Editorial

Looking back and justifying Sacred Reich‘s underrated 1996 album Heal, which doesn’t really sound like what you remember it sounding like.

And, now, over 2,500 words on Sculptured, the recently-revived prog death project of former Agalloch axeman Don Anderson

To show our support for Dave Mustaine kicking cancer’s ass, we present to you Five More Times Megadeth Just Absolutely Killed It.

There were a lot of bad covers back in thrash’s heyday. Here are five of the worst offenders.

In which we explore the best of the ’80s thrash metal cover brigade.

To celebrate the release of Cave In‘s new album, Final Transmission, we caught up with vocalist/guitarist Stephen Brodsky to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Decibel columnist and Krieg vocalist Neill Jameson encourages you to maybe enjoy something good, like the end of Game of Thrones, for once in your life.

To celebrate the release of Full of Hell’s new album, Weeping Choir, we caught up with drummer Dave Bland to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts takes us to metal church.

Forrest Pitts offers a little friendly and philosophical advice for a struggling metalcore band,

Hearts like wheels and doomy sleaze rock: re-evaluating Black Sabbath‘s 1986 album Seventh Star.

Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts continues to ruminate on the inner self.

Analyzing Sepultura through a Buddhist lens.

Ranking the songs on Celtic Frost‘s Hall of Fame-inducted masterpiece To Mega Therion from worst to best.

Taking a deeper look at the process of writing a review.

Great Falls count down the sets they’re most excited to see on their US tour.

Considering the topic of the male gaze in heavy metal.

It’s a long way to the top if you wanna… write about extreme metal?

To celebrate the release of their new anthology collection, we look back at five times Megadeth just absolutely killed it.

Eulogy time: The Trocadero, a Philadelphia music institution, to close permanently.

Decibel revisits Failure‘s criminally-underrated Magnified on its 25th anniversary.

Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts considers the lessons he learned from hardcore.

Putting all of doom metal legends Cathedral‘s albums in their rightful place.

In his new column, Decibel contributor Forrest Pitts presents a capsized field guide for anyone taking life one step at time.

Doom titans Candlemass have a new album out tomorrow, so to celebrate we caught up with bassist Leif Edling to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

The time to rank the songs on Cannibal Corpse‘s Hall of Fame-inducted Kill is now!

Horrendous vocalist/guitarist/old-school death metal connoisseur Damian Herring unearths obscure gold in his Top 5 for Decibel.

In our latest edition of Mining for Black Metal Gold, we explore forgotten Swedish classics from bands like Naglfar, Svartsyn, Setherial and more!

To honor the release of Decibel’s 100th flexi single, our editor in chief counts down the 20 best entries in the Decibel Flexi Series.

Old Man Gloom drummer Santos Montano delivers the Roadburn preview to end all festival previews.