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Scott Burns Book Signing Session Times Announced at Metal & Beer Fest Philly
April 10, 2024
Meet legendary death metal engineer Scott Burns at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 12-13 to sign copies The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997, with author David E. Gelhke at the Decibel merch table!
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Track Premiere: Vaticinal Rites – ‘Foiled Skirmish’
April 18, 2024
Dig into new death metal from London’s Vaticinal Rites.
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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
Track Premiere: LanzerRath – “Nuclear Collapse: The Dissolution of Order and Meaning”
April 18, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
LanzerRath drop a killer split with Shroud of Despondency coming May 10. You can stream the former’s weird and epic contribution “Nuclear Collapse: The Dissolution of Order and Meaning” below.
Album Premiere: To End It All – “Of Blood And Memory”
April 18, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Seattle-based doom lords To End It All are back with a new album, Of Blood and Memory out tomorrow (April 19), but you can hear it and get super sad with us now.
Video Premiere: Hovering Over the Record Button with Beaten to Death’s “Dalbane”
April 18, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch the latest video from Norse un-grindcore grinders, Beaten to Death!
Track Premiere: Zelenaya – “Spod Tego Jawora”
April 17, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Brooklyn-based queer and femme folk metalers Zelenaya drop their new album Folk Songs on April 26, and are beyond stoked to unleash the third single from that record, “Spod Tego Jawora,” with us!
Album Stream: Nuclear Tomb – ‘Terror Labyrinthian’
April 17, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear Baltimore deathrash quartet Nuclear Tomb drop a bomb with Terror Labyrinthian.
Album Stream: Uttertomb – ‘Nebulas of Self-Desecration’
April 17, 2024 Tim Mudd
For doom/death metal putrefaction fans, Nebulas of Self-Desecration is a must-listen. Lucky for you, we have Uttertomb‘s new LP here.
Interview: Accept’s Wolf Hoffmann Has No Plans to Slow Down
April 16, 2024 Emily Bellino
Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann talks technology, recording with producer Andy Sneap and why he still feels like a teenager.
Blast Worship: Scrotal Erosion
April 16, 2024 Gene Meyer
Go nuts for hyperblasting midwesterners Scrotal Erosion
SONJA Signs to Century Media, Streams New Video “Discretion for the Generous”
April 15, 2024 Michael Wohlberg
The Philadelphia power trio is back with a new label, a new single and a new lust for life.
Five For Friday: April 12, 2024
April 12, 2024 J. Andrew
This week’s new metal releases include the latest death-dealers from Necrot, Replicant, Heavy Temple and more!
