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Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2026 Is Only 3 MONTHS AWAY! Make Your Plans NOW!
September 3, 2026
If you haven’t already, book your plane ticket, line up a hotel room (or the least dirty floor) and make sure the babysitter knows where your kids are, because Metal & Beer Fest Denver is approaching.
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Track Premiere: Grant the Sun Besmirch Musical Tedium with “Tedium”
September 3, 2026
Check out the new single from the forthcoming second album by prog metallers, Grant the Sun!
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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.
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October 2026 [#264]
It’s Always Sunny in Oklahoma! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Agalloch’s Ashes Against the Grain, Godflesh, Fire in the Mountains 2026 Reviewed, Anthrax, Mastodon, Russian Circles and more. Each issue includes an exclusive limited edition Sulaco flexi disc!
Agalloch – Ashes Against the Grain
September 3, 2026 Daniel Lake
Celebrating 20 years of Agalloch‘s Ashes Against the Grain with this new Hall of Fame induction.
Track Premiere: God Mother – “False Self”
September 3, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Stockholm’s God Mother drop their third full-length album, Köttvärld, on September 25. Check out the LP track “False Self” now.
Track Premiere: Stellar Rot – “Through The Eternity Stairs”
September 2, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Charm City blackgazers Stellar Rot rampage “Through the Eternity Stairs,” a frigid new track with melodic atmospherics.
Track Premiere: Korrupt – “Waiting For the Sun”
September 2, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Norwegian black metal-informed hardcore outfit Korrupt are “Waiting For the Sun,” but not the same sun the Doors were waiting for.
Track Premiere: Lecherous Nocturne – ‘Metempsychosis’
September 2, 2026 Tim Mudd
South Carolina blackened death metal veterans Lecherous Nocturne return today with “Metempsychosis,” their first new music since 2018’s Occultaclysmic.
Track Premiere: Morbid Stench – ‘Narcissistic God’
September 1, 2026 Emily Bellino
Get down with Morbid Stench and their latest song.
Track Premiere: Thief – “Moon and Kill”
September 1, 2026 Daniel Lake
Hear the latest “hard to market” single from Dylan Neal’s solo project Thief.
Full Album Stream: Veilcaste – “Hellward”
August 31, 2026 Emily Bellino
Indianapolis doom crew Veilcaste stream their new album.
Five For Friday: August 28, 2026
August 28, 2026 J. Andrew
This week brings us the latest hard and heavy hitters from Mastodon, Street Tombs, Unholy Redeemer and more!
FINAL GASP to Release Exclusive New Song, “Aftermath,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
August 28, 2026 Decibel Magazine
You’ve got until Friday, Monday, August 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of this exclusive single from Boston death rockers Final Gasp is yours as part of the Decibel Flexi Series.
