Year: 2023

On the eve of the release of their possible swan song Closure, Dutch atmospheric black metallers An Autumn for Crippled Children grant their first-ever interview

Fabled German death metallers Drowned premiere new song “Chryseos Vas” off their upcoming new album, Procul His. Streaming in old-school filth and brutality only at Decibel.

Hear the disaffected and soulless industrial sludge of Tucson quartet Realize on their new single, “Nature Bot.”

When it comes to role-playing games, bigger is better for the multi-talented musician.

Midwestern doom crew Blessed Black spread their wings with the powerful ballad “Unable.” Bang your head before the EP comes out September 1st.

German blasters Moral Bombing combine the most emotive elements of screamo, hardcore and grind, while still finding a way to retain originality.

Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats‘ new live album is a great addition to the band’s discography.

Max Fox, vocalist for crossover legends The Boneless Ones, readies the troops for the group’s first-ever European shows, specifically in front of 20,000 at Dynamo in Holland.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, July 31 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from German heavy metal legend Doro!

Check out a nu-metal-free assortment of new releases including Ashtar, The Glorious Dead and Thra!

We have only 90 copies available of Wayfarer‘s new LP, American Gothic, on exclusive Marble Gunsmoke vinyl.

Hear the blistering new full-length, Wordless, from UK black metal fiends The Sun’s Journey Through The Night

Enigmatic U.K. black metal innovators Decoherence weave an intricate tapestry of influences, blending cold and experimental black metal with avant-garde dissonance.

Watch doom-fueled Nashville duo Friendship Commanders present a new video for “Vampire” from their upcoming album Mass, out September 29.

Hear New Jersey’s grindcore berserkers Organ Dealer bring barbwire laced riffs and blast beat fever to their long-awaited sophomore album The Weight of Being.

Deathgrind crushers Rottenness always have a story to tell and will always share it with Decibel.

Czech out grinding punk blasters Lycanthrophy.

Philadelphia sludge eulogists Quiet Man smash silence with a track-by-track guide to their dark new record, The Starving Lesson.

Opeth reveal how their groundbreaking fourth LP, Still Life, was nearly their last in this month’s Decibel Hall of Fame induction.

Hear Norwegian retro heshers Flight take wing to the land of Thin Lizzy and B.O.C. on Echoes of Journeys Past.

Prepare to widen your mind’s eye and take an acid-tinged journey through the cosmos with Sweden’s Domkraft via single/video for the doomy, fuzz soaked slammer, “Whispers.”

Decibel looks back on Metallica‘s Kill ‘Em All, the album that helped birth thrash metal, launched a legendary career, on its 40th anniversary

The ’90s meet present day when Machinations of Fate play.

Hear and acquire this the Silver disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

It’s the end of an era as our favorite record-reviewing parrot pecks off.

Get your weekend started with some searing, bluesy guitars as Vermilion Whiskey delivers “south Louisiana rock n’ roll at its finest.”

Eclectic duo Scottish Gabber Punx rails against “Tory Scum” on teaser for new EP.

Watch New York City’s Solemn Vision debut fresh melodic death metal with the new video for “Gates.”

Hear Chicago thrash crew Bloodletter spin an epic tale on their new concept album for Wise Blood Records, A Different Kind of Hell.

Watch Middle-Eastern-come-U.K. trio Trivax face the scythe wielder with an all-out black metal attack.