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SULACO Premiere Exclusive New Song, “Curtains,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
September 14, 2026
Acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from Rochester tech cult heroes Sulaco before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
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Track Premieres: Noroth / Mörtual Preview Upcoming Split
September 14, 2026
American and Costa Rican death metal outfits Noroth and Mörtual team up to announce their new split.
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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Chat Pile
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!
Video Premiere: Bulletbelt – “Deathgasm 2”
September 11, 2026 J. Andrew
Fans of tongue-in-cheek horror and blackened power metal have a lot of reasons to be happy today, as Bulletbelt releases the theme song for “Deathgasm 2.”
Track Premiere: Sacreligious – “Occiasion for War”
September 10, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Death metallers Sacreligious share a track from their new album, Brutality Incarnated before it’s out September 25. Check out the single “Occassion for War” ahead of the drop.
Track Premiere: Voracious Contempt – “Splitting the Cerebrum”
September 9, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
San Antonio slam enthusiasts Voracious Contempt spill brains on new single “Splitting the Cerebrum.”
Full Album Stream: Cartilage — Operating Altar
September 9, 2026 Tim Mudd
Hear San Francisco deathgrinders Cartilage make their particular pathology even more elaborate on third full-length Operating Altar, due September 11 through Everlasting Spew.
Track Premiere: Massteron – ‘Achronon’
September 8, 2026 Emily Bellino
Stream a new single from Polish black/death metal group Massteron.
Blast Worship: Magnicide/Punished Earth
September 8, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear blast vets Magnicide and Punished Earth team up on the imaginatively titled Split LP.
Track Premiere: 30,000 Monkies – “Unsound Hero”
September 7, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Noisy Belgian primates 30,000 Monkies hail the “Unsound Hero” on sludgy new single.
Video Premiere: Stinking Lizaveta – ‘Champion of My Mind’
September 7, 2026 Emily Bellino
Philadelphia’s Stinking Lizaveta rock out in a new music video filmed at the Mahoning Drive-In Theater.
Five For Friday: September 4, 2026
September 4, 2026 J. Andrew
This week’s new releases feature the latest in heavy, unrelenting ferocity from Devil Master, Sigh, Chat Pile and more!
Agalloch – Ashes Against the Grain
September 3, 2026 Daniel Lake
Celebrating 20 years of Agalloch‘s Ashes Against the Grain with this new Hall of Fame induction.
