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‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’ To Be Published via Decibel Books! Pre-Orders Available NOW!
October 11, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Pre-order a copy of ‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’ hardcover, strictly limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.
Hear Exclusive New Opeth Song “Cirkelns Riktning” Via Decibel Flexi Series
October 2, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Opeth flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Rank & Defile: Opeth’s Albums Ordered from Worst to Best
September 23, 2019 Joseph Schafer
To celebrate this week’s release of the Swedish legends’ 13th album, In Cauda Venenum, we rank Opeth‘s incomparable studio LP discography.
Top 5 Unsung Symphonic Black Metal Albums
September 23, 2019 Chris Dick
Decibel lists the Top 5 Unsung Symphonic Black Metal Albums with Bishop of Hexen, Diabolical Masquerade, Anorexia Nervosa, Gehenna and SiriuS.
Entombed A.D. to Release Exclusive New Piledriver Cover via Decibel Flexi Series!
September 19, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, September 30 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Swedish death dealers Entombed A.D.!
$25 Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: L.A. Tickets: HURRY, LIMITED TO 100, ONE WEEK ONLY!
September 13, 2019 Albert Mudrian
“Just Metal” tickets for for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA are just $25 until Sept 22. Only 100 available. Hurry!
That Tour Was Awesome: Kings of Terror Tour (1999)
September 9, 2019 Chris Dick
Twenty years later, members of Emperor, Witchery, Borknagar, Peccatum and Divine Empire recall the Kings of Terror Tour 1999.
Full Album Stream: Crypt Sermon – ‘The Ruins of Fading Light’
September 3, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear Crypt Sermon‘s four-years-in-the-making doom metal juggernaut The Ruins of Fading Light in full.
Cattle Decapitation, Atheist, Primitive Man, Author & Punisher and Vitriol Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles PRE-FEST 2019
August 28, 2019 Albert Mudrian
See you at the Regent on Thursday, December 12 as part of Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA’s official PRE-FEST!
Opeth to Release Exclusive New Track “Cirkelns Riktnin” via Decibel Flexi Series!
August 23, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by September 4 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from legendary Swedes Opeth!
Hear Exclusive New Gatecreeper Song “Social Decay” Via Decibel Flexi Series
August 22, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Gatecreeper flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Carcass, Intronaut, Xibalba Added to Final Lineup of Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest LA 2019, All Tickets on Sale Now
August 19, 2019 Albert Mudrian
All ticket options (including a “Metal & Beer” ticket limited to 500 tickets, which gives you access to pours from all of the breweries) are ON SALE NOW! For tickets and daily line-ups, click here!
Metal & Beer Fest: LA Discounted Early Bird Ticket Sale ENDS MONDAY!
August 16, 2019 Albert Mudrian
This is your last chance for DISCOUNTED early-bird tickets for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles!
Peter Beste is Here to Defend the (Heavy Metal) Faith & Gift You a Hot New Black Magic Jam
August 14, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Celebrated True Norwegian Black Metal music photographer Peter Beste talks battle vests, image capture, subculture, metal, and his related new book Defenders of the Faith.
Five Things Every Band Booking Their Own Tour Should Know, by Ben Ward of Orange Goblin
August 14, 2019 Decibel Magazine
On the eve of his own U.S. tour, Orange Goblin frontman Ben Ward provides five pro tips that every band who is booking their own tour should practice.
Full Album Stream: Devourment – ‘Obscene Majesty’
August 12, 2019 Emily Bellino
Get ready to lose a few IQ points. The new Devourment is here.
FLASH SALE: All Decibel Back Issues Just $3! THIS WEEKEND ONLY!
August 9, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Over 100 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $3.00 each! Many of them down to the last copies. Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.
THE NOISY FRENCH: Inside the French Noise Rock Scene
August 8, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We resurrect a previously unreleased Decibel trend piece from 2015 on the French Noise Rock scene.
Gatecreeper Announce New LP, First Single ‘Boiled Over’
August 7, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Deserted is the title of the forthcoming sophomore LP from Arizona dry-heat death dealers Gatecreeper.
Video Premiere: Cloak – ‘Tempter’s Call’
August 6, 2019 Emily Bellino
Watch the first video from the upcoming new album, The Burning Dawn, from Atlanta-based black ‘n’ roll crew Cloak.
FLASH SALE: Decibel Shirts Are Just $5 This Weekend ONLY!
August 2, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Skip the mall – or wherever people shop in 2019 – and hit the Decibel webstore for a special back-to-school deal on Decibel shirts!
Hear Exhorder Perform Demo-Era Classic “Legions of Death” Via Decibel Flexi Series
July 29, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Exhorder flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new live version of a demo-era classic via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
More Breweries for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA Announced, Discounted Early-Bird Ticket Sale Ends Soon!
July 26, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Metal Monkey (IL), Societe (CA), Modern Times (CA) and Brimming Horn Meadery (DE) join a murders row of brewtality this December in California.
Gatecreeper to Release New Track “Social Decay” via Decibel Flexi Series!
July 25, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by August 5 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc from U.S. death metal crew Gatecreeper!
Watch: Venom Prison Perform Songs from “Samsara” in Studio Session
July 24, 2019 Emily Bellino
Venom Prison return to the studio to lay down a Samsara live session.
Q&A: London May On His New Black Metal Comedy “Brutal Realty, Inc.” and What Hardcore Taught Him
July 19, 2019 Justin Norton
Former DC hardcore hero London May on his new “black metal comedy” Brutal Realty, Inc.
Blast Worship: Powerviolence Round-Up
July 16, 2019 Gene Meyer
Get to know powerviolence “hopefuls” Sick Shit, Medication Time, Fissure, Hong Kong Fuck You and more.
FLASH SALE: All Metal Books 20% Off This Weekend Only!
July 12, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Murder in the Front Row, Swedish Death Metal, Only Death is Real, Choosing Death, Black Metal and more are now 20% off through 11:59pm EST Sunday night!
Psycho Las Vegas Acts Share their Best (And Worst) Gambling Stories
July 11, 2019 Albert Mudrian
With Psycho Las Vegas fast approaching (Aug 16-18, 2019), Decibel tracks down members of Psycho performing acts 1349, Goatwhore, Nothing, Rotting Christ, Lucifer and rolls the dice.
Studio Report: Blood Incantation – “Hidden History of the Human Race”
July 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Get the details straight from Blood Incantation guitarist/vocalist Paul Riedl on the new full length, Hidden History of the Human Race.