Interview

Justin Pearson of The Locust, Dead Cross, and Retox just published a book collecting lyrics from throughout his shit-disturbing musical career, and we rounded him up to talk about it.

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

Norwegian post-metal doom-bringers KITE loudly pursue a quiet place on their The All Penetrating Silence EP.

Wolf King discuss their new album, Loyal to the Soil.

British doom coven Witchsorrow foreshadow the world’s end on their riveting new LP Hexenhammer.

This week Demo:listen unearths the pestilential sounds of California’s Icon Of Curse.

Soft Kill main man discusses addiction, sobriety, the birth of his son and new album Savior.

Get the details on the forthcoming new material from obscure Finnish death metal gods Abhorrence.

Austin Terror Fest organizers discuss the event’s second year, adding a bigger venue and diverse lineup curation.

Stream a new song and read a new interview with Canadian sludge/doom heavyweights Dopethrone now.

Get to know Lepidus Plague, the man behind Australia’s newest black metal force, Kommodus, while you stream the follow-up to last year’s staggering demo.

June 15th sees the vinyl re-issue of Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties that Blind. Today, we pay our respects in comprehensive, Decibel style with drummer Dave Mann and former guitarist/vocalist Gregory Lahm.

Convocation discuss their debut effort, Scars Across.

Stream a brand new single from prolific guitarist Kevin Hufnagel‘s new solo album, Messages to the Past.

Dutch black metal philosophers Wesenwille match dystopian warnings with fiery discord on their I : Wesenwille debut.

British avant-garde black metallers Lychgate unlock new album, The Contagion in Nine Steps. A new Q&A with Vortigern.

A lengthy interview with Voivod guitarist/composer Chewy, Piggy’s successor and longtime Voivod fan.