Year: 2023

Track Premiere: Mammon’s Throne – “Beyond”

March 14, 2023

Hear new single, “Beyond,” from Mammon’s Throne, gilded with crusty riffs and authentic Aussie spite.

Blast Worship: Convulsions

March 14, 2023

Preview five new crushers from the new LP from Spanish blasters Convulsions, Grindcore, Not War.

Streaming: Tracks from Rosemary’s Babies discography ‘Sounds of Death’

March 13, 2023

Hear selections from former Samhain and Danzig bassist Eerie Von’s first band Rosemary’s Babies, released their 40 years ago. It hasn’t been available in roughly two decades.

Dark Angel Guitarist Jim Durkin Passes Away at 58, GoFundMe Announced

March 13, 2023

On March 8, Jim Durkin, guitarist of thrash metal legends Dark Angel, died at the age of 58. Please consider helping cover the cost of his final arrangements and medical bills.

Track Premiere: Pestifer – “Defeat of the Nemesis”

March 13, 2023

Belgian progressive death metallers Pestifer are anything but a nuisance on spectacular new track “Defeat of the Nemesis.”

Five For Friday: March 10, 2023

March 10, 2023

This week’s report is ready for your review, and includes the latest outputs from Periphery, Bastard Grave, Negative Prayer and more!

Track Premiere: DieHumane – “Epitaph”

March 10, 2023

If alt-doom isn’t a thing, Texas collective DieHumane may well have invented it on their new single, “Epitaph.”

FLASH SALE: Decibel Back Issues Are Just $3! THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

March 10, 2023

Over 100 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $3.00 each! Many of them down to the last copies. Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.

Video Premiere: Voidscape – “Grief Eclipse”

March 9, 2023

The view from the new Voidscape video is dull and bleak, but the melodic death metal is smokin’.

Full EP Premiere: Negative Prayer – “Negative Prayer”

March 9, 2023

Hear three death metal D-beatdowns form Negative Prayer, featuring former and current members of Poison Idea, Vastum, Funebrarum and VoidCeremony.

Video Premiere: Besra – “Dwell In Gloom”

March 9, 2023

Watch Finnish post-metal band Besra debuting a new live-in-the-studio take on their previously released crusher “Dwell In Gloom.”

Full EP Stream: Bred for Slaughter – “Here You’re Born… Here You Die”

March 8, 2023

Listen to the debut EP from Bay Area death metal outfit Bred for Slaughter, featuring Mortuous guitarist/vocalist Mike Beams!

Album Premiere: Bastard Grave – ‘Vortex of Disgust’

March 8, 2023

Swedish death metal morticians Bastard Grave blast from the casket with their odorous ode to human suffering, Vortex of Disgust.

Video Premiere: Night Goat – “Wendigo”

March 7, 2023

The manic, unhinged fury of Ohio’s Night Goat is unleashed in the band’s psychedelic new video for “Wendigo.”

Blast Worship: Nonsanto

March 7, 2023

In which Gene Meyer tries to convince himself that anyone is Philly is paying attention to the Flyers these days.

Full Album Stream: Dirge – ‘Dirge

March 6, 2023

Mumbai’s Dirge stream their sophomore album ahead of its release.

Five For Friday: March 3, 2023

March 3, 2023

It’s a week to be embarrassed by riches, with the latest releases from Enslaved, Calderum, Plague Bearer and more!

WATCH: Jacob Bannon and Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky and Adam McGrath Breakdown the Until Your Heart Stops Cover Art

March 3, 2023

To celebrate the deluxe reissues of their landmark Until Your Heart Stops debut, members of Cave In discuss creating the album cover with artist Jacob Bannon.

Video Premiere: Treedeon – “Viking Meditation Song”

March 2, 2023

Hear Treedeon deliver a severely drop-tuned rumbler that hits somewhere between Bleach-era Nirvana and Sleep’s Holy Mountain

Label Spotlight: 20 Buck Spin

March 2, 2023

There’s so many outlets releasing extreme music today, but it takes a keen ear to seek out the ones emitting the most worthwhile noise. 20 Buck Spin is one of those labels.

Video Premiere: Gorod – “We Are the Sun Gods”

March 1, 2023

Watch progressive death metal vets Gorod shine bright in the latest video taken from their forthcoming record, The Orb, out March 10.

Track Premiere: Heretic Plague – “Briefcase Full of Cutlery”

March 1, 2023

Soak in the grind/death madness that is the latest from Heretic Plague, “Briefcase Full of Cutlery,” from their forthcoming, debut album, Context Is a Stumbling Corpse.

At the Gates – Terminal Spirit Disease

March 1, 2023

Swedish melodic death metal legends At the Gates walk through the hallowed gates of our Hall of Fame for the third time via Terminal Spirit Disease.

Festival Preview: Grim Reefer Fest

March 1, 2023

Achieve your higher form after inhaling our favorite tracks from Grim Reefer Fest’s stacked doom lineup. Baltimore gets vaporized on 4/29.