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Chilean solo project Sign of Evil emerges from the shadows armed with blackened riffs on the debut EP Psychodelic Horror.

Nightfall is a 11.1% ABV Russian Imperial Stout that brewed in conjunction with Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly next month!

Boston blasters Stagnater drop the blade with new release The Guillotine Demo.

On the eve of the Mayhem-headlined Decibel Magazine Tour, Necropolis’ founder provides an in-depth interview on the greatest black metal comp ever, Nordic Metal: A Tribute To Euronymous.

Get ready to circle(pit) the Drain or be washed out with the rest of the poseurs.

Norwegian singer Kari Rueslåtten (ex-Third And The Mortal, ex-Storm) is readying her new album, Sørgekåpe, with a stunning blue tune “Sørgekåpe”.

Plague Years deliver a dose of deadly crossover thrash on “Play the Victim” and upcoming sophomore LP, Circle of Darkness.

Horror cinema obsessed melodic death ‘n’ rollers Video Nasties take you behind the scenes of the band’s wild full-length debut.

Australia’s fiercest and snarkiest power grind duo, Meth Leppard, have announced an upcoming North American tour in May. Celebrate with a brand new track, “Woke.”

From the dark past…. well, more like very recent months, really… this month’s Decibel Meter has blizzard beasts to withstand the fall of time when dark and light don’t differ.

Just one year after their accomplished debut, Swiss atmospheric black metallers Aara prepare another mesmerizing release. Check a new song from it here.

Finnish death-fiends Nerve Saw rev up to shred eardrums with an assault of old school death metal and filthy punk on their new single “Life Goes On… Not.”

Looking for some South Korean flower power in your grind? Then take a moment to stop and smell Jardim De Flores.

Hear former Kill the Client members get back to the grind with power trio Triage.

We talk to onetime T.S.O.L. frontman Joe Wood about his new band and finally playing his classic mid-80s material again

“That harsh, cold, and uncaring nature of the cosmos contrasts well with its immense beauty, grandeur, and mystery atop a musical canvas like black metal.”

The party rages on with Cloak, Bewitcher, Zealot R.I.P. and Blame God at the official Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly afterparty!

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!