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FINAL GASP to Release Exclusive New Song, “Aftermath,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
August 28, 2026
You’ve got until Friday, Monday, August 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of this exclusive single from Boston death rockers Final Gasp is yours as part of the Decibel Flexi Series.
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Track Premiere: Stellar Rot – “Through The Eternity Stairs”
September 2, 2026
Charm City blackgazers Stellar Rot rampage “Through the Eternity Stairs,” a frigid new track with melodic atmospherics.
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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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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!
Track Premiere: Korrupt – “Waiting For the Sun”
September 2, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Norwegian black metal-informed hardcore outfit Korrupt are “Waiting For the Sun,” but not the same sun the Doors were waiting for.
Track Premiere: Lecherous Nocturne – ‘Metempsychosis’
September 2, 2026 Tim Mudd
South Carolina blackened death metal veterans Lecherous Nocturne return today with “Metempsychosis,” their first new music since 2018’s Occultaclysmic.
Track Premiere: Morbid Stench – ‘Narcissistic God’
September 1, 2026 Emily Bellino
Get down with Morbid Stench and their latest song.
Track Premiere: Thief – “Moon and Kill”
September 1, 2026 Daniel Lake
Hear the latest “hard to market” single from Dylan Neal’s solo project Thief.
Full Album Stream: Veilcaste – “Hellward”
August 31, 2026 Emily Bellino
Indianapolis doom crew Veilcaste stream their new album.
Five For Friday: August 28, 2026
August 28, 2026 J. Andrew
This week brings us the latest hard and heavy hitters from Mastodon, Street Tombs, Unholy Redeemer and more!
Video Premiere: Castle – “3 Knocks”
August 27, 2026 Dillon Collins
Watch the video for “3 Knocks,” the fourth and final single from Carrie Chains, the new album from heavy-doom trio Castle, out September 4 through Hammerheart Records.
Video Premiere: Eternal Drak – “We Force It To Speak”
August 27, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Check out Eternal Drak‘s new music video for “We Force It To Speak” from the band’s newly issued sixth album, The Violence of Time, which was released July 27.
Q&A: Forest Brienne Cutrer (Bury Them and Keep Quiet) On Personal Transformation and “Positive Nihilism”
August 27, 2026 Justin Norton
Forest Brienne Cutrer is not widely known in the metal community. She is nonetheless doing some of the most confrontational boundary-pushing black metal today as Bury Them and Keep Quiet.
Track Premiere: Suffering Quota – “Again”
August 26, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Dutch grinders Suffering Quota offer a different take on “rock” and “roll” on Sisyphus-inspired track “Again.”
