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Pre-Order DOWN’s New Album ‘Volume V’ on Decibel-Exclusive Orange and Black Galaxy Vinyl! LIMITED TO 300!
August 19, 2026
There are a mere 300 copies of Down‘s first new the new full-length LP in 19 years on Decibel-exclusive Orange and Black Galaxy color vinyl with special embossed gatefold cover. Get one or be forever doomed.
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Full Album Stream: Ninth Realm – “Damnation’s Veil”
August 25, 2026
Maryland death-thrashers Ninth Realm take no prisoners on their new album.
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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!
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Charity Seminar For Krieg’s Neill Jameson
August 25, 2026 J. Andrew
On Sunday, October 4, black belts Danny Katz, David Grossman and Dean Lewis will hold a charity event for Neill Jameson and his daughter.
Blast Worship: Held Hostage
August 25, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Peoria powerviolence purveyors Held Hostage take some prisoners on ripper of a debut demo.
Track Premiere: Foreign Body – “When Sex Is Not Enough”
August 24, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Brooklyn noise rock scrapers, Foreign Body, roil, throb and abrade earholes on new single, “When Sex Is Not Enough.”
Retrospective: 20 Years of Hatebreed’s Supremacy
August 24, 2026 Emily Bellino
Looking back at Hatebreed‘s fourth album, which turns 20 this week.
Track Premiere: Smoulder – “Water Wars”
August 21, 2026 J. Andrew
Check out Smoulder‘s “Judas Priestian, riff-laden, speed metal banger,” from their upcoming new album, Witch Wife In An Alien World.
Track Premiere: The Still Out – “From Fiction”
August 20, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
The Still Out unearth material from their “lost” ’90s shoegaze album, Crystalized. Hear it now.
Full Album Stream: Deathgrave – “Hell Is Evil”
August 20, 2026 Emily Bellino
California deathgrind maniacs Deathgrave debut their third album ahead of its Tankcrimes release tomorrow.
Track Premiere: Grindcore Nutbars Beaten to Death Test Tolerance with “The Tolerator”
August 20, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a new track by Norse grind-freaks Beaten to Death!
Album Premiere: Deceptor – Reign of Terror
August 19, 2026 Tim Mudd
Hear Raleigh, North Carolina old-school death/thrash trio Deceptor proudly deliver their debut full-length, Reign of Terror in advance of its August 21 through Dying Victims Productions.
Full Album Stream: Shabti –Haze, Cacophony, and White Light
August 19, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Maine prog-tech DM trio Shabti reveal complex and compelling new music on third full-length, Haze, Cacophony, and White Light.
