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Full Stream: Impure’s “Transfixed in Limbo”

March 23, 2018

Get “Transfixed in Limbo” with this stream of the new 7” from US devastators Impure.

Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Jeff Irwin of Will Haven

March 22, 2018

To celebrate the release of Will Haven‘s new album, Muerte, we wrangled up guitarist Jeff Irwin to talk about the five heavy albums that changed his life.

Track Premiere: Hands of Despair – “Body and Souls”

March 22, 2018

Next month, you can descend fully into the Well of the Disquieted, but for now, why don’t you just test the waters of Hands of Despair‘s new album.

Q&A and Track Premiere: Leila Abdul-Rauf on “Diminution”

March 16, 2018

Leila Abdul-Rauf is well known to Decibel readers for her exemplary work with bands including Vastum, Cardinal Wyrm, Hammers Of Misfortune and others. The multi-instrumentalist is also busy composing her own music, which often veers in unpredictable directions. Her upcoming album Diminution, the followup to the 2015 release Insomnia, draws on Abdul-Rauf’s feelings about the collapse of the…

Q&A and Track Premiere with Russian Post-Rockers Aesthesys

March 15, 2018

Shining a spotlight on Moscow’s classically informed, melancholic post-rockers and their second album, Achromata.

Iranian metal band Confess give update on whereabouts, safety

March 15, 2018

Confess vocalist/guitarist Nikan (Siyanor) Khosravi is in hiding in Turkey after the band was charged and put on death row in Iran; we caught up with him to get an update.

Q&A: Sinistro’s Patrícia Andrade Talks Lisbon & Doom Metal

March 5, 2018

Portugal-based doom metallers Sinistro take on the avant-garde with their filmic new LP, Sangue Cassia.

Interview: Septic Tank’s Lee Dorrian on How Music Shaped Him

March 1, 2018

Lee Dorrian discusses his band Septic Tank and the impact hardcore punk had on his life.

Piece by Piece: Examining the Practice of Merch Cuts

February 28, 2018

Sketchy business practice or a necessary evil? Decibel examines the practice of merch cuts in extreme metal.

Q&A: Deathwhite Extols The Virtues Of Anonymity & Katatonia

February 26, 2018

Pittsburgh-based dark metallers Deathwhite talk new album, “For a Black Tomorrow.”

Full Album Stream: Usurpress “Interregnum”

February 22, 2018

Swedish death metal kings Usurpress bestow the strange and the heavy on new album, Interregnum.

Full Album Stream: Avslut “Deceptis”

February 21, 2018

Swedish black metal upstarts Avslut issue dire warning on new album, “Deceptis.”

Track Premiere: Nocturnal Graves ‘Ecdysis, Shedding Weak Flesh’

February 21, 2018

Australian blackened war machine Nocturnal Graves fires off an unholy bullet with new song “Ecdysis, Shedding Weak Flesh.”

Q&A: Erdve’s Vaidotas & Kristijonas Reflect On Happiness

February 19, 2018

Lithuanian post-metallers Erdve are heavy on introspection (and riff) on new album, Vaitojimas.

The Sounds of Perseverance: An Interview with Taken’s Ray Harkins

February 15, 2018

An interview with Taken vocalist and issue #162 Reader of the Month, Ray Harkins

Paradise Lost’s ‘Icon’ Is Inducted Into the Decibel Hall of Fame

February 14, 2018

British doom legends Paradise Lost return to the Decibel Hall of Fame for the first time in 13 years.

Track Premiere: Totengott ‘Satan Beside You’

February 12, 2018

Spain’s Totengott invoke Celtic Frost on new song “Satan Beside You.”

Track Premiere: Lychgate ‘Remembrance’

January 31, 2018

Avant-garde black metallers Lychgate destroy boundaries on new song, “Remembrance.”

Enemy Soil Discuss Reunion, Maryland Deathfest, New Music and Politics

January 16, 2018

Enemy Soil‘s Richard Johnson on the band’s upcoming reunion shows, the possibility of new music and political lyrics in grindcore.

Q&A: Iniquity’s Martin Rosendahl Invokes Old Ghosts

January 15, 2018

Iniquity’s Martin Rosendahl Revisits Serenadium and confirms reunions are dead.

Celebrating the Norse Identity: An Interview with Ivar Bjørnson

January 11, 2018

Enslaved‘s Ivar Bjørnson on ByNorse Music, plus what fans can expect on the upcoming Decibel Magazine Tour.

Q&A: Dan Terminus Talks Gear And Influences

January 8, 2018

French synthwave specialist Dan Terminus talks gear, popularity, and new album Automated Refrains.