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METAL & BEER FEST: PHILLY 2026 Is Just ONE MONTH AWAY! Got Your Tickets?

April 2, 2026

ONE month away! “Metal & Beer” tickets running low. What are you waiting for? Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 is right around the corner!

Premiere

Full Album Stream: Caustic – “Inner Deflagration”

April 6, 2026

Caustic unleash a torrent of savage death metal on their first album in 11 years.

Editorial

An Endless Wave of American Darkness: USBM’s Hidden Underground

December 26, 2025

Neill Jameson digs deep into the best that underground U.S. black metal had to offer in 2025.

Latest Issue

Power Trip

May 2026 [#259]

Includes exclusive limited edition No/Más flexi disc

Our special Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 Preview Issue! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Kylesa’s Static Tensions, Immolation, Exodus, Corrosion of Conformity, Gaerea and more

Full Album Stream: Throwing Bricks & Ontaard –Something to Lose: Live at Roadburn 2025

April 6, 2026

Hear the collaborative performance by Dutch extreme bands Throwing Bricks and Ontaard on a special seven-song set they wrote and composed for Roadburn 2025.

Streaming: Lysergic’s EP Towering Altars of Misanthropy

April 6, 2026

Hear former Wake frontman Kyle Ball explore even darker sounds with his new black/death/noise project Lysergic.

Five For Friday: April 3, 2026

April 3, 2026

This week brings us the latest in metal (and punk!), with new releases from Corrosion of Conformity, Poison Ruin and more!

Label Spotlight: Invictus Productions

April 2, 2026

Label boss Darragh tells us about Invictus Productions‘ “weirdly wonderful, mildly insane bunch of inspirational creative crazies!”

You Should Be Listening to Hellripper’s Coronach

April 2, 2026

Making the case for Hellripper‘s latest, Coronach.

Album Premiere: Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy – ‘Fugue Gnawed from the Scabbed God Cerebrum’

April 2, 2026

Apocalyptic brutal slamming death metal entity Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (OxE) are premiering their LP Fugue Gnawed from the Scabbed God Cerebrum ahead of its official release on April 3 through Stillbirth/Gore House Productions.

Lovers of Melody and Power Unite! Hyperspace Metalfest VII is Nigh!

April 2, 2026

If melodic and power metal is your bag, give a thought to Vancouver’s Hyperspace Metalfest on April 16-18.

Lyric Video Premiere: Moon Pussy – “Diet of Dirt”

April 2, 2026

Denver noise rockers Moon Pussy exist on a “Diet of Dirt” ahead of their forthcoming album, At The Pace of Outrage, out April 24 via The Ghost Is Clear Records.

Full Album Stream: Splendidula –Absentia

April 1, 2026

Belgian atmospheric black metal outfit Splendidula are born to touch your feelings on new full-length, Absentia.

PRE-ORDER CONVERGE’s ‘Hum of Hurt’ with a Decibel-Exclusive Screen-Printed Sleeve NOW! ONLY 200 AVAILABLE!

April 1, 2026

There are ONLY 200 copies of Converge‘s new LP, Hum of Hurt, on Blood Rose Red vinyl variant featuring a folded silkscreen cover designed by vocalist Jacob Bannon. We got ’em! Don’t wait!