Year: 2019

Former Gridlink axeman returns with the aptly-titled Strange, Beautiful, Fast.

US death metal entity Engulf emerges “From Chasms Deep.”

One-man Australian black metal act Runespell premiere new album “Voice of Opprobrium” at Decibel as the wings of fate flutter.

Come exist above the threshold of consciousness with German doom duo Gemini One.

Elite Taiwanese black metal stronghold Inferno Requiem unleash their third album on the twentieth anniversary of their formation. Check out Shanhai in all its hellfire-brandishing glory right now.

Claiming the throne of what they call “Apocalyptic Metal,” Astaroth Incarnate‘s new song is a storm of symphonic black and death metal glory.

Batushka, Faketushka, Fauxtushka, all the Tushkas; or none, really, as there is no ‘tushka in this month’s Decibel Meter.

Don’t “crucify” yourself for sleeping on cult doom heroes Cain when they were around in early ’90s. Rise Above has you covered with an essential new reissue.

Discover the grinding black death of Little Rock’s Sun Descends Black on this week’s Demo:listen.

Hear ex-Cathedral members Adam Lehan and Mark Ramsay Wharton resurface in crushing new doom band.

Pre-orders for forthcoming LP Daemon from the black metal godfathers also now available.  　   

Hear one of the year’s best brutal death metal releases: Mutilatred‘s Ingested Filth.

Cliterati is bringing the fire on its righteous crusty punk hardcore rager Ugly Truths/Beautiful Lies streaming in full right now.

Legendary horror film composer Fabio Frizzi talks helping to bring H.P. Lovecraft’s poetry to life on I Notturni Di Yuggoth.

Stoner rockers Mars Red Sky will attempt to complete The Task Eternal this fall when they release their fourth album via Listenable Records.

A Decibel guide to bands who were just too extreme to be just one band.

Embrace your Void Lustre and stream the new album from Hope Drone.

If you like a rich atmosphere that still packs the punch of speed and ferocity, the new offering from Imperium Dekadenz should be your autumn soundtrack.

Don’t ya just love it when a band appropriately names itself?

Get to know Ottawa black/death crushers Eclipser.

Full Terror Assault is celebrating five years of open air fest mayhem with a wild, brutal four-day party next week.

Underground Philadelphia progressive metal kings Dysrhythmia are launching a new mind-bending blitz and we’ve got the exclusive first salvo streaming now.

See you at the Regent on Thursday, December 12 as part of Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA’s official PRE-FEST!

Swedish psychedelic spellcasters Vokonis worship at the riff-adorned throne of the “AntlerQueen.”

Split’s about to hit the fan: Child Bite and Ringworm team up for a hell of a split.

Hostile US black death group Slutvomit return more depraved than ever. Hear a track from their sophomore album Copulation of Cloven Hooves right now.

Their blood vessels might be narrowed, but Vasoconstriction‘s grindcore influences are pretty wide.

Portuguese progressive metallers Apotheus expose the “horrors and injustices of this world” in their latest video, “Caves of Steel.”

Richmond devastators Antichrist Siege Machine show their true form on debut full length. Hear Schism Perpetration in all its unholy glory right now.

Watch Joy‘s ferocious new video for “Calloused.”