review

A deluxe reissue of hardcore legend Porcell‘s early 90s zine “War on Illusion” remains an edifying and subversive document of a searching scene in intellectual as well as musical flux.

Interstellar death metal heroes Blood Incantation reconfigure the Stargate with a daring, almost exclusively synth-driven departure.

The seminal sonic slaying of Deadguy gets the documentary treatment just ahead of the classic lineup’s first show in more than a quarter century at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest.

DARE deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Rotting Out, Mizery, Incendiary and others at the vanguard of hardcore.

Maybe Deafheaven‘s shocking shoegaze departure on Infinite Granite isn’t all that shocking after all

British black/death immolators Craven Idol deliver Decibel‘s album of the week via Forked Tongues.

We welcome back black/death/existential pain machine Withered with their first new album in five years.

Max Cavalera and son Igor spend some quality father-son time together, along with Khemmis/Black Curse drummer Zach Coleman.

A revelatory new documentary on metal-tinged progressive hardcore outfit Beyond lives up to the band’s moniker.

Alexi “Wild Child” Laiho takes his final bow with Bodom After Midnight.

With the addition of the legendary Erik Rutan, Cannibal Corpse reconquer the death metal throne on Violence Unimagined.

Post-metalgaze favorites Cult of Luna return with nearly an LP’s worth of an EP.

The legacy of the late Erik Lindmark is at the center of the new Deeds of Flesh LP, Nucleus.

Fort Worth’s Frozen Soul deliver a stone cold case of death metal on their debut LP Crypt of Ice.

Everything you need to know about the history of Pacific Northwest Metal in one tidy 900-page book.

Melodic Swedish death metal heroes Dark Tranquillity return with their first new studio LP in four years.

Over 25 years after their highwater mark, U.K. death dealer Benediction finally transcend the rubicon once more.

Bristol, U.K. trio Svalbard didn’t merely make a better record than 2018’s solid It’s Hard to Have Hope, but delivered the first truly great album of their career.

Extreme music legends Napalm Death return with the unintended soundtrack to the cruelest summer

Thirty years ago Anthrax released the thrash metal apotheosis Persistence of Time, a timeless record which remains as beguiling and potent as ever.

Bay area death metallers Necrot return with a sophomore leveler for the ages

Texas black metal crew Skeleton will get your bones shaking.

Ramona, CA’s Voidceremony‘s long-awaited first full length album, Entropic Reflections Continuum: Dimensional Unravel may be the death metal debut of the year.

Chicago crushers Like Rats don’t look back on Death Monolith.

Detroit Death/doom dealers Temple of the Void rise to greatness on album No. 3.

On with the Twitter follower count, and the new Body Count album, Carnivore.

Godthrymm deliver the doom debut of the year with Reflections.

The Hatebeak frontbird pecks up steam with some hardcore, doom and black metal release action.

Sepultura‘s latest, Quadra, is Decibel‘s album of the week.

The dark dungeon music progenitor returns to his “Era 1” form with this reimagining of 1995 classic Ånden som Gjorde Opprør.