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Melotov Records’ Melanie Voltz shares the story of her struggle with prescription narcotics.

Sabbath Assembly‘s Jamie Myers pens an editorial on the importance of making music and art despite internal hesitations.

If you haven’t heard Ohio’s black/death slayers Valdrin don’t waste another second. Check out this exclusive track premiere now.

Does Slave to the Grind accurately document the genre? Decibel watches the film to find out.

Churchburn discuss new album None Shall Live… Hymns of Misery.

Color in your dozens of black metal-inspired art with this new coloring book from Feral House.

Dropdead vocalist Bob Otis involved in motorcycle accident; GoFundMe set up to help with medical expenses.

Get crushed by this incredible new track from Seattle-based funeral doomers Un

Catch up on all the latest and greatest stories about all of your favorite bands along with additional monthly vinyl flexis featuring exclusive tracks not available anywhere else!

A peek at Omnium Gatherum’s new video and a few words about their forthcoming album.

Our Place of Worship is Silence provide a refreshing take on death metal with their second full-length.

Churchburn sound particularly miserable on their new album, None Shall Live… The Hymns of Misery, so we caught up with them to find out why.

Carlo Regadas (Monstrance, ex-Carcass, ex-Devoid) survives necroticized organs and returns to playing music.

Decibel checks in with Enslaved, Wolvhammer, Spirit Adrift and more about Psycho Las Vegas.

Check out this latest abomination from Caligari Records, the debut of Costa Rican death doomers Bloodsoaked Necrovoid.

Grindcore outfits Chepang and Test team up for a blistering, innovative split.

Decibel attends a “Two Minutes to Late Night” taping at Saint Vitus.

Check out this devastating track of ritualistic pagan death metal from Peruvian slaughterers Tunjum.

Iron Bonehead releases so much extreme music, all we can do is try to keep up; here’s our take on three of the label’s new ones.

Cheap merchandise. Diminishing revenues for labels already under financial pressure. Death metal shower curtains and bar signs. Decibel‘s special report on how online bootlegging is hurting the extreme metal scene.

Check out this exclusive stream of the killer debut from Deathwards.

Matt Harvey shares the five heavy albums that changed his life.

Emperor is playing this year’s Heavy Montreal. We talk to the dudes who booked them (and the other bands).

Jam the debut album from Denmark’s Taphos in its entirety now.

While Long Beach, CA-based post-hardcore menaces, Struckout may still may be a couple months out from the July 20th release of their self-titled third album, the band and its new label, Postmark Records are doing an early, full court PR press. The advance announcement was made a couple weeks ago, pre-orders are already available and…

Get your Hellenic black metal fix with this exclusive full album stream from Greece’s Melan Selas.

The Six Most Metal Breweries attended the second annual Decibel Metal & Beer Fest last month, and crafted this extensive video recap.

Comedian Chris Cook listens to and shares his thoughts on a variety of extreme metal songs.

Bridging the gap between the Japanese extreme metal scene and the rest of the world.

Check out this exclusive full stream of the new single from Ontarian black thrashers Occult Burial now.