Dallas blasters’ split release with Cryptic Void is a definite grind album of the year candidate.

Death Angel drummer Will Carroll speaks with us about his journey and what he’s learned during the pandemic. Death Angel will stream a concert on May 29 focusing on rarities from their catalog.

Morbid Breath seeks to “revive that malicious, heavy, and raw 80’s thrash-metal sound” on their new EP, In the Hand of the Reaper.”

Blue Ox dole out sludgy, metallic hardcore on “Lesser Gods and the Science of Superstition.”

Mexico-based death-doom outfit Majestic Downfall beats until their heart stops on new album Aorta. Streaming morosely only at Decibel!

Xasthur and Casket of Dreams join forces below ground and emerge with dungeon funeral synth split The Hallucination Tunnels

“We play traditional black metal — full stop. We wrote 66 Black Wings under the shroud of the pandemic, fueled by blasphemy and booze.”

We have a limited number of advance copies of the July issue of Decibel, featuring our an exclusive new flexi disc single from crusty death metal upstarts Fuming Mouth.

Watch the new video for “Emperor,” from Swedish prog-metal heroes Eastern High, off their upcoming new album, Halo.

Watch a new video from hardcore crushers Eternal Struggle.