Hardcore
Track Premiere: Subzero — “House of Grief”
September 23, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Don’t be left out in the cold — stream the first new music in fourteen years from NYHC legends Subzero right now!
Video Premiere: Concrete – ‘Starving Serpent’
September 9, 2020 Emily Bellino
Concrete fuse death metal and hardcore for their heaviest offering yet.
Video Premiere: Horsewhip – ‘Inertia Waits’
September 8, 2020 Emily Bellino
“Inertia Waits” for no man. Hear a new Horsewhip (featuring members of Reversal of Man and Combatwoundedveteran) ripper now.
Video Premiere: EYES – ‘Distance’
August 5, 2020 Emily Bellino
Keep your “Distance” from Danish hardcore maniacs EYES.
Philly Rising: Benefit Comp “19 Notes on a Broken System” Slays & Heals
July 29, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Ready to grind, thrash, and pummel your way to a better world? So are the artists on this extremely extreme benefit comp.
Track Premiere: Reserving Dirtnaps – “Under Siege”
July 23, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Reserving Dirtnaps suggest that their Another Disaster EP proudly proclaims “is that Memphis shit” in its press release. It doesn’t sound like Three 6 Mafia, but it’s just as savage as that terrifying Tennessee troupe.
Five For Friday: July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s new releases come stacked with layers of darkness, filth and brutality with the latest from Fanebærer, Kruelty and more!
Track Premiere: Terminal Nation – ‘Disciple of Deceit’
July 14, 2020 Emily Bellino
Terminal Nation go for the throat of “Disciples of Deceit.”
Video Premiere: The Third Kind – ‘Man vs Earth’
June 10, 2020 Emily Bellino
The Third Kind (featuring All Out War guitarist Taras Apuzzo) take on their biggest challenge yet when it’s Man vs Earth.
Dropdead Premiere “Nothing Remains” Single Via the Decibel Flexi Series!
May 28, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Dropdead picture flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Video Premiere: These Streets — “Stay Awake”
May 20, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Better “Stay Awake” if you’re gonna walk These Streets.
Dropdead to Release “Nothing Remains” Single Via the Decibel Flexi Series!
April 29, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, May 4 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from grind punk heroes Dropdead.
Full Album Stream: Cyttorak – ‘Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers’
April 29, 2020 Sean Frasier
Rhode Island bruisers Cyttorak summon beasts from distant worlds on their new slab of slowerviolence Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers.
Full Album Stream: Destroyed In Seconds – ‘Divide and Devour’
April 22, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Get a full D-beatdown from righteous Californian hardcore crushers Destroyed in Seconds (D.I.S.) via Divide and Devour right now.
Track Premiere: New Hell – “Ashes”
April 17, 2020 Dutch Pearce
From their forthcoming EP, Phosphorous, check out this incendiary single from Providence-based subversive blackened death punks New Hell.
Full Album Stream: Trench – “Blossom”
April 13, 2020 Emily Bellino
Hear metalcore crushers Trench Blossom on their new album.
Listen: Nails Drummer Taylor Young Releases Death Metal EP
April 6, 2020 Emily Bellino
Taylor Young (Nails, Twitching Tongues) embraces old-school death metal with ZOUS.
Track Premiere: Xibalba – “En La Obscuridad”
March 26, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
SoCal deathcrushers Xibalba are ready to leave this forsaken world in the dark with the first track from their long-awaited new LP.
Video Premiere: Graf Orlock – “A Bad Cop in a Bad Mood”
March 9, 2020 Sean Frasier
Californian grindcore cinephiles Graf Orlock summon Steven Seagal’s shadow-world doppleganger in the video for their bone-crunching new single, “A Bad Cop in a Bad Mood.”
Track Premiere: Nerve Saw – “Life Goes On… Not”
February 26, 2020 Sean Frasier
Finnish death-fiends Nerve Saw rev up to shred eardrums with an assault of old school death metal and filthy punk on their new single “Life Goes On… Not.”
Full EP Stream: Kings Never Die — “Raise A Glass”
February 5, 2020 Shawn Macomber
A murderer’s row of hardcore luminaries cross the streams for the latest Kings Never Die EP.
Dying Fetus, Ringworm and Genocide Pact Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST
January 17, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Get tickets NOW to see Dying Fetus, Ringworm and Genocide Pact demolish the Foundry in Philadelphia on Thursday, April 2 as part of the Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST!
Interview: Acacia Strain Vocalist Vincent Bennett Discusses New Album ‘It Comes in Waves’
December 26, 2019 Emily Bellino
The Acacia Strain frontman Vincent Bennett talks new album It Comes in Waves, touring with diverse bands, the role of gods on humans and the band’s next record, coming soon.
Video Premiere: Left Behind – ‘Eternity of Empty’
November 13, 2019 Emily Bellino
Left Behind come face to face with threats of Hell on “Eternity of Empty.”
Listen: Left Behind Know That “No One Goes to Heaven”
November 4, 2019 Emily Bellino
Left Behind show off their heaviest material yet.
Full Album Stream: Mexican Werewolf – “Murder House”
October 25, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Unhinged Chicago rockers Mexican Werewolf unleash their full length today. Hear in its entirety right here.
Video Premiere: Take Offense – ‘Internalized’
October 17, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Don’t hold back! Hardcore crew Take Offense let it all out in their new video for “Internalize”.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Ex-Hardcore Frontman Tim Cundle’s Debut Novel Brings the Crime & Punishment
October 16, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Tim Cundle trades a mic and hardcore breakdowns for a word processor, but Compression is still underground and heavy as fuck.
Video Premiere: Blackthorne – ‘Fiending for the Anxious’
October 14, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Minnesotan extreme metal unit Blackthorne just need a minute of your time.
Track Premiere: Mexican Werewolf – ‘The Last Days of Disco’
September 27, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Chicago’s Mexican Werewolf slay violent smash‘n’roll. Check out this exclusive track premiere from their forthcoming debut album, Murder House.