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Interview: Within the Ruins on the Emotions Behind ‘Phenomena II’

October 14, 2024

We catch up with Progressive deathcore heroes Within the Ruins to talk about the long-gestating sequel to Phenomena

Interview: Hannah Verbeuren Captures Midnight’s Intimate Moments

October 3, 2024

We catch up with longtime Decibel photographer Hannah Verbeuren and discuss her new book, Midnight: A Thousand Nights in Sodom out now via Bazillion Points.

Video Premiere: Concrete – “Cyber Vermin”

September 26, 2024

Watch New York bruisers Concrete drop a new video, “Cyber Vermin,” ahead of their full-length Mortualis, out January 10 via Upstate Records.

Track Premiere: Sister Thieves – “Human”

September 26, 2024

Sister Thieves return with a new single, “Human,” from their forthcoming album CRAWL, out October 25.

Video Premiere: Khshathra – “War Drums”

September 19, 2024

Khshathra’s debut offering, “War Drums,” is weird and historical, the perfect soundtrack to an internet rabbit hole about the Battle of Carrhae. Nothing like a little history to get your Thursday going. We have it first.

Album Premiere: Nightwraith – ‘Divergence’

September 12, 2024

Denver melodic death dealers NightWraith release their new album, Divergence, tomorrow via What’s Left Records, and you can hear the whole thing with us first.

Video Premiere: Toxaemia – “Blood Red”

September 12, 2024

Swedish death metallers Toxaemia debut their new video for “Blood Red” ahead of their November 15 album Rejected Souls of Kerberu.

Video Premiere: Matriarchs – “The Day You Slipped Away”

September 10, 2024

California metalcore crushers Matriarchs process grief in new lyric video for “The Day You Slipped Away.”

Video Premiere: Spread Thin – “Gaslit”

September 5, 2024

Watch Wisconsin’s heavy hardcore hitters Spread Thin‘s new video, “Gaslit,” from their July album World of Snakes

Album Premiere: Glacier – “A Distant, Violent Shudder”

September 5, 2024

Boston post-metal band Glacier drop the heavy-as-hell new record, A Distant, Violent Shudder tomorrow but you can hear it right NOW!

Track Premiere: Manuel Barbará – “A Different Horizon”

August 29, 2024

Renown metal guitarist and composer Manuel Barbará returns with new single, “A Different Horizon.” The song features Jake Howsam Lowe of Plini and The Helix Nebula and is from the forthcoming EP Whisper in a Storm, out September 13. 

Video Premiere: Insurrection – “The Gathering”

August 22, 2024

Quebec death metallers Insurrection just dropped a video for “The Gathering,” the first banger from their upcoming album Obsolescence, out September 13. Hear it here!

Video Premiere: Nightborn – “Aphelion Dusk”

August 15, 2024

Nightborn are back with a video for “Aphelion Dusk,” a song from their upcoming Hammer of the Heretic EP, out this September.

Track Premiere: Rat Lord – “Now Diabetical”

August 12, 2024

If you dig the idea of grindcore and powerviolence and poking fun at black metal, Rat Lord are gonna be your new favorite band.

Album Premiere: Annelida – ‘Garage Honey & the Bar Fly Mutiny’

August 7, 2024

The techy, deathcore-infused Annelida release their debut album, Garage Honey & the Bar Fly Mutiny, this Friday on Manic Kat Records, but you can hear it now!

Video Premiere: Ancient Entities – “Empire In Ashes”

August 5, 2024

Prepare to view an “Empire In Ashes” from Milwaukee death metal crushers Ancient Entities.

Album Premiere: Fourth Dominion – ‘Diana’s Day’

August 1, 2024

Hear Fourth Dominion‘s unique amalgam of NWOBHM, goth rock and post punk via their sophomore album, Diana’s Day, before it’s release tomorrow.

Video Premiere: Mind Incision – “Final Warning”

July 30, 2024

Denver modern metal crushers Mind Incision prove they’re a cut above the competition with their latest single and video, “Final Warning.”

Interview: Absorb Keep it Abysmal on New EP ‘Smog’

July 29, 2024

Hamilton, Ontario’s death/doom outfit Absorb on death, doom and promise of new material so soon after the release of their crushing new EP, Smog.

EP Premiere: Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy – “The Fallen Lament”

July 18, 2024

The Fallen Lament features artwork by The Popuko, whose personal illustration perfectly encapsulates the EP’s cosmic horror theme. Get a head start on spinning it now, and until it officially drops. 

Video Premiere: Mausoleum – “Curse of the Tomb”

July 18, 2024

Romero-inspired death metallers Mausoleum preview their new LP, Defiling the Decay out this Friday with the video for “Curse of the Tomb.”

Seven-Inch Premiere: Diuretic – “Zero Days Without Incident”

July 11, 2024

Diuretic deliver some ferocious Philly goregrind with their new 7-inch, the appropriately titled Zero Days Without Incident. It releases tomorrow via Strange Mono, and you can stream it with us first. 

Track-by-Track: Orden Ogan – “The Order of Fear”

July 4, 2024

Vocalist, guitarist, producer Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann of power metalers Orden Ogan provides a rundown of their new record, The Order of Fear, out on July 5 via Reigning Phoenix Music.

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Video Premiere: Kaonashi – “Straycations”

June 27, 2024

Kaonashi‘s new EP, A Second Chance at Forever: The Brilliant Lies from Casey Diamond, sees the genre-shifting Philadelphia-based band getting even weirder.

Interview: COGNITIVE on the Process Behind New Album ‘Abhorrence’

June 25, 2024

We talked with guitarist Rob Wharton about the new Cognitive record, Abhorrence and the process behind it.

EP Premiere: Assimilator – “Expelled into Suffering”

June 20, 2024

Old-school deathrashers Assimilator are preparing to drop a new release via Horror Pain Gore Death, the EP titled Expelled into Suffering. You can hear it now right here!

Album Stream: Paradise in Flames – ‘Blindness’

June 14, 2024

We’ve got the new Paradise in Flames album, Blindness burnin’ — and streamin’ — for you!

Video Premiere: MRSA – “Crystal Lake”

June 13, 2024

Check out the latest from MRSA, a campy (pun intended), summer horror-themed slice of brutality complete with an on-theme video.