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All Back Issues Just $4! THIS JULY 4th WEEKEND ONLY!
July 3, 2025
Nearly 150 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $4.00 each! Many of them containing flexis and down to the last copies. Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.
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Track Premiere: Whitehorse – “The Wait”
July 7, 2025
Aussie drone demons Whitehorse offer up a new track, “The Wait,” from their sludge match split, The Dissolution of Eternity, with UBOA.
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.
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Cryptopsy
August 2025 [#250]
Includes exclusive limited edition Motörhead flexi disc
As the Worm Turns! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Carcass’s Surgical Steel, Hell’s Heroes VII reviewed, Botch, Gruesome, Planning For Burial and more
You Should Listen to Blood Monolith
July 7, 2025 Emily Bellino
Revisit (or listen for the first time) Blood Monolith‘s debut album.
Interview: In The Company of Serpents Talk Cord Cutting Catharsis
July 3, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Grant Netzorg, the multifaceted vocalist and guitarist of the Denver-based In the Company of Serpents, gets personal detailing his inner turmoil on the band’s latest album, A Crack in Everything, set to release on July 11.
Track Premiere: Vittra – “Reign Supreme”
July 2, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish death thrashers Vittra do their own meaty version of death ’n’ roll on new single “Reign Supreme.”
Carcass – Surgical Steel
June 30, 2025 Justin Norton
Carcass make the ultimate comeback with Surgical Steel.
Track Premiere: Anchorite – “Devil on the Throne”
June 30, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Euro doom crushers Anchorite lay the lumber on new single, “Devil on the Throne,” featuring a guest solo from Michael Denner (ex-Mercyful Fate).
Interview: Kaonashi Talk Touring, Songwriting and New Album, I Want to Go Home
June 30, 2025 Emily Bellino
“Before, it was me just trying to beg the world: ‘Please listen to me. Please look in my direction, I make music and I promise it’s good enough for you listen to,’ and now we truly have an audience.”
Five For Friday: June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025 J. Andrew
It’s a week of towering legends with the latest in metal releases from Sodom, Lord Belial, Deadguy and more!
Kontusion to Release New Song, “Insatiable Lust for Death,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
June 27, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, June 30 to secure a copy of this extremely extreme and extremely exclusive flexi disc single from Northeastern death merchants Kontusion!
Track Premiere: Recurrence – “Remember Who the Enemy Is”
June 27, 2025 Tim Mudd
When melodic death metal, metalcore, and groove collide, you get the sharpened steel of Recurrence—and their new single, “Remember Who The Enemy Is,” drives that point straight into your chest.
Video Premiere: Famous Strangers – “l.S.C.”
June 26, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Get to know melodic, classic Canadian metallers Famous Strangers through their new song/video “L.S.C.”
