Metal and Beer

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Tynt Meadow

September 2, 2022

Tynt Meadow is absolutely unique for a Trappist beer, but it’s so much more than a novelty.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Sparklepuff, Galaxy Starfighter Defender of the Universe

August 10, 2022

Sparklepuff, Galaxy Starfighter Defender of the Universe is Flying Monkeys’ Triple IPA that will send you into orbit.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Full of Hell

June 24, 2022

Get full of beer via the wonderfully crushable Wake x Full of Hell collaboration Italian Pils.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Ce N’est Pas La Fin du Monde

June 3, 2022

Ce N’est Pas La Fin du Monde presents a crafty spin on a beloved brew, with some subtle enhancements that transform the Belgian tripel base into more of a West Coast style IPA.

Watch: CANNIBAL CORPSE Guitarist Erik Rutan Talks Classic Cannibal LPs, Performing with the Mountain Goats & New Hate Eternal Music Ahead of Metal & Beer Fest: Philly

May 24, 2022

Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan gives his picks for what he thinks would be the best Cannibal albums to perform in full ahead of the band’s headline performance at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 11.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Top Tier Trifle

May 13, 2022

Top Tier Trifle—courtesy of the best sour purveyors south of the Mason-Dixon Line (Southern Grist) and one of America’s top meaderies (Garagiste Meadery)—certainly lives up to its name.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Pink Sabbath

May 6, 2022

A collab between Great Notion Brewing, the SteepleJack Brewing Co. and the Pink Boots Society produces the idea black IPA, Pink Sabbath.

200 Stab Wounds, Witching, Blood Spore and Year of the Cobra Announced for Metal & Beer Fest Philly After Parties!

May 5, 2022

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly is a little over a month away and we’re planning to keep festivities raging deep into the each night with a pair of special Metal & Beer Fest Official After Parties!

Watch: WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM Drummer Aaron Weaver Talks Special Guests For Their ‘Two Hunters’ Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly

April 14, 2022

Wolves in the Throne Room drummer Aaron Weaver discusses the USBM stalwarts’ first-ever performance of their classic Two Hunters LP at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 10.

No Corporate Beer Review: Luchador en Fuego

April 8, 2022

Luchador en Fuego, the excellent barrel-aged Mexican chocolate stout from Clown Shoes, brings the heat.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Colossal Claude

April 4, 2022

Old-school American craft envelope-pushers, Rogue return with the more traditionally balanced double IPA Colossal Claude.

Watch: Dan Lilker Talks Possible Final NUCLEAR ASSAULT U.S. Performance, ‘Game Over’ Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly

March 29, 2022

Nuclear Assault bassist/legend Danny Lilker talks Metal & Beer Fest beer collaboration with KCBC, a special guest stage-dive performance at the event, and the black metal bedspreads.

No Corporate Beer Review: Forest Bänger

March 25, 2022

Forest Bänger is another stellar offering from a brewery that excels in the art of dark beers.

Watch: The Red Chord Talk Reactivation, ‘Clients’ Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly

March 23, 2022

The Red Chord talk festival beer collaboration with Bone Up Brewing, vocalist Guy Kozowyk’s secret rabbit lair and the possibility of maybe even rehearsing before their first performance in seven years.

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Welcomes Mocama Beer Company & MNRK Heavy

March 17, 2022

We’re proud to announce the addition of Florida’s Mocama Beer Company to our pouring brewery lineup and MNRK Heavy to our collection of presenting sponsors for this year’s event on June 10-11 at the Fillmore Philly.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Phantom Scream

March 11, 2022

So drink to forget / And drown all your sorrow / Bury your dreams / And choose catharsis!

A Decade of Hails and Ales: The TRVE Brewing Team Discusses Their History and Future As The Foremost Heavy Metal Brewery

March 7, 2022

TRVE founders Nick Nunns and Zach Coleman talk 10 years of America’s flagship metal brewery and their anniversary show with Khemmis, Panopticon, Hulder, Vastum & Dreadnought.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Nocturna

March 4, 2022

America’s finest Belgian brewery, Allagash, master the dark arts of imperial stouts with the bold Nocturna.