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Decibel Celebrates 40 Years of THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE: THE SOUNDTRACK! Pre-Order Our New Issue!
June 10, 2026
All Decibel subscribers will receive the “A” version of the cover, featuring Optimus Prime, as part of their subscription (along with a Spirit Adrift flexi disc), while the “B” version of the cover, featuring Unicron, is a Decibel webstore exclusive.
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Video Premiere: Total Meltdown – “The Spell”
June 11, 2026
Check out the new song from Long Island/New York hardcore crushers Total Meltdown, “The Spell,” premiering via a cool animated video.
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
Hulder
July 2026 [#261]
Includes exclusive limited edition Venom flexi disc
The Acclamation of Bonds! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Acheron’s Rites of the Black Mass, an exclusive Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography excerpt, Neurosis, Panopticon and more
Video Premiere: Without Mercy Turn the Lens on Themselves on “Glass”
June 11, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video/single from Canadian voyagers, Without Mercy!
Full Album Stream: King Potenaz –Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 2
June 10, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Italian stoner doom trio King Potenaz go for a second round of heavy desert riffs on new full-length, Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 2.
Album Premiere: Nuclear Tomb – Epoch Inhumane
June 10, 2026 Tim Mudd
Baltimore weirdos Nuclear Tomb have never been interested in coloring inside the lines. On new full-length Epoch Inhumane, the Maryland thrash unit continue to mutate their sound into something sharper, stranger and more hostile
Comparing & Killing: Converge versus Converge
June 9, 2026 Emily Bellino
Comparing Converge‘s two 2026 full-length releases.
Blast Worship: Meltification
June 9, 2026 Gene Meyer
Get meltified by Copenhagen grindcrushers Meltification.
PRE-ORDER NOW! CHAT PILE’s New Album ‘Who Loves the Sun’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl NOW! ONLY 200 AVAILABLE!
June 9, 2026 Decibel Magazine
There are a mere 200 copies of Chat Pile‘s new full-length LP, Who Loves the Sun, on Decibel-exclusive Coke Bottle Smoke colored vinyl. Get one now or be left in the dark.
Video Premiere: Kallohonka – “Psychic Surgery”
June 8, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Texas psych-noise terrorists Kallohonka perform “Psychic Surgery” in art-damaged new video.
Full Album Stream: Make – “Exegesis at the End of Time”
June 8, 2026 Emily Bellino
Post-metal quartet Make debut their first album in 10 years, featuring new members and the heaviest songs of their career.
EXCLUSIVE: Burnt by the Sun Officially Reunites
June 5, 2026 Albert Mudrian
After 15 years of silence, the New Jersey-born metal/hardcore heroes Burnt by the Sun reactivate, recruit Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) on second guitar.
Five For Friday: June 5, 2026
June 5, 2026 J. Andrew
It’s a heavy week for new releases, as we hear the latest from Converge (again!), Diabolic Oath, Rotten Tomb and more!
