J. Andrew

Full Album Stream: Misanthrophi – “Principles of Cosmicism and Decimation”

November 22, 2023

Stream the Mexican melodic death metal band’s new album in full and revel in their dazzling manifestations of musical excellence.

Five For Friday: November 17, 2023

November 17, 2023

This week’s new releases breathe ice-cold brutality, with the latest from Ritual Clearing, Carcinoid, Ceremonial Bloodbath and more!

Full Album Stream: The Last Eon – “Infernal Fractality”

November 16, 2023

Hear Norway’s The Last Eon mix of musical ambition and psychedelic inebriation by way of industrial black metal.

Video Premiere: Horrenda – “Handprints”

November 15, 2023

Horrenda deliver the follow-up to 2021’s Oíche Shamhna (Live at The Grand Social). Check out the video and revel in the band’s mix of black metal attack and hardcore atmosphere.

Five For Friday: November 10, 2023

November 10, 2023

Pretty soon it’ll be time to pre-emptively reveal our Top 40 albums of the year. But before any of you finalize your own list, keep coming here every Friday to see who shuffles in at the last minute.

Five For Friday: November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023

Halloween may be over, but the terrors of metal never rest with the latest from Suffocation, Mortuary Drape, Warcrab and more!

Video Premiere: Ophiolatry – “Abyss of Alienation”

November 2, 2023

Hear Brazil’s Ophiolatry bring hypnotic riffs, brutal vocals and crushing rhythms reminiscent of Hate Eternal, Nile and Steve Tucker-era Morbid Angel.

Video Premiere: Icarus Witch – “Shadowchaser”

November 2, 2023

The new Icarus Witch track is a “pure riff-driven melodic rocker in the vein of Dio-era Rainbow, Deep Purple, or vintage Whitesnake.”

Five For Friday: October 27, 2023

October 27, 2023

It’s Halloween, so we’re going extra brutal this week with new gruesome releases from Gravesend, Autopsy, Mouth for War and more!

Five For Friday: October 20, 2023

October 20, 2023

This week’s new releases include the latest from big names like Myrkur and Cirith Ungol along with a crop of heavy newcomers!

Dayal Patterson: On the New Edition of “Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult”

October 17, 2023

Author Dayal Patterson discusses the massive 800-page reworking of his black metal history reimagined as Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult — Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition.

Full EP Stream: Volume – “Requesting Permission to Land”

October 16, 2023

Check out Volume‘s re-issued EP and see if you can last without playing excited air guitar. You’ll fail, of course.

Five For Friday: October 13, 2023

October 13, 2023

This week’s new releases include the latest in cold, merciless brutality, including Krieg, Overthrow, Seraphic Entombment and more!

Video Premiere: Vermilia – “Ruska”

October 6, 2023

Autumn has arrived, and the title track and video for Vermilia‘s 2022 album serves as the ideal sonic backdrop.

Five For Friday: September 29, 2023

September 29, 2023

It’s a good week for darkness with the latest from Woe, Disguised Malignance, Wolves in the Throne Room and more!

Five For Friday: September 22, 2023

September 22, 2023

Underground and overground legends Profanatica and Cannibal Corpse return with new albums today!

Five For Friday: September 15, 2023

September 15, 2023

This week’s new releases include the latest meteor-sized riffs from Baroness, Gridlink, Blood Oath and more!

Five For Friday: September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023

This week’s new releases include the latest deadly installments from Uada, Cryptopsy, Dying Fetus and more!

Full Album Stream: Fossilization – “Leprous Daylight”

September 7, 2023

“I think Leprous Daylight is Fossilization‘s most violent effort so far but still full of the melancholy and sadness you have been used to.”

Video Premiere: Terromania – “Disturbingly Beautiful”

September 5, 2023

Check out Terromania‘s love letter to heavy metal aesthetics with their new video for “Disturbingly Beautiful.”

Video Premiere: Besta – “Olhar Serafico”

August 30, 2023

Check out the new music video for Besta‘s song “Olhar Serafico,” off the band’s album Terra Em Desapego, out now via Lifeforce Records.

Five For Friday: August 25, 2023

August 25, 2023

This week’s metal attack includes the latest rounds of cannon-fire from Incantation, Blut Aus Nord, Exmortus and more!

Five For Friday: August 18, 2023

August 18, 2023

The sun sets on this week as it rises to shine on the latest from Horrendous, Ringworm, Spirit Adrift and more!

Full Album Stream: FLO – “Long Way Down”

August 14, 2023

Hear former Death and Massacre guitarist Rick Rozz throw back to the early 90s sound of… grunge with FLO.

Track Premiere: Xorsist – “Coterie of the Depraved”

August 8, 2023

Xorsist‘s new track is kind of like steak ordered extra rare. But in this case it’s HM2-style Swedish death metal ordered with extra blood! Hear “Coterie of the Depraved” now!

Five For Friday: August 4, 2023

August 4, 2023

Here’s this week’s blast of five heavy new releases, included the latest from Crypta, Humanity’s Last Breath, Hallucinate and more!

Video Premiere: Nott – “Hiraeth”

August 3, 2023

Decibel is proud to present Nott‘s new video for the title track of their new death-doom masterpiece, due out on August 18.

Five For Friday: July 28, 2023

July 28, 2023

Check out a nu-metal-free assortment of new releases including Ashtar, The Glorious Dead and Thra!

Video Premiere: Vermilion Whiskey – “The Get Down”

July 21, 2023

Get your weekend started with some searing, bluesy guitars as Vermilion Whiskey delivers “south Louisiana rock n’ roll at its finest.”

Video Premiere: Angerot – “The Profound Recreant”

July 19, 2023

Your daily dose of epic, brooding darkness is here courtesy of the death metal demons in Angerot with their new video!