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ON SALE NOW 🍻 Early Bird Tickets to Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2026 ft. DOWN & SUICIDAL TENDENCIES!

April 24, 2026

Two-Day & Three-Day tickets for Decibel’s annual festival of suds and thuds at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver on December 4-5 are ON SALE NOW!

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Full Album Stream: Steve Austin – “Marked Cards and Loaded Dice”

April 27, 2026

Today is the Day frontman Steve Austin returns to his roots with his debut outlaw country record, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice. Hear the album early and read an interview with him now.

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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.

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

Video Premiere: Tyrannus – “Flesh Eternal”

April 27, 2026

Scottish trio Tyrannus ride post-punk angst to a fiery black metal explosion on new track, “Flesh Eternal.”

Venom to Release Exclusive Recording, “Nevermore (Full Length Version),” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

April 27, 2026

You’ve got until Thursday, April 30 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of the first-ever official flexi disc from black metal progenitors Venom is yours.

Five For Friday: April 24, 2026

April 24, 2026

It’s a week of high-quality metal releases as we look at the latest from At the Gates, Volcandra, Demon Spell and more!

Resurrected SPIRIT ADRIFT to Replace FUCLI on the Decibel Magazine Tour Starting April 30!

April 24, 2026

Due to visa processing issues, Fulci are unable to perform on the Decibel Magazine Tour. Fulci will return next year as part of the 2027 Decibel Tour. This year, Texas heavy metal masters Spirit Adrift have stepped up to fill the void.

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!

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

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.