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Got five minutes? Good, because that’s all Kazakhstan crushers Ajal need to grind your face off.

Hear Needful Things members return with more Czech grind badassery with Sick Destroyer.

Pre-order the massive, nearly 500-page official biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner from Decibel Books and read an excerpt now!

One of our earliest player characters returns with a friend to talk about ditching class to play Atari, terrible games and amazing OSTs.

Hear The Old Lie, the debut from Denver-based blackened crusties Victim of Fire before its release on August 1.

Progressive doom outfit MOTHS explore the seven deadly sins on their new album, Septem.

Read how Exhumed, Gruesome, Impaled and KMFDM members payed homage to their young by helping bring the fictional Cobra-backed metal band Cold Slither to life.

Single-day and regular-priced tickets go on sale on Friday, July 25 at 10am MT, so this is your LAST CHANCE for DISCOUNTED EARLY-BIRD 2-Day and 3-Day passes.

Florida’s Seven Kingdoms share the video playthrough for their track “Through These Waves,” the second single from their 2024 EP The Square, out via Reigning Phoenix Music. You can see them shredding and even try to follow along yourself below.

Nearly 150 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $4.00 each! Many of them containing flexis and down to the last copies. Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.

Listen to Austin noiseniks Fuck Money tighten their “Belts” (around your necks)!

Travel Far from the Light of Heaven with the album stream from medieval metallers Weald & Woe.

The long-running British thrashers Onslaught discuss 40 years of Power From Hell and maintaining relevance.

Dirty hard rockers Wenches give us a look at their favorite Bloomington, Indiana dive bar in their new video for “Buzzkiller.”

Allow British Colombia blast battalion Hacked Apart to ping their way into your hearts.

Seattle’s Lacabra don’t pull any punches with new track and video for “Nothing”—a dizzying descent into addiction, disillusionment, and identity collapse, rendered with savage clarity.

If you’re looking for something that crushes skulls but still carries a positive social message, look no further than Autumn Lies Buried‘s new EP Mob Mentality

Attempt to solve the unkind mind grind puzzle of Psudoku.

Fresh from his reveal as Cold Slither frontman Zartan, drummer/guitarist/vocalist Gus Rios provides the following homage to the impact of the toys that defined his childhood and shaped his adulthood. 

Watch the new video and single from legendary New Orleans grindcore unit Flesh Parade!

Putrescent rip through a new old-school death metal tune.

New York grinders Stolen Gun set forth the mosh-heavy pace.

Meet doom metal icons Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh of Paradise Lost at MDF this weekend to sign copies of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost: Expanded Edition at the Decibel merch table!

It’s okay to celebrate the release day of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost – Expanded Edition with this exclusive excerpt from Decibel‘s limited edition hardcover classic.

Dälek producer Mike Mare fronts UK/NYC outfit Holy Scum.

Midwest goregrinders Postmortem Carnivore devour the last dinner of humanity.

Gorement guitarist Patrik Ferlund provides this exclusive track-by-track dissection of recent Decibel Hall of Fame inductee The Ending Quest.

Sometimes you gotta just take nods towards the kings of certain subgenres and today that’s quintessential a 21st century powerviolence crushers Iron Lung.

Hear Australian gonzo-grind duo Meth Leppard return more ferocious than ever with the “Algorithm & Blues,” the first track to new LP Gate Keepers, out July 1.

Surprise! Hardcore/metal legends Deadguy return with their sophomore studio LP Near-Death Travel Services. And Decibel is honored to bring you our very own exclusive Burnt Orange + Light Blue Half & Half LP variant strictly limited to 200 copies worldwide!