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Fearsome Pasadena foursome Anger as Art have been churning out thrash ragers at a steady one-every-three-years clip since 2006.

The world goes to hell, Draconian fiddles like Nero

Japanese death/doom dealers Coffins make their eight zillionth release count on this split with crusty D.C. counterparts Ilsa. 

In honor of bandleader Trondr Nefas (who passed away in 2012), the new Urgehal album, Aeons in Sodom, features guest vocals from an all-star squad of black metal luminaries.

Stream a new track from Deströyer 666’s forthcoming album Wildfire.

War-fueled OSDM courtesy of Canadian crushers.

Waldo is not in here. You can find him in a Van Halen video seven years earlier. But everyone else is pretty cool!

Finnish grind veterans Rotten Sound have been doing the damn thing for over 20 years, and do it well on new album Abuse to Suffer.

Prepare for maximum discomfort, courtesy of Dutch BM crew’s “Wille Zur Macht”

Hollow Earth have always sounded like they wanted to be more than a hardcore band. Sure, the midwesterners never lacked the ability to break necks with and start pits, but there was something around the edges that showed a real thirst for something different, with flashes of doom and melody.  

Veteran Dutch devil worshippers Cirith Gorgor are back to wreak blackened havoc.

Get into this bunch of (young) battle axes.

Bend your back for the climax of this crushing epic.

Vancouver does heavy metal right. Drink up.

Black metal perennials Rotting Christ are set to drop their latest slab of malevolence.

Disgustingly old-school death metal, you say? Count us in!

Nobody in their right mind would line up to tell these dudes that punk’s dead

Japanese doom vets Church of Misery have been holed up in their safehouse for the last three years, but they’re ready to resume their (serial) criminal career with a super cool new accomplice.

The renowned disEMBOWELMENT offshoot continues to make a name of their own.

The Norwegian legend returns in style.

Grind, D-beat, hardcore and more converge on supergroup’s must-hear latest.

3… 2… get obliterated in more ways than 1 this New Year’s Eve!

From the city that brought you BTBAM and Corrosion of Confirmity, a hard shot of blackened thrash.

The new video from the mysterious OSDM supergroup has no shortage of sickles, hoods and general madness.

This year’s story is all but written. It’s time to focus on the Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2016. Decibel has you covered with exclusive previews of next year’s extremely extremest, with Amon Amarth, Nails and Darkthrone as the tip of the frostbitten iceberg.

Cello + voice Canadian duo bring the holiday melancholia in spades.

Swedish folk metallers Grimner break out the big blades on new single “Eldhjärta,” and it’s all sorts of fun: syncopated riffage and stirring woodwinds galore.

Snow day! Check the new Ihsahn lyric video from the forthcoming full-length Arktis!

Up-and-coming Philly death metal outfit wreak havoc on four-way split.

OSDM done right, courtesy of the faceless supergroup (if there can be such a thing) of Undead Prophecies