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Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 Full Band Lineup REVEALED! Event Now All Ages!
December 16, 2025
Power Trip, Municipal Waste, Kylesa, Cryptopsy and WAY more highlight the weekend of May 2-3 at Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2026!
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Track Premiere: NightWraith – “The Candlelight”
December 18, 2025
Denver’s NightWraith are back with a new single, “The Candlelight,” a slice of black ‘n’ roll goodness just in time for the holidays. Hear it here.
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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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Necrofier
February 2026 [#256]
Includes exclusive limited edition Cro-Mags flexi disc
A Blaze in the Southern Sky! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Biohazard’s Urban Discipline, The Top 21 Most Anticipated Albums of 2026, Kreator, Voivod, Terror Corpse and more
Blast Worship: Rotten Sound
December 18, 2025 Gene Meyer
BREAKING: The new Rotten Sound EP Mass Extinction sounds like Rotten Sound.
Video Premiere: Nuclear Dudes – “Antisax”
December 17, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
No Kenny G for extreme metal weirdos Nuclear Dudes, as they are strictly “Antisax” in their latest video.
KILL FEED 076: Donny Burbage from CRADLE OF FILTH Will Game to His Grave
December 17, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The guitarist shares how gaming and music are deeply intertwined throughout his journey to the Cradle.
Catalog Reissue Alert: Lip Cream
December 17, 2025 Tim Mudd
Relapse invites you to the apply the wild catalog of Japanese noisemongers Lip Cream via a new set of stunning reissues.
Track Premiere: Anthrodynia – ‘A Rotten Sun’
December 16, 2025 Emily Bellino
Canadian death/doom purveyors Anthrodynia predict a dystopian future in their new video.
Video Premiere: Nefarious – “Day After” (featuring new vocalist Sean Rivera)
December 15, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Bay Area old school thrash supergroup Nefarious introduce vocalist, Sean Rivera, with a new video for “Day After.”
Full Album Stream: Blood of the Wolf – “V. Indomitable”
December 15, 2025 Emily Bellino
Blood of the Wolf stream their latest full-length album.
Track Premiere: Forcefed Horsehead – “The Will of the Many”
December 15, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Forcefed Horsehead unleash a raw, hardcore-driven D-beat fest that strangles, maims, gnashes and generally causes mayhem and destruction. Hear it now.
Kill Feed Contest: Win an Actual Cool World Super Nintendo Cart Signed by CHAT PILE!
December 12, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Now is your chance to win this one-of-a-kind relic along with two LPs from the Oklahoma cinephiles!
Five For Friday: Death Metal 2025
December 12, 2025 J. Andrew
Check out some of the year’s best in death metal madness, including releases from Drawn and Quartered, Evoken, Ancient Death and more!
