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Best of 2016

Complete Your 2016 Collection with the January Decibel Meter

January 11, 2017 Decibel Magazine

2016: gone. Best albums of 2016: available here.

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Lists 2016, Best of 2016, Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2016, list.

5 Great Decibel Posts from 2016

December 30, 2016 J. Andrew

One writer picks five favorite Decibel web articles of 2016.

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Lists at the gates, Best of 2016, black metal, Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies, Choosing Death, krieg, low culture, Ministry, Norma Jean, Sepultura.

For Those About To Squawk: Waldo’s Pecks Of The Year

December 23, 2016 Blake Harrison

Ulcerate, Whores, Gatecreeper, Full of Hell/Nails, Gendo Ikari and everything else Waldo pecked on in 2016. 

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A Fucking Parrot Previewing New Releases, Lists Backslider, Best of 2016, black metal, Cemetery Piss, death metal, for those about to squawk, Full of Hell, Gatecreeper, Gendo Ikari, GLOSS, grindcore, Hardcore, Nails, Nothing, Powerviolence, shoegaze, Trap Them, ulcerate, Vermin Womb, waldo, Whores.

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Five For Friday: January 9, 2026

Five for Friday opens the year with the latest heavy and harsh releases from Woe, Oraculum, Ectovoid and more!

Track Premiere: Blackwater Drowning – “The Sixth Omen”

Hear North Carolina melodic death metal outfit Blackwater Drowning reveal "The Sixth Omen," the new single from their upcoming Obscure Sorrows full-length.

Q&A: Ex-Cryptic Slaughter Guitarist Les Evans Discusses His New Band, Subversion Trigger

Hear the blistering new crossover EP from former Cryptic Slaughter guitarist Les Evans' new band Subversion Trigger.

EP Premiere: Salt Divination – The Boiled Sorceress

Hear the debut EP from blackened hardcore whirlwind Salt Divination, featuring Converge's Ben Koller on session drums.

Blast Worship: Smearing

Hear Seattle crushers Smearing deliver D-beats and death blasts in equal measure on the freshly released Acts of Service.

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