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Beer Emptiness Despair? An Important Metal & Beer Fest Ticket Update!
February 28, 2020 Albert Mudrian
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.
50 More Two-Day “Metal & Beer” Tickets Released for Metal & Beer Fest Philly!
February 11, 2020 Albert Mudrian
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!
Gimme Radio Become Official Radio Station of Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
January 22, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Decibel proudly welcomes Gimme Radio to the 2020 Metal & Beer Fest: Philly party.
Under 200 “Metal & Beer” Tickets Remain for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Ft. Converge, Napalm Death and More!
January 10, 2020 Albert Mudrian
“Metal & Beer” tickets for Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2020 are guaranteed to sell out in advance—get yours before it’s too late!
Midnight, Gatecreeper, Necrot Added to Final Lineup of Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly, All Tickets on Sale Now
November 22, 2019 Albert Mudrian
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!
Abbath, Idle Hands & More Breweries Added to Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
October 30, 2019 Albert Mudrian
DISCOUNTED early bird discounted weekend passes for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly are ON SALE NOW. Don’t miss out!
First Round of Bands and Breweries Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2020
October 15, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Headliners Converge, Napalm Death and Pig Destroyer each to perform exclusive special sets in April 2020! Early bird discounted tickets (including beer pours) on sale NOW!
Converge Release “Beautiful Ruin” EP
June 29, 2018 Emily Bellino
Converge surprise release new four-song EP, Beautiful Ruin.
Converge, Cave In, Old Man Gloom and More to Play Caleb Scofield Memorial Show
April 27, 2018 Emily Bellino
Converge, Cave In and more to play Caleb Scofield benefit.
Rage Without End: Peerless Hardcore Archivist Sunny Singh is Taking hate5six 24-7
March 21, 2018 Shawn Macomber
The best goddamn producer of scene-documenting live hardcore videos of all time is taking his game to the next level. And you can help.
For Those About to Squawk: Converge, Malokarpatan
October 27, 2017 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new titles from Converge and Malokarpatan and remembers the late Martin Ain.
Converge Grace the Cover of the December Decibel
October 19, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Decibel faves Converge make their SIXTH cover appearance. Get new the issue (or all six in a discount bundle) here!
Ben Chisholm, Chelsea Wolfe’s Secret Weapon
September 18, 2017 Joseph Schafer
Decibel caught up with longtime Chelsea Wolfe collaborator Ben Chisholm to talk about Hiss Spun, playing Blood Moon sets with Converge and more.
5 Great Live Roadburn Albums
June 30, 2017 Emily Bellino
Converge, Godflesh, Neurosis and more have immortalized their Roadburn performances as live albums.
MAGIC BULLET RECORDS DELIVERS A SONIC BEATDOWN ON NINETIES STRETCH OF MEMORY LANE
February 15, 2017 Shawn Macomber
Remarkable things are afoot over at the YouTube page of Magic Bullet Records — one of the best, most adventurous independent labels currently in existence, led by the incomparable artist/musician/leader Brent Eyestone whose efforts we’ve previously covered here, here, here, and here — where a series of amazing live performances captured on videotape during various revolutionary heavy music moments of the nineties are now being digitized and posted for posterity.
Wear Your Wounds Premiere First Music Video For “Wear Your Wounds”
February 7, 2017 Emily Bellino
Wear Your Wounds unveil the music video for their eponymously-titled song from their first full-length release.
SCREAM & SCREAM AGAIN: EXCLUSIVE DOWAGER TRACK PREMIERE
November 2, 2016 Shawn Macomber
On its sometimes utterly unhinged, sometimes heartrendingly beautiful E.P. Title Track, Portland quartet Dowager crams a lot of divergent influences, elements, and combustible sonic materials into its atomic artcore reactor with improbable cleverness and success. The subsequent explosion can be mesmerizing, calling to mind American Football and Mineral as much as Orchid and early Converge.
$5 Shirts & $3 Back Issues: Decibel’s Back To School Sale Is On!
August 22, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Skip the school book store and hit the Decibel webstore for special back to school deals on shirts, hoodies, dvd and back issues!
HALL OF FAME COUNTDOWN: CONVERGE’S YOU FAIL ME
July 14, 2016 Greg Pratt
We inducted Converge‘s massive You Fail Me into our Hall of Fame a while back; it’s time to dig deep into the album and rank the songs from least-mind-melting to most-mind-melting.
