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Pre-order the massive, nearly 500-page official biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner from Decibel Books and read an excerpt now!

One of our earliest player characters returns with a friend to talk about ditching class to play Atari, terrible games and amazing OSTs.

All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver at the Fillmore Auditorium on December 5-6, 2025 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!

As Kill Screen upgrades to the fourth dimension, the Nerd himself takes the time to talk all things metal.

R.I.P. John “Ozzy” Osbourne.

Single-day and regular-priced tickets go on sale on Friday, July 25 at 10am MT, so this is your LAST CHANCE for DISCOUNTED EARLY-BIRD 2-Day and 3-Day passes.

Night Demon bassist/vocalist Jarvis Leatherby discusses the band’s upcoming limited release 10th anniversary Curse of the Damned box set.

Three years after its last gathering beneath the jagged silhouettes of the Tetons, Fire in the Mountains returns—reignited and reimagined on the sovereign lands of the Blackfeet Nation in Montana, July 25–27.

After the successful Mega Drive release of their single “High Tariff Behaviour,” the party slam players hope to raise bits while lowering IQs.

Aussie drone demons Whitehorse offer up a new track, “The Wait,” from their sludge match split, The Dissolution of Eternity, with UBOA.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, June 30 to secure a copy of this extremely extreme and extremely exclusive flexi disc single from Northeastern death merchants Kontusion!

There are only 100 copies of Crypt Sermon‘s new EP, Saturnian Appendices, on exclusive Rose Red with Black Smoke vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!

The frontman for the progressive metal practitioners explores worlds while out on the road.

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from legends Motörhead’s before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!

We’ve only got 100 copies of Castrator‘s new LP, Coronation of the Grotesque, on Translucent Blood Red colored vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!

Hear Swedish occult rock combo Skräcken spin their mystical, ’70s-influenced tales from the darkside on their debut full-length Echoes From the Void.

Between now and Sunday at 11:59 PM ET, nearly every Decibel Books title in our webstore, including The Scott Burns Sessions, USBM, Rotting Ways to Misery and more, are 15% off.

The Seattle metallic hardcore unit are leveling up their sound thanks in no small part to their digital disposition.

The Third and the Mortal‘s Norwegian cult classic Tears Laid in Earth enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by May 31 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from from heavy metal legends Motörhead!

It’s okay to celebrate the release day of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost – Expanded Edition with this exclusive excerpt from Decibel‘s limited edition hardcover classic.

Gorement guitarist Patrik Ferlund provides this exclusive track-by-track dissection of recent Decibel Hall of Fame inductee The Ending Quest.

There are only 150 copies of Kylesa‘s, Static Tensions reissue on Mint Green colored vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!

Surprise! Hardcore/metal legends Deadguy return with their sophomore studio LP Near-Death Travel Services. And Decibel is honored to bring you our very own exclusive Burnt Orange + Light Blue Half & Half LP variant strictly limited to 200 copies worldwide! 

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Weds, April 30 to secure a copy of this extremely extreme and extremely exclusive flexi disc single from masked mincecore marauders Haggus!

In which we’re on location for year three of Seattle’s Disemboweled God Fest to take in performances from Vastum, Impaled, Decrepisy and tons more death frickin’ metal.

The eponymous track on Transgressive’s new EP Remember Us To Death starts with a recitation of the names of victims of transphobic violence. Founder Alicia Cordisco talks about the EP, transphobia in metal and broader culture and why connection matters.

In the final installment of our conversation with the vocalist, the trio confronts the transformation of “nerd culture.”

The USBM pillar shines a light on how gaming help shepherd him down his blackened path.

We don’t know how well you know our Kevin Stewart-Panko, but his review of the Toronto stop of the Meshuggah, Cannibal Corpse, Carcass tour might help…