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Album Stream: Cast the Stone “Empyrean Atrophy” & Q&A With Mark Kloeppel
August 30, 2018 Chris Dick
American underground death metal supergroup Cast The Stone meld different schools of Swedish death metal to form new EP, Empyrean Atrophy.
Video Premiere: Hitman’s “Curtain Call” Drinks ’em All
August 30, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“We’re a stoner band who drinks too much and loves to party.” Join the festivities with Halifax’s Hitman as your hosts.
Video Premiere: We Dream Alone – ‘Happiness’
August 29, 2018 Sean Frasier
We Dream Alone rep Gothenburg’s new wave of metal in their bleak new music video for “Happiness.”
Track Premiere: Binah – ‘Dream Paralysis’
August 28, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Get a taste of the crushing depths of English death metallers Binah’s new album.
Track Premiere: Ichor – ‘Noble Ichor’
August 27, 2018 Chris Dick
Pre-Nazxul black metallers Ichor resurrect Slavic triumphs on new track “Noble Ichor.”
Track Premiere: Devouring Star ‘Scar Inscriptions’
August 22, 2018 Chris Dick
Finnish black metal phenoms Devouring Star explore Sin as a divine trait on new song “Scar Inscriptions.”
Show Review: Highlights from This is Hardcore 2018
August 21, 2018 Vince Bellino
Who were the best performances at This is Hardcore 2018?
Track Premiere: Burial Shrine – ‘To See Beyond the Mask’
August 21, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Something evil lurks in Vancouver . . .
Full Album Stream: With Dystopisk Utsikt, Fredag Den 13:e Want You to Know Everything’s Fucked
August 16, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Swedish grind punks Fredag Den 13:e return with a new album.
Track Premiere: Thrawsunblat – ‘Via Canadensis’
August 15, 2018 Chris Dick
Canadian folk-black metal project Thrawsunblat premiere “Via Canadensis” off new album, Great Brunswick Forest.
Track Premiere: Devils Teeth – ‘Dirty Tricks’
August 15, 2018 Sean Frasier
Wisconsin garage punks Devils Teeth turn up the filthy surf reverb on their new single “Dirty Tricks,”
Track Premiere: Sepulcher – ‘Abyssal Horror’
August 14, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out this mandatory new track from Norwegian death thrashers Sepulcher from their forthcoming album, Panoptic Horror.
Phoenix In Flames: Melotov Records Founder on Her Struggle with Prescription Narcotics
August 9, 2018 Justin Norton
Melotov Records’ Melanie Voltz shares the story of her struggle with prescription narcotics.
Jamie Myers opens ceramics business Snakehand Craft
August 1, 2018 Justin Norton
Sabbath Assembly‘s Jamie Myers pens an editorial on the importance of making music and art despite internal hesitations.
Track Premiere: Valdrin – ‘Tempest Torn Asunder’
July 31, 2018 Dutch Pearce
If you haven’t heard Ohio’s black/death slayers Valdrin don’t waste another second. Check out this exclusive track premiere now.
Demo:listen: Heathid Equis
July 27, 2018 Dutch Pearce
On this week’s Demo:listen, we curse you with a full demo stream of Fields, the debut from Texas black metal duo, Heathid Equis.
Album Premiere: Inexorum “Lore Of The Lakes”
July 25, 2018 Chris Dick
Wisconsin-based one-man black metal oufit Inexorum stream new album, “Lore Of The Lakes”.
Track Premiere: Un – ‘In Its Absence’
July 24, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Get crushed by this incredible new track from Seattle-based funeral doomers Un
Pig Destroyer Dominate the Cover of Decibel’s September Issue
July 23, 2018 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the September issue of Decibel available now. Have at it!
Track Premiere: Cemetery Urn – ‘Down the Path of the Dead’
July 20, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive premiere of a new Cemetery Urn track for your daily dose of Aussie death madness.
Omnium Gatherum Want/Need Your Skulls
July 19, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
A peek at Omnium Gatherum’s new video and a few words about their forthcoming album.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Rising Author & Extreme Music Devotee Chad Lutzke Conjures Ethereal Darkness
July 18, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Dark fiction author Chad Lutzke presents a playlist of extremely heavy horror fiction-inspired tracks.
Full Stream: Aparthiva Raktadhara – ‘Agyat Ishvar’
July 17, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive stream of the debut 7” from Indian world-enders Aparthiva Raktadhara.
FLASH SALE! All Decibel Back Issues 50% Off ($3.00) Through Sunday!
July 13, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Over 100 back issues in the Decibel webstore are on sale now for just $3.00 each! Hurry, sale ends Sunday at midnight EST.
Full Album Stream: Zombiefication – “Below the Grief”
July 12, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out the deadly new full length in its entirety from Mexican death metal duo Zombiefication.
Track Premiere: Horrendous – ‘Soothsayer’
July 11, 2018 Chris Dick
American death metal phenoms Horrendous announce fourth album Idol and reveal new track, “Soothsayer.”
Carlo Regadas (Monstrance, ex-Carcass) Overcomes Necrotized Organs, Cheats Death
July 9, 2018 Forrest Pitts
Carlo Regadas (Monstrance, ex-Carcass, ex-Devoid) survives necroticized organs and returns to playing music.
Full Album Stream: Firtan – “Okeanos”
July 9, 2018 Chris Dick
Listen to German atmospheric black metallers Firtan’s stunning new album “Okeanos”.
Gearing Up For Psycho Las Vegas Fest
July 5, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Decibel checks in with Enslaved, Wolvhammer, Spirit Adrift and more about Psycho Las Vegas.
Track Premiere: Atavisma – ‘Ashen Ascetic’
July 4, 2018 Sean Frasier
French death-doom sect Atavisma emerge from their subterranean lair with “Ashen Ascetic” off their debut LP, The Chthonic Rituals.