Considering the inventive, meditative, cagey nature of the top-shelf metallic hardcore he’s long delivered as guitarist of Shai Hulud, it perhaps will not come as too much of a surprise for readers to learn Matthew Fox is also one of the more introspective, thoughtful, intelligent interviews in the kingdom of heaviness. So when Fox said written a long piece on wrestling with how to commemorate the end of 2016 deaths of major figures from his childhood who took a backseat — then and now — to his heavy metal and hardcore heroes…well, we jumped at the opportunity to publish it as a guest column. Read on, friends…

Catch this exclusive premiere of Silenced by Death, the debut 7” from Sweden’s brand new deathdealers, Plague, featuring members of Entrails, Eviscerated, Nominon, and more.

“Serpent Sun” comes off Nightbringer’s upcoming Terra Damanata.

I am not a luddite. Far from it. But there are some things I miss in this digital age. One of those is combing through a record layout to read the list of bands that are thanked. 

Western Addiction has returned with the first single off of Tremulous, their second album that follows their 2005 debut full-length. 

Check out this exclusive track premiere from Primordial Malignity, the debut full length by Tomb Mold, and hear for yourself why this Toronto-based death metal two piece is one of the most talked about bands in the underground.

Zao dish the dirt on the making of their limited edition Decibel Flexi Series track. 

Unsigned bands: here’s your chance to get featured across the Blast Beat Network for a price lower than the record labels pay.

Death metal legends Immolation get their first Decibel cover. Grab a copy here. 

The last time Fides Inversa released a full-length (2014’s Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans) Ebola was making its way across West Africa, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared off the Gulf of Thailand, ISIL begins its terror campaign across northern Iraq, and Pope Paul VI is beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.