If simply having Kreator, Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous all on one bill wasn’t enough to excite you so much your reproductive organs explode, this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour will, once again, have some sick regional openers on select dates as well. Here is the complete lists of first kills! 

In which we expose you to an exclusive premiere of “Gottes Acker,” from the debut full length, Tôtbringære, by Zurich-based black metal warlocks Ungfell.

Cyborg Octopus confirm that they are indeed people and not actually cyborg octopi with guitars. 

We checked in with two guitarists (Hamish Glencross and Andrew Craighan) and let them gush praise about one of their favorite bands.

There’s something for everyone on the new Dying Whale album, Last Moments of Misery. 

Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview the metal & beer progenitors Three Floyds Brewing. 

Dead Conspiracy premiere a new music video for “Paralyzed With Terror” to go with their self-titled album, which they independently released in November.

The Grinding Wheel
The Blitz Abides
dB rating: 8/10

Over the course of metal’s storied history there are examples of long careers (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, etc.), but there’s also the opposite. Bands, most promising, genre-leaders/benders, who issued a lone album or EP and then vanished for one reason or another. At Decibel, we’re more than pleased to praise the long-comings of bands whose careers have lasted a decade or more, but there’s an important slice of career-cutting bands that we’d like to highlight.

The only Seinfeld award-esc analysis of an NFL Season you’ll ever see anywhere, ever. Still not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.