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Relapse Records have released their annual sampler, benefiting Rock to the Future.

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.

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

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

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”

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.

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…

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

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

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

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

Stream a new song and read an interview with Samael.

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.