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Read our interview about The Kave, Kathy Findlay, and the metal and hardcore scene in Maine with filmmaker Ricky Leighton.

Hear Philly’s own Malform drop what maybe the grind EP of the year in I.

Back in August 2004, the first issue of Decibel was independently published in Philadelphia. Considering the climate at the time, this was a truly terrible idea.

Straight outta Saskatchewan, the new video by death/thrashers Pythonic!

Guitarless Leeds powerviolence force Gets Worse are back and worser than ever on No Bones.

Acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from death metal cult heroes Nunslaughter before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!

All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver at the Fillmore Auditorium on December 4-5, 2026 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!

Single-day and regular-priced tickets go on sale on Friday, July 31 at 10am MT, so this is your LAST CHANCE for DISCOUNTED EARLY-BIRD 2-Day and 3-Day passes.

Get a double helping of northeast grind from Fed Ash & the HIRS Collective.

Read all about the reformation of Quebec’s tech death legends Martyr and their reissued discography!

Texas death dealers Trench Warfare return with first new material since 2019.

The new wave of extreme hypergoreblast is upon us! Along with it, the new split from face-melters Banzai.

Arizona’s Sex Prisoner provide a new soundtrack to lose teeth to in Cautionary Tale.

Legendary Nocturnus AD drummer/vocalist Mike Browning passes away at 62.

Check out the debut album by Montreal tech-death maestros, Volubilis!

GWAR co-founder Chuck Varga talks candidly about his fight against metastatic prostate cancer.

Pylar dig deep into cosmic horror and the occult with Delyrio.

The latest from German grinders Eastwood will make your day.

Norwegian legends Enslaved pair with Kevin Kicking Woman, an Elder of the Blackfeet Nation, in a collaboration born from friendship and cultural exchange.

Can ya smell what Philly gurgle-grinders Aroma are cookin’? It’s probably gross.

Hear Texas blast force Triage pull no punches on their lean and mean 16-track sophomore effort.

Mitch Harris pours 30 years of extreme metal touring experience (and over 4,000 shows) into TourFlip, a platform designed to connect artists, promoters, venues, festivals and fans.

Hear Massachusetts post-hardcore heroes There Were Wires return with their first full-length in 23 years.

Two bands. Fourteen songs. Seventeen minutes: It’s the new Whoresnation / Nak’ay split.

Tune into MERC‘s all-caps, no-guitars grindcore attack.

There are a mere 100 copies of Hulder‘s new full-length LP, Verbolgen, on Decibel-exclusive Hardwood colored vinyl. Answer the call of the ancestral fires and forest spirits and pre-order now!

Check out the new song from Long Island/New York hardcore crushers Total Meltdown, “The Spell,” premiering via a cool animated video.

Check out the latest video/single from Canadian voyagers, Without Mercy!

All Decibel subscribers will receive the “A” version of the cover, featuring Optimus Prime, as part of their subscription (along with a Spirit Adrift flexi disc), while the “B” version of the cover, featuring Unicron, is a Decibel webstore exclusive.

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