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ONLY 100 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order HULDER’s New Album ‘Verbolgen’ on Decibel-Exclusive Hardwood Color Vinyl!
June 12, 2026
There are a mere 100 copies of Hulder‘s new full-length LP, Verbolgen, on Decibel-exclusive Hardwood colored vinyl. Answer the call of the ancestral fires and forest spirits and pre-order now!
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Video Premiere: Moon Destroys – ‘Flowers’
June 17, 2026
Moon Destroys, featuring Torche co-founder Juan Montoya, and Evan Diprima of Gold Pyramid and Royal Thunder reemerge bearing “Flowers.”
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
Album Premiere: Cold Blue Mountain – The Healer
June 17, 2026 Tim Mudd
Cold Blue Mountain are not exactly thinking small on The Healer. The Chico, California post-metal quintet’s new double album is a 74-minute concept record
Album Premiere: HISS – A Cheapened Crown
June 17, 2026 Tim Mudd
Decibel noise-making faves Still/Form reemerge as Portland noise-sludge trio HISS.
Track Premiere: Dragsholm – ‘Battling Through the Stormlands’
June 16, 2026 Emily Bellino
Hail Dracula on a new Dragsholm song.
Video Premiere: Body Stuff – “Sacrifice”
June 16, 2026 J. Andrew
Watch the new video from Body Stuff, a project from the mind of Curran Reynolds that gives a fresh take on hard rock.
Track-by-Track: Bloodhunter –Sons of the Abandoned
June 15, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
We let Spanish melodic DM vets, Bloodhunter, take us track-by-track through their fourth full-length, Sons of the Abandoned.
Full Album Stream: Iron Kobra – “Eternal Dagger”
June 15, 2026 Emily Bellino
Iron Kobra raise heavy metal hell on their new album.
Five For Friday: June 12, 2026
June 12, 2026 J. Andrew
Open your ears (and mind) for this week’s unique lineup of new releases, including the latest from Fires in the Distance, Khemmis and more!
Video Premiere: Total Meltdown – “The Spell”
June 11, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Check out the new song from Long Island/New York hardcore crushers Total Meltdown, “The Spell,” premiering via a cool animated video.
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.
