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All Back Issues Just $4! THIS JULY 4th WEEKEND ONLY!

July 3, 2025

Nearly 150 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $4.00 each! Many of them containing flexis and down to the last copies. Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.

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Track Premiere: Vittra – “Reign Supreme”

July 2, 2025

Hear Swedish death thrashers Vittra do their own meaty version of death ’n’ roll on new single “Reign Supreme.”

Editorial

Gus Rios (Cold Slither): The Toys That Saved Me

May 30, 2025

Fresh from his reveal as Cold Slither frontman Zartan, drummer/guitarist/vocalist Gus Rios provides the following homage to the impact of the toys that defined his childhood and shaped his adulthood. 

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Cryptopsy

August 2025 [#250]

Includes exclusive limited edition Motörhead flexi disc

As the Worm Turns! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Carcass’s Surgical Steel, Hell’s Heroes VII reviewed, Botch, Gruesome, Planning For Burial and more

Interview: In The Company of Serpents Talk Cord Cutting Catharsis

July 3, 2025

Grant Netzorg, the multifaceted vocalist and guitarist of the Denver-based In the Company of Serpents, gets personal detailing his inner turmoil on the band’s latest album, A Crack in Everything, set to release on July 11.

Carcass – Surgical Steel

June 30, 2025

Carcass make the ultimate comeback with Surgical Steel.

Track Premiere: Anchorite – “Devil on the Throne”

June 30, 2025

Hear Euro doom crushers Anchorite lay the lumber on new single, “Devil on the Throne,” featuring a guest solo from Michael Denner (ex-Mercyful Fate).

Interview: Kaonashi Talk Touring, Songwriting and New Album, I Want to Go Home

June 30, 2025

“Before, it was me just trying to beg the world: ‘Please listen to me. Please look in my direction, I make music and I promise it’s good enough for you listen to,’ and now we truly have an audience.”

Five For Friday: June 27, 2025

June 27, 2025

It’s a week of towering legends with the latest in metal releases from Sodom, Lord Belial, Deadguy and more!

Kontusion to Release New Song, “Insatiable Lust for Death,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

June 27, 2025

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, June 30 to secure a copy of this extremely extreme and extremely exclusive flexi disc single from Northeastern death merchants Kontusion!

Track Premiere: Recurrence – “Remember Who the Enemy Is”

June 27, 2025

When melodic death metal, metalcore, and groove collide, you get the sharpened steel of Recurrence—and their new single, “Remember Who The Enemy Is,” drives that point straight into your chest.

Video Premiere: Famous Strangers – “l.S.C.”

June 26, 2025

Get to know melodic, classic Canadian metallers Famous Strangers through their new song/video “L.S.C.”

PRE-ORDER NOW: CRYPT SERMON’s ‘Saturnian Appendices’ on Decibel-Exclusive Rose Red with Black Smoke Vinyl!

June 26, 2025

There are only 100 copies of Crypt Sermon‘s new EP, Saturnian Appendices, on exclusive Rose Red with Black Smoke vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!

Track Premiere: Picking Up Change with Fuck Money’s “Belts”

June 26, 2025

Listen to Austin noiseniks Fuck Money tighten their “Belts” (around your necks)!