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“The Only Reason We Are Still Standing:” Neill Jameson On His Wife’s Cancer Battle and the Metal Community

June 3, 2026

Neill Jameson (Krieg) on his family’s struggles in the past year, which are darker and more challenging than anything hinted at on a black metal recording, and the support from the heavy metal community they inspired.

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Album Stream: Funebrarum – “Beckoning the Void of Eternal Silence”

May 28, 2026

Stream the latest dark, menacing, and thrilling album from Funebrarum, a true beacon of death metal excellence.

Editorial

An Endless Wave of American Darkness: USBM’s Hidden Underground

December 26, 2025

Neill Jameson digs deep into the best that underground U.S. black metal had to offer in 2025.

Latest Issue

Hulder

July 2026 [#261]

Includes exclusive limited edition Venom flexi disc

The Acclamation of Bonds! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Acheron’s Rites of the Black Mass, an exclusive Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography excerpt, Neurosis, Panopticon and more

Blast Worship: Houkago Grind Time

June 2, 2026

Weebs rejoice! Andrew Lee’s one-man grind jam, Houkago Grind Time, returns with Sorry I am Not From Japan.

Digging Up Metal Fossils: A Prehistoric Metal Q&A With Fenriz of Darkthrone

June 2, 2026

The one-of-a-kind drummer, composer, and co-conspirator of Darkthrone talks to us about the new album Prehistoric Metal and where things might go from here.

Track Premiere: Green Desert Water – “Woodcutter”

June 1, 2026

Grungy Spanish stoner rock trio, Green Desert Water, are flying the flannel on new track “Woodcutter.”

Fest Preview: Great Lakes Dungeon Siege Returns to Detroit October 24-25

June 1, 2026

Previewing the third edition of Great Lakes Dungeon Siege, set for October 24 and 25 near Detroit, MI.

Five For Friday: May 29, 2026

May 29, 2026

Today brings us the latest in deadly riffs, with new releases from Funebrarum, Godthrymm, Hecate Enthroned and more!

Read How SODOM Recorded Their ‘Obsessed by Cruelty’ Debut LP In This Excerpt From ‘Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography’ Out Now!

May 29, 2026

Read an exclusive book excerpt from Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography turns the clock back 40 years to the genesis of the German thrash metal scene, and get a copy of the book, which is out TODAY!

Video Premiere: Castle – “Carry Chains”

May 28, 2026

Castle return with a new track (and official video) for “Carry Chains,” the title track from their impending album dropping September 4 via Hammerheart Records.

Full Album Stream: Callous Faulter – Callous Faulter

May 27, 2026

Aussie J. Angus’s cinematic etxreme metal solo project, Callous Faulter, is a monolithic display of heaviness in two movements.