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Venom Reveal Exclusive Recording, “Nevermore (Full Length Version),” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
June 23, 2026
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from black metal progenitors Venom before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
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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.
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.
Latest Issue
Hulder
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
Blast Worship: Whoresnation/Nak’ay
June 23, 2026 Gene Meyer
Two bands. Fourteen songs. Seventeen minutes: It’s the new Whoresnation / Nak’ay split.
Acheron – Rites of the Black Mass
June 22, 2026 Dutch Pearce
How Acheron put actual Satan in Florida death on their Hall of Fame-inducted debut, Rites of the Black Mass.
Track Premiere: Irata – “Goodside”
June 22, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Noisy North Carolina trio Irata show their “Goodside” on this tension-filled, fuzzed-out new single.
Five For Friday: June 19, 2026
June 19, 2026 J. Andrew
New full-length LPs from Saidan, Mork and Inscribed headline a diverse new release Friday!
Track-by-Track: Fleshcrawl – Epitome of Carnage
June 18, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
We catch up with Fleshcrawl for a track-by track breakdown of their new album in the old-school death metal crew’s own words.
Track Premiere: Agonanist – ‘Effacement’
June 18, 2026 Emily Bellino
Dissonant black metal band Agonanist wields microtonal guitars as a weapon on new single.
Full Album Stream: Gold Spire –Steps Into Shadow
June 17, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish avant-garde DM sophisticates Gold Spire dial up the sax and violence on new full-length, Steps Into Shadow.
Blast Worship: MERC
June 17, 2026 Gene Meyer
Tune into MERC‘s all-caps, no-guitars grindcore attack.
Track Premiere: Cold Blue Mountain – “The Storm”
June 17, 2026 Tim Mudd
Cold Blue Mountain are not exactly thinking small on The Healer. The Chico, California post-metal quintet’s new double album is a 74-minute concept record.
Album Premiere: HISS – A Cheapened Crown
June 17, 2026 Tim Mudd
Decibel noise-making faves Still/Form reemerge as Portland noise-sludge trio HISS.
