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In the inaugural edition of Gasping For Hair — a new column devoted to the classics of hard rock, hair metal, glam, and other heavy metal adjacent subgenres — we talk to guitarist Mark Knight about one of the wildest hard rock acts ever, Bang Tango.

Indonesian death-lifers Exhumation are back to spill fresh blood with their ripping 3rd LP Eleventh Formulae.

How Hyborian have managed to achieve the difficult-to-master balance of writing complex music within the confines of pretty traditional structures.

Life to the “false grind” of Colorado deathcrushers 908.

New York-based death/doom trio Weeping Sores issued one of 2019’s best releases in False Confession. We interview lead sore, Doug Moore, in this Q&A.

Decibel‘s Bloody Valentine’s Day Sale starts NOW, but it ends Monday at 12pm EST, so bust a move.

To celebrate the release of Crowbar‘s Kirk Windstein’s first solo album, Dream in Motion, we caught up with the sludge king to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.

Lamb of God‘s first new release in five years and the first to feature new drummer Art Cruz now has a single and a release date.

Grindcore refracting iconoclasts Total Fucking Destruction return to provide a glimpse of what it will sound like “…to be alive at the end of the world.”

A murderer’s row of hardcore luminaries cross the streams for the latest Kings Never Die EP.

São Paulo blast squad Hutt rely on the thrash as much as the grind.

Pitting Heartwork against Slaughter of the Soul to find out once and for all which is the better album.

“Do I amuse you?” Well, yes, you do!

Håkan Stuvemark and Swedish deathcrushers Wombbath return with their third LP in five years and we’ve got a taste via a new tune right now.

Vanessa Hexe, one of the leading lights of underground death doom, is summoning new atmospheres and nightmares with her debut volume of poetry, “A Winter Darkly.”

Israeli black/death battalion Arallu reveal the striking new video for “Vortex of Emotions” from their recent En Olam record.

Decibel can’t stop talking about Philly grind trio Die Choking and neither should you.

Read the making of the “post-” with the most EP from the mysterious Mare.

Ardent Craft Ales’ IPA X may be #2,729 to the uninitiated, but currently #1 in Decibel’s hearts and bellies.

Gaze into the terrifying indifference of the universe with the latest emanation of Switzerland’s Helvetic Underground Committee.

You’re already living in a tech-hellscape. Might as well let Chicago dark industrial upstarts 5 R V L N 5 provide you an appropriate soundtrack for trying to survive it.

New Jersey’s Putrascension continues the state’s contradictory nature with their new EP.

Boston doomgaze project SEA match funereal heaviness with elemental poetry on their stunning and heart-rending debut LP Impermanence.

Because we’re only two weeks into 2020 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 60 more from 2019 to chew on.

Portuguese old school death metal power trio Innards digs deeps into the bowels of repugnance for this nasty splatter platter.

The second edition of this full-blown, three-day grindcore and powerviolence festival will be held in Northern California this July!

Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Trappist picture flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track written for the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Morgan Rider and the Deep Dark River‘s new video ponders “What if Vintersorg gave the fused DNA of Peter Steele, Mina Caputo and ICS Vortex singing lessons?”

Don’t sleep on former Decibel demo faves Snorlax. Hear their new song “Encapsulated Apocalypse”

The final installment of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade