Pre-order the massive 480-page oral history of the celebrated Morrisound recording career of iconic extreme metal producer/engineer Scott Burns, and read an excerpt now!
For Decibel’s latest cover star, doom and gloom can sometimes give way to fun and games.
North Carolina dark metal quartet Valletta escape the shadows to jump start your heart with their first high-voltage single, “Come Alive.”
Producer legend Dan Swanö tells the story of Steel, the obscure heavy metal supergroup he formed with Opeth members during the recording of their Morningrise LP.
It’s a 1989 hair metal showdown with the second albums from L.A. Guns and Faster Pussycat duking it out.
On the eve of their Metal & Beer Fest: L.A. full-album performance of the LP, we rank the songs on Cave In’s Until Your Heart Stops from least awesome to most awesome.
This week’s edition dives deep into the dark caverns of 2020 to reveal five of this year’s best black metal releases!
Decibel staff recommends a collection of hardcore, punk and extreme metal releases for November’s Bandcamp Friday.
This exclusive from Decibel‘s new book, USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal, explores the misogynist and racist behavior and other character flaws of some of USBM’s most prominent artists.
Guitarist Willie Adler talks about Lamb of God‘s involvement in the Bill & Ted Face the Music soundtrack.
Ranking the songs on Corrosion of Conformity‘s Hall of Fame-inducted classic Blind from worst to best.
Ranking the songs on Carcass‘ Hall of Fame-inducted 1993 masterwork Heartwork from worst to best.
Legendary Venom co-founder and and Venom Inc guitarist checks in following a massive health scare.
Melotov Records’ Melanie Voltz shares the story of her struggle with prescription narcotics.
Emperor is playing this year’s Heavy Montreal. We talk to the dudes who booked them (and the other bands).
Ranking the songs on Paradise Lost‘s 1993 epic Icon from worst to best, to honor its recent induction to our Hall of Fame.
When it came to mid-to-early 2000s metalcore and heavy post-hardcore, Abacus Records were on fire. Here are five times they killed it.
Watain’s upcoming album, “Trident Wolf Eclipse,” is a fantastic explosion of straightforward blackened death metal. This return to form is a good chance to think about why some bands do better experimenting, whereas others should stick to what they’re good at.
It’s time to reconsider Wrathchild America , a truly unique band who flirted with thrash, trad metal, and more.
Underground legend Karyn Crisis on life, music, art, writing a book, and her experiences as spirit medium and healer.
Hailing from small town British Columbia, Slagduster is the sort of band that, through the lens of 2017, sounds like a tantalizing amalgam of genres that offer a look at where metal (or at least one strain of it) might head towards in the future.
A nice fireside chat about metal, hardcore, the early-to-mid 2000s, and the future of extreme music.
We got lucky when we sought out voices to comment on Meshuggah‘s continued power and relevance – our search led to a conversation with tourmate Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka of Decapitated.
Stream Cardinal Wyrm’s upcoming album Cast Away Souls and read a Q&A with the band.
Anything pop can do grind can do better.
The legendary Integrity is currently recording a full-length for Relapse — news that would be cause for celebration/preparation under any circumstances, but with word coming down that ex-Pulling Teeth guitarist/A389 Recordings founder/superior nasty riff generator Domenic Romeo is leading the six-string slaughter this time out feels more like some straight up Book of Revelation seal-breaking shit.
We catch up with Demo:listen alums Tomb Mold to talk their killer new EP, their highly anticipated forthcoming LP, and what it means to shed some skin.
Where were you when you first unlocked an unlisted track after a long period of dubious silence as a record played possum? Or when you noticed an album creeping up to track 69, where Tool’s “Disgustipated” lurked at the edge of Undertow? If you were born after 1995, maybe never.
Hope you like Seinfeld. You like Seinfeld, right?
If you’re into early Between the Buried and Me or TesseracT, you’ll be happy to follow Matter in the Medium’s tech-metal twists and turns.