Chris Dick
Full Album Premiere: Venator – ‘Echoes from the Gutter’
February 21, 2022 Chris Dick
Austrian heavy metallers Venator stream new steel-studded album Echoes From the Gutter out soon on Dying Victims Productions.
Track Premiere: Twisted Tower Dire ‘The Reflecting Pool’
February 17, 2022 Chris Dick
American power metal stalwarts Twisted Tower Dire dig up old bones on ‘Reflecting Pool’ from Crest of the Martyrs Demos (Nameless Grave).
Persefone and Chef Alex Kinchella List Their Favorite Andorran Foods
February 14, 2022 Chris Dick
Andorran progressive death metal artisans Persefone break out five culinary jams with chef Alex Kinchella in this delicious list. Only veal is real!
Track Premiere: Night Eyez “Sunset”
February 14, 2022 Chris Dick
Jason Hartman (Vanishing Kids) trips into the digital fantastic on new song “Sunset”. New album out March 18 on Bright As Night Records.
NITE’s Top 5 Sci-fi Films
February 7, 2022 Chris Dick
San Francisco-based blackened heavy metal outfit NITE list their Top 5 movies. New album, Voices of the Kronian Moon, out March 25th on Season of Mist.
Full Album Premiere: Deathless Void ‘Deathless Void’
January 31, 2022 Chris Dick
Dutch black metal iconoclasts Deathless Void fuse apocalypse cold and dread on their self-titled debut EP. Streaming in terror!
Full Album Premiere: AngelBlast ‘Throne of Ashes’
January 24, 2022 Chris Dick
Newly formed Swedish/Canadian death metallers AngelBlast stream new EP “Throne of Ashes”. Death is just the beginning…
Track Premiere: Inerth -“Resilience In”
January 17, 2022 Chris Dick
Spain-based modern metal quintet Inerth lay down ultra-heavy grooves on new track, “Resilience In.” FFO: Godflesh, Napalm Death, Neurosis.
Video Premiere: Gauntlet Rule “Dying for My Dreams” feat. Blaze Bayley
January 10, 2022 Chris Dick
Swedish heavy metal upstarts Gauntlet Rule, featuring members of Paganizer, Assassin’s Blade and Loch Vostok, stream new track “Dying for My Dreams,” featuring Blaze Bayley. Up the old-school irons!
Track Premiere: Thorn “Hellmouth”
January 3, 2022 Chris Dick
Arizona-based death-doom troupe Thorn unveil “Hellmouth” off new album, Yawning Depths.
Full Album Premiere: Mental Devastation ‘The Delusional Mystery of the Self (Part I)’
December 27, 2021 Chris Dick
Chilean thrashers Mental Devastation premiere new ripping album The Delusional Mystery of the Self (Part I) (Blood Harvest).
Christian Münzner (Eternity’s End) Unlocks The Magic of Riffing
December 20, 2021 Chris Dick
Eternity’s End guitarist/chief songwriter Christian Münzner deep dives into the riff writing process for new song “Call of the Valkyries.”
Track Premiere: Nullification “I, the Nullifier”
December 13, 2021 Chris Dick
Philippines-based death metal act Nullification bust out of 1992 streaming new track “I, the Nullifier.” Only the past is real!
Track Premiere: Contrarian “The Philosopher” (feat. Joseph Michael) (Death)
December 13, 2021 Chris Dick
Members of Contrarian, Witherfall/Sanctuary, and Flotsam and Jetsam deliver as masterclass in this cover of Death’s “The Philosopher.”
Cathedral Celebrate 30th Anniversary of ‘Forest of Equilibrium’ Album
December 8, 2021 Chris Dick
British doom legends Cathedral celebrate three decades of Hall of Fame album Forest of Equilibrium.
Track Premiere: Hemotoxin “Crystal Mountain” (Death)
December 8, 2021 Chris Dick
California-based progressive death metallers Hemotoxin
Full Album Premiere: Reveal! – ‘Doppelherz’
December 6, 2021 Chris Dick
Psyched out Swedish death metallers Reveal! stream the manic brilliance of new album Doppelherz (Sepulchral Voice Records).
Top 5 Things That Influenced Broken Hope’s ‘Swamped in Gore’
November 29, 2021 Chris Dick
Chicago death metal institution Broken Hope re-live three decades of debut album Swamped in Gore with a Top 5 by axe-master Jeremy Wagner.
Track Premiere: OAR – “Souls Lost in the Frost”
November 22, 2021 Chris Dick
Australian post-black metal quartet OAR mourn heavily on new track “Souls Lost in the Frost”. Streaming in despondent hate only at Decibel!
Full Album Premiere: Cherokee – ‘Blood & Gold’
November 15, 2021 Chris Dick
Germany-based hard rockers smoke out nostalgia with their debut full-length, Blood & Gold. Streaming only at Decibel!
Full Album Premiere: Sijjin ‘Sumerian Promises’
November 8, 2021 Chris Dick
Germany-based death metallers Sijjin scream forth blasphemies on new album, Sumerian Promises. Streaming in sandswept full at Decibel!
Corrosion of Conformity Celebrate 30th Anniversary of ‘Blind’ Album
November 5, 2021 Chris Dick
Pepper Keenan and Karl Agell remember Corrosion Of Conformity‘s heavy-hitting, genre-busting, politically-charged Blind on its 30th birthday.
Q&A: Anton Reisenegger (Criminal) Refuses/Resists On New Album ‘Sacrificio’
November 1, 2021 Chris Dick
Criminal mastermind Anton Reisenegger recounts the making of new album Sacrificio and the forces — resistance, repression, revolt — behind the album’s lyrics.
Carcass Celebrate 30th Anniversary of ‘Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious’
October 29, 2021 Chris Dick
Jeff Walker, Bill Steer, and Michael Amott recount the thesaurus-busting, mandatory-listen that is Carcass‘s Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious on its 30th birthday.
Video Premiere: The Misery Men ‘Devil’s Balls: Tricker Treat with Matt Pike’
October 29, 2021 Chris Dick
Oregon-based heavy masters The Misery Men play devil’s advocate with High On Fire’s Matt Pike in new video for “Devil’s Balls.”
Full Album Premiere: Outre-Tombe ‘Abysse Mortifère’
October 25, 2021 Chris Dick
French Canadian death metallers Outre-Tombe blast bowels on new album Abysse Mortifère. Stinking in full only at Decibel!
Death Celebrate 30th Anniversary of ‘Human’
October 22, 2021 Chris Dick
Eric Greif, Steve Di Giorgio, Paul Masvidal, and René Miville reminisce about the genre-changing, mandatory-listen that is Death‘s Human on its 30th birthday.
Full Album Premiere: Le Chant Noir ‘La Société Satanique des Poètes Morts’
October 18, 2021 Chris Dick
Brazil-based avant-garde black metallers Le Chant Noir trumpet the sounds of darkness on new album La société satanique des poètes morts.
Top 5 Guitar Pedals By Christian Larson (Necrofier)
October 11, 2021 Chris Dick
Christian Larson of Necrofier fame steps on his Top 5 Guitar Pedals for black metal. Fans of Dissection, Necrophobic, and Dawn take note!
Suffocation Celebrate 30th Anniversary of ‘Effigy of the Forgotten’
October 8, 2021 Chris Dick
Suffocation guitarist and founding member Terrance Hobbs reminisces about the pivotal Effigy of the Forgotten album as it turns 30.