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Job Posting: Decibel Sales and Marketing Assistant (Part Time)
February 20, 2026
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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.
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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
Five For Friday: February 20, 2026
February 20, 2026 J. Andrew
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 Adrien Begrand
Live review: Euphoric black metallers Agriculture embrace Montreal for one sold-out night in February.
Video/Track Premiere: Screaming At All the Walls With Baltimore Punks PEARL
February 19, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video/single from Baltimore punks, Pearl!
Track Premiere: Desert Collider – “ThumpeRRR”
February 18, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the sonic explorations of Italian psych-stoner quartet, Desert Collider, on their brain-tweaking new single, “ThumpeRRR.”
KILL FEED 080: Matt Guglielmo of THE ACACIA STRAIN Will Never Be Safe From Remakes
February 18, 2026 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
When it comes to gaming, the drummer/producer just wants to feel something.
Video Premiere: My Wife’s An Angel – ‘American Dream’
February 18, 2026 Emily Bellino
Philly noise rockers My Wife’s An Angel release the first song from their new album.
Single & Video Premiere: Graufar – “Foltertrog”
February 18, 2026 Tim Mudd
Graufar return with the third single from their upcoming full-length, Via Necropolis, steeped in blackened death metal ferocity with a slow-burning sense of dread.
Full EP Stream: Dissentience – “Kaiju”
February 17, 2026 Emily Bellino
Death-thrashers Dissentience hit like a Kaiju on their new EP.
Blast Worship: Trucido
February 17, 2026 Gene Meyer
Near, far, wherever you are, the blast inferno of Trucido are there so your heart grinds on.
Track Premiere: Radian – ‘Toothless Wolf’
February 16, 2026 Emily Bellino
Enter a world of treachery and betrayal on Radian‘s new album.
