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KILL FEED SIDE QUEST: Chris Ryan and Bailey Junior of PARTY CANNON Bring Their Party to the N64

March 4, 2026

The party slam duo link up with Kill Feed yet again to discuss the N64 port of their upcoming EP Subjected to a Partying.

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Track Premiere: Crippled Black Phoenix – “Colder and Colder”

March 5, 2026

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.

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

Video Premiere: Red Sands – “System”

March 5, 2026

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.

Full Album Stream: Fire Magic – Memories of Fire

March 5, 2026

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

Hear French sludge crushers Azken Auzi grind through six misery-soaked tracks on their new full-length, Infernua.

Video Premiere: Deteriorot – “Fallen Misery”

March 4, 2026

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

Get into Imperial, the new album from death metal trio CrusHuman.

Blast Worship: Cavity Injector

March 3, 2026

South Jersey grindologist Mike Mayo (Waking the Cadaver, Compulsed, Ground) doesn’t require any help with Cavity Injector.

Track Premiere: Void of Light – “Mirrorings”

March 2, 2026

Hear Scottish post-metal purveyors Void of Light take full advantage of their three-guitar lineup in epic new single, “Mirrorings.”

Video Premiere: Transilvania – “Tuberculosis Reigns”

February 27, 2026

The new track from Transilvania is “a relentless surge of sound where suffocating riffs mirror the contagion of fear.”