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TICKETS ON SALE NOW for Decibel’s 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOW Featuring AUTOPSY, IMMOLATION, HORRENDOUS & More!
May 10, 2024
Tickets include All-Ages GA + an extremely limited 21+ VIP option entitling purchasers early entry to the Pre-Show ‘Decibowl’ Reception & VIP Viewing Deck access. (VIP tix are 21+ & limited to 76!)
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Track Premiere: Malguist – ‘Apex to Ashes’
May 14, 2024
Black metal duo Malguist get existential on “Apex to Ashes.”
Editorial
Slayer’s Debut “Show No Mercy” Turns 40
December 4, 2023
There was once a metal world without Slayer, as hard as that is to imagine. That world changed forever with this album. Show No Mercy is a giant’s first loud footstep.
Latest Issue
Crypt Sermon
June 2024 [#236]
Includes exclusive limited edition City of Caterpillar flexi disc
Harbingers of Doom! Also: Kerry King, Remembering Blake Harrison, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Pallbearer, the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Exhumed’s Gore Metal and more
Profane Creations: the Metal Art of Mark Rudolph Cover Art Revealed, Pre-Order Available
May 14, 2024 Emily Bellino
Revealing the cover art for longtime Decibel illustrator Mark Rudolph‘s new art book, Profane Creations!
Blast Worship: Failure
May 14, 2024 Gene Meyer
North Italy-based trio Failure roll the perfect fastcore game.
Interview: Evergrey Vocalist Tom Englund on 30 Years of Music and New Album Theories of Emptiness
May 13, 2024 Emily Bellino
Vocalist Tom Englund discusses Theories of Emptiness, the new album from long-running Swedish progressive metal act Evergrey.
Five For Friday: May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024 J. Andrew
This week brings us a lot of heavy music from across the spectrum, including the latest from Terminal Nation, SVNEATR and more!
Great Lakes Dungeon Siege Announced in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Oct 18-20!
May 10, 2024 Albert Mudrian
Get tickets to Coniferous Myst, Nest, Cernunnos Woods, DragonKeep and many more fine purveyors of dark dungeon music.
Video Premiere: Giant Spider – ‘Exit Plan’
May 9, 2024 Emily Bellino
NYHC trio Giant Spider make their entrance with “Exit Plan.”
Album Premiere: Red Rot – “Borders of Mania”
May 9, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Red Rot, the project of Luciano Lorusso George and Davide Tiso, formerly of Ephel Duath, present their sophomore record, Borders of Mania, a day before it releases to the world via Hammerheart Records.
Video Premiere: Sea of Treachery – “What’s Past Is Prologue”
May 9, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Set sail with Cincinnati’s captions of metalcore Sea of Treachery.
Full Album Stream: Markgraf – “Hohenbaden”
May 9, 2024 Emily Bellino
Go wild with first-wave black metal/heavy metal trio Markgraf and their sophomore album, Hohenbaden.
Play Magic: the Gathering Against FROZEN SOUL This Monday in Philly!
May 8, 2024 Michael Wohlberg
Can you stay cool under pressure against the Texas death squad?
