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On March 31 & April 1, 2018 Decibel Metal & Beer Fest is coming back for another round. Get Early-Bird tickets now! Bottoms up!

Can Christianity and heavy metal really be compatible? The new movie Metal Missionaries aims to find out.

Get rare flexis from Carcass, Neurosis, Midnight, 1349 and Asphyx with the special Decibel “bonus flexi” offer for a LIMITED TIME ONLY!

Psychedelic doom overlords Ufomammut will flatten you as they blow your mind. Listen to a new song now.

Check out a visceral, disquieting slab of blackened metallic hardcore courtesy Low Estate, featuring guest vocals from Dwid Hellion of Integrity

Stream a new song from Swiss post-metal group Unfold now.

Chelsea Wolfe is further exploring what it means to be metal on her forthcoming Hiss Spun, out September 22.

Check out this exclusive track premiere of ‘All Thrones Perish’ to hear for yourself why Australia’s Runespell are one of the hottest new bands in the black metal underground.

British extreme metal experimentalists Akercocke speak about comeback record Renaissance in Extremis and more in an extended interview.

Listen to Nomads give vivifying props to the old school on this exclusive stream.

Check out this cover of crust legends Aus Rotten’s “Fuck Nazi Sympathy” by Denver-based blackened annihilators Glacial Tomb.

Get to know independent label Battleground Records, headed by Godhunter‘s David Rodgers.

Stream the exhilarating new split from hardcore punk outfit Dutchguts and grinding death metal maniacs Chained to the Dead now!

Belgian grinders Leng Tch’e are about to drop Razorgind . Could it be their career-defining album?

Let Cloak take you “Beyond the Veil.”

In his new column, Notes From the Combat Underground, Tombs’ Mike Hill analyzes the boxing match between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and UFC rising star Conor McGregor.

On this week’s Demo:listen we hear some shit we’ll never un-hear from Atlanta’s Cryptorchidism.

You obviously won’t come out of this exercise knowing the usual informational nuts and bolts about Protosequence, like their history and how they formed, but hopefully this will shine some light onto the band’s creative process.

Swedish perception-expanding post-metallers Cult of Luna and singular, legendary Made Out of Babies/Battle of Mice vocalist Julie Christmas bring their extraordinary 2016 collaborative effort Mariner to North America for “the first and last time.”

Check out this exclusive track premiere for just a taste of the unholy scourge that is Diabolical Baptism, the third album from Adelaide’s Nocturnes Mist.

Being a progressive band worth listening to brings two challenges. First, the band must be willing to explore and weave different styles together in a compelling way. Second and perhaps most importantly, the sound should still be tethered to some recognizable form that audiences can use to relate to the music. The music can’t just…

Our latest That Tour Was Awesome looks back on when Pestilence , Autopsy , and Bolt Thrower terrorized Europe in 1990.

Check out a new track from reactivated NYHC legends Burn.

Get to know the man behind some of your favorite Decibel illustrations, and gain some insight into the creation of his latest book, Metal Gods: A Tribute to Judas Priest.

Check out this official lyric video for the title track off the new album from ex-Trouble vocalist Eric Wagner’s psych/doom outfit, Blackfinger.

Cavernlight play emotionally important music.  If you plan to doom today, doom to this.

“I quit my job at Apple to start a metal station that sells vinyl records,” Gimme Radio founder and CEO Tyler Lenane tells Decibel. “To a lot of people that probably sounds fucking insane. But I believe in it — and I’m hoping to turn a lot of other heavy music lovers into believers, too.”…

New York thrash metal heroes Nuclear Assault join the ranks of the Decibel Hall of Fame this month with the induction of their landmark 1986 debut album, Game Over. You can read the extensive story about the making of the album in the September issue of Decibel (available here), which includes interviews with each member of Nuclear Assault who performed on…

Long-running industrial/crossover mainstays Prong released their twelfth full-length, Zero Days, today. To celebrate, Decibel asked frontman Tommy Victor — who ran sound at CBGB’s in the 80’s — to rank the five most insane sets he worked sound for. What follows were his answers; Victor has clearly witnessed and contributed to some legendary performances. Dark Angel (February 8,…

Voivod rule. Here are five reasons why.