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** Italian symphonic death metallers Fleshgod Apocalypse have taken things to a whole new level on new album, King. Musically, the Italians are more intense, more bombastic, more sophisticated. Song to song, King ravages the tenets of symphonic death metal, establishing a new hierarchy of awesome. Artistically, King has one of the best album covers of the decade. It looks positively old, but Eliran Kantor’s work is undoubtedly modern (and killer). Decibel was summoned to Tommaso Riccardi’s throne room to talk King.

Triangle by the numbers: 100+ minutes, third album, three parts, two visual artists, one video premiere. 

We’ve got an exclusive new clip, and the inside story, behind the upcoming documentary on that one death metal band. Yeah, that one. 

“Forces of Death,” from upcoming Scream Bloody Gore/demos-inspired Dimensions of Horror, is the Deathly metal you need in your day. Immediately.

Fire Work With Me collects graphic artist extraordinaire Valnoir’s most beguiling, uncompromising pieces from his storied fifteen year run at his Paris-based Metastazis studio in one lush 276 page full-color volume which former Morbid Angel frontman David Vincent calls “insightful and inciting” and Watain head priest Erik Danielsson promises will be “relevant to all who crave the sublimity of the extremes.”

End your week with some Irish/Native American/psychedelic/Krautrock folk metal. Come on, if Friday isn’t for flutes, what day is?

On this week’s Demo:listen, we sink down through pitchy leagues of creosote and dredge ourselves back up by the bootstraps to bring unto you the sounds of Germany’s Morast.

Stream their second full-length, Stella Porta, for an “escape and outlet from real life” that’s crushing, hazy, hallucinatory, and caustic, all at the same time.  

The legendary producer discusses his work with bands like Swans, Helmet and Unsane. 

Which is what you do if you’re a metalhead all-star closer.

Get the inside information on the upcoming Moonsorrow documentary. 

On this week’s Demo:listen we genuflect in primordial fear at the foot of the true occult doom of Virginia’s The Ritualist.

A picturesque New Hampshire town is on the verge of honoring its most famous fallen heavy metal son — and you can help!

Attention Floridians!

A decade later, OH death metallers return with one in the oven.

“This song represents the album quite well and what October Tide is all about,” says vocalist Alexander Högbom. “It breathes the coldness of Grey Dawn and mixes it with the present. It’s 100% October Tide”

Melotov Records cross the extreme music streams. 

The Decibel Tour starts tomorrow. But you can indulge in a new Abbath video today.

Get down to earth and space out (at the same time!) with this song premiere from Woman is the Earth.

Revisit yesteryear and wasted youth (of the ’90s) with “Turn In.”

Guitarists/vocalist Todd Jones is amped. Always. 

Unlike when Mike from Cleveland reunites his death metal band that released an EP in 1998 (that no one cared about even then), this is a reunion and band that deserve your attention.

Decibel’s 2015 Album of the Year winners are back with a brand new track via our vaunted Flexi Series. 

Swedish degenerates Gehennah are your new life coaches. 

Come check out another installment of Through a Speaker Rumbly! This month we pit your brain and tongue against your ears in the battle to support three killer bands whose names are nearly impossible to say/remember.

The ‘Witch is back! Jam the new Skeletonwitch track right now. 

Entombed, Morbid Angel, Suffocation artist Dan Seagrave’s Choosing Death cover art gets the cotton treatment. 

This week on Demo:listen we savor some Massive Retaliation and then get Ceremented hard . . .

Oh, and happy 30th anniversary to Metallica’s second or third best album today. 

Hear the Atlanta black/death/doom demons’ return after an extended recording hiatus.