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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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01/11/2024

This week’s new metal sets the perfect tone for All Hollows with new mournful emanations from Paganizer, Tribulation, Gravekvlt and more!

This week's new metal sets the perfect tone for All Hollows with new mournful emanations from Paganizer, Tribulation, Gravekvlt and more!

31/10/2024

Watch Seattle noise rockers Yellfire murder property values and p**s off the HOA with their new video!

31/10/2024

Decibel is proud to announce that ’s 1993 self-titled sludge/doom masterpiece is our latest HOF inductee. Read the massive, seven-page story, featuring all of the musicians who performed on this NOLA classic, by getting the issue here!

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31/10/2024

Dig into "Tension Between Rot and Genesis," the new album from Canadian sludge/grindcore outfit Anthesis.

Dig into Tension Between Rot and Genesis, the new album from Canadian sludge/grindcore outfit Anthesis.

31/10/2024

Italian horrorist Selvans unveils “ll Mio Maleficio V’incalzerà!,” the second single off "Saturnalia," his new album due for release in 2025 via Avantgarde Music

Selvans unveils "ll Mio Maleficio V'incalzerà!," the second single off 'Saturnalia,' due for release in 2025 via Avantgarde Music.

31/10/2024

Looooooong time Decibel contributor talks about the project of a lifetime, the publication of his first book, "Cranking Up Rush: Their Musical Legacy in 11 Songs."

Music writer and longtime Decibel contributor Adrien Begrand discusses his new Rush book and bridging his two passions.

31/10/2024

🎟 Presale tickets are live for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025! ⬅️

Use code: RELAPSE35 to unlock single & 2-Day tickets - full info and ticket links at Decibelmagazine.com

The super-stacked artist bill, presented by in honor of their 35th anniversary (!!), is rounded out by: Grindcore head-crushers plus local supreme vampunk warriors ...and many more! Full daily lineups below:

*FRI APRIL 4*
Dismember
Pig Destroyer
Darkest Hour
Vastum
Maul
Mother of Graves
Unholy Altar

*SAT APRIL 5*
Exodus
Demolition Hammer
Eternal Champion
Devil Master
Sonja
Funeral Leech
Vicious Blade

🍺 Beer lineup presented by 🍻
🎟 Grab a "Metal & Beer" ticket and enjoy unlimited sampling from our featured breweries! 🎟

As always, we couldn't curate such amazing lineups without the support of our event partners - eternal hails and ales go out to:

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31/10/2024

Celebrate the culmination of spooky season by resisting Danzig's oft overlooked monster, "6:66 Satan’s Child."

Celebrating the culmination of spooky season by Danzig's oft overlooked monster, 6:66 Satan’s Child.

30/10/2024

Greek pagan black metalers Eldingar want World Peace Now! on new long player "Lysistrata."

Greek pagan black metalers Eldingar want World Peace Now! on new long player Lysistrata.

30/10/2024

Check out the new video from old-school Swedish export in death metal excellence, Toxaemia, taken from the band’s upcoming album, "Rejected Souls of Kerberus." https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/10/30/video-premiere-toxaemia-rejected-souls-of-kerberus/

30/10/2024

➡️ Presale tickets are now live for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025! 🎟

Use code: ZOMBIEDUST to access the special 3 Floyds presale
Full info and ticket links at Decibelmagazine.com

🍻 We’ll all be bonded by suds on April 4-5, 2025, when Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly returns to fill the with an ever-flowing stream of beer for its eighth year! 🍻

🎶 presented by
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This years lineup includes fan-favorite featured breweries:
WarPigs Brewing(IN)
Magnanimous Brewing (FL)
Adroit Theory(VA)
Xul Brewing (TN)
New Trail (PA)
Imprint (PA)
Attic (PA)
and our beloved flagship meadery Brimming Horn Meadery (DE)!

We are also *very excited* to be bringing some new blood and brews to our hometown Fest, namely:
(CO)
(MD)
(NY)
(NY)
and the brand new Bear Cult Brewing Company (DE) !

“I feel like I say this every year,” says 3 Floyds’ Brewmaster Chris Boggess, “but this fest just keeps getting sicker every year! As soon as the lineup is announced we start counting down the days for Metal & Beer Fest. Metal, beers, maniacs, old and new friends—what’s not to love? We wouldn’t miss it for the world, and hopefully you don’t either! See ya there.”

