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Watch Brazil’s premiere grindcore unit Test expand to Test Big Band for an 11-minute grind opera.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, January 10 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from avant garde black/death kings Imperial Triumphant.

The Oakland post-post-hardcore powerhouse Strangelight return with another stellar offering,The World Needs Laughter.

Las Vegas/Brazilian deathrashers Claustrofobia recruit Marc Rizzo (ex-Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy) for their new single “Corrupted Self.”

Death metal fiends Fossilization unearth a single from their split with Ritual Necromancy, “Exalted in the Altar of Insignificance.”

Now that 2021 has ground to a halt, blast back with the 21 best grindcore and powerviolence songs of the past year.

In which Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts discuss the tonal impact of Anton Webern’s Opus 21 symphony.

That’s right — Timothy Sheahan is not only one of coronavirus’ fiercest foes, but also a punk-hardcore metalhead in extremely good standing.

Oakland DIY label Transylvanian Recordings made a lot of waves this year. Listen to some of our favorite Transylvanian albums from 2021 before the new year.

Get a load of this sweet artwork, dedicated to Metallica‘s Ride the Lightning, created to support children’s hospital in need.

Enslaved‘s The Otherworldly Big Band Experience delivered an epic live stream this week. If you missed it, check out their performance of “Bounded By Allegiance.” You can also watch the full livestream through December 24.

Finnish trio Tormentor Tyrant share their vicious self-titled track as a declaration of death metal violence.

Catch the buzz on the Canadian mostly-solo avant grind project Neon Hiss.

Did you totally blow it on Christmas shopping again this year? We’ve got your last-minute-ass covered with Decibel gift subscriptions and Decibel gift cards!

Hear New Jersey blasters Bayt Lahm debut a new single addressing political unrest in Colombia.

Blackened death grinders Immortal Bird documents cutting a path of sonic destruction in this exclusive tour diary.

Australian death metal hellbringers Descent unshroud their newest single, “Fester.” Their album Order of Chaos is due out January 14th.

Philippines-based death metal act Nullification bust out of 1992 streaming new track “I, the Nullifier.” Only the past is real!

Weyerbacher’s powerful Belgian-styled imperial stout Tiny is anything but small in stature.

Decibel‘s got exclusive limited editions of the new Immolation album Acts of God on CD longbox and cassette. Move fast!

The new NSFW video from Take Life, featuring current and former members of One King Down, Most Precious Blood and Insvrgence, has more than a little blood on its hands.

“Just Metal” tickets are now only $25 (single-day) and $49.50 for two-day passes. And “Metal & Beer” tickets are now only on $75 (single-day) and $150 for two-day passes.

Here are the 40+ different beers that “Metal & Beer” and “VIP” ticket holders are entitled to sample on December 10-11 in Los Angeles!

Indiana melodic death/thrash grave-burners Death on Fire release their newest single, “Slave.” Their album Burial Hymns looms in 2022.

Hear Lithuanian grind duo Will Cope, bring an east coast hardcore vibe to eastern Europe on An Attempt.

Extreme music legend Tom Gabriel Fischer on the impact of Venom’s Welcome To Hell on its 40th anniversary.

Decibel celebrates the 40th anniversary of Venom‘s extreme metal ground zero, Welcome To Hell, with former guitarist/songwriter Jeff “Mantas” Dunn.

Los Angeles funeral sludge newcomers QAALM release a video for their crushing first single, Existence Asunder. Debut album coming March 2022.

The French grind scene contributes to the growing — am I reading this correctly — mirco genre of grindcore bands inspired by the 1997 film Gummo?

Hear a track from Eight Bells‘ album Legacy of Ruin (due on February 25 and available now for preorder), the band’s first record in roughly five years.