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Listen to German atmospheric black metallers Firtan’s stunning new album “Okeanos”.

Cleveland-based speed metal duo Outline are red hot on “Black Eyed Devil”.

Carpenter Brut’s Franck Hueso slashes synthwave on new album, “Leather Teeth.”

Reformed Finnish death metallers Abhorrence premiere new bruiser “Anthem for the Anthropocene.”

Veteran Greek black metallers premiere new controversial video for “Remnants of the Dark Testament.”

Boston-based heavy metal outfit Collector unveil new track, “A Tale of Titans.”

Amorphis’ Tomi Koivusaari talks the importance of bees, riffs, and the return of Olli-Pekka Laine.

Swedish black metal depressionists Vanhelga premiere new track “Varde Mörker.”

MDF XVI kicks off tomorrow in Baltimore. Don’t miss these five killer bands making rare area appearances.

Sludge metal masters Black Tusk unveil new track “Agali.”

Norwegian black metallers Djevelkult stream new album “Når Avgrunnen Åpnes.”

Spain-based thrashers Angelus Apatrida are gruesome on new album, “Cabaret de la Guillotine.”

Dirkschneider drummer Sven Dirkschneider responds to Decibel’s inquiries about touring, his dad Udo, and what’s next.

Nightmarer’s Simon Hawemann speaks to Decibel about new album, Cacophony of Terror.

St. Louis-based genre-benders The Lion’s Daughter scream through ’80s horror filters on new song “Die Into Us.”

Finnish depressive black metallers Totalselfhatred slit wrists on new track “Solitude MMXIII.”

British avant-garde black metallers Lychgate unlock new album, The Contagion in Nine Steps. A new Q&A with Vortigern.

Australia death-thrash rippers Vomitor upchuck new album, Pestilent Death. Play it now! Or die!

Swedish cultists Craft redefine black metal on new track, “The Cosmic Sphere Falls.”

Chicago death purveyors Cardiac Arrest drop new track ‘Professional Victim.’

Soft Kill premiere new track “Missing” off new album Savior.

Long-standing Swedish blackened death metallers Necrophobic mark their return on “Mark of the Necrogram.”

Portuguese blackened death metallers Scarificare scare with new track “Occult Radiance.”

Germany-based psych-doom purveyors Black Salvation blow minds on new album, Uncertainty is Bliss.

Portugal-based doom metallers Sinistro take on the avant-garde with their filmic new LP, Sangue Cassia.

While the trio of albums Blodhemn, Mardraum: Beyond the Within and Monumension afforded Enslaved a very wide and superbly deep palette from which to draw, sculpt and splatter their blend of black, Viking and progressive metal, something wasn’t quite right. The feelings and intentions of the aforementioned albums were pure, but the Norwegians had corrupted…

Pittsburgh-based dark metallers Deathwhite talk new album, “For a Black Tomorrow.”

Swedish death metal kings Usurpress bestow the strange and the heavy on new album, Interregnum.

Swedish black metal upstarts Avslut issue dire warning on new album, “Deceptis.”

Australian blackened war machine Nocturnal Graves fires off an unholy bullet with new song “Ecdysis, Shedding Weak Flesh.”