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Track Premiere: Geistaz’ika ‘Dødens Horeunge’
August 7, 2019 Chris Dick
Mysterious Danish black metallers Geistaz’ika punish old-school BM on new album, Trolddomssejd I Skovens Dybe Kedel, their first for the Signal Rex label.
Full EP Stream: Gravehammer – “Primordial Principles | Fundamental Forces”
August 6, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive premiere of the new EP from German death doomers Gravehammer.
Track Premiere: Goatess ‘Dunerider’
August 5, 2019 Chris Dick
Doom metal heroes Goatess unveil and stream new track “Dunerider” on Decibel. New album, Blood and Wine, out on Svart Records.
Education Gets You Every/Nowhere: INUS Album Stream and Video Premiere.
August 1, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
INUS – “a pre-postapocalyptic, post-honky-tonk-prog-skronk, space Tropicalia, math-lounge powersilence trio”
Track Premiere: Sammath – ‘Bitter fighting amongst the dead’
July 30, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Dutch black death warmongers launch a warning missile to signal their forthcoming new album.
Track Premiere: Getting Crazy-Weird with OXX’s “Birthday Song”
July 18, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Nefarious Industries will release The Skeleton Is Just A Coat Hanger; These Are The Black Strings That Make You Dance on LP and digital platforms on August 16th.
Album Premiere: Nunslaughter “Antichrist”
July 15, 2019 Chris Dick
Prolific Midwestern death metal combo Nunslaughter stream new EP, “Antichrist,” on Portugal’s Helldprod Records.
Video Premiere & Interview: Møl — “Sundrowned”
July 10, 2019 Shawn Macomber
If you thought you were drowning in sun before, just wait until this new video from Danish blackgaze up-and-comers Møl gets through with you.
Studio Report: Blood Incantation – “Hidden History of the Human Race”
July 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Get the details straight from Blood Incantation guitarist/vocalist Paul Riedl on the new full length, Hidden History of the Human Race.
Video Premiere: Sludgehammer Covers Peter Gabriel. You Know Which Song…
July 4, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
I don’t know a whole lot about Toronto’s Sludgehammer despite my being a lifelong resident of the Greater Toronto Area which just goes to show you that proximity doesn’t automatically equate with intimate knowledge.
Exhorder to Release Exclusive Live Single Via Decibel Flexi Series
June 28, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Acquire this ultra-rare Exhorder flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new live version of a demo-era track from 1986, via the Decibel Flexi Series. Deadline to subscribe is July 1 at noon EST!
Track Premiere: Rogga Johansson — ‘Giants Walking At Night’
June 26, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Swedish death metal savant Rogga Johansson brings the fury to his eponymous band’s full-length debut — and we’ve got an exclusive salvo for you to sample.
Video Premiere: Jess By the Lake – ‘Under The Red Light Shine’
June 24, 2019 Chris Dick
Finnish hard rockers Jess By the Lake, featuring Jasmin Saarela from Jess and the Ancient Ones, debuts their brand-new video “Under The Red Light Shine.”
Song/Video Premiere: Montreal’s Gorlvsh Get Wired and Weird
June 20, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We don’t know if they are, as they claim, “Montreal’s sickest guitar-less band,” but from what we can tell they make a hell of a racket
Full Album Stream: Vectis – ‘The Executioner’
June 19, 2019 Sean Frasier
Teenage blackened thrashers Vectis keep the riffs sharper than a guillotine blade on their The Executioner demo.
The Fastest Man in Metal: Skeletonwitch’s Scott Hedrick
June 12, 2019 Decibel Magazine
When he’s not crushing skulls as Skeletonwitch‘s guitarist, Scott Hedrick is crushing personal bests in long-distance running.
Video Premiere: Total Fucking Destruction’s “Anal Trump is Gay”
June 6, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Total Fucking Destruction enter the DNC running with their new video.
Video Premiere: False — ‘Neither Path Nor Gate’
May 29, 2019 Shawn Macomber
False adds a striking visual component to the band’s recent Decibel Flexi Series offering “Neither Path Nor Gate.”
“Grindcore Violinist” Joey Molinaro Has a New Album Out.
May 23, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We talk to him about it and touring the US and Europe via motorcycle
Hear Exclusive New False Song “Neither Path nor Gate” Via Decibel Flexi Series
May 22, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare False flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new track via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Full Demo Stream: Black Mold – “Tales of Degradation”
May 21, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Shadowy Portuguese unit Black Mold will soon release their new demonstration of black metal punk violence. Stream it in full now.
Track Premiere: Valaraukar “Visions of Truