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Scott Burns Book Signing Session Announced at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025

March 27, 2025

Meet legendary death metal engineer Scott Burns at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4 to sign copies The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997 at the Decibel merch table!

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Video Premiere: These Cursed Hands – “Perihelion”

March 27, 2025

Portland, OR band These Cursed Hands just dropped a video for “Perihelion” from their latest EP, Intelligent (RE)Design, released November of last year. Check it out here.

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Justify Your Shitty Taste: Danzig’s “6:66 Satan’s Child”

October 31, 2024

Celebrate the culmination of spooky season by revisiting Danzig‘s oft overlooked monster, 6:66 Satan’s Child.

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May 2025 [#247]

Includes exclusive limited edition -(16)- flexi disc

Alone in the Dark! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Unleashed’s Where No Life Dwells, an exclusive Gary Holt book excerpt on the making of Exodus’ Bonded by Blood, Anthrax, SpiritWorld, Rwake and more

Video Premiere: Övervåld – “Förruttnelse”

March 26, 2025

Swedish death crushers Övervåld stomp their HM-2 pedals with impunity and bring the (sonic) rot in their new video for “Förruttnelse.”

Track Premiere: COGAS – “The Noble Rot”

March 26, 2025

COGAS premiere new track “The Noble Rot” from upcoming album Among the Dead: How to Become a Ghost.

Blast Worship: Common Decency

March 25, 2025

Have you no Common Decency? Well, you really should. They are quite good.

Castrator to Release New Song, “Mortem Opeterie,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

March 25, 2025

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Friday, March 28 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from Dark Descent death dealers Castrator!

‘NO CELEBRATION: THE OFFICIAL STORY OF PARADISE LOST’ Returns as an Exclusive Expanded Edition! PRE-ORDER NOW!

March 25, 2025

Out of print since 2021, No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost returns with expanded content including additional chapters, a 16-page photo section of rare and some never-before-seen shots, and a gorgeous fully debossed gold-printed cover wrap!

Track Premiere: Obstruktion – “Sow Fear”

March 24, 2025

Swedish metallic hardcore quintet Obstruktion are here to “Sow Fear” on the new track from their second full-length, The End Takes Form.

Interview: Tech-Thrashers Cryptosis Discuss the Intersection of Technology and Extreme Metal

March 24, 2025

Futuristic Dutch thrashers Cryptosis talk Black Mirror, technicality versus melody and their new album, Celestial Death.

Five For Friday: March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025

Your Friday is officially on fire with the latest from Cradle of Filth, Imperial Triumphant, SpiritWorld and more!