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CRO-MAGS Premiere Exclusive New Recording of “Hard Times” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 8, 2026
Score an exclusive flexi featuring hardcore legends Cro-Mags new re-recording of the classic “Hard Times,” while supplies last!
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Album Premiere: Viserion – ‘Fire and Blood’
January 15, 2026
Viserion‘s forthcoming atmospheric crusher, Fire and Blood, is set to manifest in this realm on January 16. You can stream it here before the rest of the world hears it.
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.
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Necrofier
February 2026 [#256]
Includes exclusive limited edition Cro-Mags flexi disc
A Blaze in the Southern Sky! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Biohazard’s Urban Discipline, The Top 21 Most Anticipated Albums of 2026, Kreator, Voivod, Terror Corpse and more
Q&A: Ex-Cryptic Slaughter Guitarist Les Evans Discusses His New Band, Subversion Trigger
January 14, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the blistering new crossover EP from former Cryptic Slaughter guitarist Les Evans’ new band Subversion Trigger.
VITAMIN X Return With New Single and Video “Chop Chop Chop”
January 14, 2026 Tim Mudd
Amsterdam hardcore thrash lifers Vitamin X return with the video for “Chop Chop Chop,” the first single from their upcoming full-length, Ride the Apocalypse, due March 13 via Svart Records.
Track Premiere: Moros – ‘Drowned in Decomposed Remains’
January 13, 2026 Emily Bellino
Philly filth overlords Moros return with a new slab of death/doom.
Blast Worship: Smearing
January 13, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Seattle crushers Smearing deliver D-beats and death blasts in equal measure on the freshly released Acts of Service.
Track Premiere: Blackwater Drowning – “The Sixth Omen”
January 12, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear North Carolina melodic death metal outfit Blackwater Drowning reveal “The Sixth Omen,” the new single from their upcoming Obscure Sorrows full-length.
Full Album Stream: Sad Whisperings – “The Hermit”
January 12, 2026 Emily Bellino
Death/doom OGs Sad Whisperings return with their first album in 33 years.
EP Premiere: Salt Divination – The Boiled Sorceress
January 12, 2026 Albert Mudrian
Hear the debut EP from blackened hardcore whirlwind Salt Divination, featuring Converge’s Ben Koller on session drums.
Five For Friday: January 9, 2026
January 9, 2026 J. Andrew
Five for Friday opens the year with the latest heavy and harsh releases from Woe, Oraculum, Ectovoid and more!
Split Album Premiere: Creaturess and Sungrave – ‘Sepulchral Echoes’
January 8, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Just a year after their debut release, Idyll, Denver post-metal band Sungrave return with a collaborative new EP with Creaturess. Stream Cold Flesh and No One now.
Film Review: Death Reigns Shows That You Can’t Stop Rock and Roll, Even in the Bible Belt
January 8, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out this doc and learn what happens when you put on a metal fest in the heart of the Bible Belt.
