The hottest magazines, flexi discs, books, festivals and tours in metal. What is Decibel? An important question. Decibel is an extremely extreme music and entertainment magazine based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Founded in 2004 by a well-intentioned, somewhat studious (let’s not forget record-collecting) dude, Decibel’s credo was to examine and expose the best extreme music had to offer. We were the new kid on the block, but we knew our noise was louder and nastier than anything out there. To quote ourselves, Decibel was “the new noise.” Since our debut issue (the Dillinger Escape Plan, October 2004), Dec
Founded in 2004 by a well-intentioned, somewhat studious (let’s not forget record-collecting) dude, Decibel’s credo was to examine and expose the best extreme music had to offer. We were the new kid on the block, but we knew our noise was louder and nastier than anything out there. To quote ourselves, Decibel was “the new noise.” Since our debut issue (the Dillinger Escape Plan, October 2004), Dec
On the eve of their new release, ‘Wit’s End,’ find out what five heavy albums Mizmor mastermind A.L.N. says changed his life.
Getting into the mind of Mizmor's A.L.N. to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Hear the hypnotic power of Swiss post-metal quartet PREAMP DISASTER‘s psychedelic doom on “Above the Bloodline.”
Hear the hypnotic power of Swiss post-metal quartet Preamp Disaster's psychedelic doom on "Above the Bloodline."
Abhoria share the video for “Sunless,” the closing track from their eponymous debut album.
Abhoria share the video for "Sunless," the closing track from their eponymous debut album.
Check out a stream of the latest album from Chilean stoner/doom body breakers Ocultum!
Check out a stream of the latest album from Chilean stoner/doom body breakers Ocultum!
Check out the NES-style 8-bit animation of Night Cobra's music video “The Neuromacers Curse.”
Check out the NES-style 8-bit animation of Night Cobra's music video "The Neuromacers Curse."
Decibel is stoked to bring you some old-school death metal goodness on the new video from the Danes in Thorium.
Decibel is stoked to bring you some old-school death metal goodness on the new video from the Danes in Thorium.
We recently unearthed 20 copies of our previously-sold out exclusive Red Smoke Decibel edition of Na**lm Death's "Utilitarian" vinyl! Limited to 200 worldwide, this version comes with an exclusive special insert of vintage Na**lm Death interview and photos from Decibel and a 5-inch x 5-inch Na**lm Death vinyl logo sticker.
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We recently unearthed 20 copies of our previously-sold out exclusive Red Smoke Decibel edition of Na**lm Death's "Utilitarian" vinyl! Limited to 200 worldwide, this version comes with an exclusive special insert of vintage Na**lm Death interview and photos from Decibel and a 5-inch x 5-inch Na**lm Death vinyl logo sticker.
Get it!: tinyurl.com/decibelutilitarian
#Na**lmDeath #grindcore #deathmetal #utilitarian #decibelvinyl #rarevinyl
Smash Your Enemies deliver a metallic hardcore state of the world address with the video for “War For War.”
Smash Your Enemies deliver a metallic hardcore state of the world address with the video for "War For War."
Face the rabid anger of the new Speckmann Project single, “Fiends of Emptiness.” Featuring Paul Speckmann of Master and Abomination.
Face the rabid anger of the new Speckmann Project single, "Fiends of Emptiness." Featuring Paul Speckmann of Master and Abomination.
The highly-anticipated debut record from Texas death revelers Malignant Altar is FINALLY available for pre-order on wax, and Decibel is excited to offer our own hyper-limited variant on bone-rattling white vinyl, limited to just 100 copies available!
Realms of Exquisite Morbidity sees the Houston harbingers churning out a six-pack of low-tuned putrefaction, anchored-in-muck by the title track, a “suitably spectral interluding instrumental.” The album was once again recorded and mixed by drummer Dobber Beverly (Oceans of Slumber), with the auspicious Arthur Rizk on mastering duties.
Limited to a scarce 198 total copies on white vinyl, with only a mere 100 being made available in the US via the Decibel store, this recherché recording comes packaged with printed inner sleeve, digital download card, and acerbic cover art from Lucas Korte (Shoggoth Kinetics).
Link to purchase: tinyurl.com/MAdecibel
With copies of their demo tapes already fetching preposterous prices, we highly advise immediate ownership of this emblem of brutality, lest you descend into a waking nightmare of regret and loathing. Secure yours right now!
NOTE: These are pre-order items due to ship February 2022. All details, including release date, are subject to change. Album originally released 12/10/21 via Dark Descent Records.
The highly-anticipated debut record from Texas death revelers Malignant Altar is FINALLY available for pre-order on wax, and Decibel is excited to offer our own hyper-limited variant on bone-rattling white vinyl, limited to just 100 copies available!
