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Check out this exclusive premiere of “Sacrificio Infanticida” from Keziah Lilith Medea (Chapter X), the brand new album from Chile’s mystikal death cult, Unaussprechlichen Kulten.

Minsk’s unutterable Ljosazabojstwa return with a new EP of unique, intense black/death metal. We were the first to hip you to this Belarusian menace last year, and now we’re here to bring you an exclusive stream of “Piekła” from Sychodžańnie, Ljosazabojstwa’s soon-to-be-released EP.

Arkansas’ rich extreme music history isn’t exactly the richest. These days, Decibel cover stars Pallbearer are leading the charge and the past is sparsely littered with the likes of The Handshake Murders, Rwake (and various associated side projects) and Living Sacrifice. Debate amongst yourselves the merits and inclusion of Evanescence and Mutha’s Day Out.

Rising metalhead horror author John Boden peppered his recent haunting, lyrical coming-of-age novella Jedi Summer With The Magnetic Kid with a slew of knowing nods to eighties heavy metal and hard rock. And he’s cited such distorted-yet-diverse bands as Masters of Reality and the Pixies as influences on his delightfully demented post-apocalyptic children’s book Dominoes. So it seemed apropos to hit the eloquent Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based world-builder up for a few recommendations on where those looking to blend their loves of reading n’ riffage.

It’s been seven years since Occvlta released their demo, We Command the Wolves, and finally Berlin’s black metal brothers have returned with an album worth the wait and then some. Night Without End will restore your faith in true black metal . . . while simultaneously ensuring your condemnation.

On this week’s Demo:listen we praise the unholy birth of Belgium’s Moenen Of Xezbeth.

Decibel Books is proud to announce the release of Metal Gods: A Tribute to Judas Priest, the third in a trilogy of graphic novels chronicling the history and influence of the godfathers of heavy metal. Pre-order now!

Today Melbourne’s Cemetery Urn show us what happens when “Weakened Mortals Bleed.” Check out this exclusive track premiere from the Australian barbarians’ third album, the eponymously titled Cemetery Urn.

Unlock all seven seals with “Obsidian Keys,” the latest track from Pushkin’s Khashm, off their forthcoming LP + bonus 7”, Asmodeus Rising. If you like your black metal esoteric and obscure, but not your production, you’d do well to check out these Russians.

The induction of any Soundgarden album into the Decibel Hall of Fame has not been an easy one.

Hailing from small town British Columbia, Slagduster is the sort of band that, through the lens of 2017, sounds like a tantalizing amalgam of genres that offer a look at where metal (or at least one strain of it) might head towards in the future.

Emperor‘s Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk is a black metal classic, further cemented by its induction into Decibel‘s Hall of Fame. Now you can own the 20th anniversary Hall of Fame edition album on vinyl. 

Check out “Chants for the Black One” by Malmö’s Jordablod from their debut album, Upon My Cremation Pyre.

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

Catch a hair-raising glimpse of the new album, Descent to Abaddon, from Greece’s Soulskinner with this exclusive premiere of “A Spectral Vision.”

In which we thoroughly, perhaps even gluttonously check out Onion Maiden, Pittsburgh’s only “punk-fueled,” heavy metal-inspired vegan restaurant.

Maybe you’re not a fan of the name Meatwound. But rest assured that any revulsion you feel when hearing the name is blown up ten-fold when you listen to the Tampa quartet’s music. 

Lie down on the floor, close your eyes, and come to know the “The Joy of All Who Sorrow.” Today we bring you an exclusive premiere of the opening track from Horizonless, the highly anticipated sophomore album from Nashville-based doom-death titans, Loss.

The vile underground is alive and in good hands with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. 

Jinx Dawson gave us an exclusive Q&A on the return of Coven, scheduled for Roadburn later this week.

Suffering Hour was destined to nab my attention. Today, we’re premiering some of the blackened death metal featured on their forthcoming album, In Passing Ascension.

Coming at its beguiling brand of blackened death metal with what feels like as much reverence for Emperor and Paradise Lost as Morbid Angel, long-running Modena, Italy quartet Valgrind hit a new high-water mark on Seal of Phobos, a diverse, assured slab of extreme metal full of deftly executed heavy riffage, pitch-black atmospherics, and hairpin turns.

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

Their first album since the reunion of Jersey’s morbid thrash cult, Blood Feast, The Future State of Wicked boasts deadly riffs, razor-sharp vocal attacks, and explosive battery. Out this Friday on Hells Headbangers, The Future State of Wicked is here. 

Deathrash Armageddon is a Japanese label that releases a number of raw thrash and black metal bands. 

Consisting of members from both Wake and Seminary, easily two of Canada’s best grind bands, you may be skeptical about this turn towards “Blackened doom.” But their five-song debut goes way beyond what anyone is expecting. 

Black Lion Records have released a number of impressive death, black and doom metal albums recently. Check out some of the best.

Check out this exclusive premiere of “Cursed Dunes” from Beyond the Dark Border, the new album from Italy’s longest-running death metal powerhouse, Horrid. 

Baroness‘ John Baizley recounts the accident that almost kept him from returning to the stage.

Today, we’re showcasing Hyborian‘s video for “As Above, So Below,” an introductory interview with guitarist/vocalist Martin Bush and as rad a tour breakdown story as you’ll probably ever hear.