29/10/2024

Skeletonwitch guitarist Scott Hedrick’s left-hand path is more meditational than metal on his new debut solo album, "Devotional Drift Vol. 1."

Skeletonwitch guitarist Scott Hedrick's left-hand path is more meditational than metal on his new debut solo album, Devotional Drift Vol. 1.

29/10/2024

Stream the latest album from LA sludge crew Qaalm.

Stream the latest album from LA sludge crew QAALM.

29/10/2024

Experimental/progressive music fest Subterranean Dissonance announces its 2025 lineup. https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/10/29/subterranean-dissonance-fest-announces-2025-lineup/

29/10/2024

The Live Nation Philadelphia Presale for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2025 is *live* today (10/29) starting at 10am ET!

Ticket link: https://livemu.sc/3YpJ1dR

Use the password TEMPO to unlock presale tickets!

29/10/2024

1990s Greek black metal throwbacks .iria are preparing to drop their second LP, “Blazing Inferno,” on November 8 via Edged Circle Productions. Featuring old-school Rotting Christ and Varathron bassist Jim Mutilator, the band is essential listening for anyone who worshiped at the altars of Hall of Fame-inducted black metal landmarks like Thy Mighty Contract and His Majesty at the Swamp.

Now the Decibel Flexi Series has managed to land exclusive Yoth Iria track, “666 – The Number of the People,” available to all the people who sign up for a deluxe Decibel subscription! This offer expires on Thursday, October 31 at noon ET, so get moving before this your chance to own more Greek black metal history goes up in flames!

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28/10/2024

Austin noisy hardcore outfit, Mugger, swing for the fences on new single, “Candy Apple Baseball.”

Austin noisy hardcore outfit, Mugger, swing for the fences on new single, "Candy Apple Baseball."

28/10/2024

🍻 Announcing Decibel Metal & Beer Fest 2025! FULL LINEUP REVEALED - TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY! 🍻

We’ll all be bonded by suds on April 4-5, 2025, when Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly returns to fill the Fillmore with an ever-flowing stream of beer for its eighth year!

Swedish death metal legends Dismember will headline the Friday festivities with an exclusive performance of their 1991 landmark album, Like An Ever Flowing Stream (plus other choice cuts), while Bay area heroes Exodus will close out Saturday evening with a very special 40th anniversary celebration of their genre-creating Bonded byBlood debut in full (alongside other essential thrash classics)!!

Our flight of special sets doesn’t end there: DC’s melodic death metal institution Darkest Hour will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their classic Undoing Ruin by unleashing the record in its entirety, and New York deathrash kings Demolition Hammer will pound through their first-ever Philadelphia performance!

This super-stacked artist bill, presented by Relapse in honor of their 35th anniversary (!!), is rounded out by: Grindcore head-crushers Pig Destroyer plus local supreme vampunk warriors Devil Master and many more! Full daily lineups and brewery list below:

*FRI APRIL 4*
Dismember
Pig Destroyer
Darkest Hour
Vastum
Maul
Mother of Graves
Unholy Altar

*SAT APRIL 5*
Exodus
Demolition Hammer
Eternal Champion
Devil Master
Sonja
Funeral Leech
Vicious Blade

The year’s beer lineup is once again presented by craft beer icons 3 Floyds Brewing (IN) and includes fan-favorite featured breweries:
WarPigs (IN)
Magnanimous (FL)
Adroit Theory (VA)
Ever Grain (PA)
New Trail (PA)
Imprint (PA)
Attic (PA)
and our flagship meadery Brimming Horn Meadery (DE)!

We are also *very excited* to bring some new blood and brews to our hometown Fest, namely:
Incantation Brewing (CO)
Nepenthe Brewing Co. (MD)
and the brand new Bear Cult Brewing Company (DE) !

Tickets go on sale on Friday, Nov 1 at 10:00 am ET but *limited presales* will go live via our partners throughout the week, so keep an eye on the 3 Floyds and Relapse Records pages for presale codes and visit Decibelmagazine.com for full info and links!

25/10/2024

The week’s new releases rip and tear with the latest from Enforced, Black Curse, Sentient Horror and more!

The week's new releases rip and tear with the latest from Enforced, Black Curse, Sentient Horror and more!

