June 2007 Features
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Cover Story
Dimmu Borgir
Thanks to bands like Dimmu Borgir, black metal has bridged the once-frozen divide between underground obscurity and mainstream acceptance. But has it crossed to the other side intact? Decibel travels to Norway and investigates.
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Fallen Warriors of sXe
In Part 1 of How’s Your Edge?, we printed the testimony of several musicians who were formerly straight-edge. They discussed why they adopted the straight-edge lifestyle in the first place, what straight-edge meant to them and why they eventually broke edge.
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Immolation
After two decades of punishing the death metal underground, Immolation's influence looms larger than ever
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Mayhem
After 14 years, Attila Csihar has rejoined Mayhem to bring black magic back to black metal. Along with guitarist and co-writer Blasphemer, the vocalist explains how pigs’ heads are spiritual and why he feels both Darwin and Christians are wrong.
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Megadeth
Megadeth's ringleader loves God; hates Satan, meth
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The Chariot
The Chariot find their voice (and those of a few hundred others) on sophomore album The Fiancée
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Vital Remains
Veteran Christ-punchers Vital Remains continue their death metal evolution with another assist from Satan's little helper
