Interview
Del James on Lucha Libre, Circle 6 Death Matches and His New Graphic Novel, Consensual Violence
November 11, 2025 J. Bennett
Rock/metal legend and longtime GN’R cohort Del James talks about his new graphic novel, Consensual Violence.
Interview: Doom Duo Frayle Discuss New Album, Heretics & Lullabies
November 4, 2025 Emily Bellino
Cleveland doom duo Frayle discuss their latest album.
Track-by-Track: Stillbirth – “Survival Protocal”
October 30, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Get ready to experience Stillbirth‘s eclectic blend of death metal, grindcore, deathcore, and slamming death metal which they call “Brutal Surf Death Metal.”
Interview: Crippling Alcoholism Discuss New Album “Camgirl”
September 22, 2025 Emily Bellino
Gothic noise rockers Crippling Alcoholism talk new album, concept records and fitting in.
Interview: Street Eaters Talk ‘Opaque’
September 18, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Street Eaters dropped their new album, Opaque this month. We caught up with Megan March, John No and Joan Toledo to talk about the album and their future plans.
Interview: Noise Rock Duo Latter Discuss New EP, What Lives Inside of Me
August 19, 2025 Emily Bellino
Chicago noise rock duo Latter discuss their new EP, What Lives Inside of Me, the benefits of having a background in noise and more.
Interview: Unleashed Bassist Johnny Hedlund Talks New Album, Fire Upon Your Lands
August 18, 2025 Emily Bellino
Unleashed talk new album and 35 years of death metal.
Human Bulldozer: A Conversation with Kommodus’ Lepidus Plague
August 11, 2025 Dutch Pearce
A conversation with Lepidus Plague, the unstoppable force behind the Australian one-man black metal campaign, Kommodus.
How G.I. Joe-Stanning Supergroup COLD SLITHER Plan to Rule the World
July 25, 2025 Fred Pessaro
Read how Exhumed, Gruesome, Impaled and KMFDM members payed homage to their young by helping bring the fictional Cobra-backed metal band Cold Slither to life.
Interview: Kaonashi Talk Touring, Songwriting and New Album, I Want to Go Home
June 30, 2025 Emily Bellino
“Before, it was me just trying to beg the world: ‘Please listen to me. Please look in my direction, I make music and I promise it’s good enough for you listen to,’ and now we truly have an audience.”
Track-by-Track: vide – “Decorated in spiderweb”
May 8, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Louisiana- and Texas-based black metal shoegaze band vide just dropped their new EP, Decorated in spiderweb, on May 2. Check out their track-by track rundown of the release here.
Interview: Divide and Dissolve’s Takiaya Reed Forges a Path of Love and Liberation Through Raw Emotion
April 17, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Divide and Dissolve vocalist Takiaya Reed talks grief, joy and Black liberation in the eve of new LP Insatiable.
Interview: Tech-Thrashers Cryptosis Discuss the Intersection of Technology and Extreme Metal
March 24, 2025 Emily Bellino
Futuristic Dutch thrashers Cryptosis talk Black Mirror, technicality versus melody and their new album, Celestial Death.
DISMEMBER Break Down ‘Like an Ever Flowing Stream’ Track by Track Ahead of Metal & Beer Fest Album-Performance
March 13, 2025 Chris Dick
Dismember‘s fearsome five breakdown their iconic Like an Ever Flowing Stream as we approach their full-album performance of the album at Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4.
Q&A: Max Cavalera (Cavalera) Gets Schizophrenic
March 11, 2025 Chris Dick
Max and Iggor Cavalera are out on the road with Cavalera with Necrot and Dead Heat as they blaze through critical tracks from Bestial Devastation, Morbid Visions, and Schizophrenia!
Interview: Aversed Talk New Era and ‘Erasure of Color’
February 20, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Boston-based melodic death metal outfit Aversed fill us in on the their rebirth via Erasure of Color set for release on March 21 via M-Theory Audio.
Scorpion Child debuts New LP, ‘I Saw the End As It Passed Right Through Me’, Discuss “HIM and Sisters of Mercy trying to play Judas Priest’ Sound of New LP”
February 13, 2025 Raoul Hernandez
Austin bangers Scorpion Child pull off ‘Him and Sisters of Mercy trying to play Judas Priest’ on third LP I Saw the End as it Passed Right Through Me.
Interview: Bumblefoot Discusses New Solo Album, Bumblefoot… Returns!
January 13, 2025 Emily Bellino
Guitarist Bumblefoot (ex-Guns N’ Roses) discusses his new solo album and 30-year career, plus the funeral doom album he’s currently producing.
Interview: The Halo Effect Hit Their Stride with “March of the Unheard”
January 9, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, Grand Cadaver) on “the instinct and the 30 years of experience” that goes into the new LP from The Hallo Effect.
KILL SCREEN 052: Victor Love of MASTER BOOT RECORD and the Humanity of Dehumanization
December 17, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The computer metal mastermind finds endless imagination in physical limitation.
Exit Interview: Colin Marston on Closing Menegroth the Thousand Caves
December 10, 2024 Decibel Magazine
This summer, as Colin Marston was regrouping while scouting for a new home for the studio, he took some time to reflect on the transition and take stock of the Menegroth experience as a whole.
Interview: Man’s Gin on ‘The Reprobate’ and Degenerate Behavior
December 5, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Erik Wunder, the enigmatic figure behind the Colorado-based solo project Man’s Gin (as well as acclaimed USBM force Cobalt), on his latest sonic offering, The Reprobate
Q&A: Skin Yard Bassist Daniel House Talks About the Band’s Legacy and New Box Set
November 25, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Skin Yard co-founder and bassist Daniel House shares the details of the grunge progenitors’ new deluxe singles box set.
Interview: Thunraz’s Madis Jalakas Brings the Baltic Gloom via ‘Incineration Day’
November 19, 2024 Forrest Pitts
The sole proprietor of Estonia’s Thunraz discusses the sepulchral, avante-sludge gauntlet of his latest, Incineration Day.
Q&A: Laura Bates (Völur) on Her Struggles With Housing Instability
November 18, 2024 Justin Norton
Accomplished violinist Laura Bates (Völur) has a steady income, however, her landlord is trying to evict her. She discuses the unchecked power of landlords and housing instability.
Interview: Impellitteri Guitarist Chris Impellitteri Discusses New Album and Working With Paul Bostaph
November 14, 2024 Emily Bellino
Long-running underground outfit Impelliterri discuss their new album and working with Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph.
Interview: Pelican Guitarists Discuss New Music and Original Lineup Reunion
November 12, 2024 Emily Bellino
Post-metal mainstays Pelican discuss reuniting the band’s original lineup and approaching new music.
Q&A: Scott Hedrick (Skeletonwitch) on His Debut Instrumental Solo Album, Devotional Drift Vol. 1
October 29, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Skeletonwitch guitarist Scott Hedrick’s left-hand path is more meditational than metal on his new debut solo album, Devotional Drift Vol. 1.
Interview: Within the Ruins on the Emotions Behind ‘Phenomena II’
October 14, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
We catch up with Progressive deathcore heroes Within the Ruins to talk about the long-gestating sequel to Phenomena
Q&A: Chuck Billy (Testament) Goes A Haunting
October 10, 2024 Chris Dick
Decibel interviews Chuck Billy of thrash metal titans Testament about the reissues of The Legacy and The New Order.
