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Track Premiere + Q&A: Kevin Hufnagel – ‘Pulse Controller’
April 26, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a brand new single from prolific guitarist Kevin Hufnagel‘s new solo album, Messages to the Past.
Interview: Voivod Guitarist, Composer Daniel ‘Chewy’ Mongrain on Joining His Favorite Band
April 17, 2018 Forrest Pitts
A lengthy interview with Voivod guitarist/composer Chewy, Piggy’s successor and longtime Voivod fan.
¡NO PASARÁN! – An Interview with Memoriam’s Karl Willets
April 9, 2018 Decibel Magazine
Memoriam main man Karl Willets talks politics, grief and The Silent Vigil.
Interview & Album Stream: King Witch – “Under the Mountain”
March 19, 2018 Emily Bellino
Scottish heavy metal powerhouse King Witch discuss their new album, Under the Mountain.
Interview: On Thorns I Lay Discuss New Album, “Aegean Sorrow”
February 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
On Thorns I Lay discuss their upcoming death/doom epic, Aegean Sorrow.
Interview & Full Album Stream: Oryx Relocate and Find Their Sound on New Album, “Stolen Absolution”
February 6, 2018 Emily Bellino
Read a new interview and stream the new Oryx album.
Immigrindcore: Chepang on Nepal, Immigration and Having Two Drummers
January 23, 2018 Gene Meyer
Chepang discuss how their experiences as immigrants affect their music, having two drummers and their Super Bowl predictions.
Beerlust: Introducing DC Brau
December 21, 2017 Emily Bellino
Get to know DC Brau before Decibel Metal & Beer Fest!
Track Premiere: Grethor’s ‘From This Rot So Shall We Be Remade’
December 20, 2017 Sean Frasier
Virginian black/death malcontents Grethor seek to bury the oligarchy in “From This Rot So Shall We Be Remade.”
Immolation’s Ross Dolan on Finding Their Sound on “Atonement”
December 8, 2017 Raoul Hernandez
Immolation‘s Ross Dolan gives an in-depth look at the process of producing their latest album, Atonement.
Conspiracy Theories with Cavalera Conspiracy
November 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Max Cavalera opens up to Decibel about conspiracy theories.
Violent Reflections on Art: An Interview with Hideous Divinity
October 31, 2017 Emily Bellino
Hideous Divinity talk new album, technical death metal and Immolation in new interview.
Interview: All Hell at Shadow Woods
October 18, 2017 Emily Bellino
All Hell performed at Shadow Woods, so we caught up with them to discuss their new album, The Grave Alchemist.
Interview: Woe at Shadow Woods Metal Festival
October 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Brooklyn-based USBM outfit Woe discuss their latest album, Hope Attrition, the songwriting process and playing at Shadow Woods Metal Fest in a new interview.
GWAR: Extended Interview with Mike Bishop, the Man Behind the Blothar
October 10, 2017 Daniel Lake
Mike Bishop sheds Blothar’s antlers and abdominal adornments to speak frankly with us about GWAR after Brockie.
Full Album Stream: A Midnight Ride to “Sick City” with Wailin Storms
September 27, 2017 Sean Frasier
Southern Gothic post-punks Wailin Storms explore murder, mortality, and malice on sophomore record Sick City.
Label Spotlight: Indisciplinarian
September 25, 2017 Emily Bellino
Get to know Danish label Indisciplinarian.
Thrashing, Blasting and Grinding: An Interview with King Parrot
September 22, 2017 Emily Bellino
Australian stalwarts King Parrot celebrate the release of their third album, Ugly Produce today. Listen to the record and read a new interview now!
Track Premiere & Interview: Primitive Man – ‘Commerce’
September 7, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a crushing new track from Primitive Man and read an interview with vocalist/guitarist Ethan McCarthy.
Extreme Reading: An Interview with Author Dean Swinford
August 14, 2017 James Basile
Read an interview with extremely extreme author Dean Swinford on his new book, Death Metal Epic: Book II: Goat Song Sacrifice now!
Conflict is Inevitable: An Interview with Moral Void
August 10, 2017 Neill Jameson
Unhinged blackened hardcore trio Moral Void have an explosive debut record with Deprive. Delve further into the madness.
Still Screaming After Thirty-Six Years: An Interview with Raw Power
August 3, 2017 Kevin Stewart-Panko
A couple months ago, with an almost devil-may-care, casual shoulder shrug, one of my all-time favourite bands in the history of forever, Italian hardcore legends Raw Power, quietly released their new album. We caught up with vocalist Mauro Codeluppi to discuss growing old, not giving a shit and the time they played with G’N’R.
Possessed Since Dawn: An Interview with Immolation’s Ross Dolan
July 5, 2017 Sean Frasier
Immolation vocalist/bassist Ross Dolan discusses the past, present, and future of death metal in an extended interview from the August 2017 genre-exploring cover story.
Q&A: Killswitch Engage’s Jesse Leach On ‘Alive Or Just Breathing’ & Killswitch Engage Beer
May 4, 2017 Emily Bellino
Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach talks to Decibel about the fifteen-year anniversary of Alive or Just Breathing and Killswitch’s new beer collaboration with Cigar City Brewing.
Decibel Editor-in-Chief Albert Mudrian Interviewed On Fathoming Heavy Podcast
May 4, 2017 Emily Bellino
Decibel Editor-in-Chief Albert Mudrian appeared on Fathoming Heavy podcast to talk about The Decibel Tour, Choosing Death and more.
A Conversation With Nightbringer (Full Interview)
April 12, 2017 Jesse Chase
Read a full interview from USBM titans Nightbringer.
Q&A: Arthur Brown On The Roots Of Metal and Art In Times Of Social Upheaval
March 7, 2017 Justin Norton
Decibel talked to psychedelic pioneer Arthur Brown about his role in the birth of metal and why art flourishes in times of political and social upheaval.
Q&A: Edward Banchs, author of “Heavy Metal Africa”
February 13, 2017 Justin Norton
Decibel talks to the author of the excellent new book Heavy Metal Africa.
Q&A: East Bay Ray (Dead Kennedys) on Trump, The Internet And His Revolutionary Guitar Sound
November 21, 2016 Justin Norton
Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray sat down for a rare interview with Decibel and discussed Trump, his inimitable guitar style and how the Internet breeds fascism.
Full Album Stream and Q&A: Cardinal Wyrm’s ‘Cast Away Souls’
October 12, 2016 Justin Norton
Stream Cardinal Wyrm’s upcoming album Cast Away Souls and read a Q&A with the band.