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Job Posting: Decibel Sales and Marketing Assistant (Part Time)

February 20, 2026

We’re hiring a part time Ad Sales & Marketing Manager for Decibel magazine and our related events. Send cover letter and resume to [email protected]

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Track Premiere: Total Maniac – “Early Grave”

February 24, 2026

Stream a new song from Baltimore street metal thrashers Total Maniac.

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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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March 2026 [#257]

Includes exclusive limited edition Dead Heat flexi disc

Hardened to Their Core! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Lethargy’s It’s Hard to Write With a Little Hand, Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2025 Reviewed, Mayhem, Carpenter Brut and more

Track Premiere: Zanjeer – ‘F*ck Berlin, Free Falasteen’

February 24, 2026

Berlin-based hardcore punks Zanjeer debut a new song from their upcoming debut album.

Boris – Pink

February 24, 2026

Boris‘ 2005 fuzzy game-changer, Pink, enters our hallowed Hall.

Full Album Stream: Deeper Graves –Pull Me Toward the Dark

February 23, 2026

Hear the new post-punk goth melancholy of Deeper Graves on third full-length Pull Me Toward the Dark.

Track Premiere: Malauriu – ‘Satanic Witch’

February 23, 2026

Malauriu take black metal back to raw, punky roots.

Full Album Stream: Harrowed –The Eternal Hunger

February 23, 2026

Feast on the full-length debut, The Eternal Hunger, from Swedeath duo Harrowed, out soon on Dying Victims Productions.

Five For Friday: February 20, 2026

February 20, 2026

It’s a great day for musical discoveries with the latest releases from Exhumed, Nightshade, Rotten Blasphemy and more!

A High Place of Darkness and Light: Live Review: Agriculture

February 20, 2026

Live review: Euphoric black metallers Agriculture embrace Montreal for one sold-out night in February.

Album Premiere: Unmother – State Dependent Memory

February 19, 2026

London-based black metal quartet Unmother return with their new full-length album, State Dependent Memory. Hear in it before its February 20 release via Fiadh Productions.

Track Premiere: Desert Collider – “ThumpeRRR”

February 18, 2026

Hear the sonic explorations of Italian psych-stoner quartet, Desert Collider, on their brain-tweaking new single, “ThumpeRRR.”