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At 10am local time, you can nab tickets to the 2023 Decibel Magazine Tour, kicking off in May with Dark Funeral, Cattle Decapitation, 200 Stab Wounds and Blackbraid.

We have just 200 copies of Thorr’s Hammer‘s legendary Dommedagsnatt recording (out of print on vinyl since 2009) on Decibel exclusive Translucent Blue vinyl!

Mapuche nation metalheads Mawiza share how their music strengthens ancestral bonds in this inspiring short documentary.

Venomous Concept, featuring Kevin Sharp (Lock Up, ex-Brutal Truth) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death/Brujeria/et al), premiere new single “Fractured!” Watch the video NOW!

For a change of (still fast) pace, Blast Worship investigates the thoroughly not sketchy, crust-fueled blast beats of Germans Abyssal Worm.

Street Tombs‘ scrumptious death metal is what’s for dinner on “Devour.”

The Decibel Magazine Tour returns to the road in May! Tickets on sale Friday, February 3 at 10am local time.

This week’s roundup of new releases includes the latest from Conjureth, Ominous Scriptures, Ashen Horde and more!

Avoid crushing international shipping fees and get Cult Never Dies‘ incredible Dutch death metal history, black metal photo book, classic early ’90s zine anthologies and more exclusively via Decibel.

Take a beer run with black/death/thrashers Phantom Fire in their new video for “Mara.”

Before Mizmor and Hell, there was Sorceress. Stream “Nine Muses” and hear the record rescued from 14 years of obscurity by King Volume Records.

San Antonio’s Noisy Neighbors are never more than a few seconds away from a blast beat.

Dutch black metal duo Freja share a new music video of woodland witchcraft for their 2022 single, “Scattered Shields.”

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.

North Carolina dark metal quartet Valletta escape the shadows to jump start your heart with their first high-voltage single, “Come Alive.”

Does the new LP of horror-obsessed Mortician-worship from Massacred rule? You bet your Ash it does!

Hear and acquire this Godthrymm disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Degraved murder silence with their new EP of disgusting Seattle death metal, Whispered Morbidity. Out January 20th from Gurgling Gore.

Grab a copy of the new issue to unlock 15% off of our exclusive vinyl variants of Obituary’s latest live releases, Slowly We Rot – Live And Rotting and Cause Of Death – Live Infection.

Hear California fastcore force no_clip blast first and ask questions later on Backrooms.

2022 might finally be over, but that doesn’t mean you don’t want one final mirco list in your life, right? So here are the Top 10 Grindcore Songs of the last 12 months.

Take a haunting woodland walk with Forever Autumn and My Dying Bride’s Aaron Stainthorpe in “The Forest and the Nyght.”

Win cool items and help save the planet courtesy of Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren’s Savage Lands nonprofit’s new “Lottery of the Trees.”

Spend approximately five-and-a-half minutes with Philly face-melters Artificial Scarcity.

Featuring members of Chaotian and Undergang, Denmark death fiends Sequestrum are well-preserved in old-school, gross-out death metal metal.

Check out a stream of Pyramid Mass‘ forthcoming debut full-length of spacey, blackened death!

Hear the new split from monstrous Czech death fiends Plague Patrol.

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.

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!

There’s a new tech death band in town, hailing from both Boston and New Jersey and dishing out us some classic, heavy brutality, get to know Revenge Beast via their new video for “Eregore.”