To celebrate the release of Returned to Life, we caught up with Altered Dead‘s Mic Dion to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Get to know, Maudiir, the one-man project helmed by Montréaller Frédéric “F.” Bergeron.

Downtuned Denver sludge trio Oryx cast shadows and break bones with their new sledgehammer of a single, “Misery.”

Extreme metal artist, and friend of Decibel, Justin Bartlett has stage 4 colorectal cancer. Here’s how you can help.

Bridge Burner tell us how they really feel on the title track to their new album, Disempath.

The Melvins will unleash their new record, Working With God on February 26. It’s the second album from the Melvins 1983 lineup, so we wind back the clock with King Buzzo.

Boston comrades Greylock and BEDTIMEMAGIC join forces for a split album of sludgy bedlam from Tor Johnson Records.

A pair of two of the Northwest’s most crushing bands team up for a new split on Dropping Bombs.

US prog death technicians Abiotic return from a five-year hiatus bearing their strongest work yet. Stream their third album Ikigai in its entirety right now.

German blasters Pari’sya drop just a hint of Scandinavian blackness into their debut EP, SOG.