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Chris Cornell’s Full “Ultramega OK” Hall of Fame Interview
May 18, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
In tribute to the legendary Soundgarden vocalist, here is Chris Cornell‘s full interview from this month’s Ultramega OK Decibel Hall of Fame induction.
Metal & Beer: Municipal Waste Teams Up With Cigar City Brewing
May 12, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
You can’t purchase the new Municipal Waste album, Slime and Punishment, until June 23, but you can now drink the band’s collaboration, Divine Blasphemer Smoked Porter, with metal-friendly Tampa brewery Cigar City.
Metal & Beer: Drink Beer, Be Free
May 3, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Metal and Beer crossovers are becoming more common every day. Sometimes they even appear in Hello Kitty.
Soundgarden – “Ultramega OK”
May 1, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
The induction of any Soundgarden album into the Decibel Hall of Fame has not been an easy one.
Decibel Metal and Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Neshaminy Creek
April 19, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. Today we can chat with local craft heroes Neshaminy Creek.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Atlas Brew Works
March 30, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We speak with DC area faves Atlas Brew Works.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Tired Hands
March 23, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We speak with local area faves Tired Hands, collaborators with Tombs and Muni Waste, among others.
Decibel Metal and Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Holy Mountain
March 16, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. Today, we interview Seattle-based Holy Mountain, whose name just might be familiar to Sleep fans.
Track Premiere: Trappist – ‘No Corporate Beer’
March 8, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
We present Trappist’s “No Corporate Beer,” a pit-churning blast against macrobrews and the sheep who drink them.
Decibel Metal and Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Unibroue
March 1, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview craft beer legends Unibroue and discuss their collaboration with Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, A Tout Le Monde.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Mikkeller
February 23, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview Denmark’s Mikkeller’s Danny Lilker. Yes, THAT Danny Lilker.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: 18th Street
February 15, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview Indy’s indiest, 18th Street Brewing Company.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: TRVE
February 9, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview Denver’s deadliest, TRVE Brewing Company.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Hoof Hearted Brewing
February 3, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview Ohio’s own Hoof Hearted Brewing.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Three Floyds Brewing
January 30, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview the metal & beer progenitors Three Floyds Brewing.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Hydra Brewing Company
January 26, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview the Sioux Falls-based Hydra Brewing Company.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Burial Beer Co.
January 20, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview Asheville’s own Burial Beer Co.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Brewery Profile: Cigar City
January 17, 2017 Adem Tepedelen
Get to you know your Decibel Metal & Beer Fest breweries. We interview Tampa’s own Cigar City.
Haug Makes Three Floyds Even Heavier
October 31, 2016 Adem Tepedelen
Todd Haug, one of the most important figures in the union of underground beer and underground metal, is joining the ranks of Three Floyds brewing!
The Decibel Black Friday Book Buying Guide
November 26, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
For the next few weeks, the Western world will devote much of its time, energy and money to buying stuff. Mostly for other people. And all in the name of a Christian holiday. Or maybe a Jewish one. I don’t think there are any Satanic holidays this time of year and if there are, I’m…
BREWTAL TRUTH: TRVE Brewing on The Beer Diaries
November 10, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
Ever since TRVE Brewing opened in Denver in 2012, we’ve been fans. It’s hard not to like a drinking establishment dedicated to both craft beer and metal worship and TRVE has been all about both since day one. We’ve featured TRVE and owner Nick Nunns in our “Brewtal Truth” column in the past and we…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Drink This Now!
May 2, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
A recent inquiry from occasional Decibel contributor and Slayer biographer D.X. Ferris gave us the idea for this week’s online Brewtal Truth column. Comrade Ferris wanted to know, “Why does bottled Guinness (plain bottles) seem more carbonated to me than canned?” The answer: nitro. The bottled version of Guinness is typically carbonated in the same…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Live in Chicago! Tonight! Special Guests!
April 25, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
Prepare to be Brewtalized, Chicago! The first The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers book signing event in your city happens today from 4 to 7 pm at Northdown Taproom & Cafe (3244 N Lincoln Ave). Apologies for the last-minute notice, but there were a few loose ends that needed to be tied up before…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Drink This Now!
April 18, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
One of the least brewtal beers we included in our Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers had to have been Shmaltz’s He’Brew Jewbelation Sweet 16. Well, the beer itself was pretty insane—16 hop varieties, 16 types of malt and brewed to 16% ABV—but the pastel-colored label, complete with little dancing unicorns, didn’t accurately represent the…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Drink This Now!
April 11, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
Why does Canada’s Frenchiest province, Quebec, love Belgian-style beers so much? Is it the shared language? Is it something in the Quebec palate? Or is it just disdain for anything English in origin? We have no idea, but if we want a killer Belgian brew without going to Belgium, there are plenty of options from…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Drink This Now!
April 4, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
We have two beer loves that are in direct contrast to each other: malty German brews and über-hoppy North American brews. These two things have nothing in common taste-wise. They are, of course, brewed with the same ingredients, but the ratios and the particular types of key ingredients used—such as hops, malt and yeast—are dramatically…
It’s MLB Opening Day and Your Team Doesn’t Suck (Yet)!
March 31, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
Why does every baseball fan everywhere look forward to opening day of Major League Baseball more than any other day of the season? For some it’s the only day their team isn’t in the cellar (Houston) or languishing in mediocrity (Chicago Cubs) or headed toward another 100-loss season (Seattle). For others it’s the possibility of…
BREWTAL TRUTH: The Next Generation
March 28, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
We’ll get the self-congratulatory crap out of the way right up front. We’ve been writing about craft beer in America’s only monthly extreme music magazine since 2009. No one else was writing about beer and metal at the time. So, we’ll go ahead and plant the we-were-there-first flag in that one. But, if you’ve been…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Drink This (or Something Like it) Now!
March 21, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
Apologies first off, if you go looking for this specific beer and can’t find it. Consider it an example of the kinds of beers that are subject of this week’s online Brewtal Truth. The topic at hand is “gypsy brewing,” or if you find that term offensive, “itinerant brewing.” Basically, if you’re a brewer, but…