Track Premiere: FesterDecay – ‘Rotten Fester Decay’

December 26, 2022

Celebrate the important things with new tunes from Japanese goregrinders FesterDecay.

Undeath, Sanguisugabogg, Mortuous, Phobophilic Members Reflect On Death Metal In 2022

December 26, 2022

Undeath, Sanguisugabogg, Mortuous, Phobophilic, 200 Stab Wounds, Frozen Soul, and Ripped to Shreds members extol the virtues of death metal in this cutting room floor piece. Only death wears CROCS!

FAITHXTRACTOR: “I’d Say Nihilism Wins Out on This Record”

December 23, 2022

Stream a couple tracks from FAITHXTRACTOR‘s upcoming album, Contempt for a Failed Dimension, due out in January 2023.

Video Premiere: Spiral Skies – “Into the Night”

December 22, 2022

Swedish psych metal quintet Spiral Skies close out the ridiculous season with a ‘Boogie Nights’-meets-‘Eyes Wide Shut’ video for “Into the Night”

Fallow Heart: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE, Tall Tales of Creation Part 1 (With Liam Wilson on Cynic’s ‘Focus’)

December 21, 2022

In which Azusa, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan bassist Liam Wilson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts discuss the spiritual nature of Cynic‘s 1993 classic Focus.

Track Premiere: Forever Autumn – “The Forest and the Nyght”

December 21, 2022

Take a haunting woodland walk with Forever Autumn and My Dying Bride’s Aaron Stainthorpe in “The Forest and the Nyght.”

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren Launches Savage Lands Lottery to Save Costa Rican Forests

December 20, 2022

Win cool items and help save the planet courtesy of Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren’s Savage Lands nonprofit’s new “Lottery of the Trees.”

Blast Worship: Artificial Scarcity

December 20, 2022

Spend approximately five-and-a-half minutes with Philly face-melters Artificial Scarcity.

Track Premiere: Sequestrum – “Pickled Preservation”

December 19, 2022

Featuring members of Chaotian and Undergang, Denmark death fiends Sequestrum are well-preserved in old-school, gross-out death metal metal.

Full Album Stream: The Crippler – “I’m Just Gonna Let Myself In”

December 19, 2022

Stream I’m Just Gonna Let Myself In, the new album from Philadelphia gutter metal sensation The Crippler.