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Indianapolis blasphemers Hatesong release their LP of blackened pestilence, Chapel Rats. Rest in power, DV Karloff.

A hearty bottoms up to Bleachdrinker‘s voracious whirlwind of blast beats and D-beats.

Love City Brewing joins the brewery lineup of this year’s Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Philly at the Fillmore Philly on September 25-26, 2021.

While you listen, read our Q&A with band co-founder/drummer Robert Garven about handling pandemic setbacks, how the EP came together, and what’s next for this legendary band. 

Russian hardcore/sludge outfit Vorvaň rise from slumber to release their bruising sophomore record, Awakened.

Hear Finnish groove grinders Kuvotus make the genre somewhat accessible in their split with fellow blasters Tunkio.

Metallic hardcore legends Deadguy will reunite at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on September 25-26. Municipal Waste, Immolation, Blood Incantation, Eternal Champion, Imperial Triumphant and more also join the party.

Hear Slovenian progressive death metal travelers Teleport remerge as Siderean.

Check out the otherworldly video from the otherworldly North Carolina sci-fi obsessed freaks Xael.

Get ready for some 8-bit black metal dimension hopping courtesy Gonemage.

Belgian death-dealers Slithering Decay unleash a verminous flood of buzzsaw riffs on their debut album, Aeons Untold.

Dallas blasters’ split release with Cryptic Void is a definite grind album of the year candidate.

Death Angel drummer Will Carroll speaks with us about his journey and what he’s learned during the pandemic. Death Angel will stream a concert on May 29 focusing on rarities from their catalog.

Xasthur and Casket of Dreams join forces below ground and emerge with dungeon funeral synth split The Hallucination Tunnels

The latest soot-encased blast from Our Place of Worship is Silence is anything but tranquil or hushed.

Japanese death/doom hope-crushers Anatomia unveil their fourth LP Corporeal Torment over a week early exclusively at Decibel Magazine.

Hear the Jersey punks in Ides and Sunrot team up for a heavily Black Flag-inspired split.

Get primed for the vinyl-release of D.I.S.‘s Divide and Devour with the lyric video for album track “Disarm.”

Hear ex-Massacre and current Obituary and the Absence members fly the blood-soaked flag of old-school death metal in Inhuman Condition.

A revelatory new documentary on metal-tinged progressive hardcore outfit Beyond lives up to the band’s moniker.

Transylvanian Recordings founder James Rauh shares his thoughts on running a booming, ethical DIY label in this exclusive interview.

If you are a fan of any era of Daughters, the Locust or Saetia, it’s time to tune into the powerviolence/screamo/shoegaze hybrid of Waternoose.

Anarchist black metal trio Dawn Ray’d spread their message like “Wild Fire.”

Start celebrating early and tune in at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT to catch a free viewing of Decibel’s 100th Issue Show DVD, featuring performances from Converge, Pig Destroyer, Repulsion, Municipal Waste, Tombs and Evoken.

Decibel brings you this exclusive tan vinyl color LP of At the Gates‘s The Nightmare of Being. Limited to 300 worldwide, so get yours pre-ordered before they sell out!

Forget flies. You catch more killer old school thrash riffs with Honey than vinegar, too.

Tech-death newcomers Universally Estranged crash land from deep space with their mind-mutating debut LP, Reared Up in Spectral Predation.

Get to know Quebec crushers Chadhel as they team up with Assidious Assault on a crucial new split

Swedish death metal gravediggers House by the Cemetery pay tribute to Lucio Fulci on their debut LP, Rise of the Rotten.

Metal Blade’s 15th installment — and first since 2016 — of their legendary Metal Massacre compilation series features new and exclusive recordings from Midnight, Ripped to Shreds, Many Suffer and more.