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Melodeath trio Phantom Horde conjure riffs from Gothenburg’s golden age on their apocalyptic EP, The Umbra.

We speak with King Diamond about how Mercyful Fate reunited, his two bouts with COVID, tour bassist Becky Baldwin and more. The tour begins next week and tickets are still available although dwindling.

This week we highlight a grind band that more than four of you are already familiar with, Cloud Rat.

Los Angeles doom quartet Faetooth conjure spellbinding riffs in their new single “La Sorcière.” New album out October 28th from Dune Altar.

Confront the darkness with Raleigh black metal cult Mo’ynoq in their new music for “Throes of Ardent Disposition.”

Hear Catalyst offer a new portrait of French technical death metal on A Different Painting For A New World. 

Justin Hagberg (3 Inches of Blood) and Ash Pearson (Revocation) return with their genre-demolishing side project Ritual Dictates.

Hungarian grind force Another Way aren’t playing games on self-released ripper Csillagok Kutyalancon.

Portland death crust abominations Autophagy emerge from the dawn of an endless plague with their viciously good debut LP, Bacteriophage.

The sounds of the animal kingdom are loud enough, fast enough for Italian grinders Ape Unit.

Decibel has procured our own special edition of Worm‘s Bluenothing from the muck, limited to a mere 97 copies on “Swamp Green & Blue Ooze” merged color vinyl!

“Solaris” completes this era of Heath Rave’s Lotus Thrones, alongside its three other seasonal companions: “Autumnal,” “Hibernal” and “Vernal,” a fine way to end the summer.

Italian doom/sludge trio S.I.D. declare war on warfare with the music video for their EP’s title track, “City of Chemistry.”

Hear Houston grind force Shitstormtrooper blast an imperial combo powerviolence, grind and big capital “R” riffs.

The legendary Chicago photographer tells tales of shooting the biggest names in metal and punk in the city’s most revered rock ‘n’ roll venue.

We caught up with Monolith on the Mesa co-founder Roman Barham about honoring the legacy of late co-founder Dano Sanchez and what is in store this year for the South West.

Hear Bay Area death crew Mortuous deliver a death metal album-of-the-year contender a day before its official release.

Check out Chicago doomy, grungy, sludgy riff-masters Of Wolves‘ cool, dark but nostalgic video for their latest release, “Jesus Jihad.”

In their first interview since the passing of former frontman Trevor Strnad, The Black Dahlia Murder discuss their only way forward.

Indiana’s Assimilator create a Hell of their own design on the band’s self-titled debut of thrashing melodeath.

Hear Indian grinders Konflicts blur geographic and sonic grindcore boundaries.

Hear grindcore/death metal/crust punkers Slugcrust scorch an already scorching earth.

German deathspawn Cryptic Brood are back to test your intestinal fortitude with their new track, “Caustic Fetid Vomit.”

Richmond noise rock heroes City Of Caterpillar discuss their 20-year “hiatus” and the unlikely-awesome new LP, Mystic Sisters.

It doesn’t take a (pet) detective to learn that Midwest grind duo Skag rules.

Death metal fiends Heads for the Dead unveil their third crushing ode to horror on III: The Great Conjuration.

Meet Pilori, your new favorite blackened crust/death/grind band from Rouen, France

Remembering the life and accomplishments of Canadian metal scene icon Laura Wiebe.

We’ve got 100 — that’s right, 100 — copies of Type O Negative‘s loooooooong out of print Dead Again on limited edition CD loooooooong box. Get it before it’s gone/dead again!

Hear and acquire this End Reign disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!