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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: 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
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: 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
Decibel Celebrates 40 Years of THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE: THE SOUNDTRACK! Pre-Order Our New Issue!
June 10, 2026 Decibel Magazine
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.
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.
