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Decibel Magazine The hottest magazines, flexi discs, books, festivals and tours in metal. What is Decibel? An important question. Now, when we speak, people listen. Check. Awesome!

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 ou

rselves, Decibel was “the new noise.” Since our debut issue (the Dillinger Escape Plan, October 2004), Decibel went from the quiet longhair with the Entombed "Left Hand Path" T-shirt to the Grand Pontificator of all things metal. Maybe they heckle. But, nearly nine years later, Decibel is America’s only monthly metal magazine. Our guts, your glory. Each month, Decibel’s listening. Ears to the filthy ground. We pride ourselves in exploring the lurid, the outlandish, in hoisting the unsung. We’re intrepid and we know it. Decibel’s covered the controversial, too. Homosexuality in metal? The relationship between metal and National Socialism? Guys with inverted crosses burned into their foreheads? Our revered Hall of Fame series explores and honors metal milestones. In fact, some of our most celebrated Hall of Fame stories made the magazine-to-book journey. "Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces" (Da Capo) has been called “required reading,” “gripping” and, our favorite, “skull-crushing.” We also review musical instruments, movies and other diversions. Occasionally funny, but always insightful and informed, Decibel’s opinion is respected. Even revered. Maybe that’s why the Village Voice called us “the best music magazine around right now.”

Portentous, not pretentious. Decibel’s galloping like Iron Maiden. Our website has been refashioned, the blog incessantly updated (often with curiously odd but cool stuff), the store restocked. Our social media presence is likeable, followable and friendable, and, best of all, subscribers receive a flexi disc with world-exclusive tunes in every issue of Decibel. Download our complete 2015 media kit. http://tinyurl.com/dB2015mediakit

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From now until Sunday, July 6 at midnight ET, all back issues in stock are just $4 each! Fill up those gaps on your shel...
07/05/2025

From now until Sunday, July 6 at midnight ET, all back issues in stock are just $4 each! Fill up those gaps on your shelf or jumpstart your collection of all things extremely extreme. Time (and issues) are running out — don’t wait!

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From now until Sunday, July 6 at midnight ET, all back issues in stock are just $4 each! Fill up those gaps on your shel...
07/05/2025

From now until Sunday, July 6 at midnight ET, all back issues in stock are just $4 each! Fill up those gaps on your shelf or jumpstart your collection of all things extremely extreme. Time (and issues) are running out -- don’t wait!

Trve Brewing forever.
07/03/2025

Trve Brewing forever.

It is with a heavy heart that I’m announcing that this is the end for the TRVE taprooms.
It hasn’t been an easy choice, but this brewery has run its course, and for a huge number of reasons it’s the right time to send this thing off into the lake trailed by a fiery arrow.
in 2011, with a mediocre business plan, no professional brewing experience, and way less money than I needed, I opened TRVE with no grander machinations than making some good beer and listening to the music I liked.
I cannot have done any of this alone; my sincerest and deepest thanks to everyone who made their indelible marks on TRVE. From the maniacs in the brewery to the masochists behind the bar, you were all such an immense part of why this place was what it was. I always wanted so much more for you all.
Equal thanks go out to all the patrons who called this place home. Heavy Metal Cheers it certainly was. Y’all kept the lights on, hell or high water.
I constantly say that our beer got good when I stopped making it. So much of our notoriety is largely thanks to Zach who truly made our beer program what it is today. I am so sad that we are having to do this when the beer is coming out of Asheville is some of the best you’ve made in your career. I hope your continued quest for perfection in your art never ends.
More than anyone, I have to thank my wife, who helped Zach and I by keeping the wheels on this thing through crisis after crisis after crisis. I’m so sorry it was so hard for so long. I love you.
Ultimately, this brewery has provided me with things that cannot be measured by capitalism, no matter how hard that vicious and broken machine may fumble around with spreadsheets and ledgers and trying. I am rich beyond measure and handshakes, high-fives and hugs. My mantra in making this decision has been and will continue to be “No man is a failure who has friends.“
Do me a favor – not for the algorithm, not for the clicks, likes, or any of that other bu****it we’ve been fooled by corporations into seeking - but for me, trying to find meaning in this universe: sound off in the comments with your memories. Help me remember why this was special.
Nick Nunns - Founder

Grant Netzorg, the multifaceted vocalist and guitarist of the Denver-based In the Company of Serpents, gets personal det...
07/03/2025

Grant Netzorg, the multifaceted vocalist and guitarist of the Denver-based In the Company of Serpents, gets personal detailing his inner turmoil on the band’s latest album, 'A Crack in Everything,' set to release on July 11.

In the Company of Serpents get beyond personal detailing inner turmoil on the band's latest album, 'A Crack in Everything.'

From now until Sunday, July 6 at 11:59 PM ET, all back issues in stock are just $4 each! Fill up those gaps in your shel...
07/03/2025

From now until Sunday, July 6 at 11:59 PM ET, all back issues in stock are just $4 each! Fill up those gaps in your shelf or jumpstart your collection of all things extremely extreme. You only turn 249 once, so don’t wait!

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Hear Swedish death thrashers Vittra do their own meaty version of death ’n’ roll on new single “Reign Supreme.”
07/02/2025

Hear Swedish death thrashers Vittra do their own meaty version of death ’n’ roll on new single “Reign Supreme.”

Hear Swedish death thrashers Vittra do their own meaty version of death ’n’ roll on new single "Reign Supreme."

Hear Euro doom crushers Anchorite lay the lumber on new single, “Devil on the Throne,” featuring a guest solo from Micha...
07/01/2025

Hear Euro doom crushers Anchorite lay the lumber on new single, “Devil on the Throne,” featuring a guest solo from Michael Denner (ex-Mercyful Fate).

Hear Euro doom crushers Anchorite lay the lumber on new single, "Devil on the Throne," featuring a guest solo from Michael Denner (ex-Mercyful Fate).

Interview: Kaonashi talk touring, songwriting and new album, 'I Want to Go Home.'
06/30/2025

Interview: Kaonashi talk touring, songwriting and new album, 'I Want to Go Home.'

"Before, it was me just trying to beg the world: 'Please listen to me. Please look in my direction, I make music and I promise it's good enough for you listen to,' and now we truly have an audience."

Our exclusive edition of ’s new EP, ‘Saturnian Appendices,’ on Rose Red with Black Smoke vinyl is SOLD OUT. If you misse...
06/30/2025

Our exclusive edition of ’s new EP, ‘Saturnian Appendices,’ on Rose Red with Black Smoke vinyl is SOLD OUT. If you missed it, has other variants you can grab now, but hurry!

Decibel has limited quantities of other exclusive vinyl variants that will also add that “sold out” banner in no time, so be sure to have a look here too:

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Start your weekend off right with these new releases from Deadguy, S***m, Drawn and Quartered, Lord Belial and Thanatore...
06/27/2025

Start your weekend off right with these new releases from Deadguy, S***m, Drawn and Quartered, Lord Belial and Thanatorean!

It's a week of towering legends with the latest in metal releases from S***m, Lord Belial, Deadguy and more!

Kentucky crew Recurrence won’t forgive or forget in their new single.
06/27/2025

Kentucky crew Recurrence won’t forgive or forget in their new single.

When melodic death metal, metalcore, and groove collide, you get the sharpened steel of Recurrence—and their new single, “Remember Who The Enemy Is,” drives that point straight into your chest. Premiering today exclusively via Decibel, the Independence, Kentucky-based wrecking crew unveils the...

'Insatiable Lust for Death' is the debut full-length from Northeastern death merchants Kontusion. But the song "Insatiab...
06/27/2025

'Insatiable Lust for Death' is the debut full-length from Northeastern death merchants Kontusion. But the song "Insatiable Lust for Death" is not on the album 'Insatiable Lust for Death,' because "Insatiable Lust for Death" is an exclusive track to the Decibel Flexi Series. Make sense? Good, because this deathly duo's—featuring Chris Moore of Repulsion (Coke Bust, ex-Magrudergrind) and Mark Bronzino of Coffin Dust (ex-Iron Reagan, ex-Mammoth Grinder)—bludgeon of caveman-forward death metal is much less complicated and much more immediately enjoyable.

As always, the best way to secure this essential piece of floppiness for your collection is to sign up for a deluxe Decibel subscription by June 30. So move fast and satisfy your desire for rare vinyl and death.

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