Exclusive
Album Premiere: Erosion – ‘Invasive Species’
August 27, 2025 Tim Mudd
Seven years after their punishing debut on Hydra Head Records, Vancouver’s Erosion return with Invasive Species—a filthy, blood-boiling follow-up that finds the band operating at peak ferocity.
Full Album Stream: Prayer Group –Strawberry
August 25, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear bruising secular secular noise rockers, Prayer Group, whip out their big ten-inch… record, Strawberry.
ONLY 200 LEFT! ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner’ Death-luxe Edition (Includes Exclusive T-Shirt) SELLING FAST!
August 22, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Our special edition version of Born Human, the biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner, is nearly sold out!
Album Premiere: Kratornas – “God of the Tribes”
August 21, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Kratornas‘s full-length album God of the Tribes (mastered by Dan Swanö, Edge of Sanity), a dramatic departure from previous works.
Album Premiere: Visitant’s Rubidium is Very Much an Active Metallic Element
August 21, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Give the debut album from Floridian alchemists Visitant an advance listen!
Full Album Stream: Hebephrenique –Decathexis
August 20, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Aussie post-black metal madmen Hebephrenique are going off the rails on their frenetic debut Decathexis.
KILL FEED 069: James Kent of PERTURBATOR Is More Than OK, Boomer
August 20, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The electronic music champion stops by the Kill Feed arcade to discuss boomer shooters, survival horror, the Hotline Miami soundtrack and what kind of game he would like to score next.
Video Premiere: No Apologies – “Grief”
August 18, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hardcore Aussies, No Apologies, cope with the pain of a devastating loss on new track “Grief.”
Track-by-Track: Fermentor – ‘Agreement’
August 14, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Instrumental metal duo Fermentor (featuring members of Atheist and Beekeeper) unveil their latest album, Agreement, tomorrow but they’re here to tell you all about it today!
Video Premiere: Nuclear Dudes – “Truth Paste”
August 13, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Sandrider’s Jon Weisnewski delivers some grindcore insanity via his latest Nuclear Dudes track, “Truth Paste,” featuring vocalist Brandon Nakamura (ex-Teen Chtulu).
Video Premiere: Tar Pit – “Jubilee”
August 13, 2025 Tim Mudd
From the smoke-choked crypts of Portland rises Tar Pit, casting long shadows with their latest doom-soaked incantation, “Jubilee.” We’re premiering the video for this haunting slab of eldritch doom—a term the band doesn’t just invoke, but embodies.
Track by Track: Incite –Savage New Times
August 11, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Phoenix groovecore brutalizers Incite take us track-by-track through their thrashtastic seventh full-length, Savage New Times.
Track Premiere: Crimson Butchery – “Lab Rat”
August 8, 2025 Tim Mudd
Crimson Butchery are back with Stalker, their third slab of surgical brutality, and we’re thrilled to slice into the premiere of its gnarly fourth track, “Lab Rat.”
Pre-Order ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of DEATH’s CHUCK SCHULDINER’ from Decibel Books! Read an Exclusive Excerpt Now!
August 8, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Pre-order the massive, nearly 500-page official biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner from Decibel Books and read an excerpt now!
Guitar Playthrough: Last Retch – “In the Polder They Reek”
August 7, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Canadian death dealers Last Retch have blessed us with a playthrough video of “In the Polder They Reek” from their forthcoming record, Abject Cruelty, due out September 26 via Time to Kill Records.
A Brief Reading Round-Up from the Heavy Metal Book Club
August 7, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
On the eve of a massive Decibel Books announcement, Kevin Stewart-Panko wants you to know what’s on his summer reading list.
KILL FEED 068: Mike McKenzie and Greg Weeks of THE RED CHORD Are Our People
August 6, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
One of our earliest player characters returns with a friend to talk about ditching class to play Atari, terrible games and amazing OSTs.
Track Premiere: Heads for the Dead Channel Cronenberg and Necrophagia on “To The Very Last”
August 6, 2025 Tim Mudd
Heads for the Dead—helmed by Jonny Pettersson (Wombbath) and Ralf Hauber (Revel in Flesh, ROTPIT)—have emerged from the fog with their fourth full-length, Never Ending Night of Terror. Get a taste now.
Track Premiere: Revelator – “Death Serenade”
August 4, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Canadian black death warriors Revelator growl their vicious “Death Serenade” on their new single.
Video Premiere: Corridoré – “Like Moths”
July 30, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
No bull, the new video, “Like Moths,” from post-black metal maestros Corridoré is a helluva ride.
Track Premiere: Birth and Loss – “Birth and Loss”
July 30, 2025 Tim Mudd
Grind legend Takafumi Matsubara (Gridlink, Mortalized) returns with a vengeance in his latest forward-thinking project, Birth and Loss.
Full Album Stream: Lommi –667788
July 28, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish riff-lords Lommi buzz through eight groove-laden tracks on new full-length, 667788.
Inhuman Condition to Release New Song, “Burial State,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
July 28, 2025 Decibel Magazine
You’ve got until Thursday July 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of Inhuman Condition‘s new ripper “Burial State” becomes part of your vinyl collection.
Track Premiere: Aleister Cowboy – “Liquefied Bodies Scraped From A Tub”
July 24, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Denver weirdo beatdown band Aleister Cowboy are back with their third EP, Neolithic Blood Rites, out August 22 You can hear the debut track from the EP, “Liquefied Bodies Scarped From a Tub,” with us first.
Track Premiere: Wading Through the Shit With Deaf Club’s “Crap Circles”
July 24, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Wrap your ears around an advance listen of new material from Deaf Club!
Video Premiere: MRSA – “I Am the Swarm”
July 23, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
We’re all abuzz over the new track, “I Am the Swarm,” from Florida horror hounds MRSA .
KILL FEED 067: Angry Video Game Nerd James Rolfe of REX VIPER Is Happy to Talk Metal
July 23, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
As Kill Feed upgrades to the fourth dimension, the Nerd himself takes the time to talk all things metal.
Video Premiere: Torn From Existence – “Tempted by the Necromancer”
July 23, 2025 Tim Mudd
Decibel is proud to premiere the music video for “Tempted by the Necromancer,” a stand-out cut from the Torn From Existence‘s 2024 debut Hearken the Darkened Skies.
FULL BAND LINEUP REVEALED! Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver Single-Day Tickets On Sale Friday! Last Chance for Discounted Early Bird Tickets!
July 22, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Single-day and regular-priced tickets go on sale on Friday, July 25 at 10am MT, so this is your LAST CHANCE for DISCOUNTED EARLY-BIRD 2-Day and 3-Day passes.
Q&A: Jarvis Leatherby on Night Demon’s Curse of the Damned box set
July 21, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Night Demon bassist/vocalist Jarvis Leatherby discusses the band’s upcoming limited release 10th anniversary Curse of the Damned box set.
