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Swedish death metal savant Rogga Johansson brings the fury to his eponymous band’s full-length debut — and we’ve got an exclusive salvo for you to sample.

Tune into Network of Epic Misery. No, not Fox News, but the latest from German grinders Entrails Massacre.

In the latest installment of his Heavy Meta series, Forrest Pitts discusses the mechanics of the heavy metal record review with Decibel contributors Joseph Schafer, Daniel Lake and Adem Tepedelen.

The Ages marks the Oregon brewery’s first foray into the world of lambics and they fucking nailed it!

If you — like virtually everyone else — missed late, great ’80s Boston thrashers Temporary Insanity here’s your chance to catch up.

We have a limited number of advance copies of the August issue of Decibel, featuring a flexi disc with a brand new song from Cadaver, available now. Don’t blow it.

Teenage blackened thrashers Vectis keep the riffs sharper than a guillotine blade on their The Executioner demo.

P.L.F., Heinous, Blame God, Couple Skate and Moisturizer are among the acts confirmed for the new Brooklyn-based grind-friendly fest

The second iteration of California’s heaviest and hoppiest festival returns in December with rare appearances from Possessed, Vio-lence, Nails, Cadaver, Schammasch and waaaaaaay more!

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine confirms that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

Don’t let the name of ex-Overkill axeman Bobby Gustafson’s solo thrash project, um, taint your expectations.

When he’s not crushing skulls as Skeletonwitch‘s guitarist, Scott Hedrick is crushing personal bests in long-distance running.

South Jersey’s Player Hater on Christmas songs about cocaine, Jamey Jasta’s pocketbook and not taking things too seriously.

Australian death metal machine Eternal Rest‘s third LP is out now. Don’t sleep on this!

In our new series Cutting Room Floor, Pelican‘s Trevor Shelley de Brauw gives us the story behind their new record’s most peculiar track.

Total Fucking Destruction enter the DNC running with their new video.

Heavy metal devotee and underground writer/editor extraordinaire Nick Cato takes us on a back row tour extremely extreme, metal-friendly cinema.

Venture back to deep space with doom explorers Slomatics on their 6th LP Canyons.

Members of Maruta and Full of Hell deliver the grindy goods as Ramuh.

Longtime metal journalists Jeff Wagner and Ula Gehret go deep on the mechanics of the heavy metal record review.

NC’s VLVD decree viva la EP!

Avail’s melodic hardcore classic Over the James enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Decibel‘s weekly grindcore fix returns to our nation’s capitol for a second week in a row.

Awaited debut album Exile by the members of the Sheffield’s Bal-Sagoth out now via Black Lion Records.

Take an expertly guided tour of heavy metal horror soundscape via the lush, brilliantly curated new book Blood on Black Wax.

Louisiana crust fiends Pale Misery offer “No Choice” but to listen to their newest blackened ripper.

D.C.-area grinders Needle do the damage.

A rare clean sweep this week for our friend who shits in a cage.

Ohio rock quartet on their new LP, their new label and “finding a way out of the bullshit.”

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