Year: 2023

Full Album Premiere: SaviorSkin – Invicta Mori

March 27, 2023

Hear the full album of death/doom despondency from SaviorSkin in advance of its April 7 release via Horror Pain Gore Death.

Track Premiere: Dozer – ‘Dust for Blood’

March 27, 2023

Hear a new jam from Swedish stoner rock OGs Dozer, on the eve of their 15-years-in-the-making new LP, Drifting in the Endless Void.

Q&A: Sean Rivera of Coffin Hunters on the Lost Art of Clean Metal Vocals

March 27, 2023

Decibel tracked down Sean Rivera of Coffin Hunters to talk about the art of clean singing and how he learned to sing in his car. Check out the band’s The Fire Knight and Wake the Dead on Bandcamp.

No Corporate Beer Reviews: Framinghammer

March 24, 2023

If Jack’s Abby says this is a lager, we’re down with that, because Framinghammer has a sweeter swing than Jim Rice.

Five For Friday: March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023

Essential new black metal, death metal and NWOBHM by way of Germany coming at you this week!

LIMITED TO 50 EACH: DEADGUY’s ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ on Metal & Beer Colored Cassettes via Decibel Records!

March 24, 2023

Get your ultra-limited “metal” or “beer” cassette edition of Deadguy’s Buyer’s Remorse: Live from the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest & watch the full pro-shot performance now!

Plague Bearer: “I Wanted to Escape the Mundane Life I Had and Be Someone Else”

March 23, 2023

Kelly Kuciemba gives us a history lesson in the Pacific Northwest death metal scene and tells us a bit more about Plague Bearer’s new album.

Full Album Stream: Forcefed Horsehead are Seeing Things with Monoceros

March 23, 2023

Indulge in a stream of Forcefed Horsehead‘s animal mutant-friendly new album, Monoceros

Full EP Stream: And Darkness And Decay – “Orgasm of Golgotha”

March 23, 2023

Listen to Orgasm of Golgotha, the debut EP from And Darkness and Decay feat. members of Night Cobra, Necrofier and Goatwhore.

Track Premiere: Smoulder – “Victims of Fate”

March 22, 2023

Hear a brand new track from epic heavy metal heroes Smoulder taken from their forthcoming Violent Creed of Vengeance LP.

Video Premiere: MORDIAN Pays Tribute to Bathory’s “Ring of Gold”

March 22, 2023

Follow the raven and listen to Chicago-based gothic folk artist Mordian pay tribute to Bathory’s “Ring of Gold.”

Full Album Stream: Firmament – ‘We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall’

March 21, 2023

Hear German newcomers Firmament continue the New Wave of British Heavy Metal’s seemingly eternal legacy on We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall.

Video Premiere: Suffering Quota – “Out”

March 21, 2023

Hear a new 70-second blaster from Dutch grindcore phenoms Suffering Quota in advance of their new LP, Collide, out May 26.

Dawn Ray’d – ‘To Know the Light’ 

March 20, 2023

Working class black metal heroes Dawn Ray’d find a light in the darkness on To Know the Light.

Track Premiere: Bongzilla – “Hippie Stick”

March 20, 2023

Hear Wisconsin sludge doom heroes Bongzilla return with their latest super joint ritual.

For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Anarkhon and Contrarian

March 17, 2023

Our fine feathered fiend returns to peck on new, very different styles of death metal.

Five For Friday: March 17, 2023

March 17, 2023

Get your St. Patrick’s Day started right with the newest releases from Aftermath, Downfall of Gaia, Anarkhon and more!

Downfall of Gaia Provide a Track-by-Track Breakdown of New LP ‘Silhouettes of Disgust’

March 17, 2023

Downfall of Gaia provide an extensive track-by-track breakdown on their release date of their new 45-minute epic Silhouettes of Disgust.

Full Album Stream: Ardent Nova – ‘Ardent Nova’

March 16, 2023

Hear Viking metal-inspired thrashers Ardent Nova go scorched earth on their long-in-the-making debut.

Track Premiere: Old Forest – “Master of Arachnids”

March 16, 2023

Hear a brand new track of vintage second wave-inspired black metal from UKBM’s unsung heroes Old Forest.

Video Premiere: Revenge Beast – “Bastard” (Mötley Crüe Cover)

March 15, 2023

Hear Marc Rizzo’s new band, Revenge Beast shout out the glam metal with this cover of Mötley Crüe’s “Bastard.”

Track Premiere: Sunburster – “Roach”

March 15, 2023

This sludgy, grungy new number from Sunburster, titled “Roach,” will be out on their forthcoming record, Trudging to Extinction, May 5 via Knife Hits, but you can hear it with Decibel now.

Track Premiere: Vredensdal – “Svøpt i blod”

March 15, 2023

Fans of black metal with gritty tendencies and a throwback riff-centric approach to guitar performances and song construction should get the hell in here and find out what Vredensdal is all about.

Album Premiere: Desolate Realm – ‘Legions’

March 15, 2023

Finnish epic doom duo Desolate Realm summon eternal winter with their sophomore LP, Legions.