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All Tickets Options for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 ON SALE NOW! Show Now All-Ages!

December 19, 2025

All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest at the Fillmore Philly on May 2-3, 2026, featuring Power Trip, Municipal Waste, Kylesa, Cryptopsy and WAY more, are on sale NOW.

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Video Premiere: Ramtha – ‘Infinite Energy’

January 6, 2026

Unlock the cheat code for “Infinite Energy” when you watch this new vid from Florida party-thrashers Ramtha.

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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.

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Necrofier

February 2026 [#256]

Includes exclusive limited edition Cro-Mags flexi disc

A Blaze in the Southern Sky! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Biohazard’s Urban Discipline, The Top 21 Most Anticipated Albums of 2026, Kreator, Voivod, Terror Corpse and more

Blast Worship: Lay Waste

January 6, 2026

Hear Virginia grinders Lay Waste do just that on their self-titled LP.

Track Premiere: Clouds Taste Satanic – “Beast From the Sea”

January 5, 2026

Instru-metal doom stalwarts Clouds Taste Satanic get live’r than you’ll ever be on new track, “Beast From the Sea” recorded live in the studio in Berlin in 2023.

Blast Worship’s Top 10 Grindcore/Powerviolence Albums of 2025

January 5, 2026

2025 might finally be over, but that doesn’t mean you don’t want one final mirco list in your life, right? So here are the Top 10 Grindcore/Powervioelnce Albums of the last 12 months.

Track Premiere: Officer Lucifer – “Far From Right”

January 1, 2026

Hear Officer Lucifer‘s arresting “Far From Right,” a blistering new single featuring the vocals and guitar work of legendary Helmet frontman Page Hamilton.

Track Premiere: Karloff – “Regicide”

December 29, 2025

Filthy German blackened punk duo, Karloff, offer a beastly new track, “Regicide,” from upcoming Revered by Death full-length.

Video Spotlight: Cold Slither – “Cobra Claws Are Coming To Town”

December 25, 2025

Just in time for Christmas, GI Joe-themed metal band Cold Slither are back with their holiday jingle “Cobra Claws Are Coming To Town.”

Blast Worship: Sulfuric Cautery

December 23, 2025

Ring in the holidays with the latest from Los Angeles goregrinders Sulfuric Cautery.

DEAD HEAT to Release Exclusive Track, “Light Me Up,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

December 23, 2025

You’ve got until Wednesday December 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of crossover crushers Dead Heat‘s new single “Light Me Up” is yours.