Decibel Magazine

Decibel is a monthly magazine dedicated to heavy metal music, released by Red Flag Media, which is based in Philadelphia. It has been in circulation since October 2004. The magazine features various sections, such as Upfront, Features, Reviews, Guest Columns, and the Decibel Hall of Fame. Its current tagline is "Extremely Extreme," having previously been "The New Noise." The editor-in-chief of Decibel is Albert Mudrian.

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EP Premiere: Autumn Lies Buried

1 day ago | decibelmagazine.com | Addison Herron-Wheeler

Autumn Lies Buried are proud to announce the release of their highly anticipated Mob Mentality EP, available worldwide starting June via Exitus Strategem Records. The release coincides with the first date of the Hell Howler Tour, where the band will share stages with Casket Robbery across the United States. This EP isn’t just heavy—It also carries a powerful social message.
Track Premiere: Mass Deception: "Selling Souls! Buying Lies!"

4 days ago | decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen

Dutch thrashers Mass Deception are taking us to the fabled crossroads in their new video and single, “Selling Souls! Buying Lies!,” which is pretty much exactly what you might imagine. Except it’s not, apparently. Nope, Satan doesn’t seem to be the bad guy here, unless the devil has taken on a very different physical form and resembles a robed alien.
Album Premiere: La Suspendida

1 week ago | decibelmagazine.com | Addison Herron-Wheeler

Out May 30, La Suspendida are dropping La Suspendida Live, the recorded performance of the jazz metal opera at Le Forum (Vauréal, France) on November 16, 2023. The album is out via Excursus Production / Silent Pendulum Records.
Full Album Stream: Cwfen –Sorrows - Decibel Magazine

1 week ago | decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen

Grab an earful of the bewitching debut, Sorrows, from Scottish gothic doom outfit, Cwfen (pronounced “coven”). This female-fronted quartet—Agnes Alder (vocals/rhythm guitar), Guy DeNuit (lead guitar/backing vocals), Rös Ranquinn (drums), Mary Thomas Baker (bass)—has mined the sorrowful gloom of Type O Negative and swirled it together with some post-metal spaciousness and classic UK doom. Sorrows is at turns rage-filled, hypnotic and eternally dark. There’s a lot happening in a mere 10 tracks.
Cineastre - 'Mondscheintrunkene Lindenblüten' - Decibel Magazine

1 week ago | decibelmagazine.com | Emily Bellino

German black metal outfit Cineastre formed in 2018 with the goal to blend black metal with dark folk, releasing a slew of splits and EPs before releasing their eponymous debut full-length in 2023. Since then, they’ve released an EP and are now gearing up for the summer release of their sophomore album, Hymnen an die Nacht.
Full Album Stream: Horrenda –Díoltas - Decibel Magazine

1 week ago | decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen

To mark the first release on vinyl of Irish black metalers Horrenda‘s second full length, Díoltas, we’re streaming in full this blistering experimental black metal assault, and letting the band take us through a track-by-track discussion of the reissue.
Full Album Stream: El Jefazo –Colision Brutal - Decibel Magazine

1 week ago | decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen

We’re going deep into the Peruvian metal underground to offer up a full stream from instrumental stoner-psych-doom trio, El Jefazo. Their fuzzed-out, down-tuned third album, Colision Brutal, is six tracks of experimental sludge with a definite psychedelic bent. Songs are peppered with sampled dialog and the guitars are fed through head-spinning effects, covering perfectly for the lack of vocals. There’s so much going on here, you never miss them.
Putrescent - 'Sepulchral Desecration' - Decibel Magazine

1 week ago | decibelmagazine.com | Emily Bellino

Los Angeles death metal crew Putrescent introduced themselves to the world two years ago with the EP Inhuman Infestation and now they’re back to show what they can do on a full-length album.
Track-by-Track: Freeze the Fall

2 weeks ago | decibelmagazine.com | Addison Herron-Wheeler

We got a track-by-track breakdown of Freeze the Fall‘s new album, The Red Garden, out June 18 via 604 Records. “The Red Garden was always going to be a concept album.” the band say about the record. “It’s basically two things. First it’s a story, a fairytale that serves as a metaphor for the larger world that we live in. Within that fairytale, there is a Kingdom, home to a cast of characters, each of whom represents some facet of the world.
Full Album Stream: Veljet —Demiurgo - Decibel Magazine

2 weeks ago | decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen

No tariffs have so far been levied against psyched-out Mexican stoner doom, so it continues to flow across the border into the U.S. unfettered. The latest import is a full-length debut, Demiurgo, from instrumental trio, Veljet, who rumble through eight fuzzed-out, sludgy head trips in a tight 45 minutes.