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ONLY 100 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order HULDER’s New Album ‘Verbolgen’ on Decibel-Exclusive Hardwood Color Vinyl!
June 12, 2026 Decibel Magazine
There are a mere 100 copies of Hulder‘s new full-length LP, Verbolgen, on Decibel-exclusive Hardwood colored vinyl. Answer the call of the ancestral fires and forest spirits and pre-order now!
Video Premiere: Total Meltdown – “The Spell”
June 11, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Check out the new song from Long Island/New York hardcore crushers Total Meltdown, “The Spell,” premiering via a cool animated video.
Video Premiere: Without Mercy Turn the Lens on Themselves on “Glass”
June 11, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video/single from Canadian voyagers, Without Mercy!
Decibel Celebrates 40 Years of THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE: THE SOUNDTRACK! Pre-Order Our New Issue!
June 10, 2026 Decibel Magazine
All Decibel subscribers will receive the “A” version of the cover, featuring Optimus Prime, as part of their subscription (along with a Spirit Adrift flexi disc), while the “B” version of the cover, featuring Unicron, is a Decibel webstore exclusive.
Blast Worship: Meltification
June 9, 2026 Gene Meyer
Get meltified by Copenhagen grindcrushers Meltification.
EXCLUSIVE: Burnt by the Sun Officially Reunites
June 5, 2026 Albert Mudrian
After 15 years of silence, the New Jersey-born metal/hardcore heroes Burnt by the Sun reactivate, recruit Bill Kelliher (Mastodon) on second guitar.
“The Only Reason We Are Still Standing:” Neill Jameson On His Wife’s Cancer Battle and the Metal Community
June 3, 2026 Justin Norton
Neill Jameson (Krieg) on his family’s struggles in the past year, which are darker and more challenging than anything hinted at on a black metal recording, and the support from the heavy metal community they inspired.
Blast Worship: Houkago Grind Time
June 2, 2026 Gene Meyer
Weebs rejoice! Andrew Lee’s one-man grind jam, Houkago Grind Time, returns with Sorry I am Not From Japan.
Read How SODOM Recorded Their ‘Obsessed by Cruelty’ Debut LP In This Excerpt From ‘Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography’ Out Now!
May 29, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Read an exclusive book excerpt from Sodom: The Official Authorized Biography turns the clock back 40 years to the genesis of the German thrash metal scene, and get a copy of the book, which is out TODAY!
“It Was Like Being Blind Reaching Into A Dark Room:” Tom Gabriel Fischer On 20 Years of Celtic Frost’s ‘Monotheist’
May 28, 2026 Justin Norton
Tom Gabriel Fischer unpacks Celtic Frost‘s comeback album, Monotheist, released 20 years ago this week.
Q&A With Charlie Speicher of the Firekeeper Alliance
May 28, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
An interview with Firekeeper Alliance founder/director, Charlie Speicher.
Blast Worship: Gadget
May 26, 2026 Gene Meyer
Swedish grind vets Gadget blast back with Coerced, their first new material in five years.
Blast Worship: Fake Dust
May 19, 2026 Gene Meyer
Get real with the debut full-length from Portland, OR blast beasts Fake Dust.
Track Premiere: Getting Cosmic with The Conflux Collective’s “In the Wake of Saturn”
May 14, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear former and current members of Decrepit Birth, Animosity, Akurion, Neuraxis, Augury, Emasculator and more gather as The Conflux Collective.
Don’t Sleep on Gozu’s New Stoner Metal Rager, Gozu VI
May 12, 2026 Emily Bellino
Boston stoner quartet Gozu bring the riffs on their new album.
Blast Worship: Common Decency
May 12, 2026 Gene Meyer
Have you no Common Decency? Then start with their new split release with Self Love.
Suffocation – Pierced from Within
May 7, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Long Island death metal kings Suffocation earn their second HOF induction via Pierced From Within.
Blast Worship: Vixen Maw
May 5, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Vixen Maw deliver absolute audio mayhem with Pervertigo.
DOOM Bar is the official home base for Metal & Beer Fest 2026!
May 1, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Wether traveling for the fest or living locally, Doom Bar is the home base for Metal & Beer Fest!
Track Premiere: Üga Büga – “Divine Slaughter (Backyard Barbecue Bonanza)”
April 29, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Virginia stoner rock trio Üga Büga fire up the grill on new single, “Divine Slaughter (Backyard Barbecue Bonanza).”
$30 Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Tickets Now Available as Part of ‘Summer of Live’!
April 29, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Single-day “Just Metal” tickets for Metal & Beer Fest Philly this weekend are just $30 starting today! For less than the price of an underwhelming delivery burrito, you can join the party on May 2-3!
Full Beer Menu for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2026 REVEALED!
April 28, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Here are the 42 different beers (and meads) that “Metal & Beer” ticket holders are entitled to sample at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest on May 2-3 in Philly!
Blast Worship: Killing Pace
April 28, 2026 Gene Meyer
If you like blast beats with your hardcore, you’d better move to the speed of Richmond’s Killing Pace.
ON SALE NOW 🍻 Early Bird Tickets to Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2026 ft. DOWN & SUICIDAL TENDENCIES!
April 24, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Two-Day & Three-Day tickets for Decibel’s annual festival of suds and thuds at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver on December 4-5 are ON SALE NOW!
UNDEATH Sign to Relapse, Record New Full-Length LP
April 23, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Extra! Extra! Read all about what’s new in Undeath’s world!
Blast Worship: Brilliant Behemoth
April 21, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Chicago duo Brilliant Behemoth deliver a delightful blend of goregrind with neocrust on their new split with Toughguy.
NO/MÁS Premiere Exclusive Cover of Bad Brains’ “Banned in D.C.” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
April 21, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from capital grinders NO/MÁS before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
Q&A: An Interview with the Fire in the Mountains Festival Crew
April 16, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The folks who bring you the Fire in the Mountains Festival discuss the power of music and community.
Blast Worship: Melting Rot
April 14, 2026 Gene Meyer
Hear Chicago blasters Melting Rot deliver endless whirlwinds of early Carcass mixed into a stew of devastating D-beat.
Q&A: Harley Flanagan (Cro-Mags) on Playing ‘The Age of Quarrel’ at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest
April 10, 2026 Justin Norton
NYHC legend Harley Flanagan on 40 years of The Age of Quarrel, his pain becoming others’ joy and playing Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on May 2.
