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The latest track from German blackened death outfit Temple Koludra is a genre and border busting adventure in heavy metal transcendence.

The competition is “stiff,” but meet your new favorite Hyper Gore Blast band.

Members of Admiral Browning, Pale Divine, Faith In Jane, Weed Is Weed and Bailjack get their doomend black on.

Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts takes us to metal church.

Inspiration never sleeps, it only slays. Check out “Infinite Resurrection” from Tomb Mold‘s new album!

Watch the brand new video from Arkansas doomongers Deadbird.

Canadian songwriter and recording veteran Ian Blurton shares another burner from his volcanic solo album Signals Through the Flame with trad metal delight “Seven Bells..”

Varathron‘s 1993 classic, His Majesty at the Swamp, is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Freya guitarist Brendon Flynn returns with the proggy, atmosphere-heavy Diagonal Path — and we’ve got an exclusive stream of a new track.

USBM duo Lathliss have conjured a new demo tape. Check it out now.

Baldwin Park, California ain’t got nuthin’ on Copenhagen, Denmark

Shape of Despair to play their first-ever live shows next month.

Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies and The Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology Vol II books are just $10! Metal & Beer Fest shirts, Decibel Tour shirts and Choosing Death Fest shirts are just $5!

Cauldron Burial is back to give you a little “love from beyond the grave” — and scare the hell out of you to boot.

Indiana sludge rockers The Mound Builders celebrate ten loud years with their eponymous LP.

Jam a new Darkthrone song from their forthcoming LP, Old Star.

A full stream of the debut 7” from Nighnacht, the killer new band from Nunslaughter frontman Don of the Dead. Check it out now.

Checking in on the newest release from New Jersey’s great grind hope.

Hear the first new song in fifteen years from Norwegian death metal institution Cadaver.

Connecticut’s Archaic Decapitator gets the melodic death metal balance just right on “Skyward,” a song on their latest EP.

If you’re in the mood for some carefully curated chaos and brutality, then Chicago’s Nucleus has the perfect sound for you.

Enslaved will participate in a signing at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly this Sunday!

Exhorder will participate in a signing at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly this Saturday.

Featuring an all-star line-up and a beyond pissed punk hardcore sound to back it up, American War Machine is here to wage Unholy War on your expectations.

Our latest Hall of Fame is More Fun Than an Open Casket Funeral!

Made up of scene veterans, including one of the founders of Maryland Deathfest, Neolithic is here with a solid mix of death metal and dark hardcore.

Thanatos celebrate 35 YEARS with a big anniversary show, new label, new album in the works, and the Thanatology: Terror from the Vault 2 CD demo/rarities compilation.

It’s time for a crash course in Songs About Sea Monsters with top-shelf metal-head horror novelist Patrick Lacey!

Here’s where to blow your money at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly next weekend!

March Madness: almost over.
March Metal Madness at f.y.e.: still in play.