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.

Metal has many well-established musical traits: the distortion, heavy riffs, epic or screaming vocals, and ruthless rhythm arrangements. But what purpose do these elements serve? What sort of images come to mind through the lyrical and sonic qualities of the music? In this sense, perhaps we can derive a non-musical aesthetic from metal that puts…

Long-running industrial/crossover mainstays Prong released their twelfth full-length, Zero Days, today. To celebrate, Decibel asked frontman Tommy Victor — who ran sound at CBGB’s in the 80’s — to rank the five most insane sets he worked sound for. What follows were his answers; Victor has clearly witnessed and contributed to some legendary performances. Dark Angel (February 8,…

We chat with ex-Kill The Client/current BLK OPS vocalist/aural assassin, Champ Morgan, about neck surgery, the fall of civilization as we know it, the future of grindcore, and everything in-between.

  The extremely limited complete trilogy of Mark Rudolph’s graphic novel tribute series is exclusively available via the Decibel webstore in this limited edition bundle. – Metal Gods: A Tribute to Judas Priest (2017) – Morbid Tales: A Tribute to Celtic Frost (2014) – Satan is Alive: A Tribute to Mercyful Fate (2012) Complete your collection at…

Voivod rule. Here are five reasons why.

Dyscarnate strike ‘With All Their Might’ with a new song and video.