Kreator

Album Premiere: Graveripper’s “Seasons Dreaming Death”

August 24, 2023

Hear Indianapolis black/speed metal merchants Graveripper rip this and all hell on their debut LP, Seasons Dreaming Death, in advance of its August 25 release.

Five For Friday: June 3, 2022

June 3, 2022

This week, we bring you a full-course meal of metal with the latest from Kreator, Artificial Brain, Origin and more!

For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Kreator and Candlemass

May 27, 2022

Our favorite birdbrain returns with break down a classic record from Swedish legends and an essential new album from some German heroes.

KREATOR Dominate the Cover of Decibel’s July Issue. Copies Available Now!

May 20, 2022

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!

For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Kreator, Phenocryst and Mad Butcher

December 17, 2021

The peckins are slim this time of year, but our boy Waldo takes on some cool reissues and some underground death metal.

LIMITED QUANTITIES! Get five FREE BONUS flexi discs from DECIBEL!

June 6, 2018

Get out of print Immolation, Obituary, Kreator, Enslaved, Khemmis and Pestilence flexis free with this special (limited) subscription offer!

Justify Your Shitty Taste: Kreator’s “Renewal”

March 1, 2018

Kreator‘s 1992 album Renewal is nowhere near as shitty, or as industrial, as you think. Let’s re-evaluate.

SALE ENDS MONDAY: Last Chance to Get 5 Bonus Vinyl Singles!

August 25, 2017

Hurry if you want FREE Kreator, Tribulation, the Black Dahlia Murder, Panopticon and Eyehategod out-of-print flexi discs.

Get Out of Print Kreator, Eyehategod & Black Dahlia Murder Vinyl!

August 11, 2017

Get FIVE rare BONUS singles from the Decibel Flexi Series when you order this special Decibel subscription. For a limited time only!

CONTEST: Win Test Pressings Of Kreator’s Noise Records Reissues

June 16, 2017

Contest alert: Win test pressings of Kreator‘s reissued first four albums plus full Q&A with guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza.

The Decibel Magazine Tour Starts TODAY! Get Tickets Now!

March 17, 2017

Kreator, Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous embark on the sixth annual Decibel Magazine Tour starting TODAY. Got tickets? 

Author David Gehlke talks new Noise Records book, “Damn the Machine”

March 16, 2017

We catch up with the author of Damn the Machine, a new book about the history of Noise Records, to get the scoop on why he chose Noise to write about, the rocky relationships between the label and its bands, and much more.

The Decibel Tour Starts a Week From Today! Get Tickets!

March 10, 2017

We’re just one week from the start of the Decibel Magazine Tour 2017 featuring Kreator, Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous. Don’t miss out; tickets are still on sale!

Decibel Tour, Decibel Metal & Beer Fest and Bozzfest Tickets On Sale Now!

March 2, 2017

When we’re not busy publishing North America’s only monthly metal magazine, releasing authoritative metal history books, unleashing Top 100 lists in special issue form and adding to our ever-expanding flexi discography, we like to host a live event or two. Here’s a round-up of Decibel-related shows going down winter gives way to spring. 

Decibel’s Landmark 150th Issue is Now Available!

February 21, 2017

Limited quantities of #150, which include the Obituary flexi disc, featuring the exclusive track “No,” are now available in the dB webstore. Don’t blow it.

Blood Incantation, Withered and 8 More Acts to Open Select Dates of the Decibel Magazine Tour

February 1, 2017

If simply having Kreator, Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous all on one bill wasn’t enough to excite you so much your reproductive organs explode, this year’s Decibel Magazine Tour will, once again, have some sick regional openers on select dates as well. Here is the complete lists of first kills! 

 

Last-Minute Decibel Gifts That Don’t Require Shipping

December 21, 2016

Christmas is in four days, but you have nothing to worry about thanks to these awesome gifts that don’t require any shipping. Happy holidays!

Kreator Unveil “Earth Under the Sword” Via Decibel Flexi Series!

December 15, 2016

Between the epic Gods of Violence, The Decibel Magazine Tour and this band new flexi disc, 2017 sure looks like the year of thrash metal godfathers Kreator

Pallbearer, With New LP Imminent, Headline Decibel’s 2017 Preview Issue

December 8, 2016

Pallbearer‘s third LP is still month’s away, but you can read all about it — and the rest of the year ahead – in our 2017 Preview Issue. Advance copies are available now. 

Kreator, Obituary, Midnight & Horrendous Take Part in 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour

December 5, 2016

Sixth Annual Decibel Magazine Tour Lineup + Dates Announced! Kreator, Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous spearhead premier metal mag’s latest North American assault this March.

 

Get this Limited KREATOR Flexi Disc When You Subscribe to Decibel!

November 18, 2016

It will be a pleasure to spin the next installment of the Decibel Flexi Series. But if you want this ultra-limited Kreator vinyl, you’d need to subscribe NOW. 

Top 5 Maryland Deathfest 2016 Moments

June 6, 2016

Every year, we travel to Baltimore  for Maryland Deathfest, easily the best run festival for underground metal to grace America. Here are five of my memorable moments at MDF 2016. Music-related missives are forthcoming in the August 2016 issue of Decibel.

Video Premiere: Thrash Trio Nervosa aren’t Negotiating in “Hostages”

May 24, 2016

Brazilian trio takes thrash beyond their country’s (bloody) roots on “Hostages.”

EXCLUSIVE: WARBRINGER “Hunter-Seeker” lyric video

September 17, 2013

As you may or may not know, Californian next-gen thrashers Warbringer will be dropping album number four—IV: Empires Collapse—on Oct 29th through Century Media. The band have been on the road pretty much constantly since 2011’s Worlds Torn Asunder, and in that time have augmented their lineup with guitarist Jeff Potts and bassist Ben Mottsman,…

Fenriz (Isengard, Darkthrone) interviewed

January 25, 2012

How does the commentary track thing work? Are you talking over the music in real-time or is the commentary track spliced in after it’s finalized? Fenriz: Lord have mercy! Just listening to Viking’s Do or Die album from ‘87 on vinyl and starting the interview. Well, it works like a commentary track on a movie—I…

STREAMING: Necrodeath “Awakening of Dawn”

May 23, 2011

Metal is pervasive. It has no geographic restrictions. There are few countries worldwide—at least according to Metal Archives—that don’t have a grimace-faced metal act waiting to bash heads in and rebel against the shit that gets ‘em down. Now, I’m sure you’ve heard of Italy’s Necrodeath at one point or another. In fact, you’ve probably…