Year: 2019
Genfærd Builds the Stairway to a Bloody “Hævnen”
December 13, 2019 J. Andrew
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 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen introduces young Finnish death grinders Perinei.
Video Premiere: Mortiis – “A Dark Horizon”
December 13, 2019 Dutch Pearce
The first of the dungeoneers, Mortiis bids us to look upon “A Dark Horizon.”
Song Premiere: Karg – ‘Alaska’
December 12, 2019 Bradley Zorgdrager
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 Greg Pratt
Remembering the five best, and heaviest, proto-metal songs we discussed in Primitive Origins this year.
Track Premiere: Today is the Day – ‘No Good to Anyone’
December 12, 2019 Emily Bellino
Today is the Day are “No Good to Anyone.”
Full Album Stream: Solace — “The Brink”
December 11, 2019 Shawn Macomber
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 Gene Meyer
Part Three of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
It’s Metal & Beer Fest “2 For Tuesday!” Buy 1 Ticket, Get Another Free!
December 10, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Buy one Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest “Just Metal” ticket and get a second “Just Metal” ticket for that day of the fest absolutely FREE! Offer ends at 10pm PST tonight!
Full Album Stream: Iron Curtain – ‘Danger Zone’
December 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Spanish heavy metal rippers Iron Curtain go into the Danger Zone on album #4.
Los Angeles Date Added to the 2020 Decibel Magazine Tour
December 10, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Los Angeles, you’ll get a chance to see Mayhem, Abbath, Gatecreeper and Idle Hands on March 23!
Mortiis on Masks, ‘Game of Thrones’ and the KISS cover that almost was
December 9, 2019 J. Bennett
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: Porta Nigra – ‘Das Rad des Ixion’
December 9, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from weirdo black metal trio Porta Nigra.
Track Premiere: Vaeok “Souls Void”
December 9, 2019 Chris Dick
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.
Peavey Announce Guitar Backline for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: L.A. 2019
December 8, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Peavey will backline Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2019 with their most-extreme amplifiers.
Full Split Stream: Imprecation & Black Blood Invocation – ‘Diabolical Flames of the Ascended Plague’
December 6, 2019 Dutch Pearce
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 Emily Bellino
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 J. Andrew
Unreqvited are uniquely talented at keeping their influences intact while still merging them into a cohesive force of blackened melancholy.
ONE WEEK AWAY From Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles. Got Tickets?
December 6, 2019 Albert Mudrian
A weekend of Carcass, Possessed, Nails, Vio-lence, Gruesome, Gatecreeper, Schammasch and more along with a dozen metal-friendly craft breweries is nearly upon us!
Demo:listen: Fayenne
December 6, 2019 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen promotes the righteous fury of Swedish black metal duo Fayenne.
Video Premiere: Salvation – ‘Year of the Fly’
December 5, 2019 Bradley Zorgdrager
Chicago trio Salvation double down on the love of threes on third LP Year of the Fly.
Video Premiere: Micawber – ‘The Starless Sky’
December 5, 2019 Emily Bellino
Micawber showcase what they do best: play death metal.
“There Was No happy Ending Possible.” – Author Douglas Esper Talks New Chuck Mosley Book
December 5, 2019 Greg Pratt
Getting the dirt on how Douglas Esper’s new book about Chuck Mosley isn’t The Dirt.
Gatecreeper and Idle Hands Added to the Decibel Magazine Tour!
December 5, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Gatecreeper and Idle Hands join Abbath and Mayhem as part of the ninth annual Decibel Magazine Tour starting in March 2020!
Video Premiere: The Flaying Loves Quebec and Quebec Loves The Flaying
December 5, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
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 Joseph Schafer
To celebrate the recent release of the USDM heroes’ latest album, Vile Nilotic Rites, we rank Nile‘s studio LP discography.
Full Album Stream: Helleborus – “Saprophytic Divinations”
December 4, 2019 Emily Bellino
Black metal mystics Helleborus return with a new album.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2019 Merch Revealed
December 4, 2019 Albert Mudrian
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 Shawn Macomber
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 Sean Frasier
Black metal duo Haxandraok beckon Beezlebub in their entrancing new single “Ba’al Zel Bul at the Gates of NOX.”
