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ONLY 100 LEFT! EXCLUSIVE ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner’ Death-luxe Edition ALMOST GONE!
October 31, 2025
There are only 100 copies left of our special edition version of Born Human, the biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner! Get it with the T-exclusive shirt now!
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Track Premiere: COMA – “This World’s a Dahmer”
November 3, 2025
San Diego D-beat crust duo COMA are a small taste of the incredible collection of bands and artists on the new Three One G/Smashed Plastic comp, Cult and Culture: A Planet B Podcast.
Editorial
Gus Rios (Cold Slither): The Toys That Saved Me
May 30, 2025
Fresh from his reveal as Cold Slither frontman Zartan, drummer/guitarist/vocalist Gus Rios provides the following homage to the impact of the toys that defined his childhood and shaped his adulthood.
Latest Issue
Acid Bath
December 2025 [#254]
Includes exclusive limited edition Terror Corpse picture flexi disc
The Beautiful Upgrade! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Panopticon’s Autumn Eternal, Tomas Lindberg R.I.P., Testament, Primitive Man, Coroner and more
Track By Track: Mos Generator – “Live at Roadburn Festival (2008)”
November 3, 2025 Emily Bellino
Go track-by-track through a new release of an old live performance.
Track Premiere: Primal Scourge – ‘Necromantic Plague’
November 3, 2025 Tim Mudd
Knoxville’s Primal Scourge rise from the mire with ‘Necromantic Plague,’ the second single from their apocalyptic debut full-length, End of Eden, out November 14 via Iron Fortress Records.
Five For Friday: October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025 J. Andrew
Happy Halloween! We’re here to bring you the spookiest new horrors from Chained to the Dead, Despised Icon, Runemagick and more!
Video Premiere: Calcraft – “Perpetually Stabbed”
October 31, 2025 J. Andrew
Texas-based death metal outfit Calcraft is here to help us celebrate the season of perpetual stabbing with new a, um, pointed new video “Perpetually Stabbed!”
Pantopticon – Autumn Eternal
October 30, 2025 Daniel Lake
Decibel is honored to induct Panopticon’s atmospheric metal landmark Autumn Eternal into our Hall of Fame.
Track-by-Track: Stillbirth – “Survival Protocal”
October 30, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Get ready to experience Stillbirth‘s eclectic blend of death metal, grindcore, deathcore, and slamming death metal which they call “Brutal Surf Death Metal.”
EP Stream and Tour News: Rottenness and Saintbreaker Team Up To Conquer (Part of) the World
October 30, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
A new EP! Worldwide touring! UGDM perpetual motion machine Rottenness (and friends) never stop!
Full Album Stream: Various Artists –Spaceship Landing: A Tribute to Kyuss
October 29, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Fuzz-drenched underground bands from around the world pay tribute to the mighty Kyuss on ‘Spaceship Landing – A Tribute to Kyuss’,coming soon on Witching Buzz Records.
KILL FEED 073: D. Harris and Joe Pelletier of PEELINGFLESH Are Stuck in a Simulation
October 29, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The vocalist and drummer discuss Call of Duty’s most metal mode, the rise of simulation games and spending more time customizing cars than racing in racing games.
Album Premiere: Burned in Effigy – Tyrannus Aeternum
October 29, 2025 Tim Mudd
Hear Chicago’s Burned in Effigy return with a full-length inferno that marries neoclassical precision to melodic death metal mayhem.
