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Metal & Mead: Brimming Horn Meadery Offers Incantation’s Goat’s Blood

August 24, 2017

We couldn’t pass up this collaboration called Goat’s Blood between Delaware’s Brimming Horn Meadery and death metal heroes and Decibel Hall of Famers Incantation.

Watch: Blöödhag Vocalist Throws Coffee on Alex Jones in Seattle

August 18, 2017

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is confronted on the street in Seattle. Watch the full video now.

Justify Your Shitty Taste: Voivod’s “Angel Rat”

August 17, 2017

We shrugged our shoulders at it in 1991, but it’s time to realize that Angel Rat totally rules.

Julie Christmas and Cult of Luna’s Johannes Persson Talk Upcoming “Mariner” Tour

August 16, 2017

Swedish perception-expanding post-metallers Cult of Luna and singular, legendary Made Out of Babies/Battle of Mice vocalist Julie Christmas bring their extraordinary 2016 collaborative effort Mariner to North America for “the first and last time.”

That Tour Was Awesome: Pestilence/Autopsy/Bolt Thrower (1990)

August 10, 2017

Our latest That Tour Was Awesome looks back on when Pestilence , Autopsy , and Bolt Thrower terrorized Europe in 1990.

Interview with Mark Rudolph, illustrator, cartoonist, metalhead

August 9, 2017

Get to know the man behind some of your favorite Decibel illustrations, and gain some insight into the creation of his latest book, Metal Gods: A Tribute to Judas Priest.

Gimme Radio’s Electrifying Reboot of the Heavy Metal Airways is a Game-Changer

August 7, 2017

“I quit my job at Apple to start a metal station that sells vinyl records,” Gimme Radio founder and CEO Tyler Lenane tells Decibel. “To a lot of people that probably sounds fucking insane. But I believe in it — and I’m hoping to turn a lot of other heavy music lovers into believers, too.”…

Hammered Horror, Vampire’s Hand of Doom & Black String Tell All

August 7, 2017

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…

Nuclear Assault’s ‘Game Over’ Inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame

August 3, 2017

New York thrash metal heroes Nuclear Assault join the ranks of the Decibel Hall of Fame this month with the induction of their landmark 1986 debut album, Game Over. You can read the extensive story about the making of the album in the September issue of Decibel (available here), which includes interviews with each member of Nuclear Assault who performed on…

Video Premiere: Overoth – ‘The Keeper’

July 27, 2017

Irish death dealers Overoth reveal information (and new video!) about their first record since their 2010 debut.

Decibel’s Top 5 Grindcore Logos

July 24, 2017

There’s nothing cooler than a logo, a mark, an emblem. From extreme music’s inception, artists–thrash metal, grindcore, death metal, doom metal, black metal, etc.–have placed a heavy weight on their logos. Some are immediately recognizable (like Metallica, Death, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Cathedral), some aren’t so cleverly designed. Over the years, Decibel has top-listed logos for our most favorite of extremely extreme genres. Today, we dissect and pontificate on the Top 5 Grindcore Logos. Music isn’t considered as part of the findings, as that would unfairly settle the list. So, find out who tops our list. And argue about it.

WATCH: Panopticon Live at Decibel Metal and Beer Fest

July 21, 2017

Panopticon performed live at Decibel Metal and Beer Fest in April. Watch now!