Interview

Stoner-metal stalwarts Bongzilla discuss Weedsconsin, their first album in 16 years.

Catching up with Knoll drummer James Eubanks in the wake of their first pressing of Interstice selling out and before their upcoming appearance at this weekend’s Roadburn Redux

To celebrate the release of their new album, The Crimson Corridor, we find out what five heavy albums changed Zao vocalist Dan Weyandt’s life.

Welcome to Health Awaits, a new Decibel column devoted to fitness. For this first installment, we speak with Harley Flanagan of hardcore punk pioneers Cro-Mags.

Hear Body Void‘s crushing new song “Fawn” and then hear directly from the band about forthcoming LP Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth.

To celebrate the release of Regional Justice Center‘s new album, Crime and Punishment, we caught up with drummer/vocalist Ian Shelton to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Ails’ vocalist works as a case manager in San Francisco where she assists homeless citizens transitioning to supportive housing. Shanaman discusses putting her health on the line to ensure that the most vulnerable among us continue to have a lifeline.

Blackened scumpunks Black Knife just released their homicidal LP, Murder Season. Founding vocalist/guitarist Hellwulv describes its fury track by track.

Gaerea‘s anonymous founder gets in depth about the band’s inner workings and planning their upcoming Gimme Radio livestream.

To celebrate the release of Returned to Life, we caught up with Altered Dead‘s Mic Dion to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Downtuned Denver sludge trio Oryx cast shadows and break bones with their new sledgehammer of a single, “Misery.”

The Melvins will unleash their new record, Working With God on February 26. It’s the second album from the Melvins 1983 lineup, so we wind back the clock with King Buzzo.

Latvian melancholic doom/death metal outfit Frailty discuss new album, Tumši Ūdeņi, and the Latvian metal scene with iDecibeli. Drown in darkness…

Eric Daniels and Twan van Geel of Soulburn fame open the flood gates to a new era on Noa’s D’ark. Hail Dutch death metal!

Catching up with Portrayal of Guilt drummer James Beveridge to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Ex-Terror/Culture lifer Rich Thurston talks Lowest, Treason, and lessons from fighting MMA and playing in Blood Has Been Shed.

Wake vocalist Kyle Ball and friends reimagine A.D: Earth from a blackened punk aesthetic.

TV Haugaland producer Dag Olav Husås embarks homeward with Norwegian legends Enslaved in new docu-series.

Molten Chains, one of the most extraordinary new bands in the metal underground, on sophomore album Torment Enshrined, which blends heavy metal, prog, black and death, Shakespearean themes and sorcerous vocals into one mind-blowing sound.

We catch up with Zander Ness, formerly of USBM Decibel darlings Høst, to discuss his new dark grunge/post-metal band Enditall.

Wondering what five heavy albums changed Doug Moore of Pyrrhon and Glorious Depravity‘s life? Read on.

Portrayal of Guilt guitarist talks new album, coronavirus and collaborating with other artists.

Former Agalloch bassist Jason Walton is raising classic underground metal T-shirts and hoodies from the dead.

The Mexican American horror author V Castro brings heavy metal fire to the Latinx Screams anthology.

Super-producer and Eternal Champion and Sumerlands member Arthur Rizk on the lasting influence of one of the Ozzman’s often overlooked key contributors.

Ice-T discusses Body Count‘s Grammy nomination, talks life in lockdown and gives you a few tips on how to spice up your Zoom meetings in this exclusive Decibel video.

Part III of III of an exhaustive look at the improbable crossover appeal of Steve Austin’s legendary noise/rock/metal institution Today Is the Day.

Austrian newcomers Gjoad create entrancing worlds with atmospheric dark rock on their debut LP, Samanōn.

Soilwork vocalist Björn “Speed” Strid talks new EP A Whisp of the Atlantic and predicts the effects of COVID-19 in 2021. Only at Decibel!

To celebrate the release of Soilwork‘s new EP, A Whisp of the Atlantic, we caught up with guitarist David Andersson to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.