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Q&A: NITE Guitarist/Vocalist Van Labrakis Heavies Blackened Metal
May 2, 2022 Chris Dick
Decibel summons NITE guitarist/Vocalist Van Labrakis to discuss his band’s newest album Voices of the Kronian Moon (Season of Mist). Gallop into the black…
Track Premiere: Somatic Decay – “Mutilated Facades”
April 29, 2022 Sean Frasier
Death metal duo Somatic Decay dredge “Mutilated Facades” from the cesspit of their upcoming demo. Features two ex-members of Ossuarium.
Track Premiere: Malignant Aura – “…And So It Was That I Lay Down Forever”
April 27, 2022 Sean Frasier
Australian death/doom undertakers Malignant Aura reveal their sepulchral new single, “…And So It Was That I Lay Down Forever.”
Track Premiere: Red Mesa – “Forest Cathedral”
April 25, 2022 Chris Dick
Albuquerque-based desert rock outfit Red Mesa release new single “Forest Cathedral” via Desert Records. Only Red Mesa’s New Mexico flow is real!
Track Premiere: Holocausto Canibal – “Êxodo Mortuoso”
April 21, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Nothing lost in translation on the new blistering track from Portuguese death grinders Holocausto Canibal.
Announcing DECIBEL RECORDS and Our Debut Release: DEADGUY’s ‘Buyer’s Remorse: Live From the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest’! Pre-Order NOW!
April 21, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Decibel Records launches with the limited vinyl release of Deadguy’s Buyer’s Remorse: Live From the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest. Pre-order today.
Track Premiere: Aussie Ragers Battlegrave Grow from Humble Beginnings to Cavernous Depths
April 21, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a new track (and its “divebomb for the ages”) by Aussie rippers Battlegrave!
Video Premiere: Eternal Returns — “Siege Sombre”
April 20, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Thane, India melodic death metallers Eternal Returns go deep and dark for the “Siege Sombre” video.
Album Premiere: Pyreship – ‘Light is a Barrier’
April 20, 2022 Sean Frasier
Texan post-metal sludgelords Pyreship traverse doomed skies on their stunning sophomore LP, Light is a Barrier.
Album Premiere: Sentient Horror – ‘Rites of Gore’
April 18, 2022 Sean Frasier
New Jersey Swedeath disciples Sentient Horror split skulls with their ferocious third LP, Rites of Gore.
Full Album Premiere: Armory – ‘Mercurion’
April 18, 2022 Chris Dick
Sweden’s Armory premiere new album Mercurion (Dying Victims Productions) at Decibel. Sci-fi speed metal attack!
Video Premiere: Disquiet (ft. Vicky Psarakis) – “Wrecked”
April 14, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Dutch melodic death metal quintet Disquiet turn the vocal mike over to the Agonist vocalist Vicky Psarakis on this emotional rager.
Video Premiere: The Damnnation — “The Greed”
April 13, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Peep the behind the scenes video from rising Brazilian thrash ultra-power trio The Damnation right now!
Album Premiere: Viogression – ‘3rd Stage of Decay’
April 13, 2022 Sean Frasier
Wisconsin death dealers Viogression continue their blood-stained path three decades after their last LP with 3rd Stage of Decay.
Video Premier: Brutality – “Orchestrated Devastation”
April 12, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Old-school Tampa DM vets Brutality return for a curtain call with a track from their (possible) swansong.
Bastard Tip Off Top 5 Bastards
April 11, 2022 Chris Dick
Thrashing black scoundrels Bastard list their Top 5 Motörhead bastards. New album, Rotten Blood, out now via Distortion Music Group.
Track Premiere: Synteleia – “Harvest the Forest”
April 11, 2022 Chris Dick
Greek black metal traditionalists Synteleia premiere new track “Harvest the Forest” from their upcoming debut on Floga Records.
Track Premiere: Cokegoat – “Dogs” (Pink Floyd cover)
April 7, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Chicago psych-sludge outfit Cokegoat finally release the hounds on their long-in-the-making cover of Pink Floyd’s “Dogs”
Video Premiere: Hyperia Showcase Beery Guitar Playthroughs and Wedded Bliss with “Experiment 77”
April 7, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
For Canadians Hyperia, beer and thrash metal are the ingredients to a successful playthrough video and marriage!
Metal Militia Activated for Ukraine: Ultra Heavy Benefit Comp Out Now
April 6, 2022 Shawn Macomber
The new metal and hardcore-heavy benefit comp Band Together seeks to alleviate the suffering of Ukrainians in their darkest hour.
Album Premiere: Weedevil – ‘The Return’
April 6, 2022 Sean Frasier
Brazilian stoner sect Weedevil exhale their debut LP of bongripping riffs and ferocious fuzz, The Return.
Full Album Stream: Abysmalist – ‘Vile Possession’
April 5, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Sacramento doom-death trio Abysmalist drag the depths of sonic misery on their Maggot Stomp-released debut.
Track Premiere: Vital Spirit – ‘Withering Fire’
April 4, 2022 Chris Dick
Wormwitch and Seer members venture Westward in Vital Spirit on new single, “Withering Fire,” via new album Still as the Night, Cold as the Wind (Vendetta/Hidden Tribe).
Pre-Order MUNICIPAL WASTE’s New Album ‘Electrified Brain’ on CD Longbox and Cassette RIGHT NOW!
April 1, 2022 Decibel Magazine
There are only 100 exclusive color cassettes and 300 CD longboxes of Municipal Waste‘s Electrified Brain available to Decibel readers for pre-order. Don’t blow it.
Exclusive Track Premiere: Tyrannus – “The Flood”
March 31, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Scottish extreme metal clan, Tyrannus, wrecks fascists on its full-length debut, ‘Unslayable.’
Q&A: Keith Morris on the CIRCLE JERKS Reunion
March 30, 2022 Justin Norton
Catching up with hardcore OG and Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris on the band’s return to the stage after 15 years.
Track Premiere: Skumstrike – “Caustic Poison”
March 29, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Montreal rippers Skumstrike belch out a noxious blast of D-beat-driven thrash on their latest single.
Watch: Dan Lilker Talks Possible Final NUCLEAR ASSAULT U.S. Performance, ‘Game Over’ Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
March 29, 2022 Albert Mudrian
Nuclear Assault bassist/legend Danny Lilker talks Metal & Beer Fest beer collaboration with KCBC, a special guest stage-dive performance at the event, and the black metal bedspreads.
Track Premiere: Bloodofjupiter – “Blood on the Sun (Single Edit)”
March 28, 2022 Chris Dick
Sweden’s bloodofjupiter, featuring former and current members of Opeth and Mefisto, stream massive new track, “Blood on the Sun.”
Swedish Metal Squad BOMBER Combine Maiden and Lep Influences with “Black Pants Magic” on Their Killer Debut
March 25, 2022 J. Bennett
With Def Leppard style hooks, Judas Priest anthemics and Maiden/Lizzy-esque guitar harmonies, Bomber’s debut is exactly what we need after two years of pandemic doom and gloom
