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Los Angeles funeral sludge newcomers QAALM release a video for their crushing first single, Existence Asunder. Debut album coming March 2022.

The French grind scene contributes to the growing — am I reading this correctly — mirco genre of grindcore bands inspired by the 1997 film Gummo?

Hear a track from Eight Bells‘ album Legacy of Ruin (due on February 25 and available now for preorder), the band’s first record in roughly five years.

Decibel is proud to announce not one, not two, not even three, but four exclusive LPs from Khemmis and SpiritWorld are now available for pre-order only in our online store!

Hear the U.K.’s Razoreater serve up a brutal helping of HM-2-propelled old-school Euro grind.

Tickets to the new dates will be available for purchase on Wednesday, November 24 at 10am local time. Dates for previously announced Decibel Magazine Tour shows are ON SALE NOW!

Check out an interview with Jason Newsted about Flotsam and Jetsam and latest Hall of Fame entry, Doomsday for the Deceiver!

Each Khemmis member shares five albums that personally influenced them while writing and producing their upcoming LP, Deceiver.

Do not toss aside the heaving black metal-influenced grindcore of France’s Civilian Thrower.

Cult Never Dies publishes a Z.A.S.T. zine anthology. We chat with the former editor, one Havard “Mortiis” Ellefsen, all about it.

Starting now through Sunday night you can purchase “Metal & Beer” ticket options for just $75 (single-day ticket) or $150 (full weekend ticket) when you use the promo code BEERME at checkout!

German death metal battalion Minenfeld launch a two-track riff barrage on their Night Raid EP from Lycanthropic Chants.

Wisconsin grindcore trio Mellow Harsher is, um, immunized against lousy extreme music on a new split EP.

Win tickets to see Obituary with support from Crowbar, Skeletal Remains, and Dead Heat!

At 10am local time, you can nab tickets to the 2022 Decibel Magazine Tour, kicking off in January with Obituary, Municipal Waste, Gatecreeper, Enforced and SpiritWorld.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, November 8 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Austin black metal-influenced soul-immolators Portrayal of Guilt.

The Decibel Magazine Tour returns to the road in January 2022. Tickets on sale Friday, November 5 at 10am local time.

Hear the latest single from Converge‘s Bloodmoon collaboration with Chelsea Wolfe and Cave In ‘s Steve Brodsky.

Hear Canadian crushers Bone Tower raise a monument to the pain and chaos of the past year and a half with We All Will Die One Day.

Wommbath are back to lay waste to all with their sonic, death metal assault, but this time, they’re taking us on a full-on journey with their new record, Agma. Sample a taste from the dark depths with “The Dead and the Dying.”

Decibel is deeply saddened to report the passing of Eric Greif, the extreme metal entertainment lawyer and former manager of Death and president of Perseverance Holdings Ltd, at the age of 59.

Jeff Walker, Bill Steer, and Michael Amott recount the thesaurus-busting, mandatory-listen that is Carcass‘s Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious on its 30th birthday.

Flotsam and Jetsam’s Doomsday for the Deceiver debut is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Metallic hardcore outfit Brick by Brick is sick of a lot of things, but not this classic jam from Sick of it All.

Vancouver duo Jisei healthy dose of deathcore doesn’t spoil their grindcore recipe on Bad Representation.

Preview the second album by Danish melodeath crew LIVLØS now!

Tom Büdgen, better known as Malakai Black, is one of the world’s most celebrated professional wrestlers. He tells us about how his visual presentation owes much to his lifelong metal fandom.

Italian battalion Organic dig burial pits for the decimated on their new LP of old school death crust, Where Graves Abound.

Long Island, New York’s Dog Food are on the menu if you have a hankering for stompy riffs mixed with rapid-fire grindcore precision.

Get to know Canadian ambient black/death eccentric Brulvahnatu with the fourth track on its new four-LP monstrosity Shining Nagas Territory.