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STARTS TODAY! The Decibel Magazine Tour 2026 Featuring CRYPTOPSY, NECROT, SPIRIT ADRIFT and BLOOD MONOLITH!
April 30, 2026
The 13th annual Decibel Magazine Tour kicks off in Worcester, MA TONIGHT! Get your tickets now as we spend the next month trekking across North America!
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Track Premiere: Maneating Orchid Pummel and Puzzle with “Void Engine”
April 30, 2026
Check out the new single by Indian crazies Maneating Orchid!
Editorial
An Endless Wave of American Darkness: USBM’s Hidden Underground
December 26, 2025
Neill Jameson digs deep into the best that underground U.S. black metal had to offer in 2025.
Track Premiere: Burning Sister – “Sunspots”
April 30, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Denver low-end duo Burning Sister present their latest single, “Sunspots,” their first new track following their 2025 album Ghosts.
Track Premiere: Üga Büga – “Divine Slaughter (Backyard Barbecue Bonanza)”
April 29, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Virginia stoner rock trio Üga Büga fire up the grill on new single, “Divine Slaughter (Backyard Barbecue Bonanza).”
$30 Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Tickets Now Available as Part of ‘Summer of Live’!
April 29, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Single-day “Just Metal” tickets for Metal & Beer Fest Philly this weekend are just $30 starting today! For less than the price of an underwhelming delivery burrito, you can join the party on May 2-3!
Track Premiere: 9 Dead – “Parasite”
April 29, 2026 Tim Mudd
Hear New Jersey deathcore unit 9 Dead let it rip on their latest single, “Parasite.”
Full Album Stream: Lair of the Minotaur – “I Hail I”
April 28, 2026 Emily Bellino
Enter the Lair of the Minotaur for the band’s first full-length album in 16 years.
Full Beer Menu for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 REVEALED!
April 28, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Here are the 42 different beers (and meads) that “Metal & Beer” ticket holders are entitled to sample at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest on May 2-3 in Philly!
Blast Worship: Killing Pace
April 28, 2026 Gene Meyer
If you like blast beats with your hardcore, you’d better move to the speed of Richmond’s Killing Pace.
Watch: Grindmother Play Their Final Set (12/5/2025)
April 28, 2026 Emily Bellino
Watch Grindmother perform her final show alongside her son and a variety of guests vocalists including members of Brat and Arch Enemy.
Video Premiere: Tyrannus – “Flesh Eternal”
April 27, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Scottish trio Tyrannus ride post-punk angst to a fiery black metal explosion on new track, “Flesh Eternal.”
Full Album Stream: Steve Austin – “Marked Cards and Loaded Dice”
April 27, 2026 Emily Bellino
Today is the Day frontman Steve Austin returns to his roots with his debut outlaw country record, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice. Hear the album early and read an interview with him now.

