Year: 2023

As stouts go, Firestone Walker’s Parabolita is perfect. Aged in bourbon barrels with a mix of vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, and sea salt to create an enhanced stout experience.

North Carolina dark metal quartet Valletta escape the shadows to jump start your heart with their first high-voltage single, “Come Alive.”

Hear the thundering new single from Seattle’s Vanishment, featuring ex members of Himsa, Heiress, Hell Promise and other bands that don’t start with “H.”

Does the new LP of horror-obsessed Mortician-worship from Massacred rule? You bet your Ash it does!

Decibel spoke to promoter Graham Noel to get the details on how Subterranean Dissonance came together and what to expect.

Dinosaur Jr.‘s freaky, noisy 1987 sophomore slugger You’re Living All Over Me gets its Hall of Fame induction.

This week’s new releases include the latest noise from Decibel favorites like Obituary and Esoctrilihum, plus newcomers like Fugitive Wizard!

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST featuring Satan, Night Demon, Haunt and Sonja on April 13 in Philly.

Finnish death-doom trio God Disease don’t want to brighten up your day with their grim new video for “Ashes.”

Watch introspective post-metallers Windchimes overcome the despair of daily living with the new video for “She Begs.”

Listen to a new song from sludgy noise punks Stormo.

Hear and acquire this Godthrymm disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Check out the latest video offerings from Canadian noise rockers Alienatör!

Hold on to your bongs, because Denver-based doom icons The Munsens are back with a new single, “Sacred Ivory.” It’s their first new music since 2019, and it’s the most death metal-inspired material yet.

The master of shred and blast beat enthusiast doesn’t play when it comes to action role-playing games.

We have just 100 copies of the new double-LP Elder record, Innate Passage on Decibel exclusive violent vinyl!

Degraved murder silence with their new EP of disgusting Seattle death metal, Whispered Morbidity. Out January 20th from Gurgling Gore.

Hear Phoenix metallic hardcore pounders American Standards get heated on new single, “The Tourist.”

With doom lords Veilcaste on the, um, precipice, of releasing their new LP, we are happy to bring you the emotionally heavy “Drag Me Down.”

If you remember when these albums came out, it probably hurts to bang your head.

Tickets are on sale Friday, January 13 at 10am ET for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer PRE-FEST featuring Satan, Night Demon, Haunt and Sonja on April 13.

As an ESB, Adroit Theory pretty much nailed it with DOOM, another standout of the Virginia brewery’s growing heavy metal genre tribute series.

Listen to Hulder‘s fantastic new live album, recorded in 2022 and featuring a mix of songs from her first album and the earlier demos.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, January 9 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from crusty U.K. doom crew Strigoi.

Grab a copy of the new issue to unlock 15% off of our exclusive vinyl variants of Obituary’s latest live releases, Slowly We Rot – Live And Rotting and Cause Of Death – Live Infection.

Hear Brazil/California death-doom duo Negative Vortex’s latest single from their ambitious double LP debut.

Hear California fastcore force no_clip blast first and ask questions later on Backrooms.

Hear Austrian post-rock quartet Phal:Angst enlist dark ambient pioneer Lustmord to get “Unhinged.”

Watch Turbid North‘s captivating visual for “The Road.”

Melissa Moore, the architect of Decibel‘s #3 album of 2022, on her long road from goregrind and black metal to heavy metal nirvana.