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The 30 Greatest Metal Albums of the ’90s

November 10, 2021 12:18pm

There’s this narrative pushed by music journalists and nostalgia series that metal died screaming in the ’90s. The idea is that the moment Kurt Cobain first played “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” metal clutched its heart, […]

Obituary Announce 2022 U.S. Tour with Municipal Waste, Gatecreeper, Enforced, and SpiritWorld

November 3, 2021 12:42pm

With COVID protocols being slowly put in place and bands becoming increasingly fearless, tours are finally being scheduled once more. Now, Decibel Magazine has announced the continuation of their tour series, and this time around they’ve […]

Black Label Society Announce U.S. Tour with Obituary and Prong

June 15, 2021 8:18am

If you can’t get down with a Black Label Society concert, then we’ve got nothing for you. The biker metal project of former Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde will always put on the kind of drunken, […]

Watch Obituary Cover “Executioner’s Tax (Swing of the Axe)” With Members of Power Trip

March 30, 2021 8:34am

Last year, the metal community was dumbstruck to learn that Riley Gale, lead singer of game-changing Texan thrashers Power Trip, had died at the age of 34. Not only was Gale an incredibly talented and […]

Obituary To Play ‘The End Complete’ In Its Entirety As Part of New Livestream Series

March 4, 2021 2:05pm

Back in October, death metal humidity-mongers Obituary played two of their most legendary albums in full via livestream, 1989’s Slowly We Rot and 1990’s Cause of Death. Now, the band have scheduled another series of livestreams, and […]

Happy Valentine’s Day: Here Are 14 of the Sexiest Death Metal Songs

February 12, 2021 11:17am

To your average listener, death metal does not sound sexy. Sex is an act that makes one feel alive and in touch with their body, and exists in part to create new life. Death metal, […]

Obituary’s Trevor Peres: “To Be Honest, I Think We Had COVID During Our Last Tour”

December 15, 2020 12:14pm

In October, death metal legends Obituary decided to get in on the livestream game — and, in classic fashion, did it harder than everyone else. The band played three separate streams, two featuring their most […]

The 40 Greatest Metal Drinking Songs of All Time

December 2, 2020 10:59am

Drinking will always be an important part of heavy metal culture. Spiritually, alcohol gives way to the loud, brash frenzy fostered by ancient gods like Dionysus, and so is loved by fans of singalongs and […]

Obituary Will Play ‘Slowly We Rot’ and ‘Cause of Death’ In Their Entirety During Livestream Series

September 23, 2020 12:50pm

Last weekend saw Obituary‘s landmark album Cause of Death turn 30 years old, and the band have decided to throw it one hell of a birthday party. The death metal legends have just announced a series […]

Obituary and Morbid Angel Featured in Question on ‘Jeopardy!’

November 12, 2019 3:20pm

It isn’t every day that Floridian death-metal pioneers Obituary and Morbid Angel are name-dropped on Jeopardy!, let alone as part of a death-metal-focused question. But just that happened on a recent episode of the long-running […]

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