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Poland’s Arkona, not to be confused with the Russian act of the same name, is one of many great under-recognized bands from black metal second wave. Forming in 1993, the band has spend the ensuing decades creating some of the finest black metal out of eastern Europe (or anywhere else).

Immolation celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dawn of Possession with a re-recording of “Immolation” for the Decibel Flexi Series!

Our Meshuggah cover issue will hit newsstands at the end of the month, but you can always secure a copy right here.

Entombed’s dual 25th anniversary Clandestine concerts could be coming to a small screen near you. 

Get this limited Memoriam flexi disc with an active Deluxe Decibel Subscription. But hurry, you need to sign up by Monday, September 5th at 9AM EST!

Sunlight’s Bane and Geist are ready to drill through the Cancerous Void.

Copies of Decibel Books’ Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies Vol. 1 have reached Decibel HQ and are shipping now!

In Flames stand ablaze once more on November 11 with Battles. Hear the first new track NOW! 

The Municipal Waste drummer is collaborating with Richard Christy (The Howard Stern Show, Death, Charred Walls of the Damned) and 30 others in Richmond on August 28 on the Shape of Sound. 

Decibel dedicates an entire issue to the legendary Neurosis. Advance copies are now in our webstore.

We haven’t got pictures of naked ladies lying on their beds, but we do a have a W.A.S.P. Hall of Fame induction that was YEARS in the making, 

Bringing metal music, film and thought together.

Revelation Records announce reissue of legendary Warzone debut LP this September. 

In Contrast of Today.

But it’s a good punch to the throat though, like sort of you-need-to-listen-to-this-now, and you-will-be-angry-immediately-in-a-good-way, sort of thing. 

Gojira land their first Decibel cover with their new album Magma. 

Not quite our typical news associated with death metal….

Nick Menza — best remembered for his time in Megadeth — was one of the drummers that earned fierce love and respect. Menza died after collapsing on stage on Saturday, apparently from heart failure. Menza’s style, approach, and effortless invention were as essential to Megadeth as Bill Ward’s quirks and fills were to Black Sabbath or Dave Lombardo’s ferocity was to Slayer. 

Audioslave: Part Deux? Not so fast.

Nails deliver a their first Decibel cover and 2016’s first Album of the Year contender.

Hear the first new Asphyx song in four years, which also happens to be the new official Decibel theme song.

Advance copies of the new Decibel, featuring our first-ever Gorguts cover story, are now available in the Decibel webstore. 

We’ve partnered with f.y.e. to make sure you don’t miss any of the essential extremely extreme, as picked by our staff of relentless metal maniacs.

The first new Asphyx song in four years is a tribute to your favorite metal magazine… which you’ll need to subscribe to if you want this exclusive flexi disc. 

Derketa in for Choosing Death Fest. Magrudergrind out. 

From February 1 until February 12, we’ll be announcing regional openers for select dates of the 2016 Decibel Magazine Tour every day at noon EST. 

From February 1 until February 12, we’ll be announcing regional openers for select dates of the 2016 Decibel Magazine Tour every day at noon EST. 

From February 1 until February 12, we’ll be announcing regional openers for select dates of the 2016 Decibel Magazine Tour every day at noon EST. 

Before the inaugural Choosing Death Fest on April 16 at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer, Vivek Venkatesh (Grimposium) and Decibel editor-in-chief Albert Mudrian are pleased to announce a special, separate ticketed event prior to the show, just a five-minute walk from the venue.

From February 1 until February 12, we’ll be announcing regional openers for select dates of the 2016 Decibel Magazine Tour every day at noon EST.