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Get to know Lepidus Plague, the man behind Australia’s newest black metal force, Kommodus, while you stream the follow-up to last year’s staggering demo.

To celebrate the upcoming release of At the Gates‘ To Drink from the Night Itself, we caught up with guitarist Jonas Stålhammar to find out what the five heavy albums that changed his life are.

Queensrÿche’s Operation: Mindcrime turns 30 today. Read an exclusive excerpt from its Hall of Fame induction.

June 15th sees the vinyl re-issue of Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties that Blind. Today, we pay our respects in comprehensive, Decibel style with drummer Dave Mann and former guitarist/vocalist Gregory Lahm.

Remembering one of extreme metal’s most iconic figures, Slayer‘s Jeff Hanneman, five years after his death.

Stream the epic new track from Russian symphonic black metal duo Grimorium Verum now.

Stream the new album from Hukutus and read their track-by-track analysis of the album.

We caught up with Depravity drummer Louis Rando to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

The world premiere of Shaving the Werewolf’s “Ass Above, So Below” from their new album, One Way to Dick City

Drown in the stream of this new Funerary Descent song now.

Finnish depressive black metallers Totalselfhatred slit wrists on new track “Solitude MMXIII.”

Extremely non-metal comedian Jessa Reed gives her take on extremely extreme songs from Ulver, Cryptopsy, Slipknot and more.

We recently inducted Grief‘s sludgey debut album from 1994, Come to Grief, into our Hall of Fame; here’s all the interview content we had to cut out of the print version.

Stream a new song from occult Italian black metal circle Abhor now.

Australia death-thrash rippers Vomitor upchuck new album, Pestilent Death. Play it now! Or die!

Slam death metal progenitors Internal Bleeding are in the studio recording their sixth album. Guitarist Chris Pervelis gives Decibel an update.

Prolific producer Martin Bisi shares memories of working with Sonic Youth, Foetus, Cop Shoot Cop and more.

After their appearance in a recent Throw Me a Frickin’ Bone column, Philly’s Hellrad sent a none-too-pleased-with-you email to Decibel HQ. This opened a broader discussion about the different frustrations experienced by journalists and indie bands.

Swedish cultists Craft redefine black metal on new track, “The Cosmic Sphere Falls.”

Occasioned by the finally widely available and expanded reissue of his book, Secrets of My Kingdom: Return to Dimensions Unknown, we present an exclusive and candid interview with the godfather of dungeon synth, Mortiis.

Comedian Anthony Devito shares his thoughts on a variety of metal songs.

Chicago death purveyors Cardiac Arrest drop new track ‘Professional Victim.’

Stream the latest work from Demo:listen alumnis Garroted now, and get to know one of the hardest working, new death metal bands in the country.

Read an exclusive excerpt from Decibel’s May 2018 cover story detailing frontman Randy Blythe’s decision to join the Burn the Priest ranks in the mid-1990s. 

Next week sees the release of The Apostates, the seventh album by Parisian black metal shapeshifters, Glorior Belli, a band with a history reaching back over 15 years when they came to life as a Norwegian worshipping whirlwind. With time has come change as band leader Billy Bayou – also known by the less swampy…

Highlighting Indonesia‘s most insane grindcore bands.

Long-standing Swedish blackened death metallers Necrophobic mark their return on “Mark of the Necrogram.”

Get “Transfixed in Limbo” with this stream of the new 7” from US devastators Impure.

To celebrate the release of Will Haven‘s new album, Muerte, we wrangled up guitarist Jeff Irwin to talk about the five heavy albums that changed his life.

Next month, you can descend fully into the Well of the Disquieted, but for now, why don’t you just test the waters of Hands of Despair‘s new album.