Year: 2019

Blast Worship: Heinous

October 15, 2019

Looking for death/grind in the vein of Bolt Thrower, Mortician and Carcass, but with breakdowns? Then Phoenix grinders Heinous have got you covered!

Q&A: Neige (Alcest) Flies On Spiritual Wings

October 14, 2019

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

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

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.

Demo:listen: Cemetarian

October 11, 2019

This week Demo:listen lures its readers into Cemetarian’s Tomb of Morbid Stench.

Track Premiere: Varials – ‘In Darkness’

October 10, 2019

Philly metallic hardcore crushers Varials reveal the title track from their In Darkness LP.

Track Premiere: Krater – ‘Stellar Sparks’

October 10, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

Checking in with Decibel‘s favorite not-really-grindcore band, Drugs of Faith.

Album Premiere: Aegrus ‘In Manus Satanas’

October 7, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

This week Demo:listen ventures into the deep underground to extract the Australian black metal atrocity Burier.

Track Premiere: PH “Origo”

October 3, 2019

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

Looking back on Benümb‘s 1998 debut, a gloriously unhinged document of power violence and grindcore.

Album Premiere: Nightstalker – ‘Great Hallucinations’

October 3, 2019

You’re not seeing things, you can hear the first new LP in three years from underground Greek heroes Nightstalker.

Hear Exclusive New Opeth Song “Cirkelns Riktning” Via Decibel Flexi Series

October 2, 2019

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

What do cucumber juice, lime, Himalayan sea salt and beer have in common? Nickel Brook Brewing Co has the unlikely awesome answer.