Metal and Beer
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Parabolita
January 18, 2023 Nick Green
As stouts go, Firestone Walker’s Parabolita is perfect. Aged in bourbon barrels with a mix of vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, and sea salt to create an enhanced stout experience.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST Philly Tickets ON SALE NOW!
January 13, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Tickets are ON SALE NOW for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST featuring Satan, Night Demon, Haunt and Sonja on April 13 in Philly.
SATAN Headlines the Metal & Beer PRE-FEST 2023 With Support From NIGHT DEMON, HAUNT and SONJA!
January 9, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Tickets are on sale Friday, January 13 at 10am ET for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer PRE-FEST featuring Satan, Night Demon, Haunt and Sonja on April 13.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: DOOM
January 6, 2023 Nick Green
As an ESB, Adroit Theory pretty much nailed it with DOOM, another standout of the Virginia brewery’s growing heavy metal genre tribute series.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Babylone
December 9, 2022 Nick Green
The idea behind the Brussels Beer Project’s “bread IPA” is up-cycling: At least 20% of the grain base of Babylone is from loaves of unsold bread, which have been dried out and pulverized into crumbs.
GORGUTS Returns! Death Metal Legends Finalize Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2023 Lineup!
December 8, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Death metal legends Gorguts will perform for the first time in nearly six years at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 14, 2023 with a special Obscura + Considered Dead set!
Set Times Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2022!
November 29, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver kicks off THIS WEEK, which means you’ve been asking for set times for approximately five months now. Here you go.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: 25th Anniversary Ale
November 18, 2022 Nick Green
New York craft beer legends Ommegang give us yet another celebrate with their 25th Anniversary Ale.
Dreadnought, Vermin Womb & Cronos Compulsion Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST Denver on Dec 1
November 9, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Tickets are on sale Friday, November 11 at 10am MT for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST featuring Dreadnought, Vermin Womb and Cronos Compulsion at the Marquis in Denver on Dec 1.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Solstice
November 4, 2022 Nick Green
Bock, Bock til you drop with OEC Brewing’s Solstice.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: DDH DirtWolf
October 28, 2022 Nick Green
Victory’s DDH DirtWolf is double the pleasure, double the fun, and definitely double the trouble for anyone wedded to a lower gravity experience.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Good Gourd
October 21, 2022 Nick Green
We don’t generally advocate pumpkin beer at NCB, but get ready to meet your fave: Cigar City’s Good Gourd.
ON SALE NOW: All Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2023 Ticket Options!
October 21, 2022 Decibel Magazine
All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest at the Fillmore Philly on April 14-15, 2023 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2023 Initial Band Lineup & Breweries REVEALED!
October 17, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Suicidal Tendencies celebrate the 40th anniversary of their self-titled debut, while The Black Dahlia Murder make their triumphant return as a Metal & Beer Fest Philly headliner. And WAY more!
No Corporate Beer: High Speed Steel
October 7, 2022 Nick Green
3 Floyds’ High Speed Steel collab with Decibel faves Municipal Waste will electrify what’s left of your brain
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Origin of Darkness Imperial Stout
September 16, 2022 Nick Green
This version of Origin of Darkness presents a rare opportunity to get a beer from Garage Project in North America. Stout hounds, look no further!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Tynt Meadow
September 2, 2022 Nick Green
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 Nick Green
Sparklepuff, Galaxy Starfighter Defender of the Universe is Flying Monkeys’ Triple IPA that will send you into orbit.
ON SALE NOW: All Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2022 Ticket Options!
July 22, 2022 Decibel Magazine
The time to swill is now! Get your Metal & Beer Fest tickets to see Cannibal Corpse, Pig Destroyer, Dark Funeral and more at the Summit in Denver, Co on December 2-3, 2022
First-Annual Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver to Take Place December 2-3, 2022!
July 18, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Cannibal Corpse, Pig Destroyer, Dark Funeral and more join forces with a dozen of the most metal breweries in North America at the Summit. Tickets on sale Friday, July 22 at 10am MT.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Full of Hell
June 24, 2022 Nick Green
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 Nick Green
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.
Set Times Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2022!
May 31, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly kicks off NEXT WEEK, which means it’s time to finalize travel plans and get your tickets if you haven’t already. To aid in your planning, set times are now available.
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 Decibel Magazine
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.
Opeth, Darkthrone, Paradise Lost Members Reflect on CANDLEMASS’s ‘Epicus Doomicus Metallicus’
May 23, 2022 Chris Dick
In honor of Candlemass’s full-album performance of their landmark Epicus Doomicus Metallicus at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 10, scene royalty reflects on the LP’s impact.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Top Tier Trifle
May 13, 2022 Nick Green
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.
Metal & Beer Fest: Philly is ONE MONTH WAY. Only 66 Two-Day “Metal & Beer” Tickets Remain!
May 13, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Don’t blow your chance to sample exclusive brewery/band beer collaborations from all 14 acts performing at The Fillmore Philly on June 10-11, 2022.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Pink Sabbath
May 6, 2022 Nick Green
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
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!
LOW TICKET ALERT: Under 100 “Metal & Beer” Two-Day Tickets Remain for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
April 23, 2022 Albert Mudrian
The “Metal & Beer” ticket for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on June 10-11 isn’t gonna be available much longer. Don’t blow it.