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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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Album Premiere: Lago – Vigil
May 6, 2026
The Phoenix, Arizona death metal outfit Lago returns with Vigil, a dense, suffocating, and surgically cold new full-length that pushes their bleak atmosphere into sharper, more punishing territory.
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.
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Khemmis
June 2026 [#260]
Includes exclusive limited edition Hellripper flexi disc
The Lightness of Being! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Suffocation’s Pierced From Within, At the Gates, Nervosa, Frozen Soul, Elder, Ghoul and more
Full Album Stream: laCasta –Olibanvm
May 6, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Where there’s smoke, there’s black metal, and Italian ragers laCasta are engulfed in the acrid fumes of their new full length Olibanvm.
Blast Worship: Vixen Maw
May 5, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Vixen Maw deliver absolute audio mayhem with Pervertigo.
Track Premiere: Wyrmhaven – “Unrelenting Storms”
May 4, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Tucson crushers Wyrmhaven whip up a melodic death metal monsoon on new track “Unrelenting Storms.”
Full Album Stream: Teloch Vovin – “Towards the Inevitable”
May 4, 2026 Emily Bellino
NYBM outfit Teloch Vovin embrace the darkness on their new album.
DOOM Bar is the official home base for Metal & Beer Fest 2026!
May 1, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Wether traveling for the fest or living locally, Doom Bar is the home base for Metal & Beer Fest!
Video Premiere: Mind Incision – ‘Y.W.A. War’
May 1, 2026 Emily Bellino
MInd Incision join the fight against AI with a new ripper.
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: Maneating Orchid Pummel and Puzzle with “Void Engine”
April 30, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new single by Indian crazies Maneating Orchid!
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!