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All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver at the Summit on December 6-7, 2024 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!

Autopsy, Yob, Cirith Ungol, Frozen Soul, Pallbearer & more to perform at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2024 at Summit on December 6-7. Tickets on sale this Friday!

Hear the remastered version of Yob‘s landmark 2002 Elaborations of Carbon, and sit down with Mike Scheidt for an expansive deep-dive into Yob’s genre bending debut.

Mouths of Thieves—featuring members of High on Fire, Yob and Poison Idea—release a cover of Thin Lizzy’s “Opium Trail.”

Photographer Alyssa Herrman discusses her new YOB photo book.

Make this your most-extreme Christmas ever.

Here are the 39 different beers that “Metal & Beer” ticket holders are entitled to sample this weekend in Los Angeles!

Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles is THIS WEEKEND!

Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angels kicks off is just over a week, which means it’s time to finalize travel plans and get your tickets. To aid in your planning, Saturday and Sunday set times are now available.

We are less than two months from our inaugural Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles. Do you have your travel plans set?

Godflesh, Pounder and Wolf King complete the lineup for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles. Schedule announced and all ticket options officially on sale NOW.

This is your LAST CHANCE to get the Metal & Beer worm! Discounted early-bird tickets for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles are available now until Monday, August 20! 

Early bird discounted weekend passes for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles are ON SALE NOW. Don’t miss out!

Discounted full weekend passes – which include access to pours from the breweries all weekend – are available NOW!

Headliners include thrash legends Testament, who will play a special set of both their classic “The New Order” and “The Gathering” records in full, along with the Tom Gabriel Fischer-led Triptykon performing a special all-Celtic Frost set.

Our resident birdbrains pecks on new titles from Yob, Tomb Mold and Daggra.

YOB‘s Our Raw Heart is our Best New Noise.

We have a limited number of advance copies of the July issue of Decibel available now. Have at it!

Austin Terror Fest organizers discuss the event’s second year, adding a bigger venue and diverse lineup curation.

Converge, Godflesh, Neurosis and more have immortalized their Roadburn performances as live albums.

Read about former Yob drummer Gabe Morley’s struggle with mental illness and homelessness and learn how you can help him secure stable housing. 

Earlier this month, Neurosis took up residency at San Francisco’s Regency Ballroom for an epic weekend of shows to commemorate their 30th anniversary. We caught up with vocalists/guitarists Scott Kelly and Steve Von Till to talk about the significance of the event.

From Alice Cooper’s face paint and Iron Maiden’s elaborate stage sets to Watain’s demon-summoning rituals and Ghost’s hooded robes, heavy metal has always had a close relationship with “performance.” Substance comes first, without a doubt, but performance ain’t far behind. Dimmu Borgir dress up like Satanic carnival barkers. Glen Benton branded an upside-down crucifix into his forehead. Robb Flynn had that Insane Clown Posse hair during The Burning Red days. Simply put, the spectacle of creating extreme music seems to be one of its most potent aspects, and countless bands have used it to their advantage.

Enslaved recently wrapped up a month-long North American tour that saw them play several tunes off their latest album, In Times—another progressive masterpiece for the band’s impressive portfolio. We talked to vocalist/bassist Grutle Kjellson to find out what the band thinks about the “progressive” label and how that translates to their musical output. What does…

Tad Doyle has preached the Gospel of heaviness for the better part of his life. His seminal band TAD was one of the first out of the gate in Seattle’s grunge movement and one of the earliest bands signed to the legendary Sub Pop label. Although they never achieved the massive crossover success of their…

According to Russian linguistic experts, appending the suffix “ka” to the end of a word is to mean it’s little or so small it’s cute.

So for his first solo album, YOB mainman Mike Scheidt has gone the way of Wino and like 57 percent of Neurosis and decided to showcase his sensitive singer-songwriter side.  This thing is unplugged all the way, and I would be lying if I said that it wasn’t the least extreme thing ever featured on…

Mike Scheidt, the Black Mastermind behind YOB, gives mass and weight to sound waves. And I’m pretty sure that defies one or two of the laws of physics, which means that he’s doing something supernatural. Which makes sense, because I’ve always considered YOB to be a sort of spiritual, transcendental experience. Not that I believe…

Artist: YOB Title: ATMA Producer: Mike Scheidt Studio: Dogwood Recording, Eugene, OR Recording Dates: May 3 to 24 Release Date: Aug. 16, 2011 Label: Profound Lore YOB frontman Mike Scheidt has spent the past 10 minutes describing the new gear he’s rounded up for the band’s sixth album, titled ATMA. Having about as much expertise…