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Brand New CULT NEVER DIES Books Available Exclusively in North America via Decibel!
January 27, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Avoid crushing international shipping fees and get Cult Never Dies‘ incredible Dutch death metal history, black metal photo book, classic early ’90s zine anthologies and more exclusively via Decibel.
EXCLUSIVE: Read How AMORPHIS Sent a Failed Video Into Hiding In a Book Excerpt from ‘Amorphis: The Official Story of Finland’s Greatest Metal Band’
January 23, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Take an exclusive sneak peek of Amorphis: The Official Story of Finland’s Greatest Metal Band, now shipping via Decibel Books.
‘AMORPHIS: The Official Story of Finland’s Greatest Metal Band’ Book Now In Stock!
January 20, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Amorphis: The Official Story of Finland’s Greatest Metal Band has been completely redesigned and edited for a North American release through Decibel Books and is finally in stock and shipping now.
Pre-Order Now! ‘AMORPHIS: The Official Story of Finland’s Greatest Metal Band’ Now Available in English via Decibel Books!
October 26, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Pre-order a copy of Amorphis: The Official Story of Finland’s Greatest Metal Band, the new 376-page hardcover book available from Decibel Books!
Gene Ambo on 40 Years of Metallic Memories in His New Photo Book ‘Heavy Metro’
September 19, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
The legendary Chicago photographer tells tales of shooting the biggest names in metal and punk in the city’s most revered rock ‘n’ roll venue.
Tonight We Riff in Hell: Mythology & Metal Collide in Extremely Extreme Comic “Gods of Brutality”
August 3, 2022 Shawn Macomber
The new metal-centered graphic novel series Gods of Brutality answers the question, “What if Clive Barker wrote a story inspired by Manowar?”
Onward to Nidaros: New Book Documents Trondheim’s Black Metal Scene
August 2, 2022 J. Andrew
Cult Never Dies is back with a new book that walks the infernal fields of one of Norway’s lesser-known black metal scenes.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Destination Onward – The Story of Fates Warning,’ The New Book by Jeff Wagner
July 15, 2022 Decibel Magazine
This 400-page behemoth chronicles virtually every facet of the progressive metal heroes’ 40-year history with the cooperation of every single member of Fates Warning, past and present.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Dean Swinford’s Summons Death Metal Apocalypse With “Sinister Synthesizer”
July 6, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Metalhead professor and author Dean Swinford closes his Death Metal Epic trilogy with a tornado or riffs, souls, and apocalyptic fire.
Visual Violence: Legendary Underground Music Promoter Rich Hall Brings the Heavy to Fine Arts Gallery Show
June 8, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Metal/hardcore/punk promotor extraordinaire Rich Hall picks up a paintbrush with exquisitely brutal fine arts results.
Q&A: Patrick O’Neil On His 80s Hardcore Memoir Anarchy At The Circle K
June 6, 2022 Justin Norton
In his latest book, Anarchy At the Circle K, Patrick O ‘Neil writes about 80s hardcore in a narrative that’s a combination of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road and Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life.
“You Ever Go By The Name H. R. Giger?”: Inside The Dead Kennedys’ ‘Frankenchrist’ Album Art Raid
February 14, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Author Patrick O’Neil worked at Alternative Tentacles at the time of the Dead Kennedys’ Frankenchrist raid. The following is an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, Anarchy At The Circle K, about his years as a punk roadie in the early to mid-’80s.
Read How Obituary Clashed With Roadrunner In 1992 In This Exclusive Excerpt From ‘Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of Obituary’
January 28, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Take an exclusive sneak peek of the second and final excerpt of Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of Obituary, now shipping directly via Decibel Books.
Exclusive Excerpt: ‘Doom Lexicanum II’ book Reveals Early Days of the Legendary My Dying Bride
January 24, 2022 Brad Sanders
In this exclusive Doom Lexicanum II book excerpt, co-founding frontman Aaron Stainthorpe explains how the original My Dying Bride lineup first met.
