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Track Premiere: Python “Aeons Has Fallen”

May 6, 2019

Italy-based throwback doom masters conjure up fuzzed-out terrors on new track, “Aeons Has Fallen,” from full-length, Astrological Warfare.

Track Premiere: Vortex of End – “Voraciovs Egregore”

April 29, 2019

French black-death maniacs Vortex Of End unfurl new track “Voraciovs Egregore” off new album, Ardens Fvror, for storied indie Osmose Productions.

Q&A: Scott Carstairs (Fallujah) Battles Death’s War On Light

April 22, 2019

California-based tech death stars Fallujah enter a new era on new album, Undying Light. Mainman Scott Carstairs reveals all to Decibel.

Album Premiere: Sólveig Matthildur “Constantly In Love”

April 15, 2019

Kælan Mikla keyboardist Sólveig Matthildur finds solace in isolation as the Icelandic songstress unveils new album, “Constantly In Love.”

Full EP Stream: Siculicidium ‘A Halál És Az Iránytű’

April 8, 2019

Cult Romanian black metal duo Siculicidium stream new EP, “A Halál És Az Iránytű,” on Sun & Moon Records at Decibelmagazine.com.

Track Premiere: MURG – ‘Altaret’

April 1, 2019

Swedish black metal duo MURG premiere haunting new song ‘Altaret’ off new album, “Strävan,” out April 26th on Nordvis Produktion.

Full Album Stream: Nordjevel ‘Necrogenesis’

March 25, 2019

Norwegian black metal mob Nordjevel prepare the world for new album, Necrogenesis. Streaming now in full at Decibel Magazine.

Eulogy: The Trocadero – A Philadelphia Music Institution Closes

March 18, 2019

Eulogy time: The Trocadero, a Philadelphia music institution, to close permanently.

Q&A: Nailed To Obscurity’s Jan-Ole Lamberti And Raimund Ennenga Struggle With Slippage

March 11, 2019

Nailed To Obscurity guitarist Jan-Ole Lamberti and vocalist Raimund Ennenga capsize the inner self on new album, “Black Frost.”

Imperial Triumphant List Their Top 5 Luxurious NYC Structures

February 25, 2019

New York City-based avant-garde black metal trio Imperial Triumphant extol the luxurious virtues of Empire City’s most decadent structures.

Q&A: Frank White (Photographer) Goes Down Strange Highways In New Dio Photo Memoir

February 18, 2019

Storied heavy metal photographer Frank White spotlights his visual and actual relationship with vaunted singer Ronnie James Dio in new photo-memoir book titled, “Ronnie James Dio – A Life in Vision 1975 – 2009.”

Damian Herring’s (Horrendous) Top 5 Obscure Death Metal Albums

February 11, 2019

Horrendous vocalist/guitarist/old-school death metal connoisseur Damian Herring unearths obscure gold in his Top 5 for Decibel.

Track Premiere: The Foreign Resort ‘Outnumbered’

February 4, 2019

Danish post-punk power trio Foreign Resort set fire with new edit of single “Outnumbered” off the group’s new album, “Outnumbered.”

Long, Cold Winter: The Making of Enslaved’s ‘Frost’

January 29, 2019

Read the entirety of Enslaved Decibel Hall of Fame for their groundbreaking sophomore LP, Frost.

Full Album Stream: Örmagna “Örmagna”

January 28, 2019

Icelandic black metal newcomers Örmagna unveil their devastating self-titled debut for Portugal-based independent Signal Rex.

Album Stream: Perverticon: “Wounds of Divinity”

January 21, 2019

Swedish black metal icons Perverticon will have a new album, Wounds of Divinity, out January 25th, 2019 on Iron Bonehead. Reign in death!

Full Album Stream: Barshasketh “Barshasketh”

January 14, 2019

UK-based black metallers Barshasketh throw back to the glory days of ’90s black metal on new self-titled full-length for Germany’s W.T.C. Productions.

Track Premiere: Gorgon ‘Buried for Him’

January 7, 2019

Cult French black metallers Gorgon return after a 19-year absence with new track “Buried for Him,” off new album “The Veil of Darkness.”

Album Review: Soilwork – “Verkligheten”

January 3, 2019

Soilwork continue their tear through melodic death metal with Verkligheten.

Watain – “Casus Luciferi”

December 20, 2018

Watain‘s seminal album, Casus Luciferi is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Q&A: Lenny Rutledge Soldiers Sanctuary Onward

December 17, 2018

Sanctuary guitarist Lenny Rutledge pledges to continue band after death of singer Warrel Dane.

Full Album Stream: Adaestuo “Krew Za Krew”

December 10, 2018

Worldwide black metal terror unit Adaestuo craft a black metal masterpiece on new album, “Krew Za Krew”. Now streaming at Decibel.

Q&A: Ville Viljanen & Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est) On Death Metal And Life-Threatening Burgers

December 10, 2018

Ville Viljanen and Andy Gillion of Finnish melodic death metallers Mors Principium Est crush riffs and burgers in this latest interview.

Album Stream: Omnipotence “Praecipitium”

December 3, 2018

Canadian blackened death metallers Omnipotence fire off the full album stream of new full-length, Praecipitium, out on Iron Bonehead Productions.