Interview

Noisem are back and ready to decimate.

Being a small black metal label in 2018 is a rough existence, as the market is so flooded. But somehow Death Kvlt has found a way to do it well.

Continuing our Bazillion Points tenth anniversary celebration, get to know lifelong metalhead demophile Bob Plante, who’s been working for years on his book, Demolition, an exhaustive encyclopedia compiling extreme metal demos from the ‘80s.

Mule Skinner discuss their first full-length in over 20 years.

ex-Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter tackles mental illness in new short film Down Again.

We summon Philadelphia’s Devil Master and stream their remastered compilation album, Manifestations, out this Friday on Relapse.

Vouna discusses working with Wolves in the Throne Room to release her first LP and streams the opening track, “A Place to Rest.”

Norwegian post-black metal outfit Sylvaine premieres dreamy new album, “Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone,” on Decibel.

“That pressure is always there when writing a new album. It’s pressure that’s self-imposed… I would be VERY alarmed if that concern melted away.”

Cognitive trade brutality for diversity on Matricide.

The Wizards conjure the soundtrack of magical warfare on their new Rise of the Serpent LP.

Young thrashers Dissentience stream new EP Mask of Pretense.

Decibel streams new Hate Eternal album “Upon Desolate Sands,” while leader Erik Rutan reveals how it was made.

Decibel gets inside the mind of Thrawsunblat mastermind Joel Violette.

Get to know Sliptrick Records.

We catch up with the legendary Justin Broadrick on the eve of Godflesh’s performance at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles

Xasthur‘s Scott Conner discusses his acoustic direction.

Quebec’s horror-themed death metal crushers Outre-Tombe return with a scary-good new album and we’ve got the exclusive stream, plus a brief interview with the band’s guitarist!

Chthonic frontman Freddy Lim discusses his entry into politics as the leader of the New Power Party.

Legendary Venom co-founder and and Venom Inc guitarist checks in following a massive health scare.

Wolfheart discuss their new album, Constellation of the Black Light

For their latest release, Suicidal Tendencies dove into the vault and came out with new album Still Cyco Punk After All These Years. Decibel spoke with the band to learn more.

Mikko Rissanen & Aleksis Laakso from Finnish death-doom-black metallers Totalselfhatred talk the virtues of new album, “Solitude.”

Matthew Knox of Horrendous unpacks the social commentary in ‘Idol’

We catch up with Testament‘s Chuck Billy to get the lowdown on his latest vape products.

Hear the epic new, single-track album of ever-shifting black metal from Stellar Descent and get to know the mastermind behind the band.

Paul “Hammy” Halmshaw released some of the best extreme metal of the past three decades via Peaceville Records. Now he delivers a blow-by-blow account of how it happened in his first book.

Surly Brewing Co will host Carcass to celebrate their annual Darkness Day.

The minds behind Radical Research give us a behind-the-scenes look at their podcast.

Green Dragon are your new favorite stoner metal band. Learn about what makes them tick and riff.