Chris Dick
Track Premiere: The Gathering – “Stonegarden” (Remix)
February 28, 2024 Chris Dick
Burning World Records celebrates the 30th Anniversary Edition of The Gathering‘s critical debut album, Always…. Streaming “Stonegarden” now only at Decibel!
Farsot – ‘Life Promised Death’
February 5, 2024 Chris Dick
The fourth LP from German black metaller’s Farsot is Decibel‘s album of the week.
Track Premiere: Counting Hours – “Away I Flow”
January 24, 2024 Chris Dick
Members of Shape of Despair/ex-Rapture, Impaled Nazarene, and ex-Colosseum lean into their Finnish gloom roots with Counting Hours.
Cathedral – The Ethereal Mirror
January 5, 2024 Chris Dick
We celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cathedral‘s major label debut with a Hall of Fame re-induction.
Blind Guardian – Imaginations From the Other Side
October 31, 2023 Chris Dick
German power/speed/prog metallers Blind Guardian are past, future, perfect on Imaginations From the Other Side.
Track Premiere: Drowned – “Chryseos Vas”
August 3, 2023 Chris Dick
Fabled German death metallers Drowned premiere new song “Chryseos Vas” off their upcoming new album, Procul His. Streaming in old-school filth and brutality only at Decibel.
Q&A: Max Fox (The Boneless Ones) Rages Full-On In Europe
July 31, 2023 Chris Dick
Max Fox, vocalist for crossover legends The Boneless Ones, readies the troops for the group’s first-ever European shows, specifically in front of 20,000 at Dynamo in Holland.
Atheist and Cynic Members Go Deep On The A Piece of Time Podcast
June 5, 2023 Chris Dick
Kelly Shaefer, of Atheist and Till the Dirt, is host of the A Piece of Time Podcast. In Episode 2, Shaefer interviews Cynic‘s Paul Masvidal for two incredible hours. Atheist and Cynic embark on the Focus and Presence tour June 10th in Austin, TX.
Kelly Shaefer & Steve DiGiorgio Cover Alice In Chains “Rotten Apple”
May 22, 2023 Chris Dick
Kelly Shaefer (Atheist, Till The Dirt) and Steve DiGiorgio (Testament, Death To All) cover Alice In Chain’s “Rotten Apple.” Exclusively at Decibel!
At the Gates – Terminal Spirit Disease
March 1, 2023 Chris Dick
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.
Undeath, Sanguisugabogg, Mortuous, Phobophilic Members Reflect On Death Metal In 2022
December 26, 2022 Chris Dick
Undeath, Sanguisugabogg, Mortuous, Phobophilic, 200 Stab Wounds, Frozen Soul, and Ripped to Shreds members extol the virtues of death metal in this cutting room floor piece. Only death wears CROCS!
The Top 5 Bands That Influenced The Abbey
December 19, 2022 Chris Dick
Finnish progressive doom outfit The Abbey, featuring members of Hexvessel and Shape of Despair, list their Top 5 Albums that influenced new album, Word of Sin.
Full Album Premiere: Hellish ‘The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents’
December 12, 2022 Chris Dick
Chilean blackened thrash Hellish spawns new album, The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents. Streaming with blood, fire, and death at Decibel!
Full Album Premiere: Wolok ‘The Bilious Hues Of Gloom’
December 5, 2022 Chris Dick
France-based blackened doom industrialists Wolok punish all in their wake with new album, The Bilious Hues Of Gloom. Streaming now!
Full Album Premiere: Appalling ‘Sacrilege’
November 28, 2022 Chris Dick
American death metallers Appalling crush the cenotaph on new album, Sacrilege, via Personal Records. Streaming at Decibel now!
Q&A: Matt Pattison Of Glorious Times Productions Remembers His Brother And Legend Brian Pattison
November 21, 2022 Chris Dick
Matt Pattison, brother of Anthropic and A Day of Death legend Brian Pattison, reveals plans for the Glorious Times CD (CDN Records) and Day of Death IV festival in Buffalo.
Full Album Premiere: Witchunter ‘Metal Dream’
November 14, 2022 Chris Dick
Italian new wave heavy metallers Witchunter stream new album Metal Dream (Dying Victims) via Decibel. Power and the Glory!
Track Premiere: Sacrilegion ‘Transfixed in Spiral Ambiguity’
November 7, 2022 Chris Dick
Salt Late City’s Sacrilegion creates death metal velvet on new track “Transfixed in Spiral Ambiguity,” off From Which Nightmares Crawl out via Chaos Records.
Decibel’s Top 10 Iron Maiden Live Albums
October 31, 2022 Chris Dick
Decibel lists the Top 10 Iron Maiden live albums. Which one is number 10? Heavy metal never met a better live band.
Track Premiere: Hibernus Mortis “Enshrined In Spiritual Atrophy”
October 24, 2022 Chris Dick
Florida death metallers Hibernus Mortis savage tongues and smash brains on new streaming track “Enshrined In Spiritual Atrophy.”
Full Album Premiere: Witch Blade ‘Månsken’
October 17, 2022 Chris Dick
Newjack Swedish heavy metallers Witch Blade stream new album, Månsken, at Decibel. Out worldwide October 21st on Dying Victims Productions.
Q&A: Ashmedi (Melechesh) Reveals Secrets To The Epigenesis Instrumental Edition
October 10, 2022 Chris Dick
Middle Eastern black metallers Melechesh release instrumental edition of The Epigenesis. Mainman Ashmedi lets Decibel into the magic circle.
Mads Lilletvedt & Olav Iversen (Sahg) Detail New Album Born Demon Track By Track
October 3, 2022 Chris Dick
Sahg madmen Mads Lilletvedt and Olav Iversen riff mightily with an exclusive track-by-track of new album, Born Demon, for Decibel.
Q&A: Mikael Stanne Leaves An Impression With The Halo Effect
September 26, 2022 Chris Dick
Swedish legends form The Halo Effect to bridge gaps and heal wounds. Decibel interviews vocalist Mikael Stanne.
Track Premiere: Exordium Mors “Flesh of the Heathen”
September 19, 2022 Chris Dick
New Zealand-based black thrash outfit Exordium Mors challenge cowards on explosive new track “Flesh of the Heathen.”
Q&A: Håvard Jørgensen (Haavard) Photographs A New Acoustic Journey
September 12, 2022 Chris Dick
Decibel talks to ex-Ulver/current Dold Vorde Ens Navn songmaster Håvard Jørgensen on his new journey as a solo artist with Haavard.
Q&A: Erik Payne Resurrects Floridian Death-Thrash Institution Intoxicated
September 5, 2022 Chris Dick
Erik Payne from Florida death-thrash combo Intoxicated riffs with Decibel. New album, Watch You Burn, is out now on Seeing Red Records.
Track Premiere: Cruz “Eones de Sangre”
August 29, 2022 Chris Dick
Spanish death metallers invoke their Swedish brethren Seance and Unanimated on new track “Eones de Sangre.” In the forest of the streaming dead!
Track Premiere: Gutvoid “Delivered to the Altar Lich”
August 22, 2022 Chris Dick
Canadian death metallers Gutvoid unfurl the ritualistic savagery on new track “Delivered to the Altar Lich” from their Blood Harvest debut.
Immolation – Unholy Cult
August 19, 2022 Chris Dick
Decibel welcomes New York’s finest into the Hall of Fame, with the induction of Immolation‘s Unholy Cult on its 20th anniversary.