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Sketchy business practice or a necessary evil? Decibel examines the practice of merch cuts in extreme metal.

Krieg’s Neill Jameson recounts various times throughout history when black metal was falsely pronounced dead.

At the Gates reveal the artwork for their new album!

Hear and acquire a copy of the exclusive new Skeletal Remains flexi disc single here!

In the early ’90s, the Cry Now, Cry Later compilations had the cream of the power violence crop; here are five times the compilation series totally ruled.

Municipal Waste drummer Dave Witte dishes on all the dishes he’s whipping up at his Go Go Vegan food truck, as well as his latest beer and musical projects.

Choosing Death, The Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology Vol. II, Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies and more are 20% off now through this weekend.

In celebration of the start of the seventh incarnation of the Decibel Magazine Tour, Enslaved creative force Ivar Bjørnson ranks the band’s albums from worst to best.

Enslaved, Wolves in the Throne Room, Myrkur and Khemmis kick off the Decibel Tour in Philly TONIGHT!

Happy Valentine’s Day from Decibel. We like you like you, so we made you a playlist of metal love songs — light on the power ballads.

If you haven’t grabbed a two-day “Just Metal” pass for Metal & Beer Fest, you’re about to lose out.

Stream a stunning new song from progressive metal visionaries Oceans of Slumber now.

The legendary Judas Priest guitarist will not perform on their upcoming Firepower tour due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease.

Your Easter Sunday just got 100% more blasphemous.

Can’t wait for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest in Philly on March 31-April 1? Neither can we, so we we’re getting things started a week early in Brooklyn with the Decibel Metal and Beer Official Kickoff Party!

See what Phantom Carriage is bringing to Decibel Metal & Beer Fest, including a brand new collaboration with Nuclear Blast.

Watch the brand new video for Monster Magnet‘s “Mindfucker” exclusively here.

Stream the first new Augury song since 2009 right now!

Become a deluxe Decibel subscriber by Monday February 5 at 9 AM EST, and the new, limited edition Skeletal Remains single is all yours.

Profiling members of the local hardcore and grindcore scenes who have used extreme metal to help conquer their substance addictions.

In 1991, the New Titans on the Bloc tour brought together Sepultura, Sacred Reich, Napalm Death and Sick of it All in a traveling circus of violence and extreme-music melting-pot mania.

Hear and acquire the exclusive new Enslaved flexi disc single here!

With their Decibel Metal & Beer Fest appearance on the horizon, Carcass frontman Jeff Walker provides a new album update.

Slayer‘s cryptic video message has left the future of the band unclear.

Get tickets NOW to see Midnight, Powermad, Necrot and Coffin Dust demolish the Foundry in Philadelphia on Friday, March 30 as part of the Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST!

Get familiar with the very-metal brews Adroit Theory will have for your consumption at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest!

Sludge metal heavyweights Primitive Man announced for the official Decibel Metal & Beer Fest after party with support from Black Urn.

Decibel Tour and Decibel Metal & Beer Fest tix are still on sale… get ’em while they’re here.

RIP Fast Eddie Clarke.

After a decade of attempts Kreator are inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.