

Hear new death metal duo, Kontusion, get primitive, ugly and violent on their raw new self-released EP.

Spain-based modern metal quintet Inerth lay down ultra-heavy grooves on new track, “Resilience In.” FFO: Godflesh, Napalm Death, Neurosis.

Hear the hypnotic power of Swiss post-metal quartet Preamp Disaster‘s psychedelic doom on “Above the Bloodline.”

Check out a stream of the latest album from Chilean stoner/doom body breakers Ocultum!

Smash Your Enemies deliver a metallic hardcore state of the world address with the video for “War For War.”

Face the rabid anger of the new Speckmann Project single, “Fiends of Emptiness.” Featuring Paul Speckmann of Master and Abomination.