Year: 2019

Genfærd Builds the Stairway to a Bloody “Hævnen”

December 13, 2019

Genfærd‘s new song is a melodic and melancholy work of danish black metal mastery from their upcoming new album due out in 2020.

Demo:listen: Perinei

December 13, 2019

This week Demo:listen introduces young Finnish death grinders Perinei.

Video Premiere: Mortiis – “A Dark Horizon”

December 13, 2019

The first of the dungeoneers, Mortiis bids us to look upon “A Dark Horizon.”

Song Premiere: Karg – ‘Alaska’

December 12, 2019

Karg‘s latest 11-minute journey of weeping melodies and black metal bleakness in now available for your listening “pleasure.”

Extreme Archaeology: Primitive Origins’ Top Five Proto-Metal Discoveries of 2019

December 12, 2019

Remembering the five best, and heaviest, proto-metal songs we discussed in Primitive Origins this year.

Full Album Stream: Solace — “The Brink”

December 11, 2019

New Jersey doom n’ rollers Solace channel a career of hard luck into a scorching comeback record.

Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 3

December 10, 2019

Part Three of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade

Full Album Stream: Iron Curtain – ‘Danger Zone’

December 10, 2019

Spanish heavy metal rippers Iron Curtain go into the Danger Zone on album #4.

Mortiis on Masks, ‘Game of Thrones’ and the KISS cover that almost was

December 9, 2019

The Norwegian legend discusses the slow disappearance of his infamous mask, his decades-long struggle with depression and the KISS cover that Emperor that nearly pulled off.

Track Premiere: Vaeok “Souls Void”

December 9, 2019

American black metal duo Vaeok, featuring members of Sargeist, Kult ov Azazel, Nightbringer, Adaestuo and Demoncy, attack from the haunted cosmos on new self-titled EP.

Full Split Stream: Imprecation & Black Blood Invocation – ‘Diabolical Flames of the Ascended Plague’

December 6, 2019

Get ripped in half by this split of pure evil bestial black death between Texas legends of Satanic brutality Imprecation and Greek throne challengers Black Blood Invocation.

Watch: Nergal’s Me and That Man Release New Single, “Run With the Devil”

December 6, 2019

Me and That Man, led by Behemoth frontman Nergal return with new blackened blues featuring Shining’s Jørgen Munkeby.

Unreqvited Guides You as Night Falls

December 6, 2019

Unreqvited are uniquely talented at keeping their influences intact while still merging them into a cohesive force of blackened melancholy.

Demo:listen: Fayenne

December 6, 2019

This week Demo:listen promotes the righteous fury of Swedish black metal duo Fayenne.

Video Premiere: Salvation – ‘Year of the Fly’

December 5, 2019

Chicago trio Salvation double down on the love of threes on third LP Year of the Fly.

Video Premiere: The Flaying Loves Quebec and Quebec Loves The Flaying

December 5, 2019

Quebec’s The Flaying visually chronicles their love for their hometown’s downtown core.

Rank & Defile: Nile’s Albums Ordered from Worst to Best

December 4, 2019

To celebrate the recent release of the USDM heroes’ latest album, Vile Nilotic Rites, we rank Nile‘s studio LP discography.

Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2019 Merch Revealed

December 4, 2019

Check out the exclusive merch we’ll have on hand available only at next weekend’s Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles!

The Matchless Roar: Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris Returns with British Lion for “The Burning”

December 4, 2019

Legendary Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris is set to torch expectations with “The Burning,” the sophomore offering from his prog-tinged hard rock British Lion side project.

Track Premiere: Haxandraok – “Ba’al Zel Bul at the Gates of NOX”

December 4, 2019

Black metal duo Haxandraok beckon Beezlebub in their entrancing new single “Ba’al Zel Bul at the Gates of NOX.”