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DOWN & SUICIDAL TENDENCIES to Headline Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2026! Early Bird Ticket Pre-Sales Begin Wed, April 22 at 10am MT!

April 20, 2026

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest returns to Denver on Friday and Saturday, December 4-5, 2026. Early bird tickets are on sale this week!

Premiere

Split Premiere: Nixil / Drouth – Toward Dead Temples

April 22, 2026

Hear Toward Dead Temples, the forthcoming split release from Baltimore black metallers Nixil, and Portland black/death metal quartet Drouth

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

Power Trip

May 2026 [#259]

Includes exclusive limited edition No/Más flexi disc

Our special Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 Preview Issue! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Kylesa’s Static Tensions, Immolation, Exodus, Corrosion of Conformity, Gaerea and more

Interview: Sungrave Behind the Scenes on ‘Cold Flesh and No One’

April 23, 2026

We catch up with Denver-based atmospheric band Sungrave about their recent self-released EP, Cold Flesh and No One

UNDEATH Sign to Relapse, Record New Full-Length LP

April 23, 2026

Extra! Extra! Read all about what’s new in Undeath’s world!

Full EP Stream: Mortuary – “Great Black Earth”

April 21, 2026

Mexican death-thrash OGs Mortuary haven’t lost a step on their first release in 14 years.

Track Premiere: Gadget – ‘Flatline’

April 21, 2026

Swedish grind masters Gadget blast through new banger, “Flatline.”

Blast Worship: Brilliant Behemoth

April 21, 2026

Hear Chicago duo Brilliant Behemoth deliver a delightful blend of goregrind with neocrust on their new split with Toughguy.

Full Album Stream: Since the Death –Entangled

April 20, 2026

Swedish extreme metal multi-instrumentalist Oscar Rask returns with his death thrash project Since the Death and new album, Entangled.

Full Album Stream: Toxikull – “Turbulence”

April 20, 2026

Speed demons Toxikull turn personal struggle into heavy metal anthems on their new album, Turbulence.