Year: 2023

Video Premiere: Trounce – “The Crippled Saint”

September 6, 2023

Epically inclined post-black metallers Trounce, um, defeat your expectation their new video for the song “The Crippled Saint.”

EP Premiere: Broken Pillars – ‘Of Pillars and Primordial Myth’

September 6, 2023

Hear Persian black metal band Broken Pillars channel their classic, ancient culture through the sounds of methodic, ritualistic black metal on this latest EP.

Album Premiere: Slomatics – “Strontium Fields”

September 6, 2023

Irish doom mainstays Slomatics build their 8th LP from crushing riffs, cosmic psych and space dust. Strontium Fields comes out September 8th from Black Bow Records.

Video Premiere: Youff – “Sunshine”

September 5, 2023

Belgian noise mongers Youff want to bring a little “Sunshine” in your life today.

Video Premiere: Terromania – “Disturbingly Beautiful”

September 5, 2023

Check out Terromania‘s love letter to heavy metal aesthetics with their new video for “Disturbingly Beautiful.”

Blast Worship: Gendo Ikari

September 5, 2023

Hear Glasgow grinders Gendo Ikari get their skronk on via self-released new LP, Rokubungi.

Video Premiere: Spillage – “Phase Four”

September 4, 2023

Watch riff-heavy classic metallers Spillage question if we’re living in the end times with their video for “Phase Four.”

Album Premiere: Blast No.1 – Blastbeat Tribute To Type O Negative

September 4, 2023

Blast No.1 – Blastbeat Tribute To Type O Negative features 19 fast and filthy versions of Type O classics. Get bloody kissed by a fist.

All Decibel Back Issues Are Just $4! THIS WEEKEND ONLY!

September 1, 2023

Nearly 200 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $4.00 each! Many of them down to the last copies. Hurry, sale ends Monday at midnight EST.

MOTHER OF GRAVES to Release Exclusive New Track, “Sunset,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

August 31, 2023

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Wednesday, September 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Indy death/doom dealers Mother of Graves!

Lyric Video Premiere: Torn the F*ck Apart – “A Statement of Malicious Intent”

August 30, 2023

Check out a new track to shred your faces, “A Statement of Malicious Intent” from Torn The F*ck Apart‘s forthcoming album, Kill.Bury.Repeat. out October 6 via Gore House Productions.

Video Premiere: Besta – “Olhar Serafico”

August 30, 2023

Check out the new music video for Besta‘s song “Olhar Serafico,” off the band’s album Terra Em Desapego, out now via Lifeforce Records.

Album Premiere: Raven Banner – “Rise Up Clan”

August 30, 2023

Raid the day with Swedish melodeath merauders Raven Banner and listen to their Viking-themed debut two days early.

Blast Worship: Cave Moth

August 29, 2023

Hear Florida grind battalion Cave Moth administer a healthy dose of “Adderall grind” on Paralytic Love.

Deafheaven – Sunbather

August 28, 2023

Deafheaven‘s blackgaze landmark, Sunbather, gets a Hall of Fame induction on its tenth anniversary.

Album Premiere: Bergfried – ‘Romantik II’

August 28, 2023

Hear Ancient Mastery mainman and prolific multi-instrumentalist Erech Leleth indulge his old-school heavy metal itch with Bergfried.

Five For Friday: August 25, 2023

August 25, 2023

This week’s metal attack includes the latest rounds of cannon-fire from Incantation, Blut Aus Nord, Exmortus and more!

Track Premiere: Haurun – “Lost & Found”

August 24, 2023

Get lost in the cosmic doom of Oakland’s Haurun before you find their Wilting Within LP on September 22.

Album Premiere: Graveripper’s “Seasons Dreaming Death”

August 24, 2023

Hear Indianapolis black/speed metal merchants Graveripper rip this and all hell on their debut LP, Seasons Dreaming Death, in advance of its August 25 release.

Track Premiere: Equivocator – “Axiomatic”

August 23, 2023

New Jersey based progressive/angular metal duo Equivocator drop their eponymous EP this September through Nefarious Industries. Get a first taste here.

Full Album Premiere: Nixil – “From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire”

August 23, 2023

Hear Baltimore-based psychedelic black metalllers Nixil‘s full stream of their forthcoming album From the Wound Spilled Forth the Fire before its August 25 release

Track By Track: Shepherds Reign – “Ala Mai”

August 23, 2023

Polynesian metal quartet Shepherds Reign share the intense themes behind their upcoming record in this exclusive track by track exploration.

Full Album Stream: Grand Cadaver – ‘Deities of Deathlike Sleep’

August 22, 2023

Hear the HM-2 stomping OSDM of Swedish supergroup Grand Cadaver featuring members and ex members of Dark Tranquillity, Katatonia, Tiamat, Vorder and more.