Realms of Exquisite Morbidity sees the Houston harbingers churning out a six-pack of low-tuned putrefaction, anchored-in-muck by the title track, a “suitably spectral interluding instrumental.” The album was once again recorded and mixed by drummer Dobber Beverly (Oceans of Slumber), with the auspicious Arthur Rizk on mastering duties.
Limited to a scarce 198 total copies on white vinyl, with only a mere 100 being made available in the US via the Decibel store, this recherché recording comes packaged with printed inner sleeve, digital download card, and acerbic cover art from Lucas Korte (Shoggoth Kinetics).
Link to purchase: tinyurl.com/MAdecibel
With copies of their demo tapes already fetching preposterous prices, we highly advise immediate ownership of this emblem of brutality, lest you descend into a waking nightmare of regret and loathing. Secure yours right now!
NOTE: These are pre-order items due to ship February 2022. All details, including release date, are subject to change. Album originally released 12/10/21 via Dark Descent Records.
Watch the monstrous new video from NJ post-hardcore outfit Atom Driver, featuring Deadguy guitarist Chris “Crispy” Corvino.
Hear NJ noiseniks Atom Driver, featuring Deadguy's Crispy Corvino, channel their late-’90s post-hardcore rage into a paean to bad behavior.
This week’s Demo:listen is perverted by Cincinnati-based death metal sickos Scab Hag.
This week’s Demo:listen is perverted by Cincinnati-based death metal sickos Scab Hag.
Watch Chicago-based thrash trio and recent MNRK Heavy signees MISFIRE take their shot on new track “Fractured”.
MISFIRE are unveiling the ripping new single for "Fractured" fro their forthcoming 'Sympathy For the Ignorant' record, out via MNRK Heavy.
Watch Brazil’s premiere grindcore unit Test expand to Test Big Band for an 11-minute grind opera.
Watch Brazil’s premiere grindcore unit Test expand to Test Big Band for an 11-minute grind opera.
Stream "White Tomb Pilgrimage," the debut album from anonymous black metal outfit Winterburial.
Stream White Tomb Pilgrimage, the debut album from anonymous black metal outfit Winterburial.
Swedish heavy metal upstarts Gauntlet Rule, featuring members of Paganizer, Assassin’s Blade and Loch Vostok, stream new track “Dying for My Dreams,” featuring Blaze Bayley. Up the old-school irons!
Swedish heavy metal upstarts Gauntlet Rule, featuring members of Paganizer, Assassin’s Blade and Loch Vostok, stream new track "Dying for My Dreams," featuring Blaze Bayley. Up the old-school irons!
Watch recently resurrected symphonic USBM powerhouse Ceremonial Castings (official) (ft. members of Uada) honor their 25th anniversary with a re-recorded classic.
Watch recently resurrected symphonic USBM powerhouse Ceremonial Castings (ft. members of Uada) honor their 25th anniversary with a re-recorded classic.
Only one day left to nab this exclusive IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT flexi disc single!
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, January 10 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from avant garde black/death kings Imperial Triumphant.
Only 10 copies left of our exclusive @immolation_band "Acts of God" special CD longbox, with expanded artwork and a bonus pin and sticker (limited to 200). Go long or go home!
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This year’s opening salvo of heavy comes with lives rounds of riffs from Nocturnal Graves (Official), Darkened, Aethereus and more!
This year's opening salvo of heavy comes with lives rounds of riffs from Nocturnal Graves, Darkened, Aethereus and more!
Revisiting Zior’s second album, early-’70’s kinda-proto-stoner "Every Inch a Man."
Diving into Zior’s second album, early-'70's kinda-proto-stoner Every Inch a Man.
Texas cult heroes dead horse earn their first Hall of Fame induction with the eclectic "Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers." Read the 7-page story, featuring interviews with the band members who performed on this classic, in Decibel's February issue out NOW! Grab one here!
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Texas cult heroes dead horse earn their first Hall of Fame induction with the eclectic "Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers." Read the 7-page story, featuring interviews with the band members who performed on this classic, in Decibel's February issue out NOW! Grab one here!
➡️ tinyurl.com/decibel208
#decibelhalloffame #classicmetal #heavymetal #deadhorse #thrash #deathmetal #punk #crossover #peacefuldeathandprettyflowers
Texas cult heroes dead horse earn their first Hall of Fame induction with the eclectic classic "Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers."
Texas cult heroes dead horse earn their first Hall of Fame induction with the eclectic Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers.
The Oakland post-post-hardcore powerhouse Strangelight return with another stellar offering, "The World Needs Laughter."
The Oakland post-post-hardcore powerhouse Strangelight return with another stellar offering,The World Needs Laughter.
Las Vegas/Brazilian deathrashers Claustrofobia recruit Marc Rizzo (ex-Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy) for their new single “Corrupted Self.”
Las Vegas/Brazilian deathrashers Claustrofobia recruit Marc Rizzo (ex-Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy) for their new single "Corrupted Self."
Death metal fiends Fossilization unearth a single from their split with Ritual Necromancy, “Exalted in the Altar of Insignificance.”
Death metal fiends Fossilization unearth a single from their split with Ritual Necromancy, “Exalted in the Altar of Insignificance."
Hear Indianapolis post-hardcore quartet Sundown tear through a sludgy, jittery anthem from their upcoming Wise Blood debut.
Hear Indianapolis post-hardcore quartet Sundown tear through a sludgy, jittery anthem from their upcoming Wise Blood debut.
Current and former members of Emperor official, Gorgoroth, Gaahls WYRD, Cadaver and Thorns team up to cover The True Mayhem’s “Freezing Moon” during the band’s induction to the Rockheim Hall of Fame.
Watch members of Emperor, Gorgoroth, Gaahl's Wyrd and Cadaver pay tribute to True Norwegian Black Metal institution Mayhem.
Now that 2021 has ground to a halt, blast back with the 21 best grindcore and powerviolence songs of the past year.
Now that 2021 has ground to a halt, blast back with the 21 best grindcore and powerviolence songs of the past year.
The Decibel Magazine Tour issue featuring @obituaryband, @municipalwaste, @gatecreeper, @enforcedrva, @spiritworldprophet on the cover, and a killer exclusive Enforced flexi disc inside, is available here NOW:
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The Decibel Magazine Tour issue featuring @obituaryband, @municipalwaste, @gatecreeper, @enforcedrva, @spiritworldprophet on the cover, and a killer exclusive Enforced flexi disc inside, is available here NOW:
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In which Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts discuss the tonal impact of Anton Webern’s Opus 21 symphony.
In which Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel's Forrest Pitts discuss the tonal impact of Anton Webern’s Opus 21 symphony.
The new track from death metal devotees Vile Ritual is sure to get some tongues wagging.
Vile Ritual blend subterranean blackened death metal with dark psychedelia on "Tongues of the Examinate."
Arizona-based death-doom troupe Thorn unveil “Hellmouth” off new album, "Yawning Depths."
Arizona-based death-doom troupe Thorn unveil "Hellmouth" off new album, Yawning Depths. Heavy streaming only at Decibel!
Resolve to read bloody more in 2022! Decibel Books' "Rotting Ways to Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal" (or any of our exclusive dB Books titles) is a great place to start!
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Resolve to read bloody more in 2022! Decibel Books' "Rotting Ways to Misery: The History of Finnish Death Metal" (or any of our exclusive dB Books titles) is a great place to start!
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#RottingWaystoMisery #FinnishDeathMetal #DecibelBooks #Amorphis #Sentenced #Demilich #Thergothon #Abhorrance #Convulse #Xysma #Purtenance
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Celebrate #NationalVinylRecordDay by pre-ordering an exclusive Na**lm Death reissue LP from our web store! We've got 4 available including #SmearCampaign #TimeWaitsForNoSlave #Utilitarian and #ApexPredatorEasyMeat Each Decibel edition reissue LP comes with a special insert of exclusive photos and interviews, plus a 5 x 5 inch #Na**lmDeath logo sticker! Visit the Decibel store to order while supplies last: https://store.decibelmagazine.com/collections/vinyl
Wearing a mask isn’t difficult. Spending over a year without experiencing a live concert will be, however. Which is why the over 140 artists here—metal gods, local bands, white, black, Asian, celebrities, laborers, health care workers—are asking you to do your part to get behind the mask. We can all limit the spread of coronavirus; help protect each other and get one step closer to a time when we can safely watch these artists perform live in the flesh. 🎵: Asphyx - Deathibel Special thanks to Blöthar the Berserker
Exciting new paperback authored by our Editor in Chief’s 5-year-old son. Likely contains fewer typos than the original. @bazillionpoints, when are publishing a hardcover? #choosingdeath #lockdownpublishing
The Oliver Brewing Company x Haunt collab beer was canned earlier and is now available to ship right to your doorstop (or for pickup in Baltimore!) Visit https://oliverbrewingco.bevv.com/ to snag
In our first edition of Ask the Artist, the fans had questions for The Black Dahlia Murder frontman Trevor Strnad that needed answers. We picked the top five, including what it's like being veterans of the metal scene, the naming conventions for their albums and the weirdest gifts they've ever received from fans. Song: 'Verminous' by The Black Dahlia Murder From the album "Verminous," available April 17th via Metal Blade Records tbdmofficial.com metalblade.com decibelmagazine.com
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