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KILL SCREEN 045: Francesco Cavalieri of WIND ROSE Fights for Realm and Glory

September 11, 2024

The Italian dwarven metal vocalist proves that his fans yearn for the mines.

Premiere

Full EP Stream: No Gods – “Counterfeit / Noose Wound”

September 12, 2024

Stream a new two-song EP from Philly thrashers No Gods.

Editorial

Mercyful Fate’s “Don’t Break the Oath” Turns 40

September 7, 2024

It’s challenging to look clearly at Mercyful Fate’s masterpiece, Don’t Break the Oath, released 40 years ago today. But our own Justin M Norton gives it a shot. Read here.

Latest Issue

The Black Dahlia Murder

October 2024 [#240]

Includes exclusive limited edition Deathevokation flexi disc

Decibel’s 20th Anniversary Issue: Two Decades of Killer Service! Also: The Mountain Goats, The Jesus Lizard, the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Candlemass’s Epicus Doomicus Metallicus and more

Album Premiere: Nightwraith – ‘Divergence’

September 12, 2024

Denver melodic death dealers NightWraith release their new album, Divergence, tomorrow via What’s Left Records, and you can hear the whole thing with us first.

Video Premiere: Toxaemia – “Blood Red”

September 12, 2024

Swedish death metallers Toxaemia debut their new video for “Blood Red” ahead of their November 15 album Rejected Souls of Kerberu.

Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

September 11, 2024

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, the epic debut from Candlemass, gets its long overdue Hall of Fame induction.

Label Spotlight: Pulverised Records

September 11, 2024

“I like to think that we put out not just dark and abrasive music but also releases that have something to say and with depth as well.”

Split Premiere: Jade / Sanctarium – The Sempiternal Wound

September 11, 2024

Prepare yourself for a descent into the macabre with The Sempiternal Wound, the latest split release from two masters of death and doom metal, Jade and Sanctarium .

Full Album Stream: Sully – “Sully”

September 10, 2024

Listen to the debut LP from upstate New York grinders Sully, feat. members of Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth and Psyopus.

Full Album Stream: Legions of Doom – “The Skull 3”

September 10, 2024

Supergroup Legions of Doom (The Skull, Trouble, Saint Vitus, Corrosion of Conformity) pay tribute to the late Eric Wagner with debut album The Skull 3.

Video Premiere: Matriarchs – “The Day You Slipped Away”

September 10, 2024

California metalcore crushers Matriarchs process grief in new lyric video for “The Day You Slipped Away.”

Blast Worship: Warfuck

September 10, 2024

Dedicated to the “everyday losers,” Warfuck‘s Fail.Repeat speaks to the Jets fan in all of us.

Track Premiere: Distant Dominion – ‘Solar Flare Tsunami’

September 9, 2024

Philly extreme metal crew Distant Dominion (feat. members of Krieg, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, etc.) debut new song “Solar Flare Tsunami.”