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Full Album Premiere: Venator – ‘Echoes from the Gutter’

February 21, 2022

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

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

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

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

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.

Track Premiere: Inerth -“Resilience In”

January 17, 2022

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

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

Arizona-based death-doom troupe Thorn unveil “Hellmouth” off new album, Yawning Depths.

Christian Münzner (Eternity’s End) Unlocks The Magic of Riffing

December 20, 2021

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

Philippines-based death metal act Nullification bust out of 1992 streaming new track “I, the Nullifier.” Only the past is real!

Top 5 Things That Influenced Broken Hope’s ‘Swamped in Gore’

November 29, 2021

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

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

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

Germany-based death metallers Sijjin scream forth blasphemies on new album, Sumerian Promises. Streaming in sandswept full at Decibel!

Q&A: Anton Reisenegger (Criminal) Refuses/Resists On New Album ‘Sacrificio’

November 1, 2021

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

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

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.”

Top 5 Guitar Pedals By Christian Larson (Necrofier)

October 11, 2021

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

Suffocation guitarist and founding member Terrance Hobbs reminisces about the pivotal Effigy of the Forgotten album as it turns 30.