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Full Album Stream: Cauldron Black Ram – ‘Slaver’

May 19, 2020

Hear Aussie trio Cauldron Black Ram batten down the black/death/doom hatches with new LP Slaver exclusively streaming at Decibel.

Blast Worship: Chepang

May 19, 2020

Chepang‘s new LP, CHATTA might be the grindcore album of the year.

Watch Something Is Waiting’s Parody “Pure Michigan” Commercial About their Cancelled Tour

May 18, 2020

Chicago noiserockeres Something Is Waiting announce tour cancellation with a little help from… Tim Allen?

Decibel’s Yearbook 1995 Issue Looks Back on Metal 25 Years Ago

May 18, 2020

We have a limited number of advance copies of the July issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive new Dropdead flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Special Hoperations (2020)

May 15, 2020

What the world needs now is an extra supply of toilet paper, not another West Coast IPA. But we will make an exception for the Special Hoperations collab from Fat Head and 3 Floyds.

Video Premiere: Mountaineer – ‘Ghost Story’

May 14, 2020

Decibel presents one of the most concise numbers from CA metalgaze crushers Mountaineer in the form of new single “Ghost Story.”

Romanian Black Metallers Persekutor Debut “Can You Feel the Frost of Dawn,” Reveal New LP Release Date

May 13, 2020

It’s no Angels of Meth, but Decibel is still stoked to jam the first new Persekutor track in five years. Vlad the Inhaler fills in the detailings.

Full Album Stream: Tithe — “Penance”

May 13, 2020

Brace yourself. Portland, Oregon’s Tithe is about to drag you into the death-grind tarpits.

Procession: The Sublime & Harrowing Fine Art of Underground Metal Legend Michelle Eddison

May 13, 2020

Ex-Starkweather/current Below the Frost bassist Michelle Eddison brings the visual violence in a new series of transcendent paintings.

Album Premiere and Interview: Wailin Storms – ‘Rattle’

May 13, 2020

Wailin Storms strike again with Rattle, a Southern Gothic doom punk masterpiece teeming with haunted riffs and grim poetry.

Rescheduled Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Dates Announced!

May 12, 2020

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly has been officially rescheduled for April 9-10, 2021 at Fillmore Philly! Tickets for the original 2020 festival dates will automatically be valid for the new dates.

Blast Worship: Snagg

May 12, 2020

No noise interludes, no Werner Herzog samples, just poorly recorded (but properly executed) moron grind for your reptilian brain stems from Snagg.

Fudge Tunnel Release Live Album of 1993 Sets

May 12, 2020

Hear late U.K. noisemongers Fudge Tunnel captured at the height of their abrasive powers live in 1993.

That’s Tragic Exhibits Rare Jim Konya T-Shirt Collection In Memoriam for Charity

May 12, 2020

Tragic Cat acquire a portion of the late Jim Konya’s personal T-shirt collection, and each day in May they’ll post a unique piece from the assortment to raise donations for his namesake scholarship fund.

Track Premiere: Foetal Juice – ‘Metamorphosis’

May 11, 2020

Bottoms up! Get ready to drink to a new track from U.K. death squad Foetal Juice!

Album Premiere: Tyrant – ‘Hereafter’

May 11, 2020

Resurrected heavy metallers Tyrant have a new album, Hereafter, available on May 15. Streaming heavy metal gold only at Decibel

Hear Playing Enemy’s Reissued ‘Cesarean’ LP and ‘Ephemera’ EP!

May 8, 2020

And now, for something completely different, here’s some good news: Playing Enemy‘s debut LP and EP are now available digitally via Translation Loss

Pre-Order Napalm Death LP Reissues In an Exclusive Color From Decibel!

May 7, 2020

Four new four Napalm Death LPs—Smear Campaign, Time Waits for No Slave, Utilitarian and Apex Predator – Easy Meat—get the reissue treatment with an assist from Decibel.

Blast Worship: Scalp the Pioneer

May 7, 2020

Boston blasters Scalp the Pioneer don’t mice words on The Idiot’s Guide to Self-Hatred.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Kindred

May 6, 2020

Upland Brewing Company and Paradox Beer Company collaborate on what might be the world’s most complex brown ale

Gama Bomb Signs to Prosthetic, releases “Living for the Lockdown” for Charity

May 6, 2020

Irish thrashers Gama Bomb donate new single proceeds to Dublin Simon Community, providing vital services to families, who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Track Premiere: Conceived by Hate – “Into Cemetery Fog”

May 6, 2020

Salvadoran misanthropes Conceived by Hate lure listeners to a haunted graveyard in their ectoplasmic new single “Into Cemetery Fog.”

Liquid Death Turns Sour Grapes into Canned Water on New ‘Greatest Hates’ LP

May 5, 2020

Recorded and arranged by Gruesome‘s Gus Rios, the 10-track lambasting rings in just over 22 minutes and features deep cuts like “Bad Marketing,” “Reconsider Your Life Choices” and “Dumbest Name Ever for Water.”

Video Premiere: -(16)- – ‘Me and the Dog Die Together’

May 5, 2020

Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? The new -(16)- video is! The new -(16)- video is!

Track Premiere: An Autumn for Crippled Children – ‘None More Pale’

April 30, 2020

It doesn’t matter if we all die, as long as you hear the new single from shoegaze-infused black metallers An Autumn for Crippled Children first.

Full Album Stream: Cyttorak – ‘Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers’

April 29, 2020

Rhode Island bruisers Cyttorak summon beasts from distant worlds on their new slab of slowerviolence Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers.

Watch Bleach Everything’s Quarantine Video for Cover of Rocket from the Crypt’s “Middle”

April 28, 2020

Spend 90-coronavirus-free seconds with the new Bleach Everything video before the President of the United States tells you to eat Tide Pods.

Album Premiere: Order Of Orias – ‘Ablaze’

April 27, 2020

Australia-based black metallers Order Of Orias corrupt harmony on their new album, Ablaze, now streaming in full only at Decibel.

Ved Buens Ende – “Written in Waters”

April 24, 2020

Ved Buens Ende‘s progressive black metal game-changer, Written in Waters is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame