Doom of the highest caliber, in the live, in its entirety. Before the release date! 

Rather than reinvent the wheel, Altered Dead construct a twelve-spoke rolling thing out of rotting corpses. And they do so with such skill and aplomb that they make crafting exemplary death metal look easy. 

In our final metal teacher installment, we bring you two men who hold down less traditional teaching positions:  Voivod’s Dan Mongrain, who teaches music at the college level; and Rage Nucléaire’s Lord Worm (Dan Greening), who teaches English language skills to business people who have left behind the traditional classroom setting.

Who needs pop stars when you have Popestar?

Freya, featuring Earth Crisis’ Karl Buechner, has one of their best albums on their hands with Grim. Listen to “Gnawing From the Inside” now. 

Out of print Neurosis, Eyehategod, Dark Tranquillity, 1349 and Bloodbath flexi discs are available free with this LIMITED Decibel subscription offer!

Every so often, we take a little time on Mondays to pay tribute to the Muthas! That is, reprinting the adorable metal/maternal Q&As that run in the magazine. Today, enjoy Justin Norton’s chat with Amanda Schall, mother of Elizabeth Schall (Dreaming Dead/Cretin) in August 2013.

Alpha Ghoul
Lactose tolerant
dB rating: 8/10

Reach negative enlightenment and reignite the blaze of evil (typical Monday goals, obviously) with this stream from Norwegian black metallers Tortorum.

The fuzzapocalypse is here, courtesy of Fuzz Evil.