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The festival also includes Kreator, High on Fire, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, Testament, Life of Agony, and more (but no Slipknot).

Ministry, Suicidal Tendencies, Corrosion of Conformity, Marduk, Venom Inc, Discharge & more are playing the fest, which also has "a fully immersive walkthrough experience of pain, pleasure, and metal."

Check out year-end lists from our metal sister site Invisible Oranges, an average top 10 from all the contributor votes, and more.

Also: Blue Oyster Cult, Rancid, Kreator, Emperor, Behemoth, Chelsea Wolfe, Primus, Electric Wizard, Pentagram, Hawkwind, Baroness, DRI, Integrity, Leftover Crack, & more.

From veterans like Testament to newer-comers like Khemmis, here's metal mag Decibel's top 40 albums of 2016.

This was an unusually great metal bill.

Oakland neo-thrash crew Ghoul have announced plans for a new album and shared a new song. The album is called Dungeon Bastards and it drops on July 29th via Tankcrimes. The song is called "Ghoulunatics," and its a straight-ahead thrash banger...

Death metal legends Carcass have been in something of a second peak since releasing their fantastic comeback album Surgical Steel back in 2013, and they're staying busy as ever. They spent much of this year touring with Testament and Slayer, and now they've announced another completely stacked tour. They're headlining this one and they'll traverse North America with support from Crowbar, Ghoul and Night Demon, which is a lot of good bands.

Phil Anselmo's Housecore Horror Festival announced its initial lineup last month, and now more bands have been added. It'll feature the second-ever live appearance by Pig Destroyer guitarist Scott Hull's electronic grind band Agoraphobic Nosebleed (the first was MDF 2015), Corrosion of Confirmity (with Pepper Keenan), Crowbar, Dropdead, Ghoul, Negative Approach, Zombi, Author & Punisher, Gristnam, and hardcore veterans Poison Idea (who canceled a tour and announced a hiatus earlier this year for health reasons, but as this booking proves, things are lookin...

Maryland Deathfest is less than a month away (May 21-24), and the lineup was already stacked with Neurosis, Napalm Death, Yob, Triptykon, Primordial, Inter Arma, Tombs, D...