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Q&A: Michael Gira on new Swans, performing solo and creativity

December 19, 2018

Michael Gira discusses Swans, his solo career, the impact of social media and more.

Blast Worship: Beaten To Death

December 18, 2018

Black metal isn’t all Norway has to offer.

Track Premiere: Vile Apparition – ‘Malevolent Aphantasia’

December 14, 2018

Melbourne-based brutalizers Vile Apparition follow up their Demo:listen-featured demo with an impressively tough full length. Check out this exclusive track premiere for a taste of blood to come . . .

Retrospective: Extreme Napalm Terror’s “Impulse to Destroy”

December 13, 2018

Looking back on the strange case of Extreme Napalm Terror and their 1989 album Impulse to Destroy, which may or may not have been a complete joke.

Blast Worship: No/Más

December 11, 2018

D.C. grinders No/Más are featured in the latest Blast Worship column.

Q&A: Ville Viljanen & Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est) On Death Metal And Life-Threatening Burgers

December 10, 2018

Ville Viljanen and Andy Gillion of Finnish melodic death metallers Mors Principium Est crush riffs and burgers in this latest interview.

Track Premiere: Beaten to Death’s “Livet Tar, Og Livet Tar”

December 6, 2018

Norway’s Beaten to Death have been upending grindcore tropes since 2010 and are about to offer up more fun for the fourth time on Agronomicon.

The Workhorse Chronicles: Rogga Johansson

December 5, 2018

Rogga Johansson released eight records in 2018 alone, now he’s about to release his first solo LP.

Full Album Stream: Goats of Doom – “Rukous”

December 4, 2018

This exclusive stream of the savage and relentlessly epic new album from Finnish black metal killers Goats of Doom will burn your face right off and you won’t even notice because you’ll be distracted with headbanging and air shredding.

Full Album Stream: Order Of The Nameless Ones – “Utter to Me the Word of Wrath”

November 30, 2018

Check out this exclusive stream of the debut album from US-based black death trio Order Of The Nameless Ones.

Outer Heaven to Release New Single “Cryptic Visions” via Decibel Flexi Series!

November 29, 2018

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by December 10 to obtain a HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc from death dealers Outer Heaven!

Album Stream: Voodus “Into the Wild”

November 26, 2018

Swedish death metallers Voodus and Decibel team up to stream new album, “Into the Wild,” on Shadow/Regain Records.

Full EP Stream: Belzebong’s Light the Dankness

November 22, 2018

Last month in Canada, marijuana became fully legal. Curiously, Poland’s Belzebong only wanted to talk about their new EP.

Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Travis Ryan of Cattle Decapitation

November 21, 2018

To celebrate the release of Cattle Decapitation‘s new collection, Medium Rarities, we caught up with vocalist Travis Ryan to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Blast Worship: Sulfuric Cautery

November 20, 2018

Goregrinders Sulfuric Cautery like their blast beats and they like them fast.

Blast Worship: Kluvim

November 13, 2018

Kluvim come flying out of Israel with their caustic blend of grindcore, powerviolence and sludge.

Jake E. Lee returns with new Red Dragon Cartel album

November 8, 2018

Jake E. Lee returns with a fresh lineup for the new Red Dragon Cartel album.

Inhabit the Corpse: An Interview (+Full Album Stream) with Devil Master

October 31, 2018

We summon Philadelphia’s Devil Master and stream their remastered compilation album, Manifestations, out this Friday on Relapse.

Film Review: Halloween (2018)

October 31, 2018

Michael Myers returns in Halloween. Is it a worthy addition to the legendary franchise?

Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Flo Mounier of Cryptopsy

October 25, 2018

We celebrate the release of Cryptopsy‘s new EP by finding out what five albums changed drummer Flo Mounier’s life.

Full Album Stream: Putrisect – “Cascading Inferno”

October 23, 2018

Check out Cascading Inferno, the new EP from Baltimore’s Putrisect.

Blast Worship: Durian

October 23, 2018

New Jersey grinders Durian play fast, ask questions later.