Video Premiere: Overoth – ‘The Keeper’

July 27, 2017

Irish death dealers Overoth reveal information (and new video!) about their first record since their 2010 debut.

August 2017 Decibel Meter: …Of the Year of Death Metal!

July 27, 2017

Last April we announced our partnership with f.y.e. for the Decibel Meter, a monthly collection featured both online and in store to make sure you don’t miss any of those essential headbanging, face-melting titles that make your collection extremely extreme. The issue currently on newsstands, which features Suffocation on the cover, declares 2017 THE YEAR…

Track Premiere: End Christian – ‘Delivered In Shame’

July 26, 2017

Stream a new track from End Christian, featuring members of Brutal Truth, Hex Inverter and more.

Full EP Stream: Atonement Theory – “Illumination”

July 26, 2017

Stream the new album from Atonement Theory, featuring Harm’s Way’s Jay Jancetic.

Full Album Stream: ‘Neverending Trail of Skulls’ by Gravesite

July 25, 2017

The new Gravesite doesn’t drop for another week, but today we bring you an exclusive stream of these Italian death-slingers’ brand new sophomore album, Neverending Trail of Skulls.

We’re Fiends for Poland’s Biesy

July 25, 2017

Yes, way too much music comes through our inbox to make sense of it all. Yes, lots of it is good, scratching all those familiar itches in just the right way. No, music doesn’t have to reshape your mental cosmos to be worth your time. But when something shoulder-checks your face as hard as the…

Track Premiere: OLDBONES – ‘Followed With a Swarm’

July 25, 2017

Ex-A Life Once Lost frontman Bob Meadows has been busy as of late. When he’s not laying down groove metal with Mind Power, he’s unleashing furious, grinding metal with OLDBONES. Their latest offering, “Followed With A Swarm” is a fast, angry song. “The song ‘Followed With A Swarm’ touches on a relationship that no longer exists,” Meadows says. “Lyrically, the…

Wolves in the Throne Room Grace the Cover of Decibel’s September Issue

July 24, 2017

U.S. black metal heavyweights Wolves in the Throne Room are ready for the Decibel close up. Get the September issue here! 

Decibel’s Top 5 Grindcore Logos

July 24, 2017

There’s nothing cooler than a logo, a mark, an emblem. From extreme music’s inception, artists–thrash metal, grindcore, death metal, doom metal, black metal, etc.–have placed a heavy weight on their logos. Some are immediately recognizable (like Metallica, Death, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Cathedral), some aren’t so cleverly designed. Over the years, Decibel has top-listed logos for our most favorite of extremely extreme genres. Today, we dissect and pontificate on the Top 5 Grindcore Logos. Music isn’t considered as part of the findings, as that would unfairly settle the list. So, find out who tops our list. And argue about it.