Pre-Order CAVE IN’s New Album ‘Heavy Pendulum’ on Decibel-Exclusive Color Vinyl RIGHT NOW!

March 15, 2022

Only 200 copies of this massive double LP on Brown with Heavy Bone White Splatter-colored vinyl and impressive 12-page insert available for pre-order!

Blast Worship: Fake Dust

March 15, 2022

There may be (at least) two Portlands, but there is only one grindcore band called Fake Dust.

Fallow Heart: Truth in Dissonance Part II: Don Anderson (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch) On Art As a Leaderless Movement

March 14, 2022

In which we present the second part of Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts lengthy discussion on creative musical impact.

Track Stream: Nechochwen – “Across the Divide”

March 14, 2022

USBM stalwarts Nechochwen unveil the closing track to their first new album in seven years.

Evil Invaders Frontman Joe Kept Up All Night On New Album

March 14, 2022

Decibel invites Belgium-based extreme heavy metallers Evil Invaders to reveal what went into new album Shattering Reflection.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Phantom Scream

March 11, 2022

So drink to forget / And drown all your sorrow / Bury your dreams / And choose catharsis!

Five For Friday: March 11, 2022

March 11, 2022

Get distracted from everything going on by the latest heavy releases from Crowbar, Jesus Wept, Haunted Shores and more!

Exclusive EP Premiere: Dry Socket – “Cessation”

March 11, 2022

Sometimes a name perfectly encapsulates what a band sounds like. And Portland’s Dry Socket found the exact right moniker to describe their painful, impossible-to-ignore approach to hardcore punk.

Video Premiere: SYK – “The Hollow Mother”

March 11, 2022

Check out the new video from SYK, Italian practitioners of avant-garde extreme metal, a blend of clean vocals and deathy grooves.