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Q&A: Jari Lindholm & Alejandro Lotero (Exgenesis) Play With Fire
June 29, 2020 Chris Dick
Decibel talks origins and fire with Exgenesis duo Jari Lindholm and Alejandro Lotero. New album, Solve et Coagula, out now!
Track Premiere: Dkharmakhaoz – “Ascension”
June 25, 2020 Chris Dick
Belarus-based black metal duo Dkharmakhaoz drop a karmic demon on new track, “Ascension.” Streaming in full at Decibel while the world succumbs to fiery entropy.
Track Premiere: Places Around the Sun — “Lost I Am Found”
June 24, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Libson, Portugal’s Places Around the Sun is here to take you to the heavy desert stoner rock oasis. Now, drink.
Album Premiere: Inexorum ‘Moonlit Navigation’ & Q&A With Carl Skildum
June 23, 2020 Chris Dick
Minnesota-based duo Inexorum trip into mid-’90s melodic Swedish death/black metal. New album, Moonlit Navigation, streaming only at Decibel!
EP Streaming: Denver’s Hydraform Attacks from All Angles
June 18, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to an advance stream of Hydraform‘s Sylvia Massy-produced EP
1995: The Year in Not-So-Metal Heaviness
June 17, 2020 Shawn Macomber
1995 wasn’t merely a great year for the extremely extreme — it was also an amazing trip around the sun for metal-adjacent music.
Album Premiere: The Path of Memory ‘Hell is Other People’
June 15, 2020 Chris Dick
Switzerland-based death rock/post-punk outfit The Path of Memory finds joy in division on new album, Hell is Other People. Streaming in full only at Decibel!
Video Premiere: ILS — “No Luck”
June 10, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Portland noise rockers ILS bring you a bouquet of zero-leaf clovers with “No Luck.”
Vreid Announce “In the mountains of Sognametal” Live Session
June 8, 2020 Michael Wohlberg
The Norwegian melodic black metal Vreid outfit announce their upcoming stream live from the fjords of their homeland this Saturday, June 13th at 3 PM EDT.
Album Stream: Throne Torcher’s The Mechanics of a Nightmare Builds Bad Dreams
June 4, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to (and watch) the new Throne Torcher EP!
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Gregory Bastianelli’s Heavy Metal Inspired Horror Novels
June 3, 2020 Shawn Macomber
New Hampshire horror novelist Gregory Bastianelli reveals the extremely extreme sonic foundations of his latest blood-soaked supernatural opus “Snowball.”
F*ck You, COVID-19: Here Are Our Favorite Maryland Deathfest Memories
May 21, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Maryland Deathfest was supposed to start today. Join us as we reminisce about MDFs gone by.
Album Stream: Barren Womb’s ‘Lizard Lounge’ “Truly Has it All”
May 21, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Skronking Norwegians Barren Womb have a new album. Listen to it here!
Album Stream: [Evertrapped]’s ‘The Last Extinction’ Distracts from Pandemic Ennui
May 21, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Let loose and stream the new album from Montreal melodi-death commandos [Evertrapped]!
Video Premiere: These Streets — “Stay Awake”
May 20, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Better “Stay Awake” if you’re gonna walk These Streets.
Album Premiere: Zatyr ‘Ornament of Proposition’
May 18, 2020 Chris Dick
Sweden-based Zatyr blow heavy metal’s doors wide open with this trip back to 1982 on their debut EP, Ornament of Proposition. Streaming in twin-lead glory only at Decibel!
Album Premiere: Dumb Waiter – ‘Tsk’
May 13, 2020 Greg Pratt
Richmond, Virginia instrumental noise/experimental/math rock freakies Dumb Waiter are no stranger to the weird. But on their fourth album, Tsk, the band has only dived deeper into the strange.
Song Premiere: MaelstroM “Th13teen Within A Circle” + Q&A With Gary Vosganian
May 13, 2020 Chris Dick
Rejuvenated New York-based epic thrash metallers MaelstroM premiere new track, “Th13teen Within A Circle,” at Decibel. We also interview vocalist Gary Vosganian.
Full Album Stream: Tithe — “Penance”
May 13, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Brace yourself. Portland, Oregon’s Tithe is about to drag you into the death-grind tarpits.
Procession: The Sublime & Harrowing Fine Art of Underground Metal Legend Michelle Eddison
May 13, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Ex-Starkweather/current Below the Frost bassist Michelle Eddison brings the visual violence in a new series of transcendent paintings.
That’s Tragic Exhibits Rare Jim Konya T-Shirt Collection In Memoriam for Charity
May 12, 2020 Aaron Salsbury
Tragic Cat acquire a portion of the late Jim Konya’s personal T-shirt collection, and each day in May they’ll post a unique piece from the assortment to raise donations for his namesake scholarship fund.
Pre-Order Napalm Death LP Reissues In an Exclusive Color From Decibel!
May 7, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Four new four Napalm Death LPs—Smear Campaign, Time Waits for No Slave, Utilitarian and Apex Predator – Easy Meat—get the reissue treatment with an assist from Decibel.
Album Stream: Killitorous Keep the Party Going with ‘The Afterparty’
May 7, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Party on with an advance stream of the new album from Ottawa-based death crew Killitorous!
An Interview with Voodoo Gods’ Alex von Poschinger: “People Think We Got Together Like the Spice Girls or Something”
May 7, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Say hello to international death/power metal super-group, Voodoo Gods.
Premiere: Frayle’s ‘Behind the Doom’ Mini-Documentary
May 1, 2020 Greg Pratt
Get doomed by watching Frayle’s new mini-doc, Behind the Doom, which we’re premiering today.
Album Premiere: Order Of Orias – ‘Ablaze’
April 27, 2020 Chris Dick
Australia-based black metallers Order Of Orias corrupt harmony on their new album, >Ablaze, now streaming in full only at Decibel.
Track Premiere: Retox Pay Tribute to the Cramps By Throwing “Garbageman” in the Meat Grinder
April 23, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to Retox put a stitch in the Cramps!
Video Premiere: BlackLab — “Forked Road”
April 22, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Let Osaka, Japan “dark witch doom duo” BlackLab lead you down a strange, wild “Forked Road” to the abyss.
Video Premiere: Duskwalker – “Shadowcreeper”
April 22, 2020 Sean Frasier
Canadian death cult Duskwalker lure listeners into a brutal tale of terror in the Rabidog Films music video for “Shadowcreeper.”
Album Premiere: Warlust ‘Unearthing Shattered Philosophies’
April 20, 2020 Chris Dick
Germany-based black-thrash quartet Warlust premiere new album, Unearthing Shattered Philosophies, at Decibel. Streaming metal madness right here!