Interview
Video Premiere: Godeater — “Inertia Haze”
September 11, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Let Glasgow, Scotland’s Godeater take you deep into tech-death waters with “Inertia Haze.”
Track Premiere & Interview: Die Choking – ‘Mechanical Ventilator’
September 10, 2019 Emily Bellino
Die Choking break their four-year silence with new single “Mechanical Ventilator.”
If You Kill It, They Will Come: Full Terror Assault Fest Turns Five
August 28, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Full Terror Assault is celebrating five years of open air fest mayhem with a wild, brutal four-day party next week.
The Offering’s Alexander Richichi & Nishad George Invite You Into Their Home
August 19, 2019 Chris Dick
Boston-based extreme metallers The Offering offer up vocalist Alexander Richichi and guitarist Nishad George for interview.
Full Album Stream + Interview: Sickdeer – ‘Awake, Proceed’
August 16, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Stream the new full length from DC’s Sickdeer and get to know a powerful new force in the USBM underground.
Peter Beste is Here to Defend the (Heavy Metal) Faith & Gift You a Hot New Black Magic Jam
August 14, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Celebrated True Norwegian Black Metal music photographer Peter Beste talks battle vests, image capture, subculture, metal, and his related new book Defenders of the Faith.
Ex-Turbonegro Vocalist Hank von Hell Reveals Insane Tour Rider for U.S. Dates
July 31, 2019 Nick Green
Catch Hank von Hell is U.S. starting in August, but don’t expect to bake a motherfuckin’ in his green room. The ingredients aren’t on his rider.
Q&A: Aaron Charles of Falls of Rauros Vows to Conquer the Ocean
July 22, 2019 Chris Dick
Aaron Charles of Falls of Rauros is interviewed by Decibel Magazine for new album, Patterns in Mythology, out now on Gilead Media.
Q&A: London May On His New Black Metal Comedy “Brutal Realty, Inc.” and What Hardcore Taught Him
July 19, 2019 Justin Norton
Former DC hardcore hero London May on his new “black metal comedy” Brutal Realty, Inc.
Studio Report: Blood Incantation – “Hidden History of the Human Race”
July 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Get the details straight from Blood Incantation guitarist/vocalist Paul Riedl on the new full length, Hidden History of the Human Race.
Q&A: Karl Willetts Closes Third Memoriam Chapter
July 8, 2019 Chris Dick
UK old-school death metallers Memoriam release their third album, Requiem for Mankind. Decibel tracks down vocalist Karl Willetts to see what life is like on the frontlines.
Full Album Stream: Immortal Bird – “Thrive on Neglect”
July 1, 2019 Emily Bellino
Immortal Bird Thrive on Neglect and stream their new album.
Track Premiere: Ledge – ‘Hanged’
June 18, 2019 Emily Bellino
Ex-Weekend Nachos frontman returns with a new Ledge song and album.
Album Premiere and Interview: Rainer Landfermann
June 17, 2019 Jon Rosenthal
Former Bethlehem vocalist Rainer Landfermann on his legendary Dictius te Necare vocals and his incendiary performance on his new solo LP, Mein Wort in Deiner Dunkelheit
The Kreutzer Sonata: Heading Into Their “Glory Daze”
June 14, 2019 J. Andrew
Check out our interview with Adam of The Kreutzer Sonata, a Chicago-based punk band ready to unleash a new serving of noise with “The Rosehill Gates.”
The Fastest Man in Metal: Skeletonwitch’s Scott Hedrick
June 12, 2019 Decibel Magazine
When he’s not crushing skulls as Skeletonwitch‘s guitarist, Scott Hedrick is crushing personal bests in long-distance running.
Interview: Meet New Jersey’s Hardcore Heroes, Player Hater
June 11, 2019 Gene Meyer
South Jersey’s Player Hater on Christmas songs about cocaine, Jamey Jasta’s pocketbook and not taking things too seriously.
Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 2 (With Barney Greenway)
June 7, 2019 Forrest Pitts
Napalm Death frontman Barney Greenway discusses the mechanics and ethics of a heavy metal record review.
Pelican’s Trevor Shelley de Brauw on the Genesis of New Track “It Stared at Me”
June 6, 2019 Andrew Bonazelli
In our new series Cutting Room Floor, Pelican‘s Trevor Shelley de Brauw gives us the story behind their new record’s most peculiar track.
Q&A: Swallow The Sun’s Juha Raivio Is Blinded By The Light
June 3, 2019 Chris Dick
Finnish doom-death metallers Swallow The Sun stare death in the face on new album, “When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light.” A Q&A with Juha Raivio.
Track Premiere & Interview: Møl – ‘Airy’
May 23, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a remastered version of a song from Møl‘s first EP and read a new interview with the band.
Interview: Lo-Pan: “People Overlook Ohio for Art and Music at their Own Peril.”
May 15, 2019 Joseph Schafer
Ohio rock quartet on their new LP, their new label and “finding a way out of the bullshit.”
Track Premiere & Interview: Temple Koludra — ‘Namarupa’
May 15, 2019 Shawn Macomber
The latest track from German blackened death outfit Temple Koludra is a genre and border busting adventure in heavy metal transcendence.
Full Album Stream and Interview: The Mound Builders
April 24, 2019 Sean Frasier
Indiana sludge rockers The Mound Builders celebrate ten loud years with their eponymous LP.
Q&A: Scott Carstairs (Fallujah) Battles Death’s War On Light
April 22, 2019 Chris Dick
California-based tech death stars Fallujah enter a new era on new album, Undying Light. Mainman Scott Carstairs reveals all to Decibel.
Interview: Melodic Death Metal Newcomers Climate of Fear are Prepared for “The Onset of Eternal Darkness”
April 17, 2019 Emily Bellino
Climate of Fear discuss their debut album, The Onset of Eternal Darkness.
Baroness Frontman John Baizley on ‘Gold & Grey,’ Pig Destroyer and Psychological Burdens and Heartaches
April 8, 2019 Decibel Magazine
Baroness frontman John Dyer Baizley discusses Gold & Grey ahead of the band’s Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly performance.
Interview: Old-School Dutch Death Metallers Thanatos at 35 Years, with New Compilation, New Label, and New Album in 2020
April 4, 2019 James Lewis
Thanatos celebrate 35 YEARS with a big anniversary show, new label, new album in the works, and the Thanatology: Terror from the Vault 2 CD demo/rarities compilation.
Track Premiere: Lord Dying – ‘Freed From the Pressures of Time’
March 28, 2019 Emily Bellino
Lord Dying go full progressive.
Full Album Stream & Interview: Magic Circle – “Departed Souls”
March 28, 2019 Emily Bellino
Trad doom masters Magic Circle present their third LP, Departed Souls.
