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Pre-Order DOWN’s New Album ‘Volume V’ on Decibel-Exclusive Orange and Black Galaxy Vinyl! LIMITED TO 300!
August 19, 2026
There are a mere 300 copies of Down‘s first new the new full-length LP in 19 years on Decibel-exclusive Orange and Black Galaxy color vinyl with special embossed gatefold cover. Get one or be forever doomed.
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Full Album Stream: Deathgrave – “Hell Is Evil”
August 20, 2026
California deathgrind maniacs Deathgrave debut their third album ahead of its Tankcrimes release tomorrow.
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
Devil Master
September 2026 [#263]
Visions of Hell! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Isis’s Celestial, Shane Embury, Protest the Hero, Prepare the Ground 2026 Reviewed, Protest the Hero and more. Each issue includes an exclusive limited edition Nunslaughter flexi disc!
Track Premiere: The Still Out – “From Fiction”
August 20, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
The Still Out unearth material from their “lost” ’90s shoegaze album, Crystalized. Hear it now.
Track Premiere: Grindcore Nutbars Beaten to Death Test Tolerance with “The Tolerator”
August 20, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a new track by Norse grind-freaks Beaten to Death!
Album Premiere: Deceptor – Reign of Terror
August 19, 2026 Tim Mudd
Hear Raleigh, North Carolina old-school death/thrash trio Deceptor proudly deliver their debut full-length, Reign of Terror in advance of its August 21 through Dying Victims Productions.
Full Album Stream: Shabti –Haze, Cacophony, and White Light
August 19, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Maine prog-tech DM trio Shabti reveal complex and compelling new music on third full-length, Haze, Cacophony, and White Light.
Track Premiere: Everything Decays – ‘Crowd Control’
August 18, 2026 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from Eindhoven groove/death band Everything Decays.
Blast Worship: Jig-Ai
August 18, 2026 Gene Meyer
Anything less than the “tasteful pornogrind” of Jig-Ai would be uncivilized.
Track Premiere: EXP – “Speed of Light”
August 17, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
NYC noise rockers EXP (ex-Cop Shoot Cop) kick up an art-damaged squall on new single, “Speed of Light.”
Video Premiere: Shrineburner – ‘Bodies Dragged to Sunlight’
August 17, 2026 Emily Bellino
Chicago sludge trio Shrineburner share the latest from their debut album, Hymns of Despair.
Downeast Hardcore: Stories From the Kave — Q&A With Director Ricky Leighton
August 14, 2026 J. Andrew
Read our interview about The Kave, Kathy Findlay, and the metal and hardcore scene in Maine with Downeast Hardcore: Stories From The Kave filmmaker Ricky Leighton.
Interview: Fainting Dreams on the Process Behind ‘You Can Be Anything’
August 13, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
We catch up with Denver-based atmospheric metal four-piece Fainting Dreams to talk about their latest record, You Can Be Anything, out now.
