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Part II of III of an exhaustive look at the improbable crossover appeal of Steve Austin’s legendary noise/rock/metal institution Today Is the Day.

Hear this crucial split between obscure American black mist Valac and Australia’s insanely prolific Kommodus.

If you think this Friday is gonna be black, wait until you hear the sinister delights Cadabra Records, H.P. Lovecraft, and Fabio Frizzi are cooking up for Christmas…

Swedish black metal duo Golgata anonymously wield scorched melodies on their mesmerizing sophomore record, Tempel.

Hear hardcore/powerviolence four-piece Fissure debut a pair of new singles from a pair of new EPs.

As part of it’s “Enlightened” exhibition, Norway’s national library has honored Darkthrone‘s classic album.

This new 300-page hardcover on Cult Never Dies offers an deep dive into the legendary Finnish death metal underground of the early 1990s.

We have a limited number of advance copies of the December issue of Decibel, featuring our 10th anniversary Decibel Flexi Series entry from Venomous Concept.

Get tickets to Butler Fest and support one of our own while you watch a killer fest instead of talking to your family about the election (or anything!) over Thanksgiving!

Seattle area power trio, City of Industry‘s emotional metallic hardcore is the prefect soundtrack to 2020’s rollercoaster of emotions.

Hummus Records has secured the rights and responsibility for the re-issue of Knut‘s first release, Leftovers. Hear a remastered version of “Spit” now.

Catch up with thrashers Municipal Waste as they record their seventh LP in a Philly studio with renowned engineer Arthur Rizk.

Colombian black metal squadron Horncrowned unleash their new album of demonic warfare, the Armageddon-beckoning Rex Exterminii (The Hand of the Opposer).

Hear grinding solo project Ischemic Necrosis deliver 29 tracks of hyperblasting pathological noisegrind/goregrind/gorenoise.

Hear “The Trees Die Standing,” the first officially released material from Calvin Robertshaw’s (ex-My Dying Bride) black/doom project Many Suffer.

Post-punk goth rockers Sword Collector premiere their triumphant “Inherit the Scepter” video. Seize the blade and stream it now.

Tel-Aviv’s metallic hardcore warriors are here with a new video from their upcoming full-length due out this winter.

One King Down/Most Precious Blood/Take Life vocalist Rob Fusco discusses the craft of lyric writing and execution with a variety of his extreme music contemporaries from Napalm Death, Lamb of God, Lingua Ignota and more.

We’re sorry. We’re not trying to ruin the fun by posting this. But if we don’t, someone else will. You probably shouldn’t click here. Really, you should just wait for the issue to arrive in the mail. For Christ’s sake, have you no willpower? OK, fine. Don’t @ us.

Thane-based death thrashers Eternal Returns dive into their five dynamic, serpentine, ultra-catchy tracks to give you a window into how an Indian farmer may have felt 65 years ago.

Turkish melodeath faction Cidesphere return from dormant darkness with their resurgent sophomore record, Dawn of a New Epoch.

Daniel Lake sits down with Tombs frontman and ‘Metal Matters’ podcast host Mike Hill to discuss the process of assembling the new book, USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal.

Denver doom rockers Shepherd release their sullen single “Persephone.” Bundle up for winter’s sullen reign before their debut’s November 20th release.

Shane Embury’s haunting ambient project Dark Sky Burial delivers a video for De Omnibus Dubitandum Est‘s title track and an update on album No. 2.

Wretched Inferno deliver beefy old-school death metal that belies their high school age on the Fester EP. From caveman to monkey riff.

Writer/photographer/tireless scene advocate Jessica Marinho takes us on a guided tour of the bustling, burgeoning, extremely extreme Brazilian metal scene.

Canadian blackened metal quartet Ancient Thrones venture beyond The Veil with their afterlife concept record, out November 6th.

Need to lower your anxiety levels today? This classic gore-and-horror montage video from subterranean death dealers Oxalate ain’t gonna help.

Wolf-blooded Finnish black metal duo Sarvekas guide us through woodland feeding grounds in their new single, “The Sacred Hour of the Hunt.”

Swans’ 1987 classic Children of God is the latest Decibel Hall of Fame inductee.