J. Andrew

For the tech-death maniacs in the crowd, the UK’s Cognizance has all the riffs, sweeps, grooves and growls you could ask for!

We’re keeping it raw and dirty this week with new releases from Tombstoner, Nuclear Revenge, Praise the Plague and more!

Bat Magic, the first entity from the Ordo Vampyr Orientis black metal circle has emerged with its debut release for all raw devotees.

The new song and video from Ovtlier is here for those of you who miss the vibe of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Germany’s Praise the Plague is here with a new song and video filled with doom metal power and black metal gloom.

We’ve got a loaded week for you as we catch up on the latest from Darkthrone, At the Gates, Mayhem and more!

The midwest monsters in Graveslave are here with their new video for “Spectral Procession,” off their upcoming new album.

Our full interview with the Seattle death metal veterans shows a band ready to confidently turn out classic death metal for years to come.

Check out the new video from Dutch death-dealers Bloodphemy: “Bloodborne,” from their new album, Blood Sacrifice.

According to Krigsgrav, “The Sun No Longer Reaches Here,” is “bleak, but that’s what this music is all about.”

This week’s slate of new releases includes bangers from Blazon Rite, The Day of the Beast, Eye of Purgatory and more!

In need of a good crushing? The new song and video from the blackened sludge-core devotees in Mastiff will get that out of your system.

According to Wormwitch: “this song is about creating as you speak; manifesting reality as you traverse the challenges of life.”

According to Orphan Donor, the new album “is an authentic expression and account of some of the hardest and scariest times in my life.”

We’re back with a roundup of new releases that includes the latest from Desaster, Perturbator, Ghastly and more!

The band’s new song, “Carnage Atrocity,” is a “a neck-snapping orgy of violence that will sear itself upon the mind.”

For fans of fiery, energetic black metal in the tradition of Naglfar, Dawn and Setherial, Stormruler has the ultimate debut ready to strike!

Miami’s Bleeth is here to take you on a ride across the lands of experimental, sludge, and post-metal on their latest record.

Hello, Decibel readers! Hope you have a relaxing weekend with lots of free time on your hands! Or at least one that allows for a soundtrack. We’ve got a roundup of great stuff below, from well-known legends to death-doom devastators to totally weird black metal. It’s a lot to take in, so enjoy! — Amorphis…

Morbid Breath seeks to “revive that malicious, heavy, and raw 80’s thrash-metal sound” on their new EP, In the Hand of the Reaper.”

“We play traditional black metal — full stop. We wrote 66 Black Wings under the shroud of the pandemic, fueled by blasphemy and booze.”

Watch the new video for “Emperor,” from Swedish prog-metal heroes Eastern High, off their upcoming new album, Halo.

Check out the new music video from LA-based melodeath warriors Through the Oculus, from their debut album out June 4.

According to Dordeduh: “This track links our black metal roots with the more progressive character of our new music.”

Teloch Vovin‘s new track is a “a blackened doom epic,” with the video depicting “a night of total insanity and one’s total loss of control.”

“Even in the darkest of times, when every day feels like yet another goddamn punishment, just try to move forward and search for the light.”

It’s a good week, we’re here to talk about Cannibal Corpse, The Crown, Bodom After Midnight and two black metal masterpieces.

Check out Odal’s latest work, dealing with “nature, life and death, striving, and transience with reference to the old, pagan world of gods.”

Check out Obsolete’s debut album, Animate//Isolate, a dizzying masterstroke of death metal ability and insanity!

“The black wanderers continue their journey through the Nordic wonderland from bright, snow-covered, frozen lakes into the darkness …”