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Get Up to 75% OFF During Decibel’s FLASH FRIDAY Sale! TODAY ONLY

November 22, 2024

Don’t wait until Black Friday to get massive discounts on exclusive items only found in the Decibel web store. Subscriptions, books, vinyl, cassettes, shirts—they’re all on sale today only.

Acclaimed Author & Podcaster Jeff Wagner Suffers Devastating House Fire, GoFundMe Announced

November 21, 2024

Decibel ally, metal warrior, and acclaimed author Jeff Wagner has a devastating house fire. Help him recover with his GoFundMe!

Last Tape Before Doomsday: Rebecca Vernon (The Keening, ex-SubRosa)

November 21, 2024

The Keening frontwoman Rebecca Vernon crafts a 13-track mixtape of essential songs that shaped her life for our Last Tape Before Doomsday column.

Video Premiere: Trench – “MY COLD BLOOD” (feat. Johannes Persson of Cult of Luna)

November 20, 2024

In an age of predictability, watch Calgary’s Trench smashes the mold with their blend of metallic hardcore and experimental edge with a little help from Johannes Persson of Cult of Luna.

Krallice – Krallice

November 20, 2024

Krallice‘s self-titled debut reset the course for USBM. Now it enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Track Premiere: Horsebastard – “Reflecting the Nonsensical”

November 19, 2024

Take your thinking cap off and spin the newest grind barrage from Liverpudlian face-melters Horsebastard.

Interview: Thunraz’s Madis Jalakas Brings the Baltic Gloom via ‘Incineration Day’

November 19, 2024

The sole proprietor of Estonia’s Thunraz discusses the sepulchral, avante-sludge gauntlet of his latest, Incineration Day.

Q&A: Laura Bates (Völur) on Her Struggles With Housing Instability

November 18, 2024

Accomplished violinist Laura Bates (Völur) has a steady income, however, her landlord is trying to evict her. She discuses the unchecked power of landlords and housing instability.

SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2024

November 12, 2024

Yes, it’s November. No, we didn’t forget your favorite album. Yes, we’re sure about that.

Q&A: Tom Angelripper of Sodom on the ‘Tapping The Vein’ Reissue

November 11, 2024

Sodom founder and vocalist/bassist Tom “Angelripper” Such talks to Decibel about writing a metal classic at a time when many thought metal was dead.

Q&A: Leila Abdul-Rauf on Her New Solo Album: “I Was Making Order Out Of Chaos”

November 8, 2024

Vastum axewoman Leila Abdul-Rauf on her fifth solo album, Calls From A Seething Edge, and the non-linear process of writing experimental music as opposed to death metal.

Video Premiere: Strangelight – “Gratitude Practice”

November 7, 2024

Bay Area post-hardcore foursome wants you to take your job and scream at it.

Video Premiere: The Secrecy’s “The Wall”

November 5, 2024

Dustin Boltjes, best known to Decibel readers as the drummer of the OSDM primitivists Flesher, debuts a new video from His post-punk band The Secrecy.

Blast Worship: Aftermath

November 5, 2024

Looking for a mix of Excruciating Terror, early Napalm Death and a whole bunch of bands from Oakland with indecipherable logos? Aftermath have got you covered

Crowbar – Crowbar

October 31, 2024

Crowbar‘s 1993 self-titled sludge metal masterpiece is granted a Hall of Fame induction.

Subterranean Dissonance Fest Announces 2025 Lineup

October 29, 2024

Experimental/progressive music fest Subterranean Dissonance announces its 2025 lineup.

Blast Worship: Eraser

October 29, 2024

Eraser’s old-school grindcore attack is not corrupted on Harmony Dies.

Q&A: Blackie Lawless on Playing W.A.S.P.’s Classic Debut Live: “It Was An Angry Record”

October 22, 2024

Lawless talks with Decibel about revisiting W.A.S.P.‘s formative years and how his thoughts on censorship led him to reconsider his old material.

Blast Worship: Controlled Existence

October 22, 2024

Prague power punishers Controlled Existence are gloriously Out of Control.

Sunrot and Body Void Announce Split for Trans Day of Remembrance

October 15, 2024

New Jersey’s own Sunrot have teamed up with New England bruisers Body Void to release a special split EP for 2024’s Trans Day of Remembrance on November 20.

Take 20% OFF All Vinyl to Celebrate Decibel’s 20th Anniversary! THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

October 11, 2024

Save 20% on all limited edition exclusive Decibel edition vinyl from now through Sunday night at 11:59pm.

BEWITCHER Drummer On How the Band Were Mistaken for Actual Bank Robbers

October 9, 2024

Out Against the Law? Aris Hunter Wales, drummer of black thrashers Bewitcher, on how the band almost became true outlaws recently on tour.

ONLY 25 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order OPETH’s Deluxe 2xLP Reissue of ‘Still Life’ RIGHT NOW!

October 3, 2024

Act fast of you want a copy of this deluxe 2xLP reissue of Opeth‘s classic Still Life in celebration of its 25th anniversary!

Blast Worship: Fâché

October 1, 2024

Fâché‘s grindcore assault is nearly as relentless as the already-dated baseball references in this post.