ONE MONTH AWAY: Metal & Beer PRE-FEST Philly with INCANTATION, MAMMOTH GRINDER & More!

March 3, 2025

Get tickets for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST featuring Incantation, Mammoth Grinder, Ripped to Shreds and Walking Wounded on April 3 in Philly.

BRIAN SLAGEL on 100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal, Podcasting, and Metal’s Evolution

March 3, 2025

With 100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal, his new podcast produced by Pantheon, Brian Slagel is distilling decades of metal history into a deep dive on the songs that shaped the genre.

Five For Friday: February 28, 2025

February 28, 2025

This week’s new releases include the latest heavy hitters across the spectrum of extremity, including Havukruunu, Vacuous and more!

Album Stream: VACUOUS – ‘In His Blood’

February 28, 2025

London’s death metal force, Vacuous, makes their thunderous return today. Vocalist Jo Chen walks is through In His Blood.

-(16)- to Release Exclusive New Recording, “Idol of Abuse,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

February 27, 2025

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, March 3 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from San Diego sludge slingers -(16)-!

Video Premiere: Cavern Deep – “Queen Womb”

February 27, 2025

Swedish psychedelic death metalers Cavern Deep unleash a new single from the final album in their trilogy, Part III—The Bodiless, out May 9 via Bonebag Records and Majestic Mountain.

Album Stream: Havukruunu – “Tavastland”

February 27, 2025

Havukruunu, one of Finland’s finest black metal exports, reveal Tavastland before its Friday release.

IMPALED Unearths ‘Demo Medicale’ as a Tribute and Defiant Middle Finger

February 27, 2025

Sean McGrath, Ross Sewage, and Raul Varela pulled back the curtain on Impaled‘s Demo Medicale.

Track by Track: Brainstorm –Plague of Rats

February 26, 2025

German trad metal stalwarts Brainstorm take us track-by-track through their powerhouse new full length for Reigning Phoenix Music, Plague of Rats.