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Track Premiere: House of Low Culture — “The Pervasive Mind”

November 15, 2017

Check out the first new recorded music from Aaron Turner’s House of Low Culture in four years!

Metal & Beer: Former Three Floyds VP Launches Puppy Mill Recordings

November 15, 2017

Former Three Floyds Brewing VP Barnaby Struve talks about his new record label, Puppy Mill Recordings, and gives us exclusive advance streams of his first two releases.

Magic Bullet Reissues Apartment 213’s “Cleveland Power Violence”

November 10, 2017

Sure, you probably know about Infest, Charles Bronson, Spazz and Despise You, but not everyone is well versed enough to know about Apartment 213 (or wasn’t old enough to be into them when they were putting out material).

Antigama face biggest adversity yet with new EP

November 9, 2017

Polish grinders Antigama are back, and, as always, nothing is normal.

WATCH: VA House of Delegates Winner Danica Roem Thanks Metalheads in Victory Speech

November 8, 2017

Danica Roem became the first openly transgender legislator elected to the Virginia House of Delegates yesterday, giving special thanks to the metal community in her acceptance speech.

Khemmis in the Studio to Record New Album for Late Summer Release

November 3, 2017

Decibel faves Khemmis announce new album to be recorded in January for a late summer release.

Khandra Settles Death In Life on Debut EP

November 3, 2017

It’s nice to have bands like Khandra around. The Belorussian duo has been quiet on personal details, but loud on creating quality, memorable black metal.

Goatwhore Record Exclusive New Song for Decibel Flexi Series!

October 31, 2017

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, November 6 to obtain a HIGHLY LIMITED Goatwhore flexi!

Martin Eric Ain: 1967-2017

October 22, 2017

Martin Eric Ain, a member of the legendary outfits Celtic Frost and Hellhammer, is remembered.

Pestilence Reveal New Album Artwork; “Hadeon” Coming in March

October 19, 2017

Pestilence reveal the cover art for their first studio LP in nearly five years.

Channeling the Divine Feminine Life Force: Karyn Crisis on Metal, Mediumship, and Her New Book

October 18, 2017

Underground legend Karyn Crisis on life, music, art, writing a book, and her experiences as spirit medium and healer.

Metal & Beer: Mikkeller Launches New Sultan’s Curse Collab With Mastodon

October 18, 2017

Danish brewery Mikkeller unleashes, Sultan’s Curse Imperial Stout, a new heavyweight band collaboration with Mastodon

Full Album Stream: Antiversum – “Cosmos Comedenti”

October 17, 2017

Lose yourself in this exclusive full album stream of Cosmos Comedenti, a ravenous void of blackened death-doom conjured by Switzerland’s Antiversum.

Pig Destroyer Enter Studio to Record New Album

October 17, 2017

Pig Destroyer have entered the studio to record their next album.

Full Album Stream: Cable — “It Cost Me Everything 1994-1995”

October 11, 2017

Take a trip down memory lane with Connecticut noisecore trailblazers Cable.

Interview: Woe at Shadow Woods Metal Festival

October 11, 2017

Brooklyn-based USBM outfit Woe discuss their latest album, Hope Attrition, the songwriting process and playing at Shadow Woods Metal Fest in a new interview.

Pray to the Black Sun This Fall With Asagraum’s Debut Album

October 6, 2017

There’s a lot of great music coming out this fall. If you’re into solid, blistering black metal, Asagraum is one band you should not overlook.

Neill Jameson on Musicians’ Reactions to Las Vegas

October 5, 2017

Krieg’s frontman considers the appropriate and inappropriate reaction to a tragedy like the one that occurred in Las Vegas.

Still Not Forgetting the Struggle, Still Not Forgetting the Streets: Legendary Warzone Singer Honored In NYC Twenty Years After Death

October 4, 2017

Check out video of underground hardcore heroes paying tribute to fallen Warzone singer Raybeez at last weekend’s tribute show.

The Decibel Meter for October 2017 is Born of Nightmares

October 4, 2017

Just in time for the Halloween season, we’ve got a list of terrors spawned by the new full-length from Myrkur, which translates to “nightmare”

R.I.P. Stig Börje “Boss” Forsberg (1944-2017)

October 2, 2017

The passing of Black Mark Production’s Stig Börje “Boss” Forsberg is remembered, along with the publication of Forsberg’s last-ever words on Bathory’s Under the Sign of the Black Mark.

Takafumi Matsubara Returns on Retortion Terror/Invidiosus Split

September 29, 2017

In 2014, Gridlink unleashed one of the most ferocious, innovative and refreshing grindcore albums of all time, Longhena. However, the well-deserved fanfare and critical accolades were severely tempered by the news that guitarist Takafumi Matsubara was suffering from severe inflammation and infection of the brain. This rendered him unable to play guitar, and it seemed…

Track Premiere: Belus – ‘Avarice’

September 27, 2017

Check out a track from the upcoming Belus record, featuring members of Woe and Mortals.

Henrik Palm F*cks Genres on His First Solo Album

September 25, 2017

Tune into the solo debut from the former guitarist of Ghost and In Solitude.

Justify Your Shitty Taste: Deadguy “Screamin’ With the Deadguy Quintet”

September 20, 2017

You’re an adult now. It’s okay to give the post-Huckins/Singer Deadguy EP another chance.

Metal & Beer: Atlas Brew Works Hosts In-House Metal Shows

September 20, 2017

Who needs bars? Washington, D.C. brewery brings metal bands and fans together directly at the source of great craft beer.