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Track Premiere: Crucial Rip – “Violent Retribution”
February 7, 2023 Gene Meyer
Virginia is for brutal death slam lovers, and, of course, Crucial Rip.
Tickets ON SALE NOW for the Decibel Magazine Tour 2023 Featuring DARK FUNERAL, CATTLE DECAPITATION, 200 STAB WOUNDS and BLACKBRAID!
February 3, 2023 Decibel Magazine
All tickets to the 2023 Decibel Magazine Tour, kicking off in May, are on sale now!
THORR’S HAMMER ‘Dommedagsnatt’ Re-issued on Vinyl After 14 Years! Pre-Order Your Copy RIGHT NOW!
February 3, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have just 200 copies of Thorr’s Hammer‘s legendary Dommedagsnatt recording (out of print on vinyl since 2009) on Decibel exclusive Translucent Blue vinyl!
Video Premiere: Mawiza – Mapuche Ül Metal Documentary
February 2, 2023 Sean Frasier
Mapuche nation metalheads Mawiza share how their music strengthens ancestral bonds in this inspiring short documentary.
VENOMOUS CONCEPT Release “Fractured” Video, Pre-Orders For ‘The Good Ship Lollipop’ Available
February 1, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Venomous Concept, featuring Kevin Sharp (Lock Up, ex-Brutal Truth) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death/Brujeria/et al), premiere new single “Fractured!” Watch the video NOW!
Blast Worship: Abyssal Worm
January 31, 2023 Gene Meyer
For a change of (still fast) pace, Blast Worship investigates the thoroughly not sketchy, crust-fueled blast beats of Germans Abyssal Worm.
Track Premiere: Street Tombs – “Devour”
January 31, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Street Tombs‘ scrumptious death metal is what’s for dinner on “Devour.”
Announcing the Decibel Magazine Tour 2023 Featuring DARK FUNERAL, CATTLE DECAPITATION, 200 STAB WOUNDS and BLACKBRAID!
January 30, 2023 Decibel Magazine
The Decibel Magazine Tour returns to the road in May! Tickets on sale Friday, February 3 at 10am local time.
Five For Friday: January 27, 2023
January 27, 2023 J. Andrew
This week’s roundup of new releases includes the latest from Conjureth, Ominous Scriptures, Ashen Horde and more!
Brand New CULT NEVER DIES Books Available Exclusively in North America via Decibel!
January 27, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Avoid crushing international shipping fees and get Cult Never Dies‘ incredible Dutch death metal history, black metal photo book, classic early ’90s zine anthologies and more exclusively via Decibel.
Video Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Mara”
January 26, 2023 Brad Sanders
Take a beer run with black/death/thrashers Phantom Fire in their new video for “Mara.”
Track Premiere: Sorceress – “Nine Muses”
January 25, 2023 Sean Frasier
Before Mizmor and Hell, there was Sorceress. Stream “Nine Muses” and hear the record rescued from 14 years of obscurity by King Volume Records.
Blast Worship: Noisy Neighbors
January 24, 2023 Gene Meyer
San Antonio’s Noisy Neighbors are never more than a few seconds away from a blast beat.
Video Premiere: Freja – “Scattered Shields”
January 23, 2023 Sean Frasier
Dutch black metal duo Freja share a new music video of woodland witchcraft for their 2022 single, “Scattered Shields.”
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Parabolita
January 18, 2023 Nick Green
As stouts go, Firestone Walker’s Parabolita is perfect. Aged in bourbon barrels with a mix of vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, and sea salt to create an enhanced stout experience.
Track Premiere: Valletta – “Come Alive”
January 18, 2023 Sean Frasier
North Carolina dark metal quartet Valletta escape the shadows to jump start your heart with their first high-voltage single, “Come Alive.”
Blast Worship: Massacred
January 17, 2023 Gene Meyer
Does the new LP of horror-obsessed Mortician-worship from Massacred rule? You bet your Ash it does!
GODTHRYMM Premiere Exclusive New Track, “In Perpetuum,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
January 12, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Godthrymm disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Album Premiere: Degraved – ‘Whispered Morbidity’
January 11, 2023 Sean Frasier
Degraved murder silence with their new EP of disgusting Seattle death metal, Whispered Morbidity. Out January 20th from Gurgling Gore.
Unlock 15% Off Exclusive OBITUARY LPs with purchase of the new OBITUARY issue of Decibel!
January 6, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Grab a copy of the new issue to unlock 15% off of our exclusive vinyl variants of Obituary’s latest live releases, Slowly We Rot – Live And Rotting and Cause Of Death – Live Infection.
Blast Worship: no_clip
January 5, 2023 Gene Meyer
Hear California fastcore force no_clip blast first and ask questions later on Backrooms.
Blast Worship’s Top 10 Grindcore Songs of 2022
January 3, 2023 Gene Meyer
2022 might finally be over, but that doesn’t mean you don’t want one final mirco list in your life, right? So here are the Top 10 Grindcore Songs of the last 12 months.
Track Premiere: Forever Autumn – “The Forest and the Nyght”
December 21, 2022 Sean Frasier
Take a haunting woodland walk with Forever Autumn and My Dying Bride’s Aaron Stainthorpe in “The Forest and the Nyght.”
Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren Launches Savage Lands Lottery to Save Costa Rican Forests
December 20, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Win cool items and help save the planet courtesy of Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren’s Savage Lands nonprofit’s new “Lottery of the Trees.”
Blast Worship: Artificial Scarcity
December 20, 2022 Gene Meyer
Spend approximately five-and-a-half minutes with Philly face-melters Artificial Scarcity.
Track Premiere: Sequestrum – “Pickled Preservation”
December 19, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Featuring members of Chaotian and Undergang, Denmark death fiends Sequestrum are well-preserved in old-school, gross-out death metal metal.
Track Premiere: Pyramid Mass Drop a Big ‘Ol Monolith of Sound with “Offerings” from Monolith
December 15, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of Pyramid Mass‘ forthcoming debut full-length of spacey, blackened death!
Plague Patrol Premiere New Song from Split with Sewer Fiend
December 13, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear the new split from monstrous Czech death fiends Plague Patrol.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Babylone
December 9, 2022 Nick Green
The idea behind the Brussels Beer Project’s “bread IPA” is up-cycling: At least 20% of the grain base of Babylone is from loaves of unsold bread, which have been dried out and pulverized into crumbs.
GORGUTS Returns! Death Metal Legends Finalize Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2023 Lineup!
December 8, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Death metal legends Gorguts will perform for the first time in nearly six years at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 14, 2023 with a special Obscura + Considered Dead set!