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Tickets ON SALE NOW for the Decibel Magazine Tour 2026 Featuring CRYPTOPSY, NECROT, FULCI and BLOOD MONOLITH!

January 30, 2026

All tickets to the 2026 Decibel Magazine Tour, kicking off April 30, are on sale now!

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DEAD HEAT Premiere Exclusive Track, “Light Me Up,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

February 5, 2026

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from crossover crushers Dead Heat before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!

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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Converge

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

EP Premiere: Bergtagen – In Forests Eternal

February 5, 2026

Hear the the two-decades-in-the-making debut EP, In Forests Eternal from dark atmospheric metallers Bergtagen.

Full Album Stream: Ashbringer – Subglacial

February 5, 2026

Atmospheric, introspective black metallers Ashbringer present Subglacial, their new album due out on February 13 via Bölverk Collective.

Full Album Stream: Stress Spells –Hearts Never Tire

February 4, 2026

Hear the manic, twitchy mathcore of New Jersey quartet Stress Spells on their new album, Hearts Never Tire.

Video Premiere: Beltfed Weapon – “Digital Genesis”

February 4, 2026

Seattle’s Beltfed Weapon new single, “Digital Genesis,” hits like a chrome-plated thrash hammer to the skull.

Video Premiere: Bitter Branches – “Pity Party”

February 4, 2026

Post-hardcore supergroup Bitter Branches, featuring Deadguy’s Tim Singer on vocals, throw themselves a “Pity Party.”

Listen: Anal Trump Use New EP to Raise Money to Defend Immigrants

February 3, 2026

Anal Trump return after eight years with their latest satirical take on current events.

Track Premiere: Korroded – “Body Broker”

February 3, 2026

If you’ve got 60 seconds, we’ve got a track premiere of grindcore fury from Memphis blasters Korroded.