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CITY OF CATERPILLAR to Release Exclusive New Track, “In the Tall Grass,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

March 29, 2024

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, April 1 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Richmond post-hardcore legends City of Caterpillar.

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Video Premiere: Julia Gaeta’s “Blur Divine”

March 28, 2024

Hear Julia Gaeta‘s musical evolution via the dark wave/post-punk/trip-hop of new track “Blur Divine”

Editorial

Slayer’s Debut “Show No Mercy” Turns 40

December 4, 2023

There was once a metal world without Slayer, as hard as that is to imagine. That world changed forever with this album. Show No Mercy is a giant’s first loud footstep.

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Necrot

May 2024 [#235]

Includes exclusive limited edition Houkago Grind Time flexi disc

Born to Die! Also: Melvins, My Dying Bride, Full of Hell, VLTIMAS, the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Brujeria’s Matando Güeros, Inter Arma, Apparition, Imperial Triumphant and more

Video Premiere: Semuta – ‘Glacial Erratic’

March 28, 2024

Portland sludge duo Semuta party with the Portland metal scene in their new video.

Interview: Morta Skuld Finally Get Their Due on ‘Creation Undone’

March 28, 2024

Morta Skuld guitarist/vocalist Dave Gregor about the band’s latest album, Creation Undone. We unpack the record, the process, and how it feels to finally get some recognition.

Full Album Stream: Suffer – “Grand Canvas of the Aesthete”

March 27, 2024

“We wanted to have one last chance to make a Suffer album that sounded the way every Suffer recording should have sounded.”

Track Premiere: Wretched Blessing – ‘Spurious Ovation’

March 27, 2024

Hear Kayhan Vaziri (Yautja) and Rae Amitay (of Immortal Bird) roll out a new earth shaker as Wretched Blessing.

Full Album Stream: Mutilation Barbecue – “Amalgamations of Gore”

March 26, 2024

Hope you brought you appetite: it’s time for the debut album from Ohio death metal butchers Mutilation Barbecue.

Blast Worship: Shock Withdrawal

March 26, 2024

Hear grind vet Mitchell Luna return with the debut LP, The Dismal Advance, from his new group, Shock Withdrawal.

Full Album Stream: Verwoed – “The Mother”

March 25, 2024

According to Dutch black-metallers Verwoed, the band’s new album is “truly is a prayer of blood and fire.”

Full Album Stream: MGR – “Glacier’s Wake”

March 25, 2024

Former Isis guitarist Mike Gallagher explores post-rock and more on the new MGR album.

Five For Friday: March 22, 2024

March 22, 2024

This week’s load of new arrivals comes in heavy with the latest from Necrophobic, Khold, Mastiff and more!