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TWO MONTHS AWAY! Get Tickets for METAL & BEER FEST: PHILLY 2026 Before It’s Too Late!
March 6, 2026
Two months away! “Metal & Beer” tickets are over 50% sold. What are you waiting for? Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 is right around the corner!
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Video Premiere: Conan – ‘Anger Mask’
March 6, 2026
Conan show off their love of Warhammer in this new video from their 10-inch single series.
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
The Decibel Magazine Tour 2026
April 2026 [#258]
Includes exclusive limited edition Father Befouled flexi disc
Featuring Cryptopsy, Necrot, Fulci and Blood Monolith! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Boris’ Pink, Lamb of God, Exhumed, Worm, Bosse-de-Nage, Intoxicated and more
Five For Friday: March 6, 2026
March 6, 2026 J. Andrew
This week’s roundup brings an eclectic mix of styles, with the latest from Vreid, Necrofier, Carpenter Brut and more!
Video Premiere: Sisyphean – “In Divergence”
March 6, 2026 J. Andrew
Sisyphean‘s video for “In Divergence” provides no frills and no nonsense, just pure blackened-death metal ferocity.
Video Premiere: Red Sands – “System”
March 5, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Mexico City modern metallers Red Sands released their new six-track EP, Evocations, back in January. Today they reveal this video is for the track, “System,” a song the band say is at the heart of the recent release.
Track Premiere: Crippled Black Phoenix – “Colder and Colder”
March 5, 2026 J. Andrew
Crippled Black Phoenix‘s new track is catchy and immediate, but also endlessly mournful and gloomy, it’s the soundtrack to your next rainy day. Tune in to “Colder and Colder” now.
Album Premiere: Getting Brutally Slammed By Russia’s Insect Inside
March 5, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to the new album by Russian death metallers, Insect Inside!
Full Album Stream: Fire Magic – Memories of Fire
March 5, 2026 J. Andrew
Fire Magic‘s Memories of Fire provides an expert-level execution of melody and a relentless wave of aggression in equal measure.
Full Album Stream: Azken Auzi –Infernua
March 4, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear French sludge crushers Azken Auzi grind through six misery-soaked tracks on their new full-length, Infernua.
KILL FEED SIDE QUEST: Chris Ryan and Bailey Junior of PARTY CANNON Bring Their Party to the N64
March 4, 2026 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The party slam duo link up with Kill Feed yet again to discuss the N64 port of their upcoming EP Subjected to a Partying.
Video Premiere: Deteriorot – “Fallen Misery”
March 4, 2026 Tim Mudd
There are death metal bands who chased trends. And then there are bands like Deteriorot—who stayed in the shadows long enough to become part of them. Watch them emerge in the video for “Fallen Misery.”
Full Album Stream: CrusHuman – “Imperial”
March 3, 2026 Emily Bellino
Get into Imperial, the new album from death metal trio CrusHuman.
