Year: 2023
Track Premiere: Black Helium – “Another Heaven”
February 15, 2023 Sean Frasier
Achieve psychedelic bliss with spacebound UK rockers Black Helium and their celestial new single “Another Heaven.”
Track Premiere: Nuclear Holocaust – “The End Is Imminent”
February 14, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Polish grinders Nuclear Holocaust befoul your Valentine’s Day with their aural radiation sickness.
Track Premiere: Usnea – ‘From Soot and Pyre’
February 14, 2023 Emily Bellino
Usnea rise “From Soot and Pyre” on their first release in six years.
Video Premiere: Psychic Nurse – “(Not Your) B!tch”
February 14, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Chicago-based stoner band Psychic Nurse have released a new video, “(Not Your) B!tch,” and you can check it out with us before everybody else.
Track Premiere: ANZV – “Isimud”
February 14, 2023 José Carlos Santos
To celebrate the second coming of their promising debut, scheduled for March 10, ANZV emerge from their mysterious depths with a new video for opening track “Isimud.”
Video Premiere: The Human Race is Filth – ‘Cloaked in Shame’
February 13, 2023 Emily Bellino
Check out “Cloaked in Shame” from grind/sludge outfit The Human Race is Filth and hit Bandcamp to hear more from their Cognitive Dissonance EP.
Track Premiere: Lamp of Murmuur – “Seal of the Dominator”
February 13, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Hear the latest single from USBM phenom Lamp of Murmuur ahead of the march release of new LP Saturnian Bloodstorm.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Applocalypse
February 10, 2023 Nick Green
Even though the gose is really a summer style, The Brewing Projekt’s Applocalypse works beautifully year round.
Label Spotlight: Redefining Darkness Records
February 10, 2023 J. Andrew
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. Redefining Darkness Records is one of those labels.
Fallow Heart: THE ORIGIN OF LIFE: Tall Tales of Creation Part ll (With Liam Wilson on Cynic’s ‘Focus’)
February 10, 2023 Forrest Pitts
Part II of Azusa, ex-Dillinger Escape Plan bassist Liam Wilson‘s and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts’ discussion of the spiritual nature of Cynic‘s 1993 classic Focus.
The Crown – Deathrace King
February 9, 2023 Joseph Schafer
The Crown‘s 2000 death/thrash/speed classic is finally inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame
Track Premiere: Simple Forms – “Unprecedented Uncertainty”
February 9, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Members of Norska and Yob make old-school grunge in Simple Forms.
Video Premiere: Fury of Five – “Feel the Reign”
February 9, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
After a long break—23 years, to be exact—metallic hardcore heroes Fury of Five are back on the scene with a new song and video, “Feel the Reign!”
Video Premiere: Unaligned Open Up About Their “Occhiolism”
February 9, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest single from Floridian tech-death whippersnappers Unaligned!
OFF! On Their Career Best Album (and First Film) ‘Free LSD’
February 8, 2023 Justin Norton
OFF!‘s Keith Morris and Dimitri Coats talk to Decibel from the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah about Free LSD, their world-shifting new rhythm section and more.
Track Premiere: Hiram-Maxim – ‘Alpha’
February 8, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Cleveland doomgaze band Hiram-Maxim are back with a new record, Colder, out Friday, but you can check out “Alpha,” the otherworldly offering from their forthcoming release, now.
KILL FEED 005: Alan Cassidy and Max Lavelle of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Know the Rhythm of the Night
February 8, 2023 Michael Wohlberg
Yes, the drummer and bassist know that it’s a ‘Castlevania’ reference.
Track Premiere: Grand Cadaver – “Serrated Jaws”
February 8, 2023 Sean Frasier
Swedish deathbringers Grand Cadaver open their mighty maw once again in this track premiere of “Serrated Jaws.”
Video Premiere: Schizophrenia – “Race Against Time” (GBH cover)
February 7, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Belgian death thrash combo Schizophrenia pay homage to thrash’s roots on new GBH cover.
Track Premiere: Crucial Rip – “Violent Retribution”
February 7, 2023 Gene Meyer
Virginia is for brutal death slam lovers, and, of course, Crucial Rip.
Video Premiere: Common Wounds – ‘Phantom Limb’
February 6, 2023 Emily Bellino
No, you’re not feeling things. It’s just the video for Common Wounds‘ “Phantom Limb.”
Track Premiere: THIN – ‘rear view’
February 6, 2023 Emily Bellino
Look back in the “rear view” with this new track from NYC mathgrinders THIN.
Contest: Support Dirk Verbeuren’s Savage Lands Project and Enter to Win a One-of-a-Kind Dunable Guitar
February 6, 2023 Emily Bellino
Enter to win a one-of-a-kind guitar made by Sacha Dunable by Savage Lands’ supporting reforestation efforts in Costa Rica.
Five For Friday: February 3, 2023
February 3, 2023 J. Andrew
This week’s roundup of new releases includes the latest from All Out War, Sanguisugabogg, Act of Impalement and more!
Tickets ON SALE NOW for the Decibel Magazine Tour 2023 Featuring DARK FUNERAL, CATTLE DECAPITATION, 200 STAB WOUNDS and BLACKBRAID!
February 3, 2023 Decibel Magazine
All tickets to the 2023 Decibel Magazine Tour, kicking off in May, are on sale now!
THORR’S HAMMER ‘Dommedagsnatt’ Re-issued on Vinyl After 14 Years! Pre-Order Your Copy RIGHT NOW!
February 3, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have just 200 copies of Thorr’s Hammer‘s legendary Dommedagsnatt recording (out of print on vinyl since 2009) on Decibel exclusive Translucent Blue vinyl!
Track Premiere: Negative Blast – “Egghead”
February 2, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear San Diego punk noiseniks Negative Blast shake it but don’t break it on new single “Egghead.”
Video Premiere: Mawiza – Mapuche Ül Metal Documentary
February 2, 2023 Sean Frasier
Mapuche nation metalheads Mawiza share how their music strengthens ancestral bonds in this inspiring short documentary.
Pre-Order ÚLFÚÐ’s Debut Album ‘Of Existential Distortion’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
February 2, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have just 108 copies of Úlfúð‘s stunning black/death debut, Of Existential Distortion, on Decibel exclusive deep blue and cobalt swirled vinyl!
Full Album Stream: Endorphins Lost – “Night People”
February 1, 2023 Emily Bellino
Rage out with Endorphins Lost and their new album, Night People.
