interview

Decibel spoke with Redefining Darkness Records about Into the Darkness Fest, a new death metal festival in Youngstown, Ohio.

In honor of Candlemass’s full-album performance of their landmark Epicus Doomicus Metallicus at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 10, scene royalty reflects on the LP’s impact.

Tune in and drop out with the new album from Stöner.

Terror frontman Scott Vogel talks about collaborating with former guitarist/current Nails frontman Todd Jones for the band’s new album, Pain into Power.

Candlemass vocalist/legend Johan Längqvist discusses the doom kings’ special Epicus Doomicus Metallicus set at Metal & Beer Fest, amazingly, on the record’s 36th birthday.

Catching up with hardcore OG and Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris on the band’s return to the stage after 15 years.

Nuclear Assault bassist/legend Danny Lilker talks Metal & Beer Fest beer collaboration with KCBC, a special guest stage-dive performance at the event, and the black metal bedspreads.

Listen to “Half Rising Man,” the final track from Absent in Body‘s (members of Neurosis, Amenra and Sepultura) debut album, Plague God.

The Red Chord talk festival beer collaboration with Bone Up Brewing, vocalist Guy Kozowyk’s secret rabbit lair and the possibility of maybe even rehearsing before their first performance in seven years.

Bitter Branches discuss their new album, Your Neighbors Are Failures.

Decibel celebrates the 40th anniversary of Venom‘s extreme metal ground zero, Welcome To Hell, with former guitarist/songwriter Jeff “Mantas” Dunn.

Hear a track from Eight Bells‘ album Legacy of Ruin (due on February 25 and available now for preorder), the band’s first record in roughly five years.

Each Khemmis member shares five albums that personally influenced them while writing and producing their upcoming LP, Deceiver.

Metal institution and U.D.O. frontman Udo Dirkschneider talks about his record and how it’s a challenge to cobble a set list together from a catalog of classics.

Pepper Keenan and Karl Agell remember Corrosion Of Conformity‘s heavy-hitting, genre-busting, politically-charged Blind on its 30th birthday.

Chicago’s Nequient distribute Collective Punishment in the form of D-beats and metallic hardcore anger.

Blood Of Gods pairs heavy metal and wine in the pages of a brilliantly illustrated zine. Pour a glass and learn more from publisher Stacy Buchanan.

Pupil Slicer guitarist and vocalist Katie Davies talks influences, writing process and the band’s upcoming tour.

Tom Büdgen, better known as Malakai Black, is one of the world’s most celebrated professional wrestlers. He tells us about how his visual presentation owes much to his lifelong metal fandom.

Bay Area thrashers featuring Matt Harvey (Exhumed), Will Carroll and Damien Sisson (Death Angel) and Bud Burke (ex-Exhumed) Scarecrow reform.

Brutal death metal project Maimed share insight into each track on their skull-crushing bloodbath of an EP, Torrential Gore.

Misery Index‘s Jason Netherton puts another nail in the coffin with new compilation Coffin Up the Nails on Repulsive Echo.

The Ruins Of Beverast mastermind Alexander von Meilenwald provides a mystical, mysterious GPS to latest album, The Thule Grimoires.

Filmmaker Randy M. Salo deep dives into Norwegian progressive metal outfit Madder Mortem in documentary Howl of the Underdogs.

Washington, D.C.-based symphonic black/death metal outfit Wythersake discuss the Gnostic/Luciferian aspects of debut album, Antiquity.

Dismember drummer/jack of all trades Fred Estby reflects on 30 years of genre-defining album, Like an Ever Flowing Stream.

While you listen, read our Q&A with band co-founder/drummer Robert Garven about handling pandemic setbacks, how the EP came together, and what’s next for this legendary band. 

Rockabilia co-owner shines a light on the company’s daily operations, plus shares his craziest stories.

Transylvanian Recordings founder James Rauh shares his thoughts on running a booming, ethical DIY label in this exclusive interview.

Hear the melodic black/death of Aduanten‘s debut four-track EP, Sullen Cadence and read an in-depth interview with the McCloskey brothers at the heart of it.