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Lyric Video Premiere: Master’s Ashes – “Defiance Disorder”
February 12, 2026 José Carlos Santos
Featuring current and ex-members of Crisis, Voivod, Dystopia, Crowbar and The Convalescence, Master’s Ashes pulls from the bleak, dystopian heaviness of the early ’90s while sharpening it into something unmistakably current.
JUST ANNOUNCED: The FULL BREWERY LINEUP for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026!
February 11, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Five more breweries join in on the festivities set to go down on May 2-3 with Power Trip, Municipal Waste, Cryptopsy, Kylesa, Cro-Mags and more at the Fillmore Philly! Get your tickets now!
Blast Worship: Fulminate
February 10, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Chicago goregrinders Fulminate gurgle and burp their way through 41 minutes of Dead Infection/early Carcass worship.
An Interview with ‘Takeshi Sweden’ of Japanese Weed-Lovin’ Punks Rocky & the Sweden
February 5, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Say hello to Japanese weed-obsessed punks Rocky & the Sweden!
Track Premiere: Korroded – “Body Broker”
February 3, 2026 Gene Meyer
If you’ve got 60 seconds, we’ve got a track premiere of grindcore fury from Memphis blasters Korroded.
Blast Worship: Convulsions
January 27, 2026 Gene Meyer
Spanish grindforce Convulsions will shake you to your foundation.
Announcing the Decibel Magazine Tour 2026 Featuring CRYPTOPSY, NECROT, FULCI and BLOOD MONOLITH!
January 27, 2026 Decibel Magazine
All tickets to the 2026 Decibel Magazine Tour, kicking off in late April, are on sale January 30 at 10am local time!
Full EP Stream: Final Dose – Endless Woe
January 26, 2026 J. Andrew
Final Dose‘s violent, confrontational and outright devastating new EP, Endless Woe, delivers all the black metal goods with punk rock abandon.
Track Premiere: Stephen Brodsky – “Under the Surface” (Neurosis)
January 26, 2026 Daniel Lake
Hear Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky reimagine the Neurosis classic “Under the Surface” as part of his forthcoming Cut to the Core Vol. 2 covers album.
Track Premiere: Daidalos – “Euphobia”
January 22, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Symphonic black metal artist Daidalos has shared his latest single “Euphobia.” The track appears on his forthcoming full‑length, Dante, out February 20.
Album Stream: Thrashing it Up with Hellmaze’s Dead Flesh Rising
January 22, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the debut full-length album by Danish thrashers, Hellmaze!
Blast Worship: Degenerate Synapse
January 20, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Chicago deathgrinders Degenerate Synapse blast through their 100%-mic-cupping free Battle for the Mind.
Blast Worship: Smearing
January 13, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Seattle crushers Smearing deliver D-beats and death blasts in equal measure on the freshly released Acts of Service.
Blast Worship: Lay Waste
January 6, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Virginia grinders Lay Waste do just that on their self-titled LP.
Blast Worship’s Top 10 Grindcore/Powerviolence Albums of 2025
January 5, 2026 Gene Meyer
2025 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/Powervioelnce Albums of the last 12 months.
Track Premiere: Officer Lucifer – “Far From Right”
January 1, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Officer Lucifer‘s arresting “Far From Right,” a blistering new single featuring the vocals and guitar work of legendary Helmet frontman Page Hamilton.
Blast Worship: Sulfuric Cautery
December 23, 2025 Gene Meyer
Ring in the holidays with the latest from Los Angeles goregrinders Sulfuric Cautery.
Blast Worship: Rotten Sound
December 18, 2025 Gene Meyer
BREAKING: The new Rotten Sound EP Mass Extinction sounds like Rotten Sound.
Full Album Stream: Blood of the Wolf – “V. Indomitable”
December 15, 2025 Emily Bellino
Blood of the Wolf stream their latest full-length album.
Blast Worship: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
December 9, 2025 Gene Meyer
London grinders Carthage Must Be Destroyed will blast you back to the stone age.
FINALLY! Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2025 Starts Today
December 5, 2025 Decibel Magazine
IT‘S FINALLY HERE! Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2025 at the Fillmore kicks off today and this is your last chance to get in on the action!
MORBIKON Premiere New Song, “Gaping Grave Awaits,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
December 2, 2025 Emily Bellino
Score an exclusive flexi featuring Morbikon covering Aura Noir, while supplies last!
Blast Worship: HWA
December 2, 2025 Gene Meyer
In Seoul, they spell grindcore HWA. Hear the band’s ripping Demo 2025 now.
Video Premiere: Getting Tech-y With Phaeton’s “Augmented”
November 27, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Tech metal and Animusic nerds! Check out Canadian tech metal phenoms, Phaeton.
Blast Worship: Haexler
November 25, 2025 Gene Meyer
Hear German power violence purveyors Haexler scratch that ‘blown-out’ itch.
Full Beer Menu for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2025 REVEALED!
November 24, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Here are the 51 different beers (and meads) that “Metal & Beer” ticket holders are entitled to sample at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest on December 5-6 in Denver!
WORLD PREMIERE: Decibel GWAR Mini-Documentary “Behind the Gore”
November 20, 2025 Justin Norton
Decibel’s intrepid journalist Justin M. Norton went behind the scenes at a GWAR show in San Francisco for the new documentary GWAR: Behind the Gore.
Album Stream: Terror Corpse – Ash Eclipses Flesh
November 19, 2025 Albert Mudrian
Hear the debut LP from death metallers Terror Corpse before it’s released, and grab an exclusive vinyl variant of Ash Eclipses Flesh (and free flexi) from Decibel before it’s sells out!
Pre-Order CONVERGE’s New LP ‘Love Is Not Enough’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl with EXCLUSIVE SCREEN PRINTED JACKET
November 19, 2025 Decibel Magazine
We have 200 copies of Converge‘s new LP on Blood Rose Red vinyl variant featuring a folded silkscreen cover designed by vocalist Jacob Bannon.