25/10/2024

Check out Greek black metallers’ Yoth Iria‘s new video for “In the Tongue of Birds,” off their upcoming album 'Blazing Inferno'!

Check out the Greek black metal outfits new video for "In the Tongue of Birds," off their upcoming album Blazing Inferno!

24/10/2024

Dig into Axioma's “Live Totality,” recorded during the solar eclipse earlier this year.

Dig into Axioma's "Live Totality," recorded during the solar eclipse earlier this year.

24/10/2024

Jazzy, technical, thrash crossover monsters Athena XIX are releasing "Everflow Part I: Frames of Humanity" on December 6 via Reigning Phoenix Music. Stream a few of the songs here and check out their breakdown of the upcoming tracks.

Athena XIX are releasing their album 'Everflow Part I: Frames of Humanity' on December 6 via Reigning Phoenix Music.

24/10/2024

Satanic speed sorcerers continue to ride their broomsticks throughout the underground, but somehow still find time to record essential new material! Hot off their Century Media debut Spell Shock, the Portland power trio has cast a new spell upon The Decibel Flexi Series. Finally, you can stream the exclusive track “The Warrior Trail.”

This lil’ ripper isn’t available anywhere else, but you can jam it on the Decibel site now. Then head off to the dB store where Decibel has an extremely limited amount of the issues containing the Bewitcher flexi available.

Walk the path and get one now!

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23/10/2024

Indianapolis indie underground metal label, Wise Blood, offers up its latest Faster Than the Devil comp, featuring Bloodletter, Ninth Realm, Acid Mass and Grozov.

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All ticket types are now on sale for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025 - happening April 4-5 at @fillmorephilly !! Tickets ➡️ decibelmagazine.com/events/metalandbeerfest 🎟 Available in single day, 2-Day, "Metal Only" and "Metal & Beer" options 🎟 🎶 Music presented by @relapserecords 🎶 *FRI APRIL 4* @dismember_official @pigdestroyerofficial @darkest_hour_official @vastumband @mauldeath @motherofgraves @unholy.altar *SAT APRIL 5* @exodusbandofficial @demolitionhammeroffical @eternalchampion @devilisyourmaster @sonjaphilly @funeralLeech @Vicious_Blade 🍺 Beer lineup presented by @3floydsbrewing 🍻 🎟 Grab a "Metal & Beer" ticket and enjoy unlimited sampling from all of our featured breweries! 🎟 Eternal hails & ales to our event partners: @centurymediarecords @pulltheplugpatches @20buckspinlabel @grandcentralpub @profoundlorerecords @mnrk_heavy @napalmrecordsofficial @nefarious_industries @indiemerchstore @nightshiftmerch @upstaterecordsinc @fourthmedianyc @grimgrimgrim215 @creeping_death_designs @necronomicharm +more!!

Catch grindcore supergroup @earthburnergrind ‘s second-ever show at Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest Denver on December 7 at @summitden! Featuring current and former members of @brokenxhope, @sanguisugabogg and @theofficialnapalmdeath, you don’t wanna miss this rare performance! Get tickets at decibelmagazine.com now! #dBMBF #dBMBF2024 #dBMBFDenver #earthburner #grindcore

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Kane Gelaznik may put the “fearing” in “God-fearing” with @vomitforth ‘s new album ‘Terrified of God,’ but games like Silent Hill 2 and Fatal Frame help him fit a little more fear (and love) in his heart. Check out the full interview now ➡️ tinyurl.com/dBKillScreen048 #killscreen #videogames #deathmetal #vomitforth #residentevil #fatalframe #silenthill #survivalhorror

🔥 Now available for preorder! 🔥 "Into Everlasting Fire: The Official History of Immolation,” a massive 400-page history of one of the most beloved bands in death metal history. tinyurl.com/immoltionbook “Into Everlasting Fire: The Official History of Immolation” provides eyewitness accounts from ex-members, label owners, producers and fellow artists who were part of the band’s relentless climb to the top of the modern death metal landscape. 🖊 Penned by longtime extreme metal journalist Kevin Stewart-Panko, featuring a foreword by Deadguy guitarist Keith Huckins, and boasting stunning new art from legendary Immolation cover artist Andreas Marschall, “Into Everlasting Fire” is Immolation’s fully authorized, unprecedented look into the band’s career via countless in-depth interviews, studio recollections, harrowing and hilarious road stories and dozens of exclusive photos 📷 Preorder your copy today! Expected ship date in November ⬅️ #Immolation #immolationbook #intoeverlastingfire #deathmetal #metalbooks #DecibelBooks

