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Track Premiere: Dry Socket – “Sorry For Your Loss”
December 21, 2023 Shane Mehling
If you’ve got one minute and 18 seconds, you’ve got the time for noisemongers Dry Socket to clean out your earholes.
Track Premiere: Exiled Hope – “Over For You”
December 20, 2023 Sean Frasier
Blackened symphonic solo project Exiled Hope share their next chapter of dark fantasy opera with the new single “Over For You.”
Blast Worship: CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP
December 19, 2023 Gene Meyer
Bug out with CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP‘s batch of 127 new songs in five minutes.
PRE-ORDER NOW: HULDER’s New LP ‘Verses in Oath’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl! (Limited to 150)
December 15, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 150 copies available of Hulder‘s new LP, Verses in Oath, on exclusive Brown inside of Kelly Green vinyl. Don’t blow it.
Blast Worship: Nak’ay
December 15, 2023 Gene Meyer
Fans of blazing fast grindcore with an actual old school-death metal feel need to board the Nak’ay train to hell immediately.
Quebec’s Strigampire Dominate Canada’s Wacken Battle. Next Stop the World with All to Dominate
December 14, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the new album by Canadian Wacken Battle winners Strigampire!
Video Premiere: Quits – “Bucolica”
December 13, 2023 José Carlos Santos
Denver noise crew Quits deliver a less than bucolic rendering of their hometown.
Track Premiere: Cariosus – “Saturn Returns”
December 13, 2023 Sean Frasier
Chicago melodic death metal duo Cariosus confront the darkness on their (inter)stellar new single, “Saturn Returns.”
Video Premiere: Amiensus – “Reverie”
December 12, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Proggy black metalers Amiensus unveil out a new song and video, “Reverie” from their forthcoming album, Reclamation, out this coming spring via M-Theory Audio.
SPECTRAL VOICE’s New LP ‘Sparagmos’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl Available for Pre-Order RIGHT NOW!
December 8, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 110 copies available of Spectral Voice‘s new LP, Sparagmos, on exclusive transparent swamp green & opaque bone vinyl. Don’t blow it.
Announcing the Decibel Magazine Tour 2024 Featuring HULDER, DEVIL MASTER, WORM and NECROFIER!
December 6, 2023 Decibel Magazine
The Decibel Magazine Tour returns to the road in February! Tickets on sale Friday, December 8 at 10am local time.
KILL SCREEN 026: Tyler Harper and Crow Lotus of CAPRA Share Their Asymmetrical Tastes in Gaming
December 6, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Make no mistake, the guitarist and vocalist are life-long gamers to the core.
Blast Worship: Deliriant Nerve
December 5, 2023 Gene Meyer
Hear D.C. deathgrind crushers Deliriant Nerve return with new 10-minute beatdown in Contaminated Conscience.
Slayer’s Debut “Show No Mercy” Turns 40
December 4, 2023 Justin Norton
There was once a metal world without Slayer, as hard as that is to imagine. That world changed forever with this album. Show No Mercy is a giant’s first loud footstep.
PERSEKUTOR to Release Exclusive New Track, “Eternal Snowstorm of the Frozen Eye,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
November 29, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Weds, December 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from black ‘n’ rollers Persekutor.
Blast Worship: Aftersundown
November 29, 2023 Gene Meyer
Don’t fret, prolific Malaysian grindcore trio Aftersundown have already returned with Onset of Anxiety.
Shotmaker Reissue Showcases ’90s Heavy Hardcore at its Finest
November 28, 2023 Greg Pratt
Shotmaker‘s discography gets a new lease on life with Solid Brass Records’ extensive A Moment In Time: 1993-1996 triple-LP release.
Track by Track: Demons of Noon – “Death Machine”
November 28, 2023 Sean Frasier
Venture into Death Machine with New Zealand doom cult Demons of Noon with a track by track deep-dive of the album’s darkest themes.
KILL SCREEN 025: Joe Linden of PRIMITIVE MAN Has a Horrifying Need for Speed
November 22, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The Colorado drummer is fully immersed in the world of speedrunning video games for a good cause.
Album Premiere: Mourn the Light / Ice Howl / High Priest / Archdruid
November 22, 2023 Sean Frasier
Mourn the Light, Ice Howl, High Priest and Archdruid join forces on a split gleaming with heavy metal sorcery.
Track Premiere: Gaswar – “Terrible Day to Have Eyes”
November 21, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Noise rock royalty Gaswar (Hammerhead, Cows, Melvins) finally unveils a track from their “lost” 1999 album, Girl Vanishes On Way To Jive Bar.
Blast Worship: Feind
November 21, 2023 Gene Meyer
German grinders Feind hit the ground harder than Zach Wilson walking back to the huddle.
All Ticket Options for Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2024 AVAILABLE NOW! Daily Lineups Revealed!
November 17, 2023 Decibel Magazine
All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest at the Fillmore Philly on April 12-13, 2024 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!
Streaming: Hyperia Make Bolder, Darker Thrashier Moves with New Album The Serpent’s Cycle
November 16, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the new album by Canucklehead thrashers, Hyperia!
SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2023
November 16, 2023 Decibel Magazine
SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! Don’t click here if you don’t want to see Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2023. Definitely click here if you love typing “NO [INSERT ALBUM HERE]? THIS LIST IS INVALID!”
Album Stream: Litha – ‘Litha’
November 15, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Hear live Mizmor and Hell musician Andrew Black emerge from the darkness via Litha‘s self-titled debut, streaming here ahead of its Friday release.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2024 Full Band Lineup & Breweries REVEALED!
November 15, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Biohazard performs songs from their landmark Urban Discipline album and Deicide deliver a special Deicide, Legion and Once Upon the Cross set and WAY more at Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2024!
Blast Worship: Zero Survive
November 14, 2023 Gene Meyer
Featuring members of Brain Famine, Stagnater and Hallucivore, Boston blasters Zero Survive will scratch your Insect Warfare/early Napalm Death itch.
Little Cottage and Kill Screen Team up for DOUBLE FATALITY Collab Beer for Denver’s Metal & Beer Pre-Fest
November 8, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The latest Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2023 collaboration is so deliciously nerdy, you’ll be finishing them in no time.
KILL SCREEN 024: Ben Hutcherson of KHEMMIS Talks the Supermassive Impact of Rediscovering Gaming
November 8, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The doom metal wizard may still be farming his gaming XP, but has already cast a spell on a popular horror franchise.