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Announcing the Decibel Magazine Tour 2026 Featuring CRYPTOPSY, NECROT, FULCI and BLOOD MONOLITH!
January 27, 2026
All tickets to the 2026 Decibel Magazine Tour, kicking off in late April, are on sale January 30 at 10am local time!
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Track Premiere: The Fifth Alliance – “Phoenix”
January 29, 2026
Sludge/post-metal/post-hardcore collective The Fifth Alliance share their new song “Stenahoria,” the title track from their upcoming album released through Tartarus Records/Breathe Plastic/Ardua Music.
Editorial
An Endless Wave of American Darkness: USBM’s Hidden Underground
December 26, 2025
Neill Jameson digs deep into the best that underground U.S. black metal had to offer in 2025.
Latest Issue
Converge
March 2026 [#257]
Includes exclusive limited edition Dead Heat flexi disc
Hardened to Their Core! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Lethargy’s It’s Hard to Write With a Little Hand, Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2025 Reviewed, Mayhem, Carpenter Brut and more
Full EP Stream: Feral Nature –Cradle of Twigs & Bone
January 28, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Oslo metallic hardcore quartet Feral Nature’s new noise on self-released EP Cradle of Twigs & Bone.
Father Befouled to Release Exclusive Recording, “Rotting Godless Throne,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 28, 2026 Decibel Magazine
You’ve got until Saturday January 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of death metal destroyers Father Befouled new single “Rotting Godless Throne (2026 Version),” is yours.
Full Album Stream: Shine – “Wrathcult”
January 28, 2026 Emily Bellino
Polish death metal band Shine unveil their must-hear debut.
Blast Worship: Convulsions
January 27, 2026 Gene Meyer
Spanish grindforce Convulsions will shake you to your foundation.
Video Premiere: Gutslit – “I, Berzerker”
January 26, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Mumbai DM brutalists, Gutslit, lose their shit on new single “I, Berzerker.”
Lethargy – It’s Hard to Write With a Little Hand
January 26, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Lethargy‘s cult math metal classic, featuring members of Mastodon and Nuclear Assault enters or hallowed Hall on its 30th anniversary.
Full EP Stream: Final Dose – Endless Woe
January 26, 2026 J. Andrew
Final Dose‘s violent, confrontational and outright devastating new EP, Endless Woe, delivers all the black metal goods with punk rock abandon.
Track Premiere: Stephen Brodsky – “Under the Surface” (Neurosis)
January 26, 2026 Daniel Lake
Hear Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky reimagine the Neurosis classic “Under the Surface” as part of his forthcoming Cut to the Core Vol. 2 covers album.
Five For Friday: January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 J. Andrew
Want to hear the latest in heavy? We’ve got you covered this weekend with the latest from Megadeth, Pelican, Karloff and more!
Track Premiere: Daidalos – “Euphobia”
January 22, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Symphonic black metal artist Daidalos has shared his latest single “Euphobia.” The track appears on his forthcoming full‑length, Dante, out February 20.