30 Years of Neurosis: An Interview with Scott Kelly and Steve Von Till (and Friends!)
March 31, 2016 Matt Solis
Earlier this month, Neurosis took up residency at San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom for an epic weekend of shows to commemorate their 30th anniversary. We caught up with vocalists/guitarists Scott Kelly and Steve Von Till to talk about the significance of the event.
Converge – “You Fail Me”
January 4, 2016 Andrew Bonazelli
In 1982, L.A. synth-poppers Missing Persons scored a minor Billboard hit with “Destination Unknown” (“Has it all been said and done? / I know I’ll leave when it’s my time to go / ’Til then I’ll carry on with what I know”).
Decibel Magazine 2015 Tour Lineup + Dates Announced!
October 20, 2014 Andrew Bonazelli
The Decibel Magazine Tour has established itself as the extreme music destination of the spring, bringing metalheads a thoughtfully curated lineup that celebrates the genre’s proud and diverse global legacy. The fourth installment is no different, as Swedish melodeath legends At the Gates join forces with U.S. hardcore heroes Converge and U.K. death/doom supergroup Vallenfyre,…
The Proselyte: The Deciblog Interview and Full Album Stream
October 1, 2014 Justin Norton
Back in the day there were shiny things called songs. Albums were filled with good songs rather than two or three wankfests. Now, in the hands of the right band long songs can be potent (see: Sleep and YOB). But heavy songs that are infectious with less real estate are also a very good thing….
Listen to Mutoid Man “Scrape the Walls”
September 24, 2013 Shawn Macomber
Christ on a motherfucking crutch do we have a treat for you this morning, loyal readers: An exclusive premiere of a churning, kinetic track off what promises to be a seriously off the hook brilliant upcoming debut album from Mutoid Man, the new collaboration between Stephen Brodsky (CAVE IN) and Ben Koller (CONVERGE). We asked…
Insider The Shredder’s Studio #5: Kurt Ballou of Converge
March 13, 2013 Justin Norton
The latest inclusion in the Shredder’s Studio was inevitable. Kurt Ballou is no stranger to the Dec-faithful; he played on Hall of Fame and top album of the 00s certified masterpiece Jane Doe; laid down riffs on last year’s best record and helped close out our 100th issue party. Mr. Ballou is writing the kinds…
Happy Birthday To Us: Photos From An Epic Evening of Metal
January 23, 2013 Justin Norton
In case you have been on a spiritual pilgrimage or without an Internet connection in recent months a quick reminder that we had a big party last weekend to celebrate our 100th issue. A bunch of bands that have graced the cover, best of lists or Hall Of Fame (some of them multiple honorees) played….
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Dustin LaValley
January 4, 2013 Shawn Macomber
Welcome to Tales From the Metalnomicon, a new twice-monthly column delving into the surprisingly vast world of heavy metal-tinged/inspired literature and metalhead authors… Gonzo dark fiction author, screenwriter, martial arts sensei, serious connoisseur of heavy metal and hardcore — there’s a lot thrown into the mix when it comes to the literary force of nature…
Say What? Not So Long Long Converge Quotes
January 2, 2013 Chris Dick
Often, there is a lot of left over content that doesn’t quite fit the narrative or direction of a story. Case in point #1: Converge for dB #96. Case in point #2: Throughout the interview process, the members of Converge had rad stories to tell, but somehow the quotes never quite made the cut. So,…
INTERVIEW: Evoken’s Vince Verkay on bringing the doom-death live
November 26, 2012 Jonathan Horsley
On January 19th, Decibel will celebrate a century of extremely extreme issues at Philadelphia Union Transfer in exalted company: four-time cover stars Converge; swine-ablating grindhogs Pig Destroyer; crossover champs Municipal Waste; Repulsion (be still, beating heart); 2011’s AOTY artists Tombs; and funerealy epic doom titans Evoken. It’s the perfect Decibel storm, a line-up of bands…
dB Live Report: Converge in San Francisco
October 31, 2012 Justin Norton
“How’s the iPhone pit over there,” Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon says at one point midway through the band’s headlining show last week at Slim’s in San Francisco. Good question. It’s hard to figure out who would want to mind meld with their personal device when a trashcan was lobbed into the pit midway through “Trespasses.”…