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Pre-order the massive, nearly 500-page official biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner from Decibel Books and read an excerpt now!

Canadian death dealers Last Retch have blessed us with a playthrough video of “In the Polder They Reek” from their forthcoming record, Abject Cruelty, due out September 26 via Time to Kill Records.

On the eve of a massive Decibel Books announcement, Kevin Stewart-Panko wants you to know what’s on his summer reading list.

One of our earliest player characters returns with a friend to talk about ditching class to play Atari, terrible games and amazing OSTs.

Heads for the Dead—helmed by Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath) and Ralf Hauber (Revel in Flesh, ROTPIT)—have emerged from the fog with their fourth full-length, Never Ending Night of Terror. Get a taste now.

Hear Canadian black death warriors Revelator growl their vicious “Death Serenade” on their new single.

No bull, the new video, “Like Moths,” from post-black metal maestros Corridoré is a helluva ride.

Grind legend Takafumi Matsubara (Gridlink, Mortalized) returns with a vengeance in his latest forward-thinking project, Birth and Loss.

Hear Swedish riff-lords Lommi buzz through eight groove-laden tracks on new full-length, 667788.

You’ve got until Thursday July 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of Inhuman Condition‘s new ripper “Burial State” becomes part of your vinyl collection.

Denver weirdo beatdown band Aleister Cowboy are back with their third EP, Neolithic Blood Rites, out August 22 You can hear the debut track from the EP, “Liquefied Bodies Scarped From a Tub,” with us first.

Wrap your ears around an advance listen of new material from Deaf Club!

We’re all abuzz over the new track, “I Am the Swarm,” from Florida horror hounds MRSA .

As Kill Feed upgrades to the fourth dimension, the Nerd himself takes the time to talk all things metal.

Decibel is proud to premiere the music video for “Tempted by the Necromancer,” a stand-out cut from the Torn From Existence‘s 2024 debut Hearken the Darkened Skies.

Single-day and regular-priced tickets go on sale on Friday, July 25 at 10am MT, so this is your LAST CHANCE for DISCOUNTED EARLY-BIRD 2-Day and 3-Day passes.

Night Demon bassist/vocalist Jarvis Leatherby discusses the band’s upcoming limited release 10th anniversary Curse of the Damned box set.

Hear new Edmonton, Alberta death doom duo Anthrodynia turn that smile upside down on depressive new track “Engulfed in Grief.”

Swedish death/doom legends Eternal Darkness have returned from the grave only to immediately crawl back in. Hear their self-titled final bow now.

Members of Failure, Iota and Last converge in Salt Lake City quartet Dwellers and issue new animated video for progressive post-grunge track “Headlines.”

Check out the new track and video from Friendship Commanders, “Melt” ahead of their two-single July 15 release of this song alongside the track “Keeping Score,” out via Magnetic Eye Records.

Take an advance listen to the debut EP from blackened death doom duo Blood Brain Barrier!

Oklahoma-based industrial metal outfit Black Magnet drop the latest single from forthcoming LP Megamantra out July 25 through Federal Prisoner.

After the successful Mega Drive release of their single “High Tariff Behaviour,” the party slam players hope to raise bits while lowering IQs.

Boston post-metal architects Glacier return with More Distant/More Violent—a blistering, industrial-tinged companion piece to last year’s A Distant, Violent Shudder.

Aussie drone demons Whitehorse offer up a new track, “The Wait,” from their sludge match split, The Dissolution of Eternity, with UBOA.

Hear Swedish death thrashers Vittra do their own meaty version of death ’n’ roll on new single “Reign Supreme.”

Hear Euro doom crushers Anchorite lay the lumber on new single, “Devil on the Throne,” featuring a guest solo from Michael Denner (ex-Mercyful Fate).

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, June 30 to secure a copy of this extremely extreme and extremely exclusive flexi disc single from Northeastern death merchants Kontusion!

When melodic death metal, metalcore, and groove collide, you get the sharpened steel of Recurrence—and their new single, “Remember Who The Enemy Is,” drives that point straight into your chest.