Special Issues

Valentine’s Day Subscription Special: Get Two Free Issues of Decibel This Weekend Only!

February 11, 2022

We know you haven’t done ANY Valentine’s Day shopping yet for your headbanging sweetheart, so we’ve got you covered with our annual Decibel Valentine’s Day Subscription Special. Get moving.

Five Doom Classics that Evaded Our Yearbook: 1995 Issue’s Top 40 Albums of the Year List

June 16, 2020

Decibel dives deep beyond the Peaceville Three with this death/doom addendum to our our new Decibel Yearbook: 1995 issue.

Decibel Presents The Top 5 Demo Tapes of 1995

June 9, 2020

Or, Through a Speaker Rumbly ’95. Decibel travels somewhere on tape with this adendum to our our new Decibel Yearbook: 1995 issue.

Mainstream Metal is F*cking Dead

December 27, 2019

As we close out the decade, Decibel has an infernal correspondence on the demise of relevant major-label metal

Cyber Monday Is Here: Get 20% Off EVERYTHING in the Decibel Store!

December 2, 2019

Save on EVERYTHING (subscriptions, exclusive books, shirts, back issues, limited edition special issues, posters, hoodies, pint glasses) in the Decibel store, today only!

NOW AVAILABLE: The Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of the Decade 2010-2019 Special Issue

November 19, 2019

We’ve dissected 10 years of records and combed through 120 issues of Decibel to deliver the definitive end-of-the-decade summary of extreme metal in this Decibel webstore exclusive!

LIMITED! Subscribe Today and Receive Every Decibel Picture Flexi Disc FREE!

May 10, 2019

We’ll send you all four picture discs we’ve done featuring exclusive tracks from Pig Destroyer (our 100th flexi!), Spirit Adrift, Gruesome and Withered. Act now before they’re gone for good!

LIMITED! Decibel’s “Under the Tree, Under the Wire” Subscription Special Now Available!

December 11, 2018

We know you haven’t started holiday shopping yet, but Decibel has you covered. Order this special subscription by December 20 we’ll send you the our Cannibal Corpse Special Issue in time for Christmas.

Cyber Monday Is Here: Take 20% Off EVERYTHING in the Decibel Store!

November 25, 2018

Save on EVERYTHING (subscriptions, books, flexi boxes, shirts, back issues, limited edition special issues, posters, hoodies, pint glasses) in the Decibel store, today only!

Hear Exclusive New Cannibal Corpse Recording Via Decibel Flexi Series

November 20, 2018

Our Cannibal Corpse Special Issue is selling faster than anticipated! Don’t miss your chance to hear and acquire the new, limited edition Cannibal Corpse flexi disc single that comes with the issue.

The Cannibal Corpse Special Issue (& Cannibal Flexi Disc) Now Available!

November 16, 2018

This limited edition Cannibal Corpse special issue is packed with 100% all-new, all-Cannibal content and a flexi disc featuring an exclusive new live version of the instant Cannibal classic “Red Before Black.” Get it now!

Our Top 100 Doom Metal Albums of All Time Issue is Back in Stock!

May 18, 2018

Sold out since December 2015! Decibel recently acquired a few copies from a distributor — get one while you can!

Masters Degrees From the Exit Wound & Grind Curries: John Cooke On Life in Napalm Death

December 27, 2017

What’s it like to suddenly find oneself a member of grind lagends/trailblazers Napalm Death? Touring guitarist John Cooke gives us an inside look.

Napalm Death: The wilderness years ranked

December 21, 2017

Continuing the fun that our Napalm Death special issue started, here we examine and rank the band’s four “wilderness years” albums from worst to best.

“There’s only one Napalm Death”: Jello Biafra on the grind legends

December 14, 2017

We chatted with legendary punk vocalist Jello Biafra for our new Napalm Death special issue. Here’s more from that conversation.

Rank and Defile: Shane Embury Orders Napalm Death’s Albums from Worst to Best

December 13, 2017

Taken from the pages of our limited edition Napalm Death Special Issue, Napalm’s legendary bassist orders the extreme metal institution’s LP discography.

“Napalm Death continue to be a positive force in my life”: Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta on his relationship with Napalm Death

December 7, 2017

Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed appeared in our Napalm Death special issue talking about the grind legends. Read more of our chat with him right here.

The Napalm Death Special Issue (& Napalm Flexi Disc) Now Available!

November 17, 2017

This limited edition Napalm Death special issue is packed with 100% all-new, all-Napalm content and flexi disc featuring an exclusive new Napalm Death song called “Nurse the Hunger.” Get it now!

SPOILER: Decibel Reveals the Greatest Metal Tour of All Time in Special Issue!

March 24, 2017

You can read the story behind the #1 entry in Decibel’s Top 100 Metal Tours of All Time Special Issue. For the other 99 tours, you’ll need copy of this limited edition Special Issue

Decibel Presents The Top 100 Metal Tours of All Time Special Issue

February 17, 2017

What are the Top 100 metal tours of all time? Find out in Decibel‘s new limited edition special issue of 100% previously-unprinted content. 

DECIBEL’s Top 100 Old-School Metal Albums Issue Available Now!

November 3, 2015

It’s that time of year again! Decibel has been banging our heads overtime to concoct our annual special issue with 100 percent never-before-seen content. Slip on your old studded vest and behold The Top 100 Old-School Metal Albums of All Time!