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All Tickets Options for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2025 ON SALE NOW! Daily Lineups Revealed!
July 25, 2025
All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver at the Fillmore Auditorium on December 5-6, 2025 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!
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KONTUSION Stream New Song, “Insatiable Lust for Death,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
July 30, 2025
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from deathgrind duo Kontusion before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
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.
Latest Issue
Blackbraid
September 2025 [#251]
Includes exclusive limited edition Kontusion flexi disc
The Warrior’s Trail! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Witchcraft’s Witchcraft, Maryland Deathfest XX & Northwest Terror Fest reviewed, Carla Harvey, Cold Slither, Katatonia and more
Five For Friday: August 1, 2025
August 1, 2025 J. Andrew
It’s time for another installment of dark and brutal sounds with the latest from Ancient Torment, Kontusion, Empillarist and more!
Video Premiere: Undead – “This Side of the Grave”
August 1, 2025 J. Andrew
WATCH: Death dealers Undead wake up on the right side of the grave.
Album Premiere: Victim of Fire – ‘The Old Lie’
July 31, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear The Old Lie, the debut from Denver-based blackened crusties Victim of Fire before its release on August 1.
Video Premiere: Corridoré – “Like Moths”
July 30, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
No bull, the new video, “Like Moths,” from post-black metal maestros Corridoré is a helluva ride.
Track Premiere: Birth and Loss – “Birth and Loss”
July 30, 2025 Tim Mudd
Grind legend Takafumi Matsubara (Gridlink, Mortalized) returns with a vengeance in his latest forward-thinking project, Birth and Loss.
Full Album Stream: MOTHS – “Septem”
July 29, 2025 Emily Bellino
Progressive doom outfit MOTHS explore the seven deadly sins on their new album, Septem.
Full Album Stream: Lommi –667788
July 28, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish riff-lords Lommi buzz through eight groove-laden tracks on new full-length, 667788.
Video Premiere: Morgue Terror – ‘Cryptid Skin’
July 28, 2025 Emily Bellino
Horror-themed death dealers Morgue Terror showcase their style in a new music video.
Inhuman Condition to Release New Song, “Burial State,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
July 28, 2025 Decibel Magazine
You’ve got until Thursday July 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of Inhuman Condition‘s new ripper “Burial State” becomes part of your vinyl collection.
