In the fifth installment on our Heavy Meta series, metal journalists Jeff Wagner, Ula Gehret, Joseph Schafer, Daniel Lake and Adem Tepedelen return for another round of heavy metal record review questioning.

Estonia’s Swarn is the latest in a much-welcome line of bands that bring crust, hardcore, death metal and black metal together in excellent style.

On their overdue sophomore album, Pennsylvania’s Torture Ascendancy 1307 attack with apex death metal prowess. Stream D.E.M.O.S. in its entirety now.

Skip the mall – or wherever people shop in 2019 – and hit the Decibel webstore for a special back-to-school deal on Decibel shirts!

Stream two new album from some of Estonia’s most-promising death metal bands.

Mare showed the world how experimental sludge and post-metal should be done with their only release, 2004’s self-titled EP.

INUS – “a pre-postapocalyptic, post-honky-tonk-prog-skronk, space Tropicalia, math-lounge powersilence trio”

Howling Giant ride the through the ashes of stoner rock stagnation with the first track from their new LP The Space Between Worlds.

Don’t fear the Space Ranger (or Reaper) from Decibel faves – and fellow metalheads – DC Brau.

Extremely black clouds and soaring guitar leads gather over this track premiere courtesy Madrid melodic death metallers Eternal Storm.