You’ll be in the grip of winter ale when Decibel—North America’s only monthly metal magazine—returns with the third edition of the west’s loudest, heaviest, most extreme craft beer festival! Decibel has once again tapped Denver, CO’s Summit to host Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver on Friday and Saturday, December 6-7, 2024.

Death metal legends Autopsy will make their Denver debut with a special headline performance of their 1989 classic Severed Survival (and other horrifying hits) on Friday night, while Oregon doom gods Yob will close out the weekend on Saturday night with only their fourth (and final) show of the year.

If that wasn’t enough, epic heavy metal icons Cirith Ungol will play their first—and last—Denver show, Forth Worth’s Frozen Soul will death metal and chill, Little Rock doom lords Pallbearer will bring big doom riffs, Danish death destructors Undergang will decimate all within earshot, Denver progressive metallers Dreadnought will wage battle against genre classification, Philly epic doom keepers Crypt Sermon will make their Denver debut, while Midwest deathgrind supergroup Earthburner will play one of their first live shows ever.

The already loaded bill is rounded out by the death/thrash of Denver sons Necropanther, Los Angeles melodic death metal upstarts Upon Stone, Denver blackened doom dealers Glacial Tomb, Philadelphia black thrash attack Daeva and local worship-worthy pagan metallers Oak, Ash & Thorn.

Not to be overshadowed by the onstage heaviness, America’s most metal breweries will descend upon the beer capital of the U.S. to provide the essential suds to the soundtrack of crushing metallic thuds! Presented by American craft brewing legends 3 Floyds Brewing (IN), the murderous brewers’ row also includes Featured Breweries—and Meaderies—Incantation Brewing (CO), Black Sky Brewery (CO), Nepenthe Brewing Co. (MD), Brimming Horn Meadery (DE), WarPigs Brewing (IN), Adroit Theory (VA), Smoldered Society Beer Company (NY), Thin Man Brewing (NY), Magnanimous Brewing (FL) plus pours from Attic Brewing (PA), Ratio Beerworks (CO) and local legends TRVE Brewing (CO). Expect the most extremely extreme—and extremely exclusive—beer and festival band collaborations anywhere on earth.

Denver Metal & Beer Fest famously sells out in advance, so avoid the impending dread of missing out! Get ready to purchase tickets this Friday, July 26. An extremely limited of number of three-day passes that include tickets to the official Metal & Beer PRE-Fest at Ratio Beerworks on December 5 with Green Druid, Abrams and Cloud Catcher are also available. Full daily lineups and ticket info are below.

DECEMBER 6 TICKETS
DECEMBER 7 TICKETS
TWO-DAY PASSES
THREE-DAY PASSES (INCLUDES PRE-FEST)

DECEMBER 5 (Pre-fest at Ratio Beerworks)
Green Druid
Abrams
Cloud Catcher

DECEMBER 6 (at Summit)
Autopsy “Severed Survival” set
Frozen Soul
Undergang
Dreadnought
Necropanther
Upon Stone
Daeva

DECEMBER 7 (at Summit)
Yob
Cirith Ungol
Pallbearer
Crypt Sermon
Earthburner
Glacial Tomb
Oak, Ash & Thorn

“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 3 Floyds. Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2024 sampling cups provided. Limited tickets available 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.