interview

Living legend Tom Gabriel Fischer talks the resurrection of Hellhammer classics via Triumph of Death’s live album Resurrection of the Flesh.

Legendary underground cartoonist Reid Chancellor talks hardcore, mental health struggles and GG Allin with Decibel.

Michael Freiburger, pillar of the Seattle metal community and leader of Satanik Royalty Records, talks to Decibel about his story and what’s next for the family business.

On the eve of its L.A. screening, legendary music documentarian Penelope Spheeris discusses her “lost” Ozzfest ’99 documentary, We Sold Our Souls for Rock ‘n Roll.

Decibel caught up with the Italian maestro for a deep dive into his career and relationship with the prolific Fulci, a deep analysis into building a creepy score and a re-examination on all things Zombie.

Swiss heavy metallers Burning Witches discuss their new album.

Dani Filth discusses the band’s career-spanning live record, plus their creative process and maintaining his voice.

Tithe guitarist/vocalist Matt Eiseman on how working through grief led to his best hour as a musician.

Vocalist Sami Kaiser and guitarist Anthony Webster of New Jersey’s Gel talk embracing and breaking convention on their debut LP, Only Constant.

Decibel tracked down Sean Rivera of Coffin Hunters to talk about the art of clean singing and how he learned to sing in his car. Check out the band’s The Fire Knight and Wake the Dead on Bandcamp.

Living legend Mike Muir talks the legacy of Suicidal Tendencies‘ landmark debut and performing it at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest Philly on April 15.

OFF!‘s Keith Morris and Dimitri Coats talk to Decibel from the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah about Free LSD, their world-shifting new rhythm section and more.

Melissa Moore, the architect of Decibel‘s #3 album of 2022, on her long road from goregrind and black metal to heavy metal nirvana.

Matt Pattison, brother of Anthropic and A Day of Death legend Brian Pattison, reveals plans for the Glorious Times CD (CDN Records) and Day of Death IV festival in Buffalo.

Prolific USBM project Book of Sand celebrates today’s release of new LP, seven candles for an empty altar with a lengthy new interview.

Goblin composer and keyboardist Claudio Simonetti talks about the timeless magic of the Suspiria score and how his band brings it to life 45 years after its release.

Adrenalin O.D. drummer Dave Scott Schwartzman discusses his upcoming book If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History of Adrenalin O.D., which tells the story of AOD and hardcore’s formative years.

Director (and onetime Anvil roadie) Sacha Gervasi and Anvil mainstays Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner talked to us about the second life of Anvil! The Story Of Anvil.

Decibel talks to ex-Ulver/current Dold Vorde Ens Navn songmaster Håvard Jørgensen on his new journey as a solo artist with Haavard.

Richmond noise rock heroes City Of Caterpillar discuss their 20-year “hiatus” and the unlikely-awesome new LP, Mystic Sisters.

Erik Payne from Florida death-thrash combo Intoxicated riffs with Decibel. New album, Watch You Burn, is out now on Seeing Red Records.

Cloud Rat stream new song “Kaleidoscope” and discuss their upcoming album, Threshold.

Decibel spoke with Redefining Darkness Records about Into the Darkness Fest, a new death metal festival in Youngstown, Ohio.

In honor of Candlemass’s full-album performance of their landmark Epicus Doomicus Metallicus at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 10, scene royalty reflects on the LP’s impact.

Tune in and drop out with the new album from Stöner.

Terror frontman Scott Vogel talks about collaborating with former guitarist/current Nails frontman Todd Jones for the band’s new album, Pain into Power.

Candlemass vocalist/legend Johan Längqvist discusses the doom kings’ special Epicus Doomicus Metallicus set at Metal & Beer Fest, amazingly, on the record’s 36th birthday.

Catching up with hardcore OG and Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris on the band’s return to the stage after 15 years.

Nuclear Assault bassist/legend Danny Lilker talks Metal & Beer Fest beer collaboration with KCBC, a special guest stage-dive performance at the event, and the black metal bedspreads.

Listen to “Half Rising Man,” the final track from Absent in Body‘s (members of Neurosis, Amenra and Sepultura) debut album, Plague God.