Phil Anselmo and horror icon Bill Moseley join forces as Bill & Phil. Hear the full stream. 

Apparently it’s difficult to pull off a good metal video. Richmond’s BAT make it look not only easy, but fun as hell, too, with their new black&white, B movie-inspired thriller, “Beware of the Bat.”

Swedish doom trio Laser Dracul are the children of the night, and the music they make is LOUD.

No words are used (and none are needed) to tell a story on “…The Idyllic Realm.” 

Check out this exclusive premiere of the song, “Time of the Moon,” by Denmark’s Vomit Angel  from their debut mini-album, Sadomatic Evil. But you’ll never guess who it is they’re covering . . .

The next 20 copies sold of Choosing Death (hardcover and paper) and the Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology Vol. II will be signed by Decibel editor in chief Albert Mudrian. 

Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview Tampa’s own Cigar City.

These days, dozens of online tastemakers can each have their own Top 10 list without overlapping any other list.  It’s a testament to the affordability of recording technology, to the direct connections artists forge with their fans, and to ever more insulated channels of musical taste.  Here are a few albums you might have missed but should probably check out before you lose yourself to all the glorious promises of 2017.

The man with one less DUI than Joey Porter, for now.

In just 163 pages Nathan Carson’s new novella Starr Creek brings together hesher teens, D&D-obsessed 11 year-olds, bikers, cult members, hillbillies, a crazy demonic goat, a hell of a lot of drugs, and a big monster in a crazed collision of Lovecraftian weirdness and, best of all, macabre fun.