Long-standing Swedish melodic black/death metallers Netherbird stream new album Arete at Decibel! Only melodic death is real!

Bat Magic, the first entity from the Ordo Vampyr Orientis black metal circle has emerged with its debut release for all raw devotees.

We celebrate its 20th anniversary with a Hall of Fame induction of Candiria‘s 2001 game-changer 300 Percent Density.

You may think clean living and bloodbaths are mutually exclusive, but the punk slasher Straight Edge Kegger suggests otherwise.

UK black metal revolutionaries Underdark shine brilliantly on their debut LP, Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry.

We remember the fallen former Slipknot drummer and is impact on a generation of extreme metal fans. Rest well, Joey. 

Hear the full length debut from Philly death dealers Covered in Sores and grab a copy from HPGD Production before that shit gets infected.

Featuring members of Funebrarum, Ritual Necromancy and Acephalix, Portland graveblazers Decrepisy contemptuously reject the sacred on their debut Emetic Communion.

Stream “Okeanos,” the first offering from San Francisco death metal band Succumb‘s new album, XXI.

Decibel speaks with editors Daniel Lukes and Stanimir Panayotov, and designer Jaci Raia, the three people responsible for the new book, Black Metal Rainbows.