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All Tickets Options for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 ON SALE NOW! Show Now All-Ages!
December 19, 2025
All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest at the Fillmore Philly on May 2-3, 2026, featuring Power Trip, Municipal Waste, Kylesa, Cryptopsy and WAY more, are on sale NOW.
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Video Premiere: Sidian – “Pendular | Amidst the Hysterics of Gloom”
December 23, 2025
After 15 years of carving a singular, emotionally lacerating path through underground metal, Sidian returns with new music—and, as it turns out, a definitive farewell.
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
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: Sulfuric Cautery
December 23, 2025 Gene Meyer
Ring in the holidays with the latest from Los Angeles goregrinders Sulfuric Cautery.
DEAD HEAT to Release Exclusive Track, “Light Me Up,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
December 23, 2025 Decibel Magazine
You’ve got until Wednesday December 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of crossover crushers Dead Heat‘s new single “Light Me Up” is yours.
N.Y.C.: Ex-Warlock Guitarist Nods to NY Roots in Pulverizing New Power Trio
December 22, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Thundering power trio N.Y.C., led by ex-Warlock guitarist Tommy Bolan, wrecks necks on new album, Built to Destroy.
Video Premiere: Malthusian – ‘Delirium’
December 22, 2025 Emily Bellino
Worship at the altar of nothing with Malthusian.
Biohazard – Urban Discipline
December 22, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Biohazard‘s classic sophomore slugger, Urban Discipline, earns a Hall of Fame induction.
Five For Friday: Black Metal 2025
December 19, 2025 J. Andrew
As the curtain closes on 2025, join us in requiem as we celebrate some of the year’s finest black metal releases.
Blast Worship: Rotten Sound
December 18, 2025 Gene Meyer
BREAKING: The new Rotten Sound EP Mass Extinction sounds like Rotten Sound.
Track Premiere: NightWraith – “The Candlelight”
December 18, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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.
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.
