Albez Duz is back and serving up ten minutes of occult doom on “Sacred Flame.”

Our Meshuggah cover issue will hit newsstands at the end of the month, but you can always secure a copy right here.

On this week’s Demo:listen, we bring the hammer down hard with Boston’s Malleus.

dB got in touch with Tom Angelripper, bassist and vocalist of thrash heroes Sodom, to talk about the legendary band’s new album, Decision Day, and the state of the world today.

We stepped in the Decibel Time Machine with German death/grinders Terrorazor. Join us in our journey back to 1990.

The newest song from Départe is vast and crushing.

There are few things Innsbruck, Austria has going for it. Bringing up the rear of the “trambahn” are local (with some added Dutch flavour) clown kings of crossover, Insanity Alert.

Throughout their career, the visual artists of Neurosis have been as important to the band as the musicians. Read their commentary in this feature.

Philly’s singular reality-obliterating, perception-expanding transcendental metal duo Sadgiqacea ended a two year hiatus via a glorious return to the stage at Shadow Woods Metal Fest and the great music photog/Decibel contributor Gene Smirnov was on hand to capture the beautifully reworked version of “The Spoils of Harvest” below. 

Evil Invaders‘ “Raising Hell” is a speed-drenched, retro tune.