As the metal world is on a collective journey with the new @bloodincantationofficial record, bassist Jeff Barrett shares with Kill Screen the gaming series that first pushed him to look beyond what is in front of us. Read the interview now ➡️ tinyurl.com/dBKillScreen047 #killscreen #videogames #metalgearsolid #kojima

Fond memories of the ’80s, technological advancements and maybe some social lubrication are all that it took to get Greg Puciato of Better Lovers back into the world of gaming. Read the interview now ➡️ tinyurl.com/dBKillScreen046 #killscreen #videogames #retrogames #nes #snes #segagenesis #atari

Stream the pitch black cover of “Theme of Laura (Reprise)” from Restless Dreams (Corey Parks of GraveRipper) as we all wait in our special place for the Silent Hill 2 remake. Check out our exclusive track premiere now ➡️ tinyurl.com/dBSideQuest2 #killscreen #videogames #silenthill #silenthill2 #blackmetal #usbm

Italian dwarven metal warriors @windroseofficial struck gold with their cover of “Diggy Diggy Hole” and new single “Rock and Stone,” a nod to Deep Rock Galactic—but vocalist @francescocavalieriofficial shares a history with gaming as old as time. Read the interview now ➡️ tinyurl.com/dBKillScreen045 #killscreen #videogames #windrose #diggydiggyhole #powermetal #dwarvenmetal #minecraft #wow #worldofwarcraft #mmorpg

The Icon of Sin himself John Romero nerds out with Kill Screen about the music in his titles, what he is most looking forward to in gaming and the metal bands that dragged him down to Hell. Read the interview now ➡️ tinyurl.com/dBKillScreen044 #killscreen #videogames #johnromero #doom #quake #wolfenstein #sigil

🔥 Pre-Order your copy of ‘Into Everlasting Fire: The Official History of IMMOLATION’ right now from Decibel Books! 🔥 This massive 400 page official biography (featuring a 16 page color section) was penned by longtime extreme metal journalist Kevin Stewart-Panko (Do You Have Anything to Declare?), features a foreword by Deadguy guitarist Keith Huckins, and boasts *seriously stunning* new art from legendary @immolation_band cover artist Andreas Marschall - this tome is an absolute show piece of a book! 👀 Read an exclusive excerpt right now (and preorder your copy) at Decibelmagazine.com Immolation will perform a very special “First 20 Years” set in honor of Decibel magazine’s 20-year run at @bbowlphilly on Saturday August 31st - tickets are available now! #Immolation #ImmolationBand #IntoEverlastingFire #DecibelMagazine #DecibelBooks #MetalBook #MetalBooks #KevinStewartPanko #AndreasMarschall #Decibel20thAnniversary

David Bruno, vocalist for fantasy death metal outfit @summoningthelich , lives and breathes the world of Arrias, the fictional land that is the subject of the band’s lyrics. But thanks to handheld emulation, even he can escape to another world when he needs. Read the interview now ➡️ tinyurl.com/dBKillScreen043 #killscreen #videogames #emulation #phantasystaronline #phantasystar

Decibel Exclusive Interview: Ross Dolan of @immolation_band !! Death metal lifer and IMMOLATION bassist Ross Dolan talks with Decibel editor-in-chief Albert Mudrian about the upcoming Decibel 20th Anniversary Show at @bbowlphilly on Saturday Aug 31st (featuring a special Immolation 'First 20 Years' set!), their long overdue recognition in the scene and, uh, bowling. GET YOUR 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOW TICKETS NOW! Visit our link in bio for all 3 ticket options: -GA (All Ages) 🎟 -VIP (21+) 🍺 & -Exclusive #Decibowl Preshow event 🎳 (Bowl with the bands, labels + Decibel crew!) ➡️ Full 14 minute interview available on our YouTube Channel 📹 #Immolation #RossDolan #RossBowling #BrooklynBowl #BrooklynBowlPhilly #DecibelMagazine #DawnofPossession #HereInAfter #FailuresForGods #CloseToAWorldBelow

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