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Blast Worship: Morgue Breath

December 10, 2024

Freshen up your Tuesday with with a blast of L.A. mouth-breathers Morgue Breath.

Exit Interview: Colin Marston on Closing Menegroth the Thousand Caves

December 10, 2024

This summer, as Colin Marston was regrouping while scouting for a new home for the studio, he took some time to reflect on the transition and take stock of the Menegroth experience as a whole.

Blast Worship: Morbier Danger

December 3, 2024

Devour some Swiss cheese from lactose-tolerant grinders Morbier Danger.

Survival Sickness: The Making of Autopsy’s Landmark “Severed Survival”

December 1, 2024

Get hyped for Autopsy‘s December 6 performance of Severed Survival at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver with this Hall of Fame induction from 2015 of the death metal classic.

Thank Satan It’s Decibel’s BLACKEST FRIDAY Sale! Get 20% of Subscriptions!

November 29, 2024

Your friends Decibel refer to today’s annual homage to consumerism as “Extra-Black Friday.” But with 20% off select magazine subscriptions, we’re happy to brighten (or darken) the day for our metalhead brothers and sisters.

Album Stream: Experience An Autumn’s ‘Ethereal’ in Full

November 27, 2024

Today, we present an exclusive full-album stream of Ethereal, the highly anticipated first release from Dutch post-black metal An Autumn (formerly An Autumn for Crippled Children).

Blast Worship: Crippling Debt

November 26, 2024

If you cast a vote as a result of “economic anxiety” Florida’s Crippling Debt offer you no relief.

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.