Eternity’s End guitarist/chief songwriter Christian Münzner deep dives into the riff writing process for new song “Call of the Valkyries.”

The peckins are slim this time of year, but our boy Waldo takes on some cool reissues and some underground death metal.

Here are five great black metal albums that came out this year, featuring Hulder, Ninkharsag, Spectral Wound and more!

Did you totally blow it on Christmas shopping again this year? We’ve got your last-minute-ass covered with Decibel gift subscriptions and Decibel gift cards!

Hear Copenhagen-based experi-metal/post-mental trio Bye Bye Tsunami squall their way through a noisy, banana-triggered psychotic episode.

Diving into T2’s 1970 prog-rock debut It’ll All Work Out in Boomland.

Watch the new video from spazzy grind project, Deaf Club!

Hear New Jersey blasters Bayt Lahm debut a new single addressing political unrest in Colombia.

Blackened death grinders Immortal Bird documents cutting a path of sonic destruction in this exclusive tour diary.

Australian death metal hellbringers Descent unshroud their newest single, “Fester.” Their album Order of Chaos is due out January 14th.