Interviews

Eight years after his untimely death, Wendy Dio continues to honor her late, legendary husband’s legacy—carrying his good works and groundbreaking music into the future.

“Paul Ryan” (Chris Fairbanks) weighs in on metal songs he’s never heard and will never listen to again.

Nightmarer’s Simon Hawemann speaks to Decibel about new album, Cacophony of Terror.

Bay Area sludge/doom/drone trio Body Void talk influences, growing from their debut release and living with mental illness.

On this week’s Demo:listen, we venture far beyond our purview to observe and document the arrival of New Jersey’s Obscure Transmissions.

This week Demo:listen returns with Montreal’s depraved and dangerous Sadomagickal Seducer.

Prolific producer Martin Bisi shares memories of working with Sonic Youth, Foetus, Cop Shoot Cop and more.

After their appearance in a recent Throw Me a Frickin’ Bone column, Philly’s Hellrad sent a none-too-pleased-with-you email to Decibel HQ. This opened a broader discussion about the different frustrations experienced by journalists and indie bands.

Damian Herring of Horrendous reveals his approach to engineering killer death metal with Subterranean Watchtower Studios.

Occasioned by the finally widely available and expanded reissue of his book, Secrets of My Kingdom: Return to Dimensions Unknown, we present an exclusive and candid interview with the godfather of dungeon synth, Mortiis.

Memoriam main man Karl Willets talks politics, grief and The Silent Vigil.

Stream the latest work from Demo:listen alumnis Garroted now, and get to know one of the hardest working, new death metal bands in the country.

Howie Abrams interviews Elisha Wiesel.

Next week sees the release of The Apostates, the seventh album by Parisian black metal shapeshifters, Glorior Belli, a band with a history reaching back over 15 years when they came to life as a Norwegian worshipping whirlwind. With time has come change as band leader Billy Bayou – also known by the less swampy…

Sentient Horror once again lead old-school Swedeath fans through a Lovecraftian pathway between New Jersey and Stockholm on their new EP, The Crypts Below.

A surprise special brew, Morbid Hour Black Pilsner, from Brooklyn’s Kings County Brewers Collective will be poured at the Decibel Metal and Beer Festival this weekend.

Long-standing Swedish blackened death metallers Necrophobic mark their return on “Mark of the Necrogram.”

This week’s Demo:listen reveals 埋葬, the debut album from San Jose’s one-man death metal band, Ripped To Shreds.

An interview with the metallic post-punk band and a premiere of their song “Pendulums”.

Next month, you can descend fully into the Well of the Disquieted, but for now, why don’t you just test the waters of Hands of Despair‘s new album.

Scottish heavy metal powerhouse King Witch discuss their new album, Under the Mountain.

Leila Abdul-Rauf is well known to Decibel readers for her exemplary work with bands including Vastum, Cardinal Wyrm, Hammers Of Misfortune and others. The multi-instrumentalist is also busy composing her own music, which often veers in unpredictable directions. Her upcoming album Diminution, the followup to the 2015 release Insomnia, draws on Abdul-Rauf’s feelings about the collapse of the…

This week, Demo:listen fans the blaze of Montreal’s Pénombre.

Shining a spotlight on Moscow’s classically informed, melancholic post-rockers and their second album, Achromata.

Germany-based psych-doom purveyors Black Salvation blow minds on new album, Uncertainty is Bliss.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the pit… Migration Fest returns…

This week’s Demo:listen uncovers New Jersey’s Burial Stone.

Speedwolf’s brief career came to an end in 2016. Fortunately, their retirement was shorter. The Denver speed metal act is now back together, and they answered a few of our questions for that reason.

Swiss grincore progenitors Fear of God never got proper recognition, but at least they’re getting their landmark EP properly reissued.

Portugal-based doom metallers Sinistro take on the avant-garde with their filmic new LP, Sangue Cassia.