Check out this exclusive full album stream of Bonehunter’s sophomore album, Sexual Panic Human Machine. Lewd blackened speed metal done the Finnish way—plus the cover features a bionic man-bear monster’s erection.

As a way to introduce younglings to metal (as well as excite the Obi-waning among us), Galactic Empire are starkillin’ it.

Watch Krieg’s set from Decibel Metal and Beer Fest here!

Stream a new video from US/Finnish black metal band Nihilistinen Barbaarisuus.

Our Neill Jameson revisits Metallica’s controversial self-titled album.

Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume
Consistency is the Devil
dB rating: 8/10

When Swedish supergroup–members also call Entombed A.D., Unleashed, Necrophobic, Usurpress home–Fireborn phoenixed into Firespawn in 2015, few expected such proficient, punishing death metal. The band’s debut, “Shadow Realms”, took the tenets of classic sounds, Stockholm and Tampa Bay, and twisted them into a nastier, more incendiary style. Thus, Firespawn was born! Two years after “Shadow…

Legendary noise rock and experimental metal progenitors Today is the Day just finished recording their debut LP for The End Records. But deluxe Decibel subscribers don’t have to wait that long to hear material, because we have a new track called “Parasite,” which was tracked exclusively for Decibel and will not appear on the band’s new album….

Söft Dov deliver a fusion of crust, punk, grind and even death metal on their new album, Massacre Through Seduction. At 12 songs, the album still manages to go by quickly but it never slows down during its brief runtime, delivering punk and grind riffs, d-beat drumming and reverberating vocals. Söft Dov feature members of Iron Reagan, Mammoth…

Stream a crushing new song from extreme doom outfit Hell.