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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.
Blast Worship: Snarler
November 12, 2025 Gene Meyer
Nova Scotia grinders Snarler should probably have their new cassette, Blast Rash, looked at.
SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2025
November 12, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Yes, we know that it’s November. No, we didn’t forget your favorite album. Yes, we’re sure about that.
Metal Blade Records & Vincent Locke Release Exclusive Merch In Support of Erik Rutan (CANNIBAL CORPSE, HATE ETERNAL) and Mana Recording Studios
November 11, 2025 Michael Wohlberg
Find out how you can support the death metal lifer and look good doing it.
ONLY 100 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order BLOOD INCANTATION’s Legendary Debut LP ‘Starspawn’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!
November 7, 2025 Decibel Magazine
There are only 100 copies of Blood Incantation‘s debut LP reissue, Starspawn, on exclusive Ultra Clear with Vitrified Blood vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!
Blast Worship: Barren Path
November 5, 2025 Gene Meyer
International grind gods relink to blast anew with Barren Path.
Video Premiere: Calcraft – “Perpetually Stabbed”
October 31, 2025 J. Andrew
Texas-based death metal outfit Calcraft is here to help us celebrate the season of perpetual stabbing with new a, um, pointed new video “Perpetually Stabbed!”
EP Stream and Tour News: Rottenness and Saintbreaker Team Up To Conquer (Part of) the World
October 30, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
A new EP! Worldwide touring! UGDM perpetual motion machine Rottenness (and friends) never stop!
Blast Worship: Fed Ash
October 28, 2025 Gene Meyer
Nom-nom on new tunes from Binghamton blasters Fed Ash.
MORBIKON to Release Exclusive Track, “Gaping Grave Awaits,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
October 24, 2025 Decibel Magazine
You’ve got until Friday, October 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of black thrashers Morbikon‘s cover of the Aura Noir classic ripper “Gaping Grave Awaits” is yours.
Full Album Stream: The Munsens Return with Degradation in the Hyperreal
October 16, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a massively in-depth preview of the new LP from Denver-come-Asbury Park death ‘n’ doom maulers The Munsens.
Blast Worship: Fermented Mess
October 14, 2025 Gene Meyer
Hear Fermented Mess offer a grimy and relentless testament to trve grindcore in a sea of filthy pretenders.
Track Premeire: Black Sea of Trees – “A Red Dawn”
October 9, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Australian prog metal band Black Sea of Trees share the first track from their forthcoming album, Cult of the Sun. Check out “A Red Dawn” now.
Visual Artist Paul Romano (MASTODON, THE RED CHORD, HATE ETERNAL, More) to Display ‘Hushed and Grim’ Paintings in Full This Weekend
October 9, 2025 Michael Wohlberg
For the first time ever, the celebrated artist is displaying the visual side of Mastodon’s latest album to the public.
Blast Worship: Durian
October 8, 2025 Gene Meyer
Line up and hear Philly blasters Durian drop their new jawn, Pecking Order.
Full EP Stream: Disintegration Annex – “Carving Arrows From Idols”
October 3, 2025 Emily Bellino
Disintegration Annex explore emotion via noise.
Show Announcement/Preview: Martin Atkins Presents: Killing Joke’s Extremities
October 2, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Read all about it! Martin Atkins Presents: Killing Joke’s Extremities to be performed in its entirety for the first time in 33 years at Reggie’s in Chicago on November 28th.
Blast Worship: Endless Swarm
September 30, 2025 Gene Meyer
Catch the zany buzz on Scottsh grindforce Endless Swarm.
ONLY 90 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order MORBIKON’s New LP ‘Lost Within the Astral Crypts’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl
September 29, 2025 Decibel Magazine
There are only a mere 90 copies of Lost Within the Astral Crypts, the new LP from blackened death crew Morbikon on Decibel-exclusive Crystal Clear colored vinyl.
Blast Worship: Bone Fetish
September 23, 2025 Gene Meyer
Bone Fetish are a one-man grind project from Canada that don’t really sound like a one-man project, which is a good thing! Hear their new comp on Sentient Ruin Laboratories now!
