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Profane Creations: the Metal Art of Mark Rudolph Cover Art Revealed, Pre-Order Available
May 14, 2024 Emily Bellino
Revealing the cover art for longtime Decibel illustrator Mark Rudolph‘s new art book, Profane Creations!
Blast Worship: Failure
May 14, 2024 Gene Meyer
North Italy-based trio Failure roll the perfect fastcore game.
Great Lakes Dungeon Siege Announced in Fort Wayne, Indiana on Oct 18-20!
May 10, 2024 Albert Mudrian
Get tickets to Coniferous Myst, Nest, Cernunnos Woods, DragonKeep and many more fine purveyors of dark dungeon music.
Play Magic: the Gathering Against FROZEN SOUL This Monday in Philly!
May 8, 2024 Michael Wohlberg
Can you stay cool under pressure against the Texas death squad?
Blast Worship: Full of Hell
May 7, 2024 Gene Meyer
The new Full of Hell album, Coagulated Bliss, is out now. Why haven’t you bought it yet?
Announcing Decibel’s 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOW Featuring AUTOPSY, IMMOLATION, HORRENDOUS and More!
May 6, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Tickets for Decibel’s 20th Anniversary Show at Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia on August 31 go on sale this Friday, May 10 at 10am ET!
Blast Worship: ACxDC
April 30, 2024 Gene Meyer
Hear why ACxDC are the modern day G.O.A.T. of west coast powerviolence.
Blast Worship: LiliXElbe
April 23, 2024 Gene Meyer
Pilsen powerviolence purveyors LiliXElbe shoot the fucking puck right at your skull.
Blast Worship: Scrotal Erosion
April 16, 2024 Gene Meyer
Go nuts for hyperblasting midwesterners Scrotal Erosion
SONJA Signs to Century Media, Streams New Video “Discretion for the Generous”
April 15, 2024 Michael Wohlberg
The Philadelphia power trio is back with a new label, a new single and a new lust for life.
Blast Worship: Kidnapped
April 9, 2024 Gene Meyer
Connecticut powerviolence purveyors Kidnapped don’t hold any riffs for ransom on Disgust.
Legendary Recording Studio Morrisound Given a Historical Marker at Original Location
April 3, 2024 Emily Bellino
Hillsborough County, Florida is recognizing legendary recording studio Morrisound for its contributions to extreme metal.
Album Stream: Funeral Leech – The Illusion of Time
April 3, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear Funeral Leech‘s doom/death crusher The Illusion of Time in full before its Friday release.
Blast Worship: Munter
April 2, 2024 Gene Meyer
U.K. face-peelers Munter bring the crusty D-beat madness via The Off-Licence.
Death/Doom Warriors TZOMPANTLI Return! PRE-ORDER New LP ‘Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!
March 29, 2024 Decibel Magazine
There are only 100 copies of Tzompantli‘s new LP, Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force, on exclusive blue-and-purple-merged vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!
Blast Worship: Shock Withdrawal
March 26, 2024 Gene Meyer
Hear grind vet Mitchell Luna return with the debut LP, The Dismal Advance, from his new group, Shock Withdrawal.
Blast Worship: Durian
March 20, 2024 Gene Meyer
Experience some March grind madness in form of Philly/Jersey crushers Durian.
Pre-Order TERMINAL NATION’s New ‘Echoes of the Devil’s Den’ LP on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl NOW!
March 15, 2024 Decibel Magazine
There are only 100 copies of Terminal Nation‘s new LP, Echoes of the Devil’s Den, on exclusive blue-and-purple-merged vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!
Blast Worship: Last Bong of Humanity
March 12, 2024 Gene Meyer
German weed-grinders Last Bong of Humanity are the choice of a new generation.
ONE MONTH AWAY! Metal & Beer Fest Philly! “Metal & Beer” Tickets ALMOST SOLD OUT!
March 12, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Exclusive special sets from Deicide, Biohazard, Dying Fetus and Crowbar headline the rapidly-approaching Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2024!
Blast Worship: Sick Destroyer
March 5, 2024 Gene Meyer
Chechnian crew Sick Destroyer cures all that ails less-than-brutal grindcore.
Q&A: Andrea Morgan (The Keening) on High School Jobs, Violin and Homelessness
March 4, 2024 Justin Norton
The Keening/Exulansis violinist Andrea Morgan candidly discusses high school jobs and homelessness.
Track Premiere: Idol Throne – ‘The Last Voyage’
February 29, 2024 Emily Bellino
Indiana power-thrashers Idol Throne debut the first single off of their second album.
Album Stream: Je est un Autre – ‘Flatworm Mysticism’
February 28, 2024 Tim Mudd
Dylan Desmond’s Je est un Autre offers a sonic exploration tangential to his main doom metal squeeze, Bell Witch.
Video Premiere: Dejecter’s “Absent From The Stone” with Mike DiSalvo
February 27, 2024 Justin Norton
Hear Dejecter score a guest appearance from Mike DiSalvo of Warhorse, Coma Cluster Void,, Akurion, and formerly of Cryptopsy, on new single “Absent from the Stone.”
Last Tape Before Doomsday: Sebastian Thomson (Baroness)
February 26, 2024 Dean Brown
Baroness drummer Sebastian Thomson crafts a 10-track mixtape of essential songs that shaped his life for our new Last Tape Before Doomsday column
EP Premiere: Riders of Rohan – ‘With Hope or Without’
February 21, 2024 Sarah Kitteringham
Metallum be damned! Take a trip to middle earth with Gothenburg rockers Riders of Rohan.
Video Premiere: Selbst – “Chant of Self Confrontation”
February 21, 2024 Albert Mudrian
Get ready to face the music via a brand new video from Venezuelan black metal force Selbst.
Blast Worship: Weapon World
February 20, 2024 Gene Meyer
It’s Weapon World‘s world. We’re all just dying in it.
Blast Worship: AK//47
February 13, 2024 Gene Meyer
Oakland grindforce AK//47 embrace their considerable melodic talents on Menari Dalam Abu Algoritma.