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The Gypsyhawk offshoot knows how to skill roll. 

Life is not peachy for St. Louis blackened sludge downers.

The only desires worth having are the worthless variety.

Don’t sleep on these Canadian HOFers, who have already gotten much-deserved Flexi Series love!

The middle finger means “come hither.”

Metal has a vast expanse of space that it calls its popularity continuum, and I, admittedly, have no idea where Finland’s Re-Armed would be located along this stretch of real estate. However, the band  recently returned from a three-week tour of China. We quiz vocalist Jouni Matilainen and bassist Juhana ‘Bobo’ Heinonen about their latest adventure.

Just say yes to this video, no to tying one off and skateboarding.

Black Friday is a happy memory compared to this.

“Get It Wrong” never felt so right!

Cyber Monday is upon us, and to celebrate another year without a robot uprising, we have a deal for you! 

Two great tastes that… uh, just press play and listen for yourself.

Pronunciation isn’t the issue. Just press play.

Sort of a Where’s Waldo for the Stockholm scene…

Post-hardcore raging to make your pre-holiday Monday suck less.

Featuring members of Spawn of Possession, Absurdist and the Faceless.

Open up that wallet and  bring in spring with a bang! 

The holidays are hellacious, so we’re happy to make your job easier with a special Decibel offer: an autographed copy of Choosing Death!

We spoke to Vinny Appice about life and those times for our latest special issue, the 100 Greatest Old-School Albums of All Time). The legendary sticksman was more than happy to regale us with stories about the good old days. What he gave us was not only gold, but more than what would have fit on the page allotted in the magazine. Thusly, we present the full interview.

The future is, ironically, bright for this ambitious Oaktown funeral doom outfit.

Three of the band’s best-loved albums (Pope On A Rope, Toilet Slave and War Of The Superbikes II) will be released in limited run vinyl pressings from three separate labels.  Come learn how to win copies. 

VOD are back and bringing thunder like it’s 1996.

Metal has long been a global phenomenon, but we don’t get a lot of it from North Africa. Carthagods are the exception. 

Washington, D.C.’s Free Children of Earth singer/guitarist/lyricist Jason Yawn has a lot on his mind and we wanted to not only stream his band’s new album, Terminal Stasis this week on the blog, but also give Yawn a forum to deliver a track-by-track explanation and analysis which, despite your opinion and position on the matters at hand, make for some excellent and thoughtful reading.

If you’re into early Between the Buried and Me or TesseracT, you’ll be happy to follow Matter in the Medium’s tech-metal twists and turns.  

You know PRC Music. We’ve premiered more than a couple of their artists in recent weeks (they got their start five years ago with Beyond Creation’s The Aura). Well, they’re expanding into “psych, blues and heavy rock” label 4One8.

They’ve got a date at midnight with Nosferatu.

Underground NOLA death/thrashers emerge from tomb triumphant

We had to do something cool: hence, we bring you Baltimore deathgrind maniacs Misery Index covering Sepultura classic “Primitive Future.” 

Italian outfit Duality ply a trade of progressive death metal that conjures Cynic, Atheist and late-period Death. 

We were all about sludge heavyweights Forn in 2014, as they turned heads with breakout full-length The Departure of Consciousness. The Boston five-piece just wrapped new 12-inch Weltschmerz (due out on the esteemed Gilead Media), and we’re chuffed to give you the A-side in advance: parts one and two of “Saudade.”