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HELLRIPPER Premiere Exclusive Zeke Covers EP via the Decibel Flexi Series!
May 14, 2026
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from Scottish black metal speed demon Hellripper before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
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Video Premiere: Godless – ‘Architect of Torment’
May 20, 2026
India’s Godless have spent more than a decade sharpening their death metal into something ruthless, precise, and increasingly severe. Their new single, “Architect of Torment,” drops today.
Editorial
An Endless Wave of American Darkness: USBM’s Hidden Underground
December 26, 2025
Neill Jameson digs deep into the best that underground U.S. black metal had to offer in 2025.
Latest Issue
Khemmis
June 2026 [#260]
Includes exclusive limited edition Hellripper flexi disc
The Lightness of Being! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Suffocation’s Pierced From Within, At the Gates, Nervosa, Frozen Soul, Elder, Ghoul and more
Video Premiere: Goetia – ‘Corpse Candle’
May 19, 2026 Emily Bellino
Rising death metal trio Goetia share their newest track, “Corpse Candle.”
Track Premiere: L.M.I. – ‘Feelin’ Tired’
May 19, 2026 Emily Bellino
Sludge punks L.M.I. are “Feelin’ Tired.”
Blast Worship: Fake Dust
May 19, 2026 Gene Meyer
Get real with the debut full-length from Portland, OR blast beasts Fake Dust.
Full Album Stream: Abandon Agony –Endbringer
May 18, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
New Swedish melodic DM crew Abandon Agony start their ascent with full-length debut Endbringer.
Full Album Stream: Witching Hour – “Descending… Where Time Has Ceased to Exist”
May 18, 2026 Emily Bellino
German black-thrashers Witching Hour embrace their heavy metal side.
Video Premiere: Windswept – “Cenote”
May 15, 2026 J. Andrew
Wellington, New Zealand black metallers Windswept deliver “a lament that explores guilt, identity, and self-destruction. The feeling of weaving a sophisticated web of lies.”
Album Premiere: Festering Hag – ‘The Hag, the Mother, and the Wolf’
May 14, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Check out Festering Hag‘s debut album, The Hag, the Mother, and the Wolf. The record is out this Friday via Bog Infinity, a label established last year.
Track Premiere: Fimbul Winter – “Crowned In Ash”
May 14, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Fimbul Winter (featuring ex-Amon Amarth members) present “Crowned In Ash,” their latest release following the 2025 debut EP What Once Was.
Track Premiere: Getting Cosmic with The Conflux Collective’s “In the Wake of Saturn”
May 14, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear former and current members of Decrepit Birth, Animosity, Akurion, Neuraxis, Augury, Emasculator and more gather as The Conflux Collective.
Video Premiere: The Accüsed – “Interfectrix”
May 13, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Resurrected Seattle splattercore legends, The Accüsed, are slicing and dicing on violent new single, “Interfectrix.”
