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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. 

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.

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.

Upon learning that Tom and Jim Morris have been in the process of downsizing their operation, we at Decibel had to get all the dirt straight from the Morrisource.  We tracked down Tom Morris for his thoughts on the move and his studio’s past and future in the industry.

Decibel is fueled by love for metal’s storied history, and we’re taking our responsibility as historians to the next level with the inaugural Decibel Yearbook, celebrating all things 1991. 

Procrastination is natural. Especially when it comes to holiday shopping. But the clock is perilously close to zeroes. It’s now or never to jump on Decibel‘s Under the Tree, Under the Wire holiday special, which will expire TODAY, December 18 at noon EST. 

The long wait is over!

In celebration of Decibel Books’ revised and expanded edition of Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore, we’ve lured eight killer death/grind bands to the one-day extreme music event of 2016