Decibel talked to psychedelic pioneer Arthur Brown about his role in the birth of metal and why art flourishes in times of political and social upheaval. 

Hate are still going strong on their tenth full-length.

Persefone have released a music video for “Living Waves,” featuring Paul Masvidal of Cynic. 

Next week we get Dodecahedron’s brand new exercise in high-concept dissonance via Kwintessens, due out March 17 on Season of Mist.  We conducted a little Q&A with guitarist/songwriter Michel Nienhuis and vocalist Michiel Eikenaar, much of which can be found in issue #150 (Decibel Tour cover), but you can read the remainder of the interview here.

Today is the Day‘s Temple of the Morning Star is the latest induction to Decibel‘s Hall of Fame series. 

Antihedron is Devouring Star’s excellent follow up to 2015’s Through Lung and Heart. 

Yeah, it wasn’t Arise!, but punk legends Amebix weren’t exactly in their 20s when they released their misunderstood comeback/swan song Sonic Mass.

Primordial Malignity
Vehement morbidity
dB rating: 8/10

We caught up with Warbringer frontman John Kevill to discuss their new album, Woe to the Vanquished.

Gossamer play an emotionally heavy form of doom metal that uses elements of choral and chamber music to great effect.