Year: 2023

Copies of Decibel Books’ The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997 are in stock and shipping NOW! This is the only place to get it!

In which we revisit Motörhead’s Another Perfect Day for its killer 40th anniversary reissue.

Hear Brazil’s Ophiolatry bring hypnotic riffs, brutal vocals and crushing rhythms reminiscent of Hate Eternal, Nile and Steve Tucker-era Morbid Angel.

The new Icarus Witch track is a “pure riff-driven melodic rocker in the vein of Dio-era Rainbow, Deep Purple, or vintage Whitesnake.”

Dig in as death grinders Rottenness cover Anthrax, give away free shit and tour the world!

Hear Dallas-Fort Worth grindforce Yatsu obliterate your false sense of security on It Can’t Happen Here.

Decibel’s nerdiest column digs up how Manipulator the band begat Manipulator! the Game.

Experimental death metallers Abyssal Rift unveil a track from their debut album Exptirpartion Dirge, out December 1 via Sentient Ruin.

Preorder the massive 800-page Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult—Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition and get a free woven patch while supplies last!

Swedish black metal project Cirkeln unleash The Primitive Covenant, their third album of primeval black metal.

Hear the Halloween-mood-setting ambient noise of Bloodyminded/Anatomy of Habit founder Mark Solotroff‘s latest solo effort.

German power/speed/prog metallers Blind Guardian are past, future, perfect on Imaginations From the Other Side.

How legendary grinders Insect Warfare delivered scene rejuvenation via World Extermination

Just in time for Halloween, we present the appropriately titled video, “When Death Finds You,” from grove metallers The Monarch.

Get early access to tickets for Subterranean Dissonance Fest on February 9 and 10, 2024.

Degenerate Synapse‘s self-titled debut is much more surprising than the Jets’ ability to beat a team with no quarterback.

Bleach everything except your ears. You’ll need them to listen to this new Halloween-inspired Bleach Everything EP.

Living legend Tom Gabriel Fischer talks the resurrection of Hellhammer classics via Triumph of Death’s live album Resurrection of the Flesh.

New riffs, old-school sound. Listen to thrashers Degrave on their new album, Volume.

Win a very exclusive test pressing from Tom G. Warrior’s Triumph of Death.

Melissa’s legacy is legion. Join us as we look back on the 40th anniversary of Mercyful Fate‘s earth-shattering debut full-length album.

It’s Halloween, so we’re going extra brutal this week with new gruesome releases from Gravesend, Autopsy, Mouth for War and more!

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, November 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from death metal deviants Vastum

No woodwinds, only mathy instrumental prog rock, in the new new Bassoon video, “Cyclops.”

Portland deathgrind practitioners Rank and Vile will unleash their punishing second full-length, Worship, on November 17 via Modern Grievance. We’ve got their latest video “Destitution.”

Vicious Colorado-based quintet Mouth for War unleash new video “Captivated,” while frontman Trae Roberts talks brutal therapy via music and the Colorado metal scene.

Hear and acquire this flexi disc single from the Red Chord featuring an exclusive track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

The USBM subversive and underground tech entrepreneur found his road to darkness—despite a radical 8-bit choice.

Take a trip with Swedish supergroup Young Acid‘s new single “The Crust.” Featuring members of Greenleaf, Domkraft, Grand Cadaver, and more.

Hear the first new track from Maryland metal troubadours The Obsessed‘s roaring new LP, Gilded Sorrow, in advance of its February 2024 release.