New Year, New Riffs: Five January Releases to Be Excited About

January 2, 2018

Five reasons to be stoked about 2018 (that don’t include a New Year’s resolution or gym membership).

Track Premiere: Spite – ‘Upon Funeral Stone’

January 2, 2018

Check out an exclusive track premiere off the debut album, Antimoshiach, from Brooklyn’s black metal anti-archangel, Spite.

All in Your Head, Or Why Metal Musicians Shouldn’t Overreact to Negative Reviews

January 2, 2018

Every artist eventually faces a bad review of their work. But a very public reaction to that review invites even more negative criticism.

Cleric: Extended Interview

January 2, 2018

Cleric draw straight lines (through tesseracts) connecting quantum physics to Stephen King and Thom Yorke.

Demo:listen: Best of 2017

December 29, 2017

On this week’s Demo:listen we invite some of our friends to share their favorite demos of 2017, while we count down some demo highlights of the year that—for whatever reason—we never got a chance to feature.

Decibel playlists continue to bring the extremity at Apple Music and Spotify

December 28, 2017

We’re constantly curating playlists at Apple Music and Spotify; here’s some info on what you’ll find over there.

Masters Degrees From the Exit Wound & Grind Curries: John Cooke On Life in Napalm Death

December 27, 2017

What’s it like to suddenly find oneself a member of grind lagends/trailblazers Napalm Death? Touring guitarist John Cooke gives us an inside look.

Track Premiere: Rotheads – ‘Sewer Fiends’

December 26, 2017

From the sewers of Romania comes Rotheads, carriers of gnarly death metal. Check out this exclusive premiere of the title track from their debut full length, Sewer Fiends.