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DISMEMBER Break Down ‘Like an Ever Flowing Stream’ Track by Track Ahead of Metal & Beer Fest Album-Performance

March 13, 2025

Dismember‘s fearsome five breakdown their iconic Like an Ever Flowing Stream as we approach their full-album performance of the album at Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4.

IMMOLATION ‘Into Everlasting Fire’ Book Signing Announced at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly!

March 11, 2025

Legendary death metallers Immolation will be on hand at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4-5 to sign copies of their biography, Into Everlasting Fire: The Official History of Immolation.

PRE-ORDER: Doom Dealers TRIBUNAL’s Sophomore LP ‘In Penitence and Ruin’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!

March 7, 2025

There are only 100 copies of Tribunal‘s new LP, In Penitence and Ruin, on Green Smoke colored vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!

UNHOLY ALTAR Premiere New Recording, “Purgatory,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

March 6, 2025

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from Philly black metal phenoms Unholy Altar before the discs are sold out for good!

KILL SCREEN 058: Corey Clark and Don Curtis of MOTHER OF GRAVES Shatter Their Toughened Visage

March 5, 2025

The bassist and drummer of Decibel’s recent death-doom favorites open up about their love of gaming, with a little help from your dependable co-nerds.

ONE MONTH AWAY: Metal & Beer PRE-FEST Philly with INCANTATION, MAMMOTH GRINDER & More!

March 3, 2025

Get tickets for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST featuring Incantation, Mammoth Grinder, Ripped to Shreds and Walking Wounded on April 3 in Philly.

-(16)- to Release Exclusive New Recording, “Idol of Abuse,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

February 27, 2025

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, March 3 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from San Diego sludge slingers -(16)-!

IMPALED Unearths ‘Demo Medicale’ as a Tribute and Defiant Middle Finger

February 27, 2025

Sean McGrath, Ross Sewage, and Raul Varela pulled back the curtain on Impaled‘s Demo Medicale.

Gary Holt Book Signing Announced at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly!

February 20, 2025

Legendary thrash guitarist Gary Holt will be on hand at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 5 to sign copies of his new book, A Fabulous Disaster: From the Garage to Madison Square Garden, the Hard Way.

KYLESA Reveal New Lineup, Announce First U.S. Show Dates

February 18, 2025

Sludge psych legends Kylesa reveal new lineup, announces a pair of U.S. shows scheduled for this December

Q&A: Errol Fritz (New Skeletal Faces) on Nature Television, ’80s Pop and Short Albums

February 3, 2025

New Skeletal Faces frontman Errol Fritz talks formative years and influences ahead of the band’s Decibel Magazine Tour run.

UNHOLY ALTAR to Release Exclusive New Recording, “Purgatory,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

January 29, 2025

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Friday, January 31 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from Philly black metal phenoms Unholy Altar!

NEW SKELETAL FACES Stream New Track, “Deterioration,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

January 28, 2025

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from West coast death rockers New Skeletal Faces before the discs are sold out for good!

Rich Hall (1976-2025)

January 21, 2025

Decibel — and the entire metal and hardcore community — mourns the passing of underground show promoter and accomplished artist Rich Hall (1000 Knives).

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer PRE-FEST Philly 2025 Tickets ON SALE NOW!

January 17, 2025

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for Decibel‘s Metal & Beer Fest official PRE-FEST featuring Incantation, Mammoth Grinder, Ripped to Shreds and Walking Wounded on April 3 in Philly.

Interview: Bumblefoot Discusses New Solo Album, Bumblefoot… Returns!

January 13, 2025

Guitarist Bumblefoot (ex-Guns N’ Roses) discusses his new solo album and 30-year career, plus the funeral doom album he’s currently producing.

Blast Worship’s Top 10 Grindcore/Powerviolence Albums of 2024

January 6, 2025

2024 might finally be over, but that doesn’t mean you don’t want one final mirco list in your life, right? So here are the Top 10 Grindcore/Powervioelnce Albums of the last 12 months.

Read an Exclusive Excerpt from the New ‘Dark Dungeon Music: The Unlikely Story of Dungeon Synth’ Book!

December 17, 2024

Sample the exhaustive new hardcover book on the dungeon synth genre from U.K. metal publishing powerhouse Cult Never Dies.

‘Glorious Times’ Co-author Alan Moses (1968-2024)

December 16, 2024

Remembering underground death metal scene legend and Glorious Times co-author Alan Moses

ACT FAST! The Decibel Metalhead Christmas Gift Guide Is Here!

December 13, 2024

December 16 is the last day that Decibel store orders from the continental U.S. (sorry, Alaska and Hawaii) will have a chance of arriving before Jesus’ big day.