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Dead Conspiracy premiere a new music video for “Paralyzed With Terror” to go with their self-titled album, which they independently released in November.

The only Seinfeld award-esc analysis of an NFL Season you’ll ever see anywhere, ever. Still not sure if that’s a good or bad thing. 

Rich Davis recently released a new video for his song “Faceless.” We caught up with him to talk about the future of his solo project. 

Dust Moth premiere a new video and announce a tour with He Whose Ox Is Gored. 

The man we put in charge of running the Decibel Merch booth at the Superbowl. 

Portuguese death metal crew The Ominous Circle are a mysterious bunch, so we caught up with them just before their debut LP drops to try to make some sense out of it all.

The man with one less DUI than Joey Porter, for now.

In just 163 pages Nathan Carson’s new novella Starr Creek brings together hesher teens, D&D-obsessed 11 year-olds, bikers, cult members, hillbillies, a crazy demonic goat, a hell of a lot of drugs, and a big monster in a crazed collision of Lovecraftian weirdness and, best of all, macabre fun.

We recently inducted Entombed’s classic second album into our Hall of Fame; let’s take a few minutes to examine it closely one more time, ranking each song from worst to best.

I am not a luddite. Far from it. But there are some things I miss in this digital age. One of those is combing through a record layout to read the list of bands that are thanked. 

The last time Fides Inversa released a full-length (2014’s Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans) Ebola was making its way across West Africa, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared off the Gulf of Thailand, ISIL begins its terror campaign across northern Iraq, and Pope Paul VI is beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.

The only guy in the world who called Rousey losing to Nunez, besides Rousey, her trainers, and everyone with a brain. 

“The theme of ‘Baklengs mot Intet’ describes the inner battle, the bottomless despair and endless futility experienced by a walker of the Way.”

Our latest Primitive Origins looks at the 1972 proto-metal of California’s Sudden Death.

Respected metal culture chronicler, incisive critic, longtime Decibel contributor, and all-around exemplary human being D. Shawn Bosler was involved in a horrific car accident just outside San Diego over the holidays, suffering “numerous and serious injuries, requiring several complicated surgeries.”

What do the phrase “break the chains,” Kurt Ballou’s production jobs, and ways to die all have in common? They’ve all been themes for Decibel‘s Apple Music playlists, of course.

The gods are pleased — Amon Amarth has completed an extensive European tour in support of their record Jomsviking. Check out this documentary through “Anchors to Asphalt” to learn about extensive touring, their live show and sacrifices for the gods. 

We catch up with Singapore’s Rudra to talk about the lyrical and musical approaches of their new album, Enemy of Duality.

Go behind the scenes in this Killswitch Engage documentary. 

X-Mas off, cuz I have to yell at my family, while watching Football, and yelling at Football. 

Happy Hump Day, Candiria fans! The band has dropped a new live video for “Wandering Light” and announced both East and West Coast runs in 2017. 

Our latest Primitive Origins looks back at the first indigenous-language rock album released in North America.

Colosso writes huge death metal. Now you can watch Colosso play huge death metal. 

Here comes Ultimo Mondo Cannibale again, so we caught up with Stevo from Impetigo to get the scoop on this classic death/grind album rising from the dead.

The Krampus of NFL writings.

A closer look at Living Colour’s classic Vivid album, ranked from worst to best track.

Check out “Darkness Prayer,” from Thy Saviour’s Halo, Held by Horns, the debut album by Finland’s most evil black-thrash band, Sadokist.

Siberian grind weirdos Stench Price are releasing their debut EP on Wednesday; we’re bringing you an exclusive full-EP stream today.

WRVTH release an experimental music video to go with their song “Cease to Exist.” 

Hierophant are downers on their new album, so we picked their brain to get their fave party-poopin’ metal albums of all time.