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Video Premiere: -(16)- – ‘Me and the Dog Die Together’

May 5, 2020

Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? The new -(16)- video is! The new -(16)- video is!

Track Premiere: An Autumn for Crippled Children – ‘None More Pale’

April 30, 2020

It doesn’t matter if we all die, as long as you hear the new single from shoegaze-infused black metallers An Autumn for Crippled Children first.

Full Album Stream: Cyttorak – ‘Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers’

April 29, 2020

Rhode Island bruisers Cyttorak summon beasts from distant worlds on their new slab of slowerviolence Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers.

Watch Bleach Everything’s Quarantine Video for Cover of Rocket from the Crypt’s “Middle”

April 28, 2020

Spend 90-coronavirus-free seconds with the new Bleach Everything video before the President of the United States tells you to eat Tide Pods.

Album Premiere: Order Of Orias – ‘Ablaze’

April 27, 2020

Australia-based black metallers Order Of Orias corrupt harmony on their new album, Ablaze, now streaming in full only at Decibel.

Ved Buens Ende – “Written in Waters”

April 24, 2020

Ved Buens Ende‘s progressive black metal game-changer, Written in Waters is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Wild Tripelle

April 24, 2020

La Sirêne Brewing’s Wild Tripelle took a little while to make it across the Pacific Ocean. By the time this hit shelves last year, it was already aging.

Hear Graf Orlock’s New Two-Track Flexi Picture Disc EP

April 23, 2020

Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Graf Orlock X-ray picture flexi disc single, featuring two exclusive new tracks written and recorded for the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Full Album Stream: Destroyed In Seconds – ‘Divide and Devour’

April 22, 2020

Get a full D-beatdown from righteous Californian hardcore crushers Destroyed in Seconds (D.I.S.) via Divide and Devour right now.

Video Premiere: BlackLab — “Forked Road”

April 22, 2020

Let Osaka, Japan “dark witch doom duo” BlackLab lead you down a strange, wild “Forked Road” to the abyss.

Video Premiere: Duskwalker – “Shadowcreeper”

April 22, 2020

Canadian death cult Duskwalker lure listeners into a brutal tale of terror in the Rabidog Films music video for “Shadowcreeper.”

Blast Worship: Vixen Maw

April 21, 2020

In which our grindcore correspondent talks about Brooklyn again? OMG, can you believe he actually lives there? Crazy, right?!?!

Lamb of God Grace the Cover of Decibel’s June Issue

April 16, 2020

We have a limited number of advance copies of the June issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive Graf Orlock X-ray picture flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.

Full Album Stream: Xenoglyph — “Mytharc”

April 15, 2020

A wild progressive black metal transmission courtesy Xenoglyph, an anonymous band hailing, apparently, from planet Extremely Extreme.

Track Premiere: Sacred Leather – “Oruku”

April 15, 2020

Heavy Metal lustlords Sacred Leather are back to tease their upcoming LP with the fiery riff-spittin’ new single “Oruku.”

Blast Worship: Born Backwards

April 14, 2020

Chi-town’s Born Backwards are your new favorite Midwest gore hyper blast band. Also, who were your old favorite?

A Cosmic Calling: 10 Essential Psych Releases Selected by Oranssi Pazuzu’s Ontto & Ikon

April 13, 2020

Psychedelic black metal heroes Oranssi Pazuzu pick their Top 10 krautrock/psych/prog rock LPs. Find out what made the cut.

Video Premiere: Rabid Flesh Eaters – ‘The Fall’

April 10, 2020

Texas thrash dealers Rabid Flesh Eaters drop the new LP, R.F.E., tomorrow, but you can watch their epic new video for “The Fall” TODAY.

Album Stream: Akurion Mines Heart and Heartache on Come Forth to Me

April 9, 2020

Listen to the debut from Montreal’s Akurion, featuring present and ex members of Cryptopsy, Neuraxis and Cattle Decapitation

Track Premiere: Black Pestilence Praises Darkness and Strength with “My Will to Power”

April 9, 2020

Hail the Flesh, Black Pestilence’s sixth full-length of blackened old-school thrash and punk, is set for release on May 1.

Track Premiere: Chris Alexander — “Shock Waves”

April 8, 2020

Dark maestro Chris Alexander is back with a sexy, nightmarish new record that definitely defies quarantine.

Full Album Stream: Lord Vigo – ‘Danse de Noir’

April 8, 2020

German doom sextet Lord Vigo bring epic balladry and NWOBHM flare to their synth-soaked Blade Runner concept album Danse de Noir.

U.S. Visa Process Trendpiece: The Interviews We Didn’t Have Room For

April 8, 2020

Interviews with grinders Wake and grind-pappy Kevin Sharp that didn’t fit in the new issue’s U.S. visa piece.

Video Premiere: FOES – “American Violence”

April 2, 2020

The sound of FOES is distinctly the sound of “American Violence.” Watch the video for their latest here.

Tales From the Metalnomicon: Rising Horror Lit Visionary Scott Cole

April 1, 2020

Philadelphia-based author and graphic designer Scott Cole writes brilliant, reality-refracting dark fiction — and has an extremely extreme heavy metal writing playlist to match.

The Decibel DIY Guide to Metal & Beer Fest: Home Edition

March 31, 2020

Your official resource for home-delivery and curbside pickup options from the breweries, and the streaming options for the bands, labels and radio stations of the postponed Metal & Beer Fest: Philly.

Death Live: Relapse Records presents ‘Death: Non Analog – On Stage Series’

March 31, 2020

Relapse Records and the Death estate worked together to publish a series of unreleased live concerts that touch upon all the eras and lineups of the legendary death metal band.

Blast Worship: Feastem

March 31, 2020

If ya can’t (blast)beat ’em, Feastem.