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Former Decibel Album of the Year winners Horrendous have joined what will surely be next year’s most brutal suds-soaked event. Tickets on sale NOW!

Listen to a remastered tune from The Obsessed now!

Pig Destroyer have entered the studio to record their next album.

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new titles from Iron Monkey, Cursed Moon and Thy Serpent’s Cult.

Boson join forces with Gatecreeper on a new song. Listen now!

Relapse Records have released their annual sampler, benefiting Rock to the Future.

Monster Magnet, Integrity, Repulsion, Spectral Voice and more are all part of the revealed full band lineup for Decibel’s two-day celebration of extreme metal and craft beer. All tickets on sale NOW!

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from The Black Dahlia Murder, Primitive Man and Nudist.

Watch a video playthrough for Poison Blood‘s “Myths From the Desert.”

Stream a crushing new track from Primitive Man and read an interview with vocalist/guitarist Ethan McCarthy.

Stream a new song from reunited sludge/doom cult legends Iron Monkey now!

Stream a bleak new song from Portland’s Usnea now.

Stream a new video from goregrind brutalizers Haemorrhage‘s seventh album, We Are the Gore.

In which we revisit Convulse‘s Reflections.

Matt Olivo shows us how it’s done in a new Expulsion guitar playthrough.

Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume
Consistency is the Devil
dB rating: 8/10

Tau Cross‘ Rob “The Baron” Miller is interviewed by Neill Jameson on new album, being a ‘supergroup’ and recommended reading. 

Nightmare Future
Arise to grind anew
dB rating: 9/10

Interview tips from our resident birdbrains, plus pecking on Cemetery Urn, Tombs and Dying Fetus. 

Hear the second song from Expulsion, featuring members of Repulsion, Exhumed, Gruesome, Phobia and more.

A Stirring in the Noos
Young gods
dB rating: 8/10

Almost four minutes into Temple of the Morning Star is when the infamous fundamentalist preacher says, “Right now I want the undivided attention of every God-fearing American citizen.” And that’s pretty much where Today Is the Day officially began their new brand of misery.

Death metal legends Obituary join the Decibel Flexi Series. Ultra-limited quantities available, so act fast! 

Obituary are still churning out kick-ass death metal. Hear their latest single, “Turned to Stone” and catch them on the Decibel Magazine Tour 2017. 

Created in the Image of Suffering
Long live the king
dB rating: 8/10

Bleak, noisy doom is what to expect from Unearthly Trance‘s latest single, “Scythe.”

I’m no expert on multiverse theory, but I’ve listened to enough stoned podcast ramblings to get the gist: Anything that can happen has already happened, and not only that, it’s happened an infinite number of times.

While debating the musical and artistic impact of each Neurosis release is something many of us are happy to do long into the night, it’s pretty clear that if they ever had a breakout record, that record was Through Silver in Blood.

As Cleveland brutalizers/trailblazers Ringworm returns with yet another fiery-as-fuck, slab of bludgeoning occult-infused metallic hardcore entitled Snake Church, it seemed as appropriate a time as any to check in with vocalist and hardcore horror memorabilia collector Human Furnace about his favorite dark films to watch during the offstage lulls on tour. 

Horseback‘s new LP Dead Ringers is out next month, but we’ve got a brand new track from it, “Lion Killer” for you right now.