Abbath

This week’s new releases bring us all things cold and dark with Abbath, Night Demon, Falls of Rauros and more!

For ticket refunds, please inquire at point of purchase. Thanks for your understanding and support of Mayhem, Abbath, Gatecreeper, Idle Hands and Decibel.

Due to city-wide bans on gatherings in excess of 250 people in Seattle, WA and 1,000 people in San Francisco, CA in order to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the March 17 and March 20 dates of the Decibel Magazine Tour have been cancelled.

Due to a severe shoulder inflammation Mayhem drummer Hellhammer will be replaced by Tony Laureano (Dimmu Borgir, Nile) on the ninth annual Decibel Magazine Tour.

Two-day “Metal & Beer” tickets are SOLD-OUT. Don’t despair: We’ve released 50 more single-day “Metal & Beer” tickets. Click here for updates on other ticket options.

We sold out of the first 600 two-day passes on Friday, but we opened up 50 more last night. Don’t blow this second chance to indulge in pours from 20 breweries at Metal & Beer Fest Philly!

Decibel proudly welcomes Gimme Radio to the 2020 Metal & Beer Fest: Philly party.

“Metal & Beer” tickets for Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2020 are guaranteed to sell out in advance—get yours before it’s too late!

Los Angeles, you’ll get a chance to see Mayhem, Abbath, Gatecreeper and Idle Hands on March 23!

Gatecreeper and Idle Hands join Abbath and Mayhem as part of the ninth annual Decibel Magazine Tour starting in March 2020!

All ticket options (including a “Metal & Beer” option already down to 400 tickets, which gives you access to pours from all of the breweries) are ON SALE NOW! For tickets and daily line-ups, click here!

The Decibel Magazine Tour celebrates its ninth annual run with the ambitious pairing of legendary Norwegian black metal progenitors Mayhem with their countrymates of black ‘n’ roll heroes Abbath. More acts revealed soon. Get tix now!

Tickets for the 2020 Decibel Magazine Tour go on sale Friday, November 8 at 10 AM local time. More acts to be announced in December!

DISCOUNTED early bird discounted weekend passes for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly are ON SALE NOW. Don’t miss out!

This month’s Decibel Meter withstands the fall of time, but not quite at the the heart of winter, for a summer/winter battle courtesy of Abbath.

Goodnight Wintermoon – the former Immortal frontman emerges from the cold with album #2.

Still not a Birdzum fan, but Waldo gives black metal some long-overdue love in his pecks of the week.

We have a limited number of advance copies of the August issue of Decibel, featuring a flexi disc with a brand new song from Cadaver, available now. Don’t blow it.

Don’t miss upcoming cover features on Abbath and Batushka, the latest inductions to our Hall of Fame, including Anthrax and Tormentor, as well as exclusive flexis only available through the Decibel Flexi Series.

Abbath bassist King ov Hell parts ways with the band.

The documentary about the origins of the Norwegian black metal scene will receive its second United States screening on April 19 in Philadelphia. 

The Decibel Magazine Tour has been in full swing for three weeks now, and for Skeletonwitch, it’s been a perfect vehicle to introduce their new frontman, Adam Clemans. We caught up with Clemans and guitarist Scott Hedrick after a blistering 40-minute set at San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom to talk tour stories, album plans, and Facebook etiquette.

The Decibel Tour starts tomorrow. But you can indulge in a new Abbath video today.

Less than seven days out! And we’ve got shirts, posters, and tickets to give away, in addition to other (very metal) recent announcements. 

Extended throughout the tour: win four Decibel Tour shirts!

Win some free dB Tour 2016 gear. 

Missing out on this is sort of like missing out on last call at the bar. If they gave you extra beers at the same price, that is. 

Abbath
Still no Vinnie Vincent guest solo
dB Rating: 8/10

Unfortunately, we haven’t found an inverted cross tree topper. Yet. 

This year’s story is all but written. It’s time to focus on the Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2016. Decibel has you covered with exclusive previews of next year’s extremely extremest, with Amon Amarth, Nails and Darkthrone as the tip of the frostbitten iceberg.