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Celebrated True Norwegian Black Metal music photographer Peter Beste talks battle vests, image capture, subculture, metal, and his related new book Defenders of the Faith.

On the eve of his own U.S. tour, Orange Goblin frontman Ben Ward provides five pro tips that every band who is booking their own tour should practice.

Get ready to lose a few IQ points. The new Devourment is here.

Over 100 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $3.00 each! Many of them down to the last copies. Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.

We resurrect a previously unreleased Decibel trend piece from 2015 on the French Noise Rock scene.

Deserted is the title of the forthcoming sophomore LP from Arizona dry-heat death dealers Gatecreeper.

Watch the first video from the upcoming new album, The Burning Dawn, from Atlanta-based black ‘n’ roll crew Cloak.

Skip the mall – or wherever people shop in 2019 – and hit the Decibel webstore for a special back-to-school deal on Decibel shirts!

Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Exhorder flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new live version of a demo-era classic via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Metal Monkey (IL), Societe (CA), Modern Times (CA) and Brimming Horn Meadery (DE) join a murders row of brewtality this December in California.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by August 5 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc from U.S. death metal crew Gatecreeper!

Venom Prison return to the studio to lay down a Samsara live session.

Former DC hardcore hero London May on his new “black metal comedy” Brutal Realty, Inc.

Get to know powerviolence “hopefuls” Sick Shit, Medication Time, Fissure, Hong Kong Fuck You and more.

Murder in the Front Row, Swedish Death Metal, Only Death is Real, Choosing Death, Black Metal and more are now 20% off through 11:59pm EST Sunday night!

With Psycho Las Vegas fast approaching (Aug 16-18, 2019), Decibel tracks down members of Psycho performing acts 1349, Goatwhore, Nothing, Rotting Christ, Lucifer and rolls the dice.

Get the details straight from Blood Incantation guitarist/vocalist Paul Riedl on the new full length, Hidden History of the Human Race.

Check out a video for a brand new 1349 song and get ready for the Norwegian black metallers imminent return to US soil.

UK old-school death metallers Memoriam release their third album, Requiem for Mankind. Decibel tracks down vocalist Karl Willetts to see what life is like on the frontlines.

Is YOUR Decibel Subscription Current? We’ve got awesome new Hall of Fame pieces, cover stories and collectable flexi discs on the way. Don’t miss out!

To show our support for Dave Mustaine kicking cancer’s ass, we present to you Five More Times Megadeth Just Absolutely Killed It.

Acquire this ultra-rare Exhorder flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new live version of a demo-era track from 1986, via the Decibel Flexi Series. Deadline to subscribe is July 1 at noon EST!

Discounted full weekend passes – which include access to pours from the breweries all weekend – are available NOW for a limited time only. Save a few bucks and swill on command!

The second iteration of California’s heaviest and hoppiest festival returns in December with rare appearances from Possessed, Vio-lence, Nails, Cadaver, Schammasch and waaaaaaay more!

Help get dad what he really wants this Father’s Day weekend: An extra five minutes alone in the bathroom!

When he’s not crushing skulls as Skeletonwitch‘s guitarist, Scott Hedrick is crushing personal bests in long-distance running.

In which we explore the best of the ’80s thrash metal cover brigade.

Napalm Death frontman Barney Greenway discusses the mechanics and ethics of a heavy metal record review.

The fourth edition of Metal & Beer Fest: Philly returns to the Fillmore Philly on April 3-4, 2020! Insert Quad-related joke here.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by June 4 to obtain a HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc from Norse death metal legends Cadaver!