This week’s Demo:listen falls under the spell of American black metal mission Occoquain.

Decibel is all too happy to let the old-school death metal Plague to rage on.

Black Rainbows worship volume and debut the first song from new album Cosmic Ritual Supertrip.

Industrial metal duo Khost reveal the “Blood Gutters 6x4x1” in a new song and video.

Looking into the mystery of Detroit’s Astaroth and their 1968 (or 1975, maybe) single Satanispiritus/Lady of the Moon.

The party rages on with Cloak, Bewitcher, Zealot R.I.P. and Blame God at the official Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly afterparty!

The Order of Chaos shines a light on Edmonton’s finer side

Hear the first song off the new release Also sprach Futura from London’s inimitable avant-garde black/doom outfit Lychgate.

In the inaugural edition of Gasping For Hair — a new column devoted to the classics of hard rock, hair metal, glam, and other heavy metal adjacent subgenres — we talk to guitarist Mark Knight about one of the wildest hard rock acts ever, Bang Tango.

Decibel crashes Pig Destroyer‘s rehearsals for their special Prowler in the Yard set at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4.