Five For Friday: June 12, 2026

June 12, 2026

Open your ears (and mind) for this week’s unique lineup of new releases, including the latest from Fires in the Distance, Khemmis and more!

ONLY 100 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order HULDER’s New Album ‘Verbolgen’ on Decibel-Exclusive Hardwood Color Vinyl!

June 12, 2026

There are a mere 100 copies of Hulder‘s new full-length LP, Verbolgen, on Decibel-exclusive Hardwood colored vinyl. Answer the call of the ancestral fires and forest spirits and pre-order now!

Video Premiere: Total Meltdown – “The Spell”

June 11, 2026

Check out the new song from Long Island/New York hardcore crushers Total Meltdown, “The Spell,” premiering via a cool animated video.

Full Album Stream: King Potenaz –Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 2

June 10, 2026

Italian stoner doom trio King Potenaz go for a second round of heavy desert riffs on new full-length, Arcane Desert Rituals Vol. 2.

Album Premiere: Nuclear Tomb – Epoch Inhumane

June 10, 2026

Baltimore weirdos Nuclear Tomb have never been interested in coloring inside the lines. On new full-length Epoch Inhumane, the Maryland thrash unit continue to mutate their sound into something sharper, stranger and more hostile

Decibel Celebrates 40 Years of THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE: THE SOUNDTRACK! Pre-Order Our New Issue!

June 10, 2026

All Decibel subscribers will receive the “A” version of the cover, featuring Optimus Prime, as part of their subscription (along with a Spirit Adrift flexi disc), while the “B” version of the cover, featuring Unicron, is a Decibel webstore exclusive.

Comparing & Killing: Converge versus Converge

June 9, 2026

Comparing Converge‘s two 2026 full-length releases.

Blast Worship: Meltification

June 9, 2026

Get meltified by Copenhagen grindcrushers Meltification.