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Maryland Deathfest second wave of band announcements includes Cryptic Slaughter, Unanimated, Disharmonic Orchestra and more.

Daughters sign to Ipecac, release new song and announce tour dates.

Gojira‘s landmark third album, From Mars to Sirius, is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Pig Destroyer release “Army of Cops,” the first song from their upcoming Head Cage album.

On this week’s Demo:listen we bend the rules for the mind-bending darkness of Copenhagen’s Oltretomba.

Deceased reveal the artwork for upcoming Hells Headbangers album.

If you like your death metal to sound like Incantation crossed with Bolt Thrower and “Human Waste”-era Suffocation, you need to get excited about Skullcrush.

Converge surprise release new four-song EP, Beautiful Ruin.

Pig Destroyer release album teaser for Head Cage.

Driftwood’s Son of the Morning Strong Golden Ale: the beer with the death metal album cover on the label.

Headliners include thrash legends Testament, who will play a special set of both their classic “The New Order” and “The Gathering” records in full, along with the Tom Gabriel Fischer-led Triptykon performing a special all-Celtic Frost set.

We have a limited number of grim and frostbitten advance copies of the August issue of Decibel available now. Have at it!

Literally everything is on sale in Decibel store through Father’s Day So, while you’re cashing in on this sweet deal, be sure to tell your dad, “Thanks.”

Veteran Greek black metallers premiere new controversial video for “Remnants of the Dark Testament.”

On the eve of the release of Madball‘s ninth full-length For the Cause, the band’s extreme metal virtuoso drummer Mike Justian submits to a lengthy Decibel inquisition.

A West Coast benefit for the late Caleb Scofield will be held in October.

Stream the new album from death dealers Lago now.

Jam the debut album from Denmark’s Taphos in its entirety now.

Integrity and Krieg are teaming up this summer to give metallic hardcore and black metal audiences just what they need to invoke all shades of the whispering darkness.

Hear a track off the debut record from NY-based proto-death metallers Mutilate now.

Stream the debut album from Canadian black death maelstrom The Black Sorcery now.

MDF XVI kicks off tomorrow in Baltimore. Don’t miss these five killer bands making rare area appearances.

If you’re feeling frisky, try this catnip-infused blueberry/vanilla pale ale from Washington state’s Black Raven Brewing.

Cosmic Church’s final encyclical is an endlessly immersive work of atmospheric black metal, delivered in a manner that retains the style’s essential rawness and power.

Watch a new video from Shylmagoghnar.

Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe takes us on a walk down his own unique version of Memory Lane to talk his first seven-inch with Burn the Priest. Kayt Vigil of Sonic Wolves chimes in, too.

Pig Destroyer confirm new album for September release via Relapse.

Welcome to No Corporate Beer, Decibel’s new beer-spotting, consumer guide where we drink a beer and a then review it. Now that we’ve established that complex formula, let’s do this.

Soft Kill main man discusses addiction, sobriety, the birth of his son and new album Savior.

A profile of a group of musical entities from northwestern England, specializing in pure, raw black metal, all under the name Legions ov Darkness.