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For our 150th Decibel Hall of Fame induction, we honor Soundgarden’s noisiest, heaviest release. 

Jinx Dawson gave us an exclusive Q&A on the return of Coven, scheduled for Roadburn later this week.

Get yourself something to remember Decibel Metal and Beer Fest after it’s over.

Clenched Fist, the all-star Sepultura cover band featuring members of Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Misery Index will perform at the post-Decibel Metal And Beer Fest show.

A look into history with riffs, solos and screams.

RIYL: Mayhem, Satyricon, Samael, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Jesus and the Mary Chain, St. Vitus, Candlemass, Type O Negative and My Dying Bride. No, really!

Apply for media coverage for the Decibel Metal and Beer Fest by March 10! 

Metal and Beer Fest weekend just got even more metal. New York tech death machine Artificial Brain‘s record release show is the official fest pre-party. Find out more! 

“I’m trying to make a living doing what I’m doing, and remain true to what I believed in…and mission accomplished!” – King Buzzo

What are the Top 100 metal tours of all time? Find out in Decibel‘s new limited edition special issue of 100% previously-unprinted content. 

All of War, Anicon, Die Choking and Insect Ark perform at Saint Vitus in Brooklyn for an injured longtime Decibel writer David Shawn Bosler. 

Drink from the cup of Blood & Valour with Bestial Warlust‘s new live album!

Obituary are still churning out kick-ass death metal. Hear their latest single, “Turned to Stone” and catch them on the Decibel Magazine Tour 2017. 

If simply having Kreator, Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous all on one bill wasn’t enough to excite you so much your reproductive organs explode, this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour will, once again, have some sick regional openers on select dates as well. Here is the complete lists of first kills! 

Decibel Metal & Beer Fest is proud to announce a special appearance from Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine. 

Death metal legends Immolation get their first Decibel cover. Grab a copy here. 

Christmas is in four days, but you have nothing to worry about thanks to these awesome gifts that don’t require any shipping. Happy holidays!

Black metal favorites Panopticon record a crushing, nearly seven-minute epic for the Decibel Flexi Series. If you want one, you’ll need a deluxe Decibel subscription by December 20. 

There’s more than a little similarity between Metallica’s new album cover and a classic Crowbar album cover; we caught up with one of the guys who worked on the Metallica cover to find out what’s going on here.

Pallbearer‘s third LP is still month’s away, but you can read all about it — and the rest of the year ahead – in our 2017 Preview Issue. Advance copies are available now. 

Sixth Annual Decibel Magazine Tour Lineup + Dates Announced! Kreator, Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous spearhead premier metal mag’s latest North American assault this March.

It will be a pleasure to spin the next installment of the Decibel Flexi Series. But if you want this ultra-limited Kreator vinyl, you’d need to subscribe NOW. 

We’re sorry. We’re not trying to ruin the fun by posting this. But someone else already did. You probably shouldn’t click here. Really, you should just wait for the issue to arrive in the mail. For Christ’s sake, have you no willpower? OK, fine. 

Metallica return to the cover of Decibel for the first time in eight years. Get your copy now. 

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! 

Because we all have a pair of checkered Vans under our beds somewhere…admit it!!!

Tom Gabriel Fischer talks to Decibel first about the pending Celtic Frost reissues. 

Who is the cover of the December-streeting Decibel? You’re not fucked or shit outta luck if you have a Decibel subscription. 

The NWOBHM band’s original guitarist will join them for two shows in Los Angeles and Phoenix on their upcoming tour.  

Embrace the death on the rack the brutal way on wings of inferno as… oh you get where we’re going with this.