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Full Album Stream: Slapshot — “Make America Hate Again”

May 30, 2018

Boston hardcore legends Slapshot are back with a brand new full-length — and we’ve got the whole damn thing right here.

No Corporate Beer: Creamsicle

May 30, 2018

In which we have some sugar poured on us, or at least, in our DIPA.

Save 30% This Weekend with Decibel’s Memorial Day Merch Sale!

May 25, 2018

This weekend only, save 30% on all Decibel shirts, hoodies, pint glasses and flexi boxes in our web store.

Watch: The Six Most Metal Breweries at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest

May 22, 2018

The Six Most Metal Breweries attended the second annual Decibel Metal & Beer Fest last month, and crafted this extensive video recap.

Punk Lifers D.O.A. Celebrate 40 Years of Fighting Back with New Album

May 21, 2018

We caught up with punk rocker and mayoral candidate Joey “Shithead” Keithley to talk D.O.A.’s 17th studio album, 40th anniversary tour, and much more.

Our Top 100 Doom Metal Albums of All Time Issue is Back in Stock!

May 18, 2018

Sold out since December 2015! Decibel recently acquired a few copies from a distributor — get one while you can!

Cosmic Church: Grant Me Your Voice, So I May Sing

May 18, 2018

Cosmic Church’s final encyclical is an endlessly immersive work of atmospheric black metal, delivered in a manner that retains the style’s essential rawness and power.

You Should be Listening to Haunt

May 16, 2018

Fans of classic, old-school New Wave of British Heavy Metal sounds, it’s probably time you check out Fresno’s Haunt.

This is Metalcore & These Decibel Back Issues Are About to SELL-OUT!

May 15, 2018

These Decibel back issues from 2004 to 2006 are about to sell out. This is your last chance to complete your dB collection!

No Corporate Beer: Short and Stout

May 14, 2018

Welcome to No Corporate Beer, Decibel’s new beer-spotting, consumer guide where we drink a beer and a then review it. Now that we’ve established that complex formula, let’s do this.

Get a FREE Issue of Decibel for Mother’s Day!

May 11, 2018

Happy Mothers Day! From now through Sunday at midnight EST, get an extra FREE issue of Decibel with the purchase of any 12- or 24-month subscription!

Photographer Ester Segarra to Publish Music Photography Book

May 9, 2018

Renowned music photographer Ester Segarra will publish her first photography book, including an original soundtrack, in July.

Amorphis to Release Exclusive New Track via Decibel Flexi Series!

May 4, 2018

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, May 7 to obtain a HIGHLY LIMITED Amorphis flexi!

Exclusive Excerpt: Queensrÿche’s “Operation Mindcrime” Hall of Fame

May 3, 2018

Queensrÿche’s Operation: Mindcrime turns 30 today. Read an exclusive excerpt from its Hall of Fame induction.

Q&A: Nightmarer Guitarist Simon Hawemann Digs Dissonance

April 30, 2018

Nightmarer’s Simon Hawemann speaks to Decibel about new album, Cacophony of Terror.

FLASH SALE: All Decibel Back Issues Only $3 Until Sunday!

April 27, 2018

Over 100 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $3.00 each! Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.

Judas Priest Grace the Cover of June’s Decibel

April 25, 2018

Judas Priest return to the cover of Decibel with an decade-in-the-making Hall of Fame story of their Stained Class album.

Watch: String Trio Plays Luc Lemay Composition

April 16, 2018

A string trio plays a new composition from Gorguts mastermind Luc Lemay.