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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!

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Track Premiere: Eveale – “Enter the Woodland Realm”

April 8, 2026

Hear the melodic, folk-inspired black metal rage of Eveale on the title track, “Enter the Woodland Realm,” from their upcoming debut full-length.

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

Video Premiere: Kilter – ‘Weather Cycle’

April 8, 2026

Taken from the upcoming Ten Billion Years, Kilter’s “Weather Cycle” forms a crucial moment in the album’s sweeping conceptual arc, which traces the birth and death of our solar system through the journey of a single water droplet.

Video Premiere: Old Moon – ‘Home to Nowhere’

April 7, 2026

Portland melodic black metal trio Old Moon reveal the title track and accompanying video to their new album.

Blast Worship: Zero Survive

April 7, 2026

Grinders Zero Survive deliver that trademark New England pissed-off-ness on their latest split release.

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.

Full Album Stream: Caustic – “Inner Deflagration”

April 6, 2026

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

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.