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There was once a metal world without Slayer, as hard as that is to imagine. That world changed forever with this album. Show No Mercy is a giant’s first loud footstep.

IT‘S FINALLY HERE! Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2023 at Summit kicks off today and this is your last chance to get in on the action!

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Weds, December 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from black ‘n’ rollers Persekutor.

Save 20% on EVERYTHING (subscriptions, exclusive books, exclusive vinyl pressings, back issues, limited edition special issues, flexi boxes, hoodies, pint glasses) in the Decibel store, today only!

Your friends Decibel refer to today’s annual homage to consumerism as “Extra-Black Friday.” But with two FREE issues of the magazine, we’re happy to brighten (or darken) the day for our metalhead brothers and sisters.

The Colorado drummer is fully immersed in the world of speedrunning video games for a good cause.

All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest at the Fillmore Philly on April 12-13, 2024 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!

SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! Don’t click here if you don’t want to see Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2023. Definitely click here if you love typing “NO [INSERT ALBUM HERE]? THIS LIST IS INVALID!”

Biohazard performs their landmark Urban Discipline album and Deicide deliver a special Deicide, Legion and Once Upon the Cross set and WAY more at Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2024!

Members of Mother of Graves, Phobocosm, Krypts, Astral Tomb and The Munsens talk Metal & Beer Fest Denver as Dec 1-2 approaches.

Copies of Decibel Books’ The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997 are in stock and shipping NOW! This is the only place to get it!

Preorder the massive 800-page Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult—Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition and get a free woven patch while supplies last!

Living legend Tom Gabriel Fischer talks the resurrection of Hellhammer classics via Triumph of Death’s live album Resurrection of the Flesh.

Melissa’s legacy is legion. Join us as we look back on the 40th anniversary of Mercyful Fate‘s earth-shattering debut full-length album.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, November 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from death metal deviants Vastum

Hear and acquire this flexi disc single from the Red Chord featuring an exclusive track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

The USBM subversive and underground tech entrepreneur found his road to darkness—despite a radical 8-bit choice.

Tickets are on sale Friday, October 20 at 10am MT for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest PRE-FEST featuring Umbra Vitae, Graveripper & Psychosomatic at the Marquis in Denver on Nov 30.

In honor of arguably the most metal month of the year, Kill Screen looks back on some of our favorite interview moments to date about our horror games—including previously unseen content.

Author Dayal Patterson discusses the massive 800-page reworking of his black metal history reimagined as Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult — Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition.

We have only 100 copies available of Phobocosm‘s new LP, Foreordained, on exclusive murky Transparent Blue & Black Marble vinyl. Don’t blow it.

Extreme music’s modern-day Renaissance man expands his love of swords and sorcery to the digital realm.

The following excerpt from Oxbow frontman Eugene S. Robinson‘s new memoir transports readers to the 1970s’ NYC and the genesis of Robinson’s old hardcore band Whipping Boy.

We have only 100 copies available of Vastum‘s new LP, Inward To Gethsemane, on exclusive murky Gray & Black Marbled vinyl. Don’t blow it.

Whether it’s console gaming or PC gaming, the death metal guitarists’ love of video games will never rot.

Hear and acquire this Mother of Graves flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Pre-order the massive 480-page oral history of the celebrated Morrisound recording career of iconic extreme metal producer/engineer Scott Burns, and read an excerpt now!

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Wednesday, September 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Indy death/doom dealers Mother of Graves!

The tech death duo are naturally curious about gaming’s artificial intelligence.

We’ve got copies of the mammoth new United Forces: An Archive of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack, 1986-1991 book and are shipping NOW. Grab yours!