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Nightmare Brewing Company is horror and death metal enthusiast Billy Powell’s outlet for flirting with darkness and exorcising his own demons. Glasgow Smile is his latest gruesome gose.

The great Obsequiae has returned to guide us through another series of castles and courtyards on “Ceres in Emerald Streams.”

Get to know Mother’s Tomb, and their first four tracks of ripping death/thrash via of Absent Not Dead.

Explore death metal’s darkest caverns with Iranian riff-cult Nex Carnis on their new two-track EP Black Eternity.

Whether you’re a death devotee or prog purist, this month’s seasonally-and-topically-appropriate Decibel Meter has some titles for you.

What goes around comes around for Polish deathgrinders Straight Hate.

Nick Heigelmann of the great 90s melodic death metal act The Year of Our Lord returns with Sun in Shadows, a preconception-obliterating new record, and — seen for the first time ever here — a new video.

Leeds grinders Ona Snop deliver spazztic blurs of goofy buzzsaw powerviolence that are as blistering as they are irreverent.

“Progress is born of doubt and inquiry. The Church never doubts, never inquires. To doubt is heresy, to inquire is to admit that you do not know—the Church does neither.” —Robert G. Ingersoll

“Just Metal” tickets for for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA are just $25 until Sept 22. Only 100 available. Hurry!

Trevor William Church can’t, won’t and don’t stop – releases a pair of new split singles from heavy metal heroes Haunt

Freshly minted thrashers Return Fire will self-release their nine-track debut on September 27, but we have a first taste for you right NOW.

Decibel writer Adem Tepedelen is working on unleashing a collection of nearly 10 years of his “Brewtal Truth” columns.

Let Glasgow, Scotland’s Godeater take you deep into tech-death waters with “Inertia Haze.”

Boston doom quintet Glacier bring their heavy post-metal freeze to a sweltering temple in their video for album opener “O World! I Remain No Longer Here.”

Blasphemous Covenant is the result of black metal/noise collaboration between members of Byyrth and Thy Sepulchral Moon. Check out an exclusive stream of “Subliminal Supplication.”

In which Decibel provides an in-depth review of a three-day underground grindcore fest in London, England.

A mix of doom, death and trad this week for our friend who shits in a cage.

Blackened death doom sludge outfit Casket Huffer invites you to breathe in the nihilism of an exclusive new track.

Former Gridlink axeman returns with the aptly-titled Strange, Beautiful, Fast.

Batushka, Faketushka, Fauxtushka, all the Tushkas; or none, really, as there is no ‘tushka in this month’s Decibel Meter.

Legendary horror film composer Fabio Frizzi talks helping to bring H.P. Lovecraft’s poetry to life on I Notturni Di Yuggoth.

Full Terror Assault is celebrating five years of open air fest mayhem with a wild, brutal four-day party next week.

Underground Philadelphia progressive metal kings Dysrhythmia are launching a new mind-bending blitz and we’ve got the exclusive first salvo streaming now.

Swedish psychedelic spellcasters Vokonis worship at the riff-adorned throne of the “AntlerQueen.”

Their blood vessels might be narrowed, but Vasoconstriction‘s grindcore influences are pretty wide.

Portuguese progressive metallers Apotheus expose the “horrors and injustices of this world” in their latest video, “Caves of Steel.”

Cleveland underground metallic hardcore heroes In Cold Blood mount an unlikely — yet triumphant — comeback with Legion of Angels.

Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Gatecreeper flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Hey, Leather Lung put a little rock n’ roll swagger and outlaw country sneer in its sludge metal for you! How thoughtful!