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Track Premiere: Haraball – “Pink Tiles”
September 5, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Haraball share “Pink Tiles” from their new album Fear of the Plow, dropping September 19 via Fysik Format. Listen here first.
Album Premiere: Duo-Lingual Epic Storytelling with Shardana’s The Monarch
September 4, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new album by Sardinian storytellers, Shardana!
Blast Worship: Agonized
September 2, 2025 Gene Meyer
Hear Malaysian grindcore force Agonized bring the pain via the self-released Absence of Truth.
Album Premiere: Imperishable – ‘Revelation in Purity’
August 28, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
The new record from Imperishable, Revelation in Purity, is out this today via Everlasting Spew Records. Listen to it now.
Blast Worship: Internal Rot
August 26, 2025 Gene Meyer
Melbourne blasters Internal Rot do not disappoint on a new split with fellow face-melters Mutilated Cop.
Mastodon Founder Brent Hinds Dead at 51
August 21, 2025 Emily Bellino
Brent Hinds, former guitarist and vocalist of Mastodon, has died at age 51.
Album Premiere: Visitant’s Rubidium is Very Much an Active Metallic Element
August 21, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Give the debut album from Floridian alchemists Visitant an advance listen!
Blast Worship: Ajal
August 19, 2025 Gene Meyer
Got five minutes? Good, because that’s all Kazakhstan crushers Ajal need to grind your face off.
Blast Worship: Sick Destroyer
August 12, 2025 Gene Meyer
Hear Needful Things members return with more Czech grind badassery with Sick Destroyer.
Pre-Order ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of DEATH’s CHUCK SCHULDINER’ from Decibel Books! Read an Exclusive Excerpt Now!
August 8, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Pre-order the massive, nearly 500-page official biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner from Decibel Books and read an excerpt now!
KILL FEED 068: Mike McKenzie and Greg Weeks of THE RED CHORD Are Our People
August 6, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
One of our earliest player characters returns with a friend to talk about ditching class to play Atari, terrible games and amazing OSTs.
Album Premiere: Victim of Fire – ‘The Old Lie’
July 31, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear The Old Lie, the debut from Denver-based blackened crusties Victim of Fire before its release on August 1.
Full Album Stream: MOTHS – “Septem”
July 29, 2025 Emily Bellino
Progressive doom outfit MOTHS explore the seven deadly sins on their new album, Septem.
How G.I. Joe-Stanning Supergroup COLD SLITHER Plan to Rule the World
July 25, 2025 Fred Pessaro
Read how Exhumed, Gruesome, Impaled and KMFDM members payed homage to their young by helping bring the fictional Cobra-backed metal band Cold Slither to life.
FULL BAND LINEUP REVEALED! Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver Single-Day Tickets On Sale Friday! Last Chance for Discounted Early Bird Tickets!
July 22, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Single-day and regular-priced tickets go on sale on Friday, July 25 at 10am MT, so this is your LAST CHANCE for DISCOUNTED EARLY-BIRD 2-Day and 3-Day passes.
Guitar Playthrough: Seven Kingdoms – “Through These Waves”
July 17, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Florida’s Seven Kingdoms share the video playthrough for their track “Through These Waves,” the second single from their 2024 EP The Square, out via Reigning Phoenix Music. You can see them shredding and even try to follow along yourself below.
All Back Issues Just $4! THIS JULY 4th WEEKEND ONLY!
July 3, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Nearly 150 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $4.00 each! Many of them containing flexis and down to the last copies. Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.
Track Premiere: Picking Up Change with Fuck Money’s “Belts”
June 26, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to Austin noiseniks Fuck Money tighten their “Belts” (around your necks)!
Full Album Stream: Weald & Woe’s ‘Far From The Light Of Heaven’
June 24, 2025 Justin Norton
Travel Far from the Light of Heaven with the album stream from medieval metallers Weald & Woe.
Q&A: Nige Rockett on Rerecording Onslaught’s Anarchic Early Material
June 23, 2025 Justin Norton
The long-running British thrashers Onslaught discuss 40 years of Power From Hell and maintaining relevance.
Track Premiere: Wenches – “Buzzkiller”
June 11, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Dirty hard rockers Wenches give us a look at their favorite Bloomington, Indiana dive bar in their new video for “Buzzkiller.”
Blast Worship: Hacked Apart
June 10, 2025 Gene Meyer
Allow British Colombia blast battalion Hacked Apart to ping their way into your hearts.
Track Premiere: Lacabra – “Nothing”
June 5, 2025 Tim Mudd
Seattle’s Lacabra don’t pull any punches with new track and video for “Nothing”—a dizzying descent into addiction, disillusionment, and identity collapse, rendered with savage clarity.
EP Premiere: Autumn Lies Buried – “Mob Mentality”
June 5, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
If you’re looking for something that crushes skulls but still carries a positive social message, look no further than Autumn Lies Buried‘s new EP Mob Mentality
Blast Worship: Psudoku
June 3, 2025 Gene Meyer
Attempt to solve the unkind mind grind puzzle of Psudoku.
Gus Rios (Cold Slither): The Toys That Saved Me
May 30, 2025 Gus Rio
Fresh from his reveal as Cold Slither frontman Zartan, drummer/guitarist/vocalist Gus Rios provides the following homage to the impact of the toys that defined his childhood and shaped his adulthood.
Video Premiere: Flesh Parade – “Repercussions”
May 27, 2025 Gene Meyer
Watch the new video and single from legendary New Orleans grindcore unit Flesh Parade!
Track Premiere: Putrescent – ‘Sepulchral Desecration’
May 26, 2025 Emily Bellino
Putrescent rip through a new old-school death metal tune.
Blast Worship: Stolen Gun
May 22, 2025 Gene Meyer
New York grinders Stolen Gun set forth the mosh-heavy pace.
Paradise Lost ‘No Celebration’ Book Signing Session Announced for Maryland Deathfest!
May 21, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Meet doom metal icons Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh of Paradise Lost at MDF this weekend to sign copies of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost: Expanded Edition at the Decibel merch table!
