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Full Album Stream: Ardent Nova – ‘Ardent Nova’
March 16, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Viking metal-inspired thrashers Ardent Nova go scorched earth on their long-in-the-making debut.
Dark Angel Guitarist Jim Durkin Passes Away at 58, GoFundMe Announced
March 13, 2023 Albert Mudrian
On March 8, Jim Durkin, guitarist of thrash metal legends Dark Angel, died at the age of 58. Please consider helping cover the cost of his final arrangements and medical bills.
Video Premiere: Blind Oath – “Fascinatrix”
February 20, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Power metallers Blind Oath just dropped the video for “Fascinatrix” from their self-titled, debut to be released March 17 via Horton Records. It’s big, it’s epic and it’s definitely indicative of things to come from the band.
Video Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Mara”
January 26, 2023 Brad Sanders
Take a beer run with black/death/thrashers Phantom Fire in their new video for “Mara.”
Track Premiere: Raider – “Trial By Chaos”
December 14, 2022 Sean Frasier
Ontario melodeath thrashers Raider sow discord with the gavel-smashing title track from their upcoming album Trial By Chaos.
Album Premiere: Phantom Horde – ‘The Umbra’
October 19, 2022 Sean Frasier
Melodeath trio Phantom Horde conjure riffs from Gothenburg’s golden age on their apocalyptic EP, The Umbra.
Album Premiere: Assimilator – ‘Assimilator’
September 14, 2022 Sean Frasier
Indiana’s Assimilator create a Hell of their own design on the band’s self-titled debut of thrashing melodeath.
Q&A: Wolf Hoffmann On Accept As a Six-Piece Band and Returning To America
September 7, 2022 Justin Norton
The Accept legend talks to Decibel about returning to the United States this month with three guitarists, what he learned when he traded a guitar for a camera, and more.
Full Album Stream: Various Artists – ‘Faster Than The F*cking Devil’
August 31, 2022 Justin Norton
Hear a thrash buffet of baphometic brutality from Midwest miscreants Wraith, Black Knife and Graveripper and Russia’s Unholy Night.
Track Premiere: Critical Defiance – “Kill Them with Kindness”
June 23, 2022 Brad Sanders
Hear Chilean old-school deathrashers Critical Defiance kill with riffs and kindness.
Album Premiere: Our Dying World – ‘Hymns of Blinding Darkness’
June 22, 2022 Sean Frasier
Los Angeles symphonic melodeath eulogists Our Dying World write a vicious obituary with their new album, Hymns of Blinding Darkness.
Video Premiere: Red Rot – “Dysmorphia”
June 16, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Italy’s Red Rot offer a 90-second (mental) breakdown, from two ex-Ephel Duath members
Video Premiere: Vicious Blade – “Siege of Cruelty”
June 15, 2022 Brad Sanders
Watch former and current members of Castrator, Complete Failure, Commit Suicide and… uh, Don Cabellero get their old-school blackened thrash on in Vicious Blade.
Track Premiere: Besieged – “Violence Beyond All Reason”
June 1, 2022 Brad Sanders
You’ll love Winnipeg death/thrashers Besieged‘s worship of ’80s Sepultura beyond all reason.
Track Premiere: Idol Throne – “Unholy Warrior”
May 25, 2022 Sean Frasier
Indiana power thrashers Idol Throne brandish bloody steel on their new single “Unholy Warrior.”
KREATOR Dominate the Cover of Decibel’s July Issue. Copies Available Now!
May 20, 2022 Decibel Magazine
We have a limited number of advance copies of the July issue of Decibel, featuring our exclusive new flexi disc EP from experimental death/grinders Fawn Limbs available NOW!
Pre-Order MUNICIPAL WASTE’s New Album ‘Electrified Brain’ on CD Longbox and Cassette RIGHT NOW!
April 1, 2022 Decibel Magazine
There are only 100 exclusive color cassettes and 300 CD longboxes of Municipal Waste‘s Electrified Brain available to Decibel readers for pre-order. Don’t blow it.
Exclusive Track Premiere: Tyrannus – “The Flood”
March 31, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Scottish extreme metal clan, Tyrannus, wrecks fascists on its full-length debut, ‘Unslayable.’
Track Premiere: Molten Chains – “Communion”
March 28, 2022 Dutch Pearce
Viennese unholy heavy metal trio Molten Chains offer “Communion,” the latest single from their forthcoming new album, Orisons of Vengeance.
Enforced Premiere New Single, “Casket,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 25, 2022 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this Enforced flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Video Premiere: MISFIRE – “Fractured”
January 11, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Watch Chicago-based thrash trio and recent MNRK Heavy signees MISFIRE take the shot on new track “Fractured”.
Track Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Corrupted Self” featuring Marc Rizzo
January 5, 2022 Sean Frasier
Las Vegas/Brazilian deathrashers Claustrofobia recruit Marc Rizzo (ex-Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy) for their new single “Corrupted Self.”
Track Premiere: Death on Fire – “Slave”
December 8, 2021 Sean Frasier
Indiana melodic death/thrash grave-burners Death on Fire release their newest single, “Slave.” Their album Burial Hymns looms in 2022.
Enforced To Release Exclusive Single, “Casket,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
December 2, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, December 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Richmond thrashmongers Enforced.
Interview: Sodom’s Tom Angelripper on the “M-16” 20-Year Anniversary Box Set
November 18, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
We shoot some questions at Tom Angelripper about Sodom‘s 20-year anniversary box set of the their Vietnam War-themed album, M-16.
Flotsam and Jetsam – Doomsday for the Deceiver
October 28, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Flotsam and Jetsam’s Doomsday for the Deceiver debut is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Album Premiere: Mortal Vision – Mind Manipulation
October 26, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Ukrainian nuclear thrash attack Mortal Vision launch their debut full-length this Friday, but bang your head to Mind Manipulation in its entirety right now via this exclusive premiere!
Q&A: Matt Harvey and Will Carroll on Resurrecting Scarecrow
October 14, 2021 Justin Norton
Bay Area thrashers featuring Matt Harvey (Exhumed), Will Carroll and Damien Sisson (Death Angel) and Bud Burke (ex-Exhumed) Scarecrow reform.
Fight Fire With Fire: ‘Suicidal Tendencies’ vs. ‘Dirty Rotten EP’
September 30, 2021 Greg Pratt
Let’s talk crossover. We haven’t dabbled into the genre yet in this column, so what better place to start than with Suicidal Tendencies‘ self-titled 1983 debut and D.R.I.‘s Dirty Rotten EP debut, also from 1983?
Exodus Dominate the Latest Decibel Cover! Advance Copies Available Now!
September 23, 2021 Decibel Magazine
We have a limited number of advance copies of the November issue of Decibel, featuring our exclusive new picture flexi disc single from doomed heavy metal heroes Khemmis available NOW!