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After 15 years of silence, the New Jersey-born metal/hardcore heroes Burnt by the Sun reactivate, recruit Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) on second guitar.

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.

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

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!

Tom Gabriel Fischer unpacks Celtic Frost‘s comeback album, Monotheist, released 20 years ago this week.

An interview with Firekeeper Alliance founder/director, Charlie Speicher.

Swedish grind vets Gadget blast back with Coerced, their first new material in five years.

Get real with the debut full-length from Portland, OR blast beasts Fake Dust.

Hear former and current members of Decrepit Birth, Animosity, Akurion, Neuraxis, Augury, Emasculator and more gather as The Conflux Collective.

Boston stoner quartet Gozu bring the riffs on their new album.

Have you no Common Decency? Then start with their new split release with Self Love.

Long Island death metal kings Suffocation earn their second HOF induction via Pierced From Within.

Hear Vixen Maw deliver absolute audio mayhem with Pervertigo.

Wether traveling for the fest or living locally, Doom Bar is the home base for Metal & Beer Fest!

Virginia stoner rock trio Üga Büga fire up the grill on new single, “Divine Slaughter (Backyard Barbecue Bonanza).”

Single-day “Just Metal” tickets for Metal & Beer Fest Philly this weekend are just $30 starting today! For less than the price of an underwhelming delivery burrito, you can join the party on May 2-3!

Here are the 42 different beers (and meads) that “Metal & Beer” ticket holders are entitled to sample at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest on May 2-3 in Philly!

If you like blast beats with your hardcore, you’d better move to the speed of Richmond’s Killing Pace.

Two-Day & Three-Day tickets for Decibel’s annual festival of suds and thuds at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver on December 4-5 are ON SALE NOW!

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Hear Chicago duo Brilliant Behemoth deliver a delightful blend of goregrind with neocrust on their new split with Toughguy.

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from capital grinders NO/MÁS before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!

The folks who bring you the Fire in the Mountains Festival discuss the power of music and community.

Hear Chicago blasters Melting Rot deliver endless whirlwinds of early Carcass mixed into a stew of devastating D-beat.

NYHC legend Harley Flanagan on 40 years of The Age of Quarrel, his pain becoming others’ joy and playing Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on May 2.

There are a scant 100 copies of Spirit Adrift‘s farewell full-length LP, Infinite Illumination, on Decibel-exclusive Yellow Smoke colored vinyl. Don’t wait.

Grinders Zero Survive deliver that trademark New England pissed-off-ness on their latest split release.

Hear former Wake frontman Kyle Ball explore even darker sounds with his new black/death/noise project Lysergic.

Apocalyptic brutal slamming death metal entity Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (OxE) are premiering their LP Fugue Gnawed from the Scabbed God Cerebrum ahead of its official release on April 3 through Stillbirth/Gore House Productions.

If melodic and power metal is your bag, give a thought to Vancouver’s Hyperspace Metalfest on April 16-18.