Year: 2019
Blast Worship: Heinous
October 15, 2019 Gene Meyer
Looking for death/grind in the vein of Bolt Thrower, Mortician and Carcass, but with breakdowns? Then Phoenix grinders Heinous have got you covered!
Video Premiere: Blackthorne – ‘Fiending for the Anxious’
October 14, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Minnesotan extreme metal unit Blackthorne just need a minute of your time.
Video Premiere: The Drowning – ‘Prometheus Blinded’
October 14, 2019 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from The Drowning.
Q&A: Neige (Alcest) Flies On Spiritual Wings
October 14, 2019 Chris Dick
Alcest’s Neige opens up to Decibel about the group’s latest album, Spiritual Intent, and the drivers behind its music and message.
Formless Master Greets You at the “Fatal Impasse”
October 11, 2019 J. Andrew
Formless Master, a new force in grindcore, will unleash their first round of attack on November 15 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.
Full Album Stream: Sanctvs – “Mors Aeterna”
October 11, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Sanctvs is a demonic black metal anomaly from Québec. Their debut album Mors Aeterna is merely days away from taking the underground by storm. Check it out in its entirety first right here.
‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’ To Be Published via Decibel Books! Pre-Orders Available NOW!
October 11, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Pre-order a copy of ‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’ hardcover, strictly limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.
Demo:listen: Cemetarian
October 11, 2019 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen lures its readers into Cemetarian’s Tomb of Morbid Stench.
Track Premiere: Varials – ‘In Darkness’
October 10, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Philly metallic hardcore crushers Varials reveal the title track from their In Darkness LP.
Track Premiere: Krater – ‘Stellar Sparks’
October 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Misanthropic Germans Krater will soon release their fourth album. Hear them send “Stellar Sparks” flying with their three-guitar black metal attack on this exclusive track premiere.
The Five Dark Descent Releases that Mean the Most to Owner Matt Calvert
October 10, 2019 Greg Pratt
To celebrate Dark Descent Records’ 10th anniversary, we caught up with owner Matt Calvert to find out what five DD releases mean the most to him.
What the Heck is an Unsplit? Total Fucking Destruction and Analkholic have Answers
October 10, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The funny thing about this forthcoming release from Total Fucking Destruction and Analkholic courtesy the good folks at Give Praise Records is that what appears to have been the most difficult part was deciding on how to refer to it.
Maze of Zen: Author & Heavy Metal Academic Owen Coggins’ 8 Tracks for Metal Meditation
October 9, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Mysticism, Ritual, and Religion in Drone Metal author Dr. Owen Coggins is here to help you transcend the material plane with a little help from his (extremely extreme) friends.
Full Album Stream: Screamer – ‘Highway of Heroes’
October 9, 2019 Sean Frasier
Swedish hell machines Screamer take a leather-clad trad metal joyride on their newest triumphant record, Highway of Heroes.
Track Premiere: Black Beast – ‘Nocturnal Bloodlust’
October 8, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Finland’s Black Beast will finally release their debut album. Approach this exclusive premiere of the title track with the utmost caution.
Blast Worship: Drugs of Faith
October 8, 2019 Gene Meyer
Checking in with Decibel‘s favorite not-really-grindcore band, Drugs of Faith.
Dysrhythmia Defy Expectations on “Terminal Threshold”
October 7, 2019 Emily Bellino
Dysrhythmia take you to progressive metal nirvana with new album Terminal Threshold.
Album Premiere: Aegrus ‘In Manus Satanas’
October 7, 2019 Chris Dick
Finnish black metal quartet Aegrus nail Christians to their new album inverted cross on “In Manus Satanas”. Full album stream at Decibel!
Album Premiere: Ossuaire ‘Derniers Chants’
October 7, 2019 Chris Dick
Montréal-based black metal quartet, Ossuaire, stream stunning new album, Derniers Chants, at Decibel Magazine on behalf of Sepulchral Productions.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Blut aus Nord, Profanatica and 1349
October 4, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Our favorite review-writing bird, covers his beak in corpsepaint and gets his feathers ruffled by some true-ish black metal.
Track Premiere: Shrine of Insanabilis – ‘Invisible. Infinite. Inexorable.’
October 4, 2019 Dutch Pearce
German black metal cult Shrine of Insanabilis rip their sophomore album straight from the void Check out this smoking-hot ripper of a new song from the forthcoming Vast Vortex Litanies.
Runemagick Opens the Dead Gates
October 4, 2019 J. Andrew
The Swedish masters of slow, plodding and crushing death-doom return with “The Opening of Dead Gates” off their new album due out on October 25.
Demo:listen: Burier
October 4, 2019 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen ventures into the deep underground to extract the Australian black metal atrocity Burier.
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October 4, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Celebrate Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles with FREE flexis from performing acts Possessed, Cadaver, Nails, Evoken, Spirit Adrift!
Track Premiere: PH “Origo”
October 3, 2019 Chris Dick
Finnish space-doom quartet PH launch an all-out sense assault on new track “Origo,” off new album “Osiris Hayden.”
Retrospective: Benümb’s “Soul of the Martyr”
October 3, 2019 Greg Pratt
Looking back on Benümb‘s 1998 debut, a gloriously unhinged document of power violence and grindcore.
Album Premiere: Nightstalker – ‘Great Hallucinations’
October 3, 2019 Albert Mudrian
You’re not seeing things, you can hear the first new LP in three years from underground Greek heroes Nightstalker.
Track Premiere: Coilguns – ‘Big Writer’s Block’
October 2, 2019 Emily Bellino
Coilguns are suffering from “Big Writer’s Block.”
Hear Exclusive New Opeth Song “Cirkelns Riktning” Via Decibel Flexi Series
October 2, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Opeth flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Cucumber Lime Gose
October 1, 2019 Nick Green
What do cucumber juice, lime, Himalayan sea salt and beer have in common? Nickel Brook Brewing Co has the unlikely awesome answer.
