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FULL BAND LINEUP REVEALED! Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver Single-Day Tickets On Sale Friday! Last Chance for Discounted Early Bird Tickets!

July 22, 2025

Single-day and regular-priced tickets go on sale on Friday, July 25 at 10am MT, so this is your LAST CHANCE for DISCOUNTED EARLY-BIRD 2-Day and 3-Day passes.

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Full EP Stream: Frusen Sorg – “Jag Springer Med Avbrutna Ben”

July 21, 2025

Swedish duo Frusen Sorg rip through eight minutes of blackened crust punk on their new EP.

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

Q&A: Jarvis Leatherby on Night Demon’s Curse of the Damned box set

July 21, 2025

Night Demon bassist/vocalist Jarvis Leatherby discusses the band’s upcoming limited release 10th anniversary Curse of the Damned box set.

Five For Friday: July 18, 2025

July 18, 2025

This week’s new releases include the latest essentials from Dephospherous, Clairvoyance, Eternal Darkness and more!

Guitar Playthrough: Seven Kingdoms – “Through These Waves”

July 17, 2025

Florida’s Seven Kingdoms share the video playthrough for their track “Through These Waves,” the second single from their 2024 EP The Square, out via Reigning Phoenix Music. You can see them shredding and even try to follow along yourself below.

Track Premiere: Anthrodynia – “Engulfed in Grief”

July 16, 2025

Hear new Edmonton, Alberta death doom duo Anthrodynia turn that smile upside down on depressive new track “Engulfed in Grief.”

Track Premiere: Malformed – “Within The Flesh”

July 16, 2025

Let the gates be forever opened and let a thousand horrors unleash from Malformed’s mighty metal of death.

Album Premiere: Eternal Darkness – ‘Eternal Darkness’

July 16, 2025

Swedish death/doom legends Eternal Darkness have returned from the grave only to immediately crawl back in. Hear their self-titled final bow now.

Fire in the Mountains 2025: Return, Renewal and Reverence

July 15, 2025

Three years after its last gathering beneath the jagged silhouettes of the Tetons, Fire in the Mountains returns—reignited and reimagined on the sovereign lands of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana, July 25–27.

Video Premiere: Dwellers – “Headlines”

July 14, 2025

Members of Failure, Iota and Last converge in Salt Lake City quartet Dwellers and issue new animated video for progressive post-grunge track “Headlines.”

Five For Friday: June 11, 2025

July 11, 2025

This week’s new releases bring the power of fire and ice with the latest from Hell, Angerot, Imperial Crystalline Entombment and more!