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Advance listening of the new EP by these avant-calamity creators!

Pacific Northwest doom-folk collective Geist & the Sacred Ensemble share the meditative, ominous video of “Closed Eye” from their upcoming LP, Waning Hymns.

Unsung California thrash heroes Psychosomatic return with their first new song in five years.

Ready for some stoner post-punk psych rock to help you get in touch with your inner simian? Sheenjek is here to oblige with the raucous “Monkey Brains.”

London rockers Black Helium unveil the heavy psych and black-mass fuzz of “Two Masters” before the release of their upcoming LP, The Wholly Other.

Philly’s Cephalothoracopagus play the grindcore twin-killing of blast ‘n’ groove.

Northeast death metal legends Incantation reveal the second advance track from forthcoming album Sect of Vile Divinities.

Chicago’s Cardiac Arrest belch new track, “Sodomite,” from new album, The Day That Death Prevailed. Streaming filthily only at Decibel!

In a concerted effort to break stigmas and stress its universal importance to metalheads worldwide, Decibel gathered over 140 musicians in support of wearing masks to help end the novel coronavirus and expedite the return of live extreme music.

Watch Italian death metal crushers Blasphemer totally NAIL the crucifixion of Christ in their new video “The Sixth Hour.”

Earth Crisis guitarist Scott Crouse talks about the reissue of the epic 2014 animal liberation-themed Salvation of Innocents in this pandemic moment.

Dissonant death/grind newcomers Resin Tomb crack open the crypt of their upcoming EP with unholy new single “Prostrate.”

German blasters Wreck are a masterclass in how a modern, clean production should sound for a grindcore band.

We’ve got suggestions on releases to help you headbang brain cells away and support bands/labels at time when they profit from it most.

Doom, Woe, Panopticon and more than two dozen other bands contribute new or unheard music to Bindrune’s Overgrow to Overthrow compilation, benefitting Black Lives Matter and Life After Hate.

Check out the new single from Gorgatron and the news of what’s likely to be the year’s lone metal fest.

Gruesome and Filter drummers get together to break the stigma on mental illness.

Worship at the altar of post-hardcore powerhouse Same Gods via the melody-tinged incantation “In Circles.”

Indianapolis death/doom dissenters Shroud of Vulture invert tyranny on their crushing debut LP Upon a Throne of Jackals.

CA grinders Hate for Humanity specialize in short and violent, like Joe Pesci beating Billy Bats into the fucking ground.

Ripped to Shreds frontman Andrew Lee addresses the work that needs to be done in fighting dangerous stereotypes against Asians and Asian-Americans in underground metal.

Return to distant waters with German funeral doom mariners Ahab as they revisit their legendary The Call of the Wretched Sea debut on Live Prey.

Fallow Heart and Decibel contributor Daniel Lake discuss music journalism cosplay and the recently released Winterfylleth album.

Old Man Gloom drummer Santos Montano pens Part III of tour diary for the band’s postponed 2020 tour.

One-man grind machine Putrid Parrot doesn’t cry fowl.

Listen to an advance stream of Hydraform‘s Sylvia Massy-produced EP

How did Nightmare Brewing Company do on their Imperial DIPA Crucifixion? They nailed it!

1995 wasn’t merely a great year for the extremely extreme — it was also an amazing trip around the sun for metal-adjacent music.

Manchester doom artisans Atavist are back to disrupt a decade of silence with their cathartic ode to loss and resilience, III: Absolution.

Decibel dives deep beyond the Peaceville Three with this death/doom addendum to our our new Decibel Yearbook: 1995 issue.