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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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Video Premiere: Viogression – ‘Light Harvester’

January 19, 2026

Milwaukee death metallers Viogression drop a new video from their latest album.

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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

Full Album Stream: New Mexican Doom Cult –Ziggurat

January 19, 2026

Swedish desert rock worshippers New Mexican Doom Cult offer up their second psyched-out full-length, Ziggurat.

Five For Friday: January 16, 2026

January 16, 2026

This week features all things fast, heavy, and brutal with the latest from Kreator, Void Monuments, Viserion and more!

Listen: Shane Embury’s DARK SKY BURIAL Streams ‘The Sacred Neurotic’

January 16, 2026

Hear The Sacred Neurotic, the new LP from Shane Embury’s prolific electronic project Dark Sky Burial.

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.

Q&A: Ex-Cryptic Slaughter Guitarist Les Evans Discusses His New Band, Subversion Trigger

January 14, 2026

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

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.

Blast Worship: Smearing

January 13, 2026

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

Hear North Carolina melodic death metal outfit Blackwater Drowning reveal “The Sixth Omen,” the new single from their upcoming Obscure Sorrows full-length.