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Hear new Necrot jam “Stench of Decay” and get your pre-order on for Mortal, which will be released on August 28.

New Hampshire duo KYOTY have been defeating quarantine by writing an entirely new pensive post-metal song each week. Listen to “Faith” as they continue their amazing series The Isolation Project.

“Recorded a buncha covers with a some friends of mine, some of whom are out of work due to the COVID-19 situation,” says Leon del Muerte. “100% of proceeds goes directly to them. Think of it as Graveyard Classics with 100% less Chris Barnes.”

Blast off your post-holiday hangover with a new video clip of new tracks from rising grinders WVRM.

Maryland Deathfest was supposed to start today. Join us as we reminisce about MDFs gone by.

Better “Stay Awake” if you’re gonna walk These Streets.

Wish upon a Blood Star and bask in the light of a new white-hot trad metal project from Visigoth guitarist Jamison Palmer. Listen to The Fear now.

Hear Aussie trio Cauldron Black Ram batten down the black/death/doom hatches with new LP Slaver exclusively streaming at Decibel.

Chepang‘s new LP, CHATTA might be the grindcore album of the year.

Chicago noiserockeres Something Is Waiting announce tour cancellation with a little help from… Tim Allen?

We have a limited number of advance copies of the July issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive new Dropdead flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.

What the world needs now is an extra supply of toilet paper, not another West Coast IPA. But we will make an exception for the Special Hoperations collab from Fat Head and 3 Floyds.

Decibel presents one of the most concise numbers from CA metalgaze crushers Mountaineer in the form of new single “Ghost Story.”

It’s no Angels of Meth, but Decibel is still stoked to jam the first new Persekutor track in five years. Vlad the Inhaler fills in the detailings.

Brace yourself. Portland, Oregon’s Tithe is about to drag you into the death-grind tarpits.

Ex-Starkweather/current Below the Frost bassist Michelle Eddison brings the visual violence in a new series of transcendent paintings.

Wailin Storms strike again with Rattle, a Southern Gothic doom punk masterpiece teeming with haunted riffs and grim poetry.

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly has been officially rescheduled for April 9-10, 2021 at Fillmore Philly! Tickets for the original 2020 festival dates will automatically be valid for the new dates.

No noise interludes, no Werner Herzog samples, just poorly recorded (but properly executed) moron grind for your reptilian brain stems from Snagg.

Hear late U.K. noisemongers Fudge Tunnel captured at the height of their abrasive powers live in 1993.

Tragic Cat acquire a portion of the late Jim Konya’s personal T-shirt collection, and each day in May they’ll post a unique piece from the assortment to raise donations for his namesake scholarship fund.

Bottoms up! Get ready to drink to a new track from U.K. death squad Foetal Juice!

Resurrected heavy metallers Tyrant have a new album, Hereafter, available on May 15. Streaming heavy metal gold only at Decibel

And now, for something completely different, here’s some good news: Playing Enemy‘s debut LP and EP are now available digitally via Translation Loss

Four new four Napalm Death LPs—Smear Campaign, Time Waits for No Slave, Utilitarian and Apex Predator – Easy Meat—get the reissue treatment with an assist from Decibel.

Boston blasters Scalp the Pioneer don’t mice words on The Idiot’s Guide to Self-Hatred.

Upland Brewing Company and Paradox Beer Company collaborate on what might be the world’s most complex brown ale

Irish thrashers Gama Bomb donate new single proceeds to Dublin Simon Community, providing vital services to families, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Salvadoran misanthropes Conceived by Hate lure listeners to a haunted graveyard in their ectoplasmic new single “Into Cemetery Fog.”

Recorded and arranged by Gruesome‘s Gus Rios, the 10-track lambasting rings in just over 22 minutes and features deep cuts like “Bad Marketing,” “Reconsider Your Life Choices” and “Dumbest Name Ever for Water.”