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Track Premiere: Stephen Brodsky – “Under the Surface” (Neurosis)

January 26, 2026

Hear Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky reimagine the Neurosis classic “Under the Surface” as part of his forthcoming Cut to the Core Vol. 2 covers album.

Preorder: NO/MÁS’s “No Peace” on Decibel-Exclusive Bloodied White Marble Vinyl Limited to Just 100 Copies

December 12, 2025

There are only a mere 100 copies of No Peace, the new full-length LP from D.C. grindcrushers No/Más on Decibel-exclusive Bloodied White Marble vinyl. Hurry before there are… no more.

Video Premiere: Morbikon – ‘Flames That Blind and Shadows Cast’

December 10, 2025

Blackened death thrash conjurors Morbikon return with the third chapter of their animated medieval-fantasy saga taken from their new full-length Lost Within the Astral Crypts, out now on Tankcrimes.

1914 Break Down Their New Album, Viribus Unitis

December 8, 2025

Learn the story of a Ukrainian solider in World War I via a breakdown of the new 1914 album.

It’s Decibel’s BLACKEST FRIDAY Sale! Get 20% of Subscriptions!

November 28, 2025

Your friends Decibel refer to today’s annual homage to consumerism as “Extra-Black Friday.” But with 20% off select magazine subscriptions, we’re happy to brighten (or darken) the day for our metalhead brothers and sisters.

Get Up to 75% OFF During Decibel’s FLASH FRIDAY Sale! TODAY ONLY!

November 21, 2025

Don’t wait until Black Friday to get massive discounts on exclusive items only found in the Decibel web store. Subscriptions, books, vinyl, cassettes, shirts—they’re all on sale today only.

WORLD PREMIERE: Decibel GWAR Mini-Documentary “Behind the Gore”

November 20, 2025

Decibel’s intrepid journalist Justin M. Norton went behind the scenes at a GWAR show in San Francisco for the new documentary GWAR: Behind the Gore.

Pre-Order CONVERGE’s New LP ‘Love Is Not Enough’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl with EXCLUSIVE SCREEN PRINTED JACKET

November 19, 2025

We have 200 copies of Converge‘s new LP on Blood Rose Red vinyl variant featuring a folded silkscreen cover designed by vocalist Jacob Bannon.

Read How DEATH Moved Across Country to Keep the Band Alive In This Excerpt From ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner’ Out Now!

November 14, 2025

Chuck Schuldiner leaves Florida for California hoping to keep Death alive in a book excerpt from Born Human: The Life and Music of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner, which is out via Decibel Books TODAY!

Now Available: PALLBEARER’s ‘Sorrow and Extinction’ on Decibel Hall of Fame Gold Medal 2xLP 

November 13, 2025

There are a mere 100 copies of Sorrow and Extinction, the debut from doom lords Pallbearer on our exclusive Decibel Hall of Fame Gold Medal edition 2xLP vinyl.

SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2025

November 12, 2025

Yes, we know that it’s November. No, we didn’t forget your favorite album. Yes, we’re sure about that.

Interview: Cro-Mags’ Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos, Built for Survival

November 10, 2025

Legendary Cro-Mags frontman Harley Flanagan talks Wired for Chaos, the new documentary about his incomparable life and career, available November 11.

ONLY 100 AVAILABLE! Pre-Order BLOOD INCANTATION’s Legendary Debut LP ‘Starspawn’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!

November 7, 2025

There are only 100 copies of Blood Incantation‘s debut LP reissue, Starspawn, on exclusive Ultra Clear with Vitrified Blood vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!

ONLY 100 LEFT! EXCLUSIVE ‘Born Human: The Life and Music of Death’s Chuck Schuldiner’ Death-luxe Edition ALMOST GONE!

October 31, 2025

There are only 100 copies left of our special edition version of Born Human, the biography of death metal pioneer Chuck Schuldiner! Get it with the T-exclusive shirt now!

TERROR COPRPSE’s ‘Ash Eclipses Flesh’ Decibel LP Variant Now Includes FREE “Sigil of the Swallowed Sky” Flexi Disc Single!

October 28, 2025

Get a free, exclusive Terror Corpse flexi single with a pre-order of the band’s forthcoming LP, Ash Eclipses Flesh, on Decibel-exclusive Ghostly White colored vinyl while supplies last!

MORBIKON to Release Exclusive Track, “Gaping Grave Awaits,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

October 24, 2025

You’ve got until Friday, October 31 to secure an active deluxe Decibel subscription to ensure that a copy of black thrashers Morbikon‘s cover of the Aura Noir classic ripper “Gaping Grave Awaits” is yours.