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KILL SCREEN 056: Kyle Forest of OUT OF SEASON RECORDS Yearns for the Fantasy of Free Time
February 5, 2025
Dungeon synth’s growing stats give the label founder the chance to go AFK and meet his community IRL.
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Video Premiere: Season to Risk – ‘Echo Chamber’
February 6, 2025
Noise rock former heavyweights Season to Risk return with their first new music in nearly 25 years.
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Justify Your Shitty Taste: Danzig’s “6:66 Satan’s Child”
October 31, 2024
Celebrate the culmination of spooky season by revisiting Danzig‘s oft overlooked monster, 6:66 Satan’s Child.
Latest Issue
The Decibel Magazine Tour 2025
March 2025 [#245]
Includes exclusive limited edition Mantar flexi disc
Featuring Mayhem, Mortiis, Imperial Triumphant and New Skeletal Faces! Also: Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2024 reviewed, the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Paradise Lost’s Draconian Times, Pentagram, Obscura and more
Five For Friday: February 7, 2025
February 7, 2025 J. Andrew
It’s cold outside but the year is heating up with the latest from Tormentor Tyrant, Phrenelith, Inborn Suffering and more!
Track Premiere: Visceral – ‘Where the Wretches Are”
February 6, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Death metal brutalizers Visceral drop a new track from their forthcoming album Eyes Teeth and Bones, out April 4 via Raging Planet Records.
Track Premiere: Shaking off the Hibernation Blues with Kaiser’s “Awaken Monster”
February 6, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear Finnish stoner metallers Kaiser come alive with “Awaken Monster”!
Track Premiere: Kazea – “Trenches”
February 5, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Sludgy Swedish post-metal trio Kazea chill out on frigid new single “Trenches,” featuring guest vocals from Black Birch’s Gina Wiklund.
Album Stream: Phrenelith – ‘Ashen Womb’
February 5, 2025 Cody Davis
Ashen Womb arrives this Friday through Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records. Listen to it in its entirety exclusively at Decibel and pre-order a copy today.
Song Premiere & Album Announcement: Tómarúm – ‘Shed This Erroneous Skin’ from Beyond Obsidian Euphoria
February 5, 2025 Tim Mudd
Hear progressive black metal duo Tómarúm deliver the first track from impending new album Beyond Obsidian Euphoria.
Video Premiere: Coltsblood – “Waning of the Wolf Moon”
February 5, 2025 Tim Mudd
Coltsblood‘s Obscured Into Nebulous Dusk arrives May 30 via Translation Loss Records but we have first taste for you now.
Full Album Stream: Sakahiter – “Samnite Black Metal”
February 4, 2025 Emily Bellino
Sakahiter journey through history on their new album, Samnite Black Metal.
Blast Worship: Choke
February 4, 2025 Gene Meyer
Hear surging Oakland grinders Choke grab the genre by throat on their latest release.
METAL & BEER FEST: PHILLY 2025 is Just TWO MONTHS AWAY! Got Your Tickets?
February 4, 2025 Decibel Magazine
If you haven’t already, book your plane ticket, line up a hotel room (or the least dirty floor) and make sure the babysitter knows where your kids are, because Metal & Beer Fest: Philly is approaching.