Interview

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.

Fórn explore “Cosmic Desolation” on a crushing new song.

According to the editor of “The Black Candle” zine, “Black Metal has to be diabolical – if not in content, then at least in spirit.”

Connecticut noise metal iconoclasts Cable return with a killer reimagining of the band’s “lost” 2003 record Never Trust a Gemini.

Chuggernaut stream new EP Kodiak and discuss its writing process.

Prog visionary Steven Wilson tackles boundaries, pop music, and extreme metal in new interview with Decibel.

Decibel catches up with Bandit, and premieres a new song.

Waking the Cadaver vocalist Don Campan speaks on the band’s reunion, upcoming show, new music and the “shredded wheat” meme.

Stream the new album from Rebel Wizard and read an interview with the mind behind the music, NKSV.

Get thrashed to death and beyond on this week’s Demo:listen with San Salvador’s Witchgöat.

Germany’s power metal stalwarts Primal Fear discuss their best album in years, Apocalypse.

“…Like the ghost of Chuck Schuldiner emerged from a creaky tomb with an HM-2 pedal in one hand and Matt Harvey’s record collection in the other.”

An interview with The Night Flight Orchestra’s David Andersson about “Sometimes the World Ain’t Enough”.

We catch up with Dee Snider to talk about how his passion for the heavy shines through in his new album, For the Love of Metal.

There’s a dark and dazzling heavy metal boom on in Denver right now. Ben Hutcherson of Khemmis gives us the inside scoop.

Swedish heavy metal upstarts Chronus get smart and premiere new video “Avarice”.

This week on Demo:listen we race through the stars at the speed of heavy metal with Calgary’s Traveler.