Cyber Monday Is Here: Get 20% Off EVERYTHING in the Decibel Store TODAY ONLY!
November 29, 2021 Decibel Magazine
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Interview: Blaine Cook (The Accüsed AD/Toe Tag) Serves Up a New Cocktail Book
November 4, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
We’re drinkin’ and thrashin’ with Accüsed AD vocalist Blaine Cook, who’s put together a new book, Cocktails and Mixed Drinks From the Wicker Bar.
Read How John Tardy Discovered His Growl in a Book Excerpt from ‘Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of Obituary’
October 29, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Take an exclusive sneak peek of the first excerpt of Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of Obituary now online; pre-orders available via Decibel Books.
‘Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of OBITUARY’ Now Available for Pre-Order Exclusively from Decibel Books!
October 15, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Pre-order a copy of Turned Inside Out: The Official Story of Obituary, the new 328-page hardcover book exclusively available from Decibel Books!
Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Lock Up, Dark Sky Burial) Biography Due in 2022
October 12, 2021 Albert Mudrian
Register now to get updates on the impending publication of Life? … & Napalm Death the biography of the legendary Shane Embury.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Head on a Pike: The Illustrated Lyrics of Matt Pike’
October 4, 2021 Brad Sanders
Check out The Art of Self Defense chapter of Head on a Pike: The Illustrated Lyrics of Matt Pike with illustrations by Santos.
Jim Saah On His Defining Photos of DC Hardcore, Black Flag, Minor Threat and More
September 17, 2021 Fred Pessaro
Legendary DC hardcore photographer Jim Saah shares images and ’80 punk tales from his book In My Eyes: Photographs 1982-1997.
Celebrate 17 Years of Decibel With 17% Off of All Books THIS WEEKEND ONLY!
August 13, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Between now and Sunday at 11:59 PM ET, all books in the Decibel webstore, including USBM, Rotting Ways to Misery, Choosing Death and more will be 17% off. Happy birthday to us, happy savings to you!
The Artists Behind ‘Black Metal Rainbows’ Book on Their “Love Letter to Black Metal”
July 26, 2021 Justin Norton
Decibel speaks with editors Daniel Lukes and Stanimir Panayotov, and designer Jaci Raia, the three people responsible for the new book, Black Metal Rainbows.
Lunachicks Vocalist Theo Kogan Talks New Band Biography ‘Fallopian Rhapsody,’ Sugar Farts
July 1, 2021 Nick Green
NYC punk heroes the Lunachicks talk new book co-authored by old-school Decibel contributor Jeanne Fury
The U.S. Version of ‘Rotting Ways to Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal’ NOW In Stock!
April 28, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Rotting Ways to Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal has been completely redesigned and edited for a North American release through Decibel Books and is finally in stock and shipping now.
Pre-Order the U.S. Edition of ‘ROTTING WAYS TO MISERY: The History of Finnish Death Metal’ Now!
March 5, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Rotting Ways to Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal has been completely redesigned and edited for a North American release through Decibel Books. Pre-order your copy today!
Low-Quantity Alert on Multiple Decibel Book Titles!
February 12, 2021 Decibel Magazine
No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost and Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies Vol. 1 are nearly sold out! Don’t wait on USBM or either of the Decibel Hall of Fame Anthologies!
‘Heavy Metal Movies’ Author Mike “McBeardo” McPadden Passes Away
December 17, 2020 Justin Norton
Decibel mourns the loss of Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, author of a pair of modern classics for Bazillion Points, Heavy Metal Movies and Teen Movie Hell.
‘USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal’ Now In Stock, Final Excerpt Revealed!
November 24, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Read our second and final book excerpt, this time focusing on the early days of American black metal cult legends Profanatica, and order your copy of USBM now.
‘Rotting Ways: The History of Finnish Death Metal’ Book On the Way from Cult Never Dies
November 20, 2020 Albert Mudrian
This new 300-page hardcover on Cult Never Dies offers an deep dive into the legendary Finnish death metal underground of the early 1990s.