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Gatecreeper and Idle Hands join Abbath and Mayhem as part of the ninth annual Decibel Magazine Tour starting in March 2020!

Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Entombed A.D. flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive non-album track via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, September 30 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Swedish death dealers Entombed A.D.!

A chat with the Deathrite collective about new album, Nightmares Reign.

Sanctuary guitarist Lenny Rutledge pledges to continue band after death of singer Warrel Dane.

To celebrate the release of Unearth‘s new album, Extinction(s), we caught up with vocalist Trevor Phipps to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

To celebrate the release of Voivod‘s new album, The Wake, we caught up with drummer Michel “Away” Langevin and found out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Decide‘s Overtures of Blasphemy is our Best New Noise.

Deicide announce new album Overtures of Blasphemy.

Reunited melodic death metal heroes At the Gates are the latest Best New Noise.

Spain-based thrashers Angelus Apatrida are gruesome on new album, “Cabaret de la Guillotine.”

Grief‘s Come to Grief joins the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Long-standing Swedish blackened death metallers Necrophobic mark their return on “Mark of the Necrogram.”

Stream the title track, “To Drink from the Night Itself,” from the new At the Gates record!

At the Gates reveal the artwork for their new album!

Stream a stunning new song from progressive metal visionaries Oceans of Slumber now.

Hear the first new Tribulation song from their upcomingDown Below!

Swedish heavy rockers Dead Lord impart heartbreak, LSD trips, and politics on their new album, “In Ignorance We Trust”.

Grave Pleasures are this week’s Best New Noise.

Decibel sits down with Implore bassist/vocalist Gabriel ‘Gabbo’ Dubko to find out more from one of the best new bands on the planet. “Subjugate” is a must-hear!

The Lurking Fear rise to this week’s Best New Noise.

From musical influences like Mercyful Fate, Slayer, and Possessed to filmic influences like Hammer Horror, Sweden’s Vampire are taking death metal into the abyss. Formed in 2011 in Gothenburg, the Swedes — helmed by drummer (now vocalist) Hand of Doom and guitarist Black String — quickly impressed, with the group’s 2012 self-titled demo garnering heavy…

When Swedish supergroup–members also call Entombed A.D., Unleashed, Necrophobic, Usurpress home–Fireborn phoenixed into Firespawn in 2015, few expected such proficient, punishing death metal. The band’s debut, “Shadow Realms”, took the tenets of classic sounds, Stockholm and Tampa Bay, and twisted them into a nastier, more incendiary style. Thus, Firespawn was born! Two years after “Shadow…

Listen to “The World is Yours,” the first piece of original music from Arch Enemy in 3 years. 

Hear the first new Arch Enemy recording in nearly three years right now. 

Mutilated and Assimilated
Too fast, too furious
dB rating: 8/10

Check out the lyric video for “An Apathetic Grave” from Vallenfyre‘s upcoming third record, Fear Those Who Fear Him.

Prepare to be “Mutilated and Assimilated” by Chicago death metal outfit Broken Hope. 

Thrash metal’s new wave of ‘bangers are obviously cuing off benchmarks and milestones set in the ’80s and ’90s. To wit, Denver-based riff-slayers Havok originally formed as a nod to their favorite bands and records, but over time (or four full-length albums) they’ve come into their own.

Wake up, people! Tiamat‘s 1997 departure A Deeper Kind of Slumber actually rules. Here’s why.