KEXP Seattle — Most people don’t realize how lucky Seattle is to host one of the premier electronic music festivals in the world with the annual Decibel Festival, happening next week, from September 22 through 26. In effort to help more people explore this divers... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-30 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands 09-01 Washington, DC - Black Cat ^ 09-03 Carrboro, NC - Cats Crade ^ 09-04 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade ^ 09-05 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack's ^ 09-07 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live ^ 09-09 Austin, TX - Emo's Outside ^ ... more info

Metalsucks — Congrats to MetalSucks Maniac wtfhax, who correctly identified Amorphis’ Tales from the Thousand Lakes as the latest Decibel Hall of Fame inductee. He wins a free a six-month subscription to Decibel! Now here’s managing editor Andrew Bonazelli to... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-18 London, England - ICA08-20 Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles State Historic Park 08-21 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival09-02 Montreal, Quebec - Studio Just For Laughs09-03 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre09-04 New York, NY - Electric Zoo Fes... more info

Metalsucks — We’ll announce the winner of the Decibel Hall of Fame contest next week; in the meantime, here’s the latest installment of “Fear, Emptiness, Decibel,” the new MetalSucks column from the editors of our favorite magazine — duh — Decibel. ... more info

Metalsucks — Before there were blogs there were these things called magazines, and the only metal magazine we still get excited about reading every month is Decibel. Smart, funny, insightful, and honest, Decibel is the reason we stay on the toilet even though we ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-31 Oslo, Norway - Oslo Opera House 08-06 Katowice, Poland - OFF Festival08-26 Dortmund, Germany - ISEA08-28 Catania, Italy - Uva Grapes Festival09-04 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge %09-05 Philadelphia, PA - The International House09-20 Cambridge,... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-22 Ghent, Belgium - 10 Days Off07-24 Paris, France - Centre Pompidou07-31 London, England - Field Day Festival08-07 Herefordshire, England - Big Chill Festival08-13 Brussels, Belgium - Recyclart08-14 Klaipeda, Lithuania - Satta Outside Festival08-... more info

XLR8R — Before the massive electronic music festival known as Decibel overtakes the city of Seattle this September, the folks organizing the whole shebang are putting on a couple of one-off concerts about town. read more more info

Metalsucks — This edition of Metal Mets is written by none other than Decibel Magazine managing editor and die-hard Mets fan Andrew Bonazelli! We thank Andrew for his contribution, and welcome him a respite from his most unfortunate current home of Philthydelphia... more info