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Video Premiere: Burial Oath – “Pagan Fires”

June 10, 2024

Check out “Pagan Fires,” from Burial Oath, featuring members of gothic-tinged U.S. black metallers Cloak.

EXCLUSIVE Excerpt Part 2 from ‘Swing of the Blade’ – “You Win Some, You Lose Some”

April 11, 2023

Read an exclusive excerpt, featuring Killswitch Engage, from Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records.

Downfall of Gaia Provide a Track-by-Track Breakdown of New LP ‘Silhouettes of Disgust’

March 17, 2023

Downfall of Gaia provide an extensive track-by-track breakdown on their release date of their new 45-minute epic Silhouettes of Disgust.

Track by Track: Kardashev – ‘Liminal Rite’

June 30, 2022

Arizona deathgaze quartet Kardashev ruminate on the failings of memory in their track-by-track commentary of ‘Liminal Rite.’

MIDNIGHT Claim the Szexiest Decibel Cover of the Year! Get the April Issue Now!

February 25, 2022

We have a limited number of advance copies of the April issue of Decibel, featuring our exclusive new flexi disc single from (mostly) US deathgrind titans Misery Index available NOW!

The Lazarus Pit: Omen’s ‘Battle Cry’

April 22, 2021

Looking back on Omen’s 1984 debut Battle Cry and giving it the headbanging love it deserves.

Watch: The Ocean Discuss New Album, ‘Phanerozoic II’

September 2, 2020

Go behind the scenes of The Ocean‘s new album, Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic.

Album Review: Midnight – ‘Rebirth by Blasphemy’

January 14, 2020

Midnight take their sacrilegious heavy metal earworms overground and to the next level.

Cattle Decapitation Dominate the December Decibel Cover!

October 18, 2019

We have a limited number of advance copies of the December issue of Decibel, featuring a flexi disc with an exclusive new previously unreleased track from Entombed A.D., available now. Don’t blow it.

Track Premiere: Mission of Christ – ‘Crypts of Darkness’

May 13, 2019

Head back in time with this exclusive premiere of a song from Mission of Christ‘s upcoming Silence in Grave archival release.

Full EP Stream: Harm’s Way – “PSTHMN”

April 19, 2019

Harm’s Way reimagine songs from Posthuman by way of JK Broadrick, Andrew Nolan and Sanford Parker.

That Tour Was Awesome: Complete Control (1992)

January 31, 2019

Looking back on 1992’s Complete Control tour with members of Obituary, Agnostic Front, Cannibal Corpse and Malevolent Creation.

Hear Exclusive New Cannibal Corpse Recording Via Decibel Flexi Series

November 20, 2018

Our Cannibal Corpse Special Issue is selling faster than anticipated! Don’t miss your chance to hear and acquire the new, limited edition Cannibal Corpse flexi disc single that comes with the issue.

The Cannibal Corpse Special Issue (& Cannibal Flexi Disc) Now Available!

November 16, 2018

This limited edition Cannibal Corpse special issue is packed with 100% all-new, all-Cannibal content and a flexi disc featuring an exclusive new live version of the instant Cannibal classic “Red Before Black.” Get it now!

The Ocean Share ‘Making of’ Video for New Album

November 1, 2018

Watch a behind-the-scenes video from atmospheric sludge crushers The Ocean now.