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Swedish heavy metal upstarts Gauntlet Rule, featuring members of Paganizer, Assassin’s Blade and Loch Vostok, stream new track “Dying for My Dreams,” featuring Blaze Bayley. Up the old-school irons!

The Oakland post-post-hardcore powerhouse Strangelight return with another stellar offering,The World Needs Laughter.

Arizona-based death-doom troupe Thorn unveil “Hellmouth” off new album, Yawning Depths.

Hear Dust Prophet marry classic metal with literary classics on “Hourglass.”

That’s right — Timothy Sheahan is not only one of coronavirus’ fiercest foes, but also a punk-hardcore metalhead in extremely good standing.

Chilean thrashers Mental Devastation premiere new ripping album The Delusional Mystery of the Self (Part I) (Blood Harvest).

Boston death thrashers Soul Remnants bring the visual violence on the new clip for “Cult Destroyer.”

Finnish trio Tormentor Tyrant share their vicious self-titled track as a declaration of death metal violence.

Hear Seattle’s Dark Meditation invoke the spirits of black metal’s past with their gothic trad metal.

Eternity’s End guitarist/chief songwriter Christian Münzner deep dives into the riff writing process for new song “Call of the Valkyries.”

Watch the new video from spazzy grind project, Deaf Club!

Blackened death grinders Immortal Bird documents cutting a path of sonic destruction in this exclusive tour diary.

Sleep/High on Fire visionary Matt Pike comes out of the pandemic with a solo debut like no other. We premiere the wild first track/video.

Philippines-based death metal act Nullification bust out of 1992 streaming new track “I, the Nullifier.” Only the past is real!

Members of Contrarian, Witherfall/Sanctuary, and Flotsam and Jetsam deliver as masterclass in this cover of Death’s “The Philosopher.”

Decibel‘s got exclusive limited editions of the new Immolation album Acts of God on CD longbox and cassette. Move fast!

The new NSFW video from Take Life, featuring current and former members of One King Down, Most Precious Blood and Insvrgence, has more than a little blood on its hands.

British doom legends Cathedral celebrate three decades of Hall of Fame album Forest of Equilibrium.

Metaverse meets metalcore-averse in the new animated video from expansive post-hardcore slayers Zero Trust.

California-based progressive death metallers Hemotoxin

Indiana melodic death/thrash grave-burners Death on Fire release their newest single, “Slave.” Their album Burial Hymns looms in 2022.

Psyched out Swedish death metallers Reveal! stream the manic brilliance of new album Doppelherz (Sepulchral Voice Records).

Decibel celebrates the 40th anniversary of Venom‘s extreme metal ground zero, Welcome To Hell, with former guitarist/songwriter Jeff “Mantas” Dunn.

Swedish power trio Nekromant unveil a rambunctious third album with nods to the trad metal greats—from Thin Lizzy to Maiden to Priest.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, December 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Richmond thrashmongers Enforced.

Check out the new Killer Hill EP, featuring current and ex members of Helmet, Guzzard, Afterbirth and Burning Brides!

Los Angeles funeral sludge newcomers QAALM release a video for their crushing first single, Existence Asunder. Debut album coming March 2022.

Chicago death metal institution Broken Hope re-live three decades of debut album Swamped in Gore with a Top 5 by axe-master Jeremy Wagner.

In the third episode of a four-part video series, legendary vocalist Tomas Lindberg expands upon the literature and philosophy that underpin the recent At the Gates album The Nightmare of Being.

UK executioners Swamp Coffin pair NOLA sludge noise with doom and hardcore on their debut LP, Noose Almighty.