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Former Napalm Death Guitarist Mitch Harris Thinks Touring Is Broken. TourFlip Is His Solution

June 24, 2026

Mitch Harris pours 30 years of extreme metal touring experience (and over 4,000 shows) into TourFlip, a platform designed to connect artists, promoters, venues, festivals and fans.

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Album Stream: Triage – In the Trenches

June 25, 2026

Hear Texas blast force Triage pull no punches on their lean and mean 16-track sophomore effort.

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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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July 2026 [#261]

Includes exclusive limited edition Venom flexi disc

The Acclamation of Bonds! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Acheron’s Rites of the Black Mass, an exclusive Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography excerpt, Neurosis, Panopticon and more

Video Premiere: Truent – “Vilemaker”

June 25, 2026

Canadian death metalers Truent return with a vengeance as they release their crushing new single and music video “Vilemaker.” Check it out below. “‘Vilemaker’ is the most recent song we’ve written. There was a lot of deliberation on the structure and placement of certain parts, but it came together in a very satisfying way. It’s…

Track Premiere: Svjetlost – “Above the Mountain”

June 24, 2026

With “Above the Mountain,” one-man doom slayer Svjetlost offers a “peak” at his sludgy debut, The Forever Silent.

Interview: Fuming Mouth Frontman Mark Whelan Talks New Record, Jay Weinberg and Positive Attitudes

June 24, 2026

“I’m proud of the whole entire record. I’m proud of every single song. I really mean it. I can’t wait to play every single song.”

Track Premiere: Bacht’n de Vulle Moane – ‘Verdwazing Der Dwazen (Min Erte Bloedt)’

June 24, 2026

Bacht’n de Vulle Moane exists somewhere between black metal violence, electronic pulse, scabbed-over despair and the kind of sarcasm that only really works when everything else has failed.

Video Premiere: Apogean – ‘Waste Where Life Begins’

June 23, 2026

Canadian tech death outfit Apogean share the title track to their second album.

Album Premiere: There Were Wires – Vessel

June 23, 2026

Hear Massachusetts post-hardcore heroes There Were Wires return with their first full-length in 23 years.

Venom Reveal Exclusive Recording, “Nevermore (Full Length Version),” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

June 23, 2026

Acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from black metal progenitors Venom before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!

Blast Worship: Whoresnation/Nak’ay

June 23, 2026

Two bands. Fourteen songs. Seventeen minutes: It’s the new Whoresnation / Nak’ay split.

Acheron – Rites of the Black Mass

June 22, 2026

How Acheron put actual Satan in Florida death on their Hall of Fame-inducted debut, Rites of the Black Mass.