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1914 Break Down Their New Album, Viribus Unitis

December 8, 2025

Learn the story of a Ukrainian solider in World War I via a breakdown of the new 1914 album.

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Video Premiere: Eshtadur – “Fire Above Mountain Below” (live)

December 8, 2025

Watch Columbian melodeath monsters Eshtadur perform “Fire Above Mountain Below” alongside a symphony orchestra.

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Gus Rios (Cold Slither): The Toys That Saved Me

May 30, 2025

Fresh from his reveal as Cold Slither frontman Zartan, drummer/guitarist/vocalist Gus Rios provides the following homage to the impact of the toys that defined his childhood and shaped his adulthood. 

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GWAR

January 2026 [#255]

Includes exclusive limited edition Morbikon flexi disc

40 Years of Fluids, Filth and Fun! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Pallbearer’s Sorrow and Extinction, The Top 40 Albums of 2025, Morbikon, Blut Aus Nord, Phobocosm and more

Blast Worship: Carthage Must Be Destroyed

December 9, 2025

London grinders Carthage Must Be Destroyed will blast you back to the stone age.

Five For Friday: December 5, 2025

December 5, 2025

Greetings Decibel readers! It’s the last standard Five For Friday roundup of the year. One last chance to revise your personal end-of-year lists before you get distracted by the holidays and resolutions you’ll maintain for about two weeks. But trust me, you’ll want to savor the last of 2025 with the albums below, especially the second…

EP Premiere: Discovery Through Torment – “Telesynthetic Rebirth”

December 4, 2025

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada-based band Discovery Through Torment are dropping their new EP, Telesynthetic Rebirth. Check it out now ahead of its official December 5 release date.

Video Premiere: Unburier – “Survive the Vermin”

December 3, 2025

UK’s proggy death thrashers Unburier dig up some serious foulness on new single “Survive the Vermin.”

Full Stream: It Haunts – No Light to Save Me

December 3, 2025

Melodic metallers It Haunts arrive with the kind of debut EP that doesn’t feel like a beginning so much as an overdue emergence.

Blast Worship: HWA

December 2, 2025

In Seoul, they spell grindcore HWA. Hear the band’s ripping Demo 2025 now.