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Track Premiere: House of Low Culture — “The Pervasive Mind”
November 15, 2017 Shawn Macomber
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 J. Andrew
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 Greg Pratt
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 Emily Bellino
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.
Dream Death’s “Journey into Mystery” Inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame
November 6, 2017 Emily Bellino
Dream Death are inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Horrendous Sign to Season of Mist, Announce New Album
November 6, 2017 Emily Bellino
Decibel faves Horrendous announce new album and signing to Season of Mist!
Khemmis in the Studio to Record New Album for Late Summer Release
November 3, 2017 Emily Bellino
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 J. Andrew
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 Emily Bellino
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, November 6 to obtain a HIGHLY LIMITED Goatwhore flexi!
Godflesh Premiere New Song “Post Self”
October 31, 2017 Emily Bellino
Godflesh premiere the title track to their new album, Post Self.
Martin Eric Ain: 1967-2017
October 22, 2017 Justin Norton
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 Emily Bellino
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 Shawn Macomber
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Emily Bellino
Pig Destroyer have entered the studio to record their next album.
Full Album Stream: Cable — “It Cost Me Everything 1994-1995”
October 11, 2017 Shawn Macomber
Take a trip down memory lane with Connecticut noisecore trailblazers Cable.
Interview: Woe at Shadow Woods Metal Festival
October 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
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.
Relapse Release Annual Sampler; Proceeds Benefit Rock To The Future
October 9, 2017 Emily Bellino
Relapse Records have released their annual sampler, benefiting Rock to the Future.
Pray to the Black Sun This Fall With Asagraum’s Debut Album
October 6, 2017 J. Andrew
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 Neill Jameson
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 Shawn Macomber
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 Decibel Magazine
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 Chris Dick
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 J. Andrew
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 Shawn Macomber
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 Joseph Schafer
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 Shawn Macomber
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 Adem Tepedelen
Who needs bars? Washington, D.C. brewery brings metal bands and fans together directly at the source of great craft beer.
