Announcing Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2022!
Main Sponsor Metal Blade Records
Debuts 40th Anniversary West Coast Style IPA!
Full Band Lineup & Breweries Revealed!
Unleash the beer-thirsty! On June 10-11, 2022, Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly—the world’s loudest, two-day craft beer event—comes back to the Fillmore Philly for its latest and greatest sud-soaked execution!
“Over the last 18 years there has been a mutual respect and collaboration between Metal Blade Records and Decibel Magazine so I am very honored to have Decibel Magazine join in our festivities to help us celebrate our 40th anniversary at the Metal and Beer Fest. We are excited to debut our 40th Anniversary METAL BLADE BEER which was specially brewed with our friends at Revision Brewing!!” – Brian Slagel
“In honor of Metal & Beer Fest title-sponsor Metal Blade Records historic 40th year anniversary (!) we are extremely excited to announce that we will be debuting the exclusive Revision Brewing x Metal Blade Records West Coast Style IPA collaboration brew at the event!” – Albert Mudrian, Editor in Chief, Decibel Magazine
Death metal kings Cannibal Corpse triumphantly return to Philadelphia, leading an unforgettable weekend that includes a Friday night headlining set from Swedish doom legends Candlemass. The epic-doom originators will perform their landmark debut Epicus Doomicus Metallicus for the first time ever in its entirety in America, with Epicus vocalist Johan Längquist.
That’s just one of four exclusive Metal & Beer Fest full-album sets! For the first time Wolves in the Throne Room will perform all of their U.S. black metal masterpiece Two Hunters, Nuclear Assault will thrash through their 1986 undisputed classic Game Over in full, and reawakened death metal/grindcore/hardcore whirlwind The Red Chord will demolish with their masterwork Clients from start to finish.
The already stacked artist bill, presented by Metal Blade Records, is rounded out by: Canadian progressive metal icons Voivod; vicious deathgrind crushers Full of Hell; revolutionary Philly hardcore heroes Soul Glo; metallic hardcore monolith All Else Failed; Pittsburgh old-school death/doom dealers Derkéta; British black/thrash battalion Craven Idol; tortuous death metal crew Sanguisugabogg; post-black metal new jacks The Silver; and resurrected death metal cult favorites Deathevokation.
But wait, we’re not finished! We’ve got the weekend’s cauldron of hops totally covered via America’s most metal breweries! The entire beer lineup is once again presented by Broken Goblet Brewing (PA) and includes featured breweries Wake Brewing (IL), Widowmaker Brewing (MA), Bone Up Brewing (MA), Kings County Brewers Collective (NY), Sabbath Brewing (GA) and flagship meadery Brimming Horn Meadery (DE).
“We are once again excited to be the sponsoring brewery for this amazing crossover beer and metal event, two things that are so important to the very fabric of our business,” says Mike LaCouture, co-owner of Broken Goblet Brewing. “Going from an idea to a small brewery and taproom to a full-fledged production brewery and music venue has taught us the value of hard work, but also sticking to your roots—and it’s a value we see shared every year with the whole Decibel crew. Plus Candlemass? Cannibal Corpse? Hell yes, we want to be there!”
Joining this brewing murderers’ row will be: 3 Floyds Brewing (IN), Adroit Theory Brewing Company (VA), Cosmic Eye Brewing (NE), Animated Brewing Co. (PA), Love City Brewing (PA), Abomination Brewing (CT), Bolero Snort Brewery (NJ), Yards Brewing Co. (PA), Soundgrowler Brewing Co. (IL) and our first non-alcoholic brewer, Athletic Brewing Company (CT).
All tickets are on sale Friday, February 4 at 10am ET. Daily lineups and info on each ticket option below.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
Candlemass (performing Epicus Doomicus Metallicus in its entirety)
Wolves in the Throne Room (performing Two Hunters in its entirety)
Voivod
Soul Glo
Derkéta
Craven Idol
The Silver
SATURDAY, JUNE 11
Cannibal Corpse
Nuclear Assault (performing Game Over in its entirety)
The Red Chord (performing Clients in its entirety)
Full of Hell
All Else Failed
Sanguisugabogg
Deathevokation
“Just Metal” Ticket (21+)
Admittance to the day’s event, but as the name suggests, you just get to see the show—no beer samples (You can still buy select beers a la carte if you’re 21+).
“Metal & Beer” Ticket (21+)
Admittance to the day’s event plus unlimited* sampling from our diverse lineup of national breweries presented by Broken Goblet Brewing. Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2022 sampling cups provided. Limited to 650 tickets per day. *Please note: In extremely extreme cases, certain high-ABV pours will be ticketed, with attendees receiving a limited number of tickets available to redeem for each offering.
Hails and ales to our partners!
