Decibel Magazine

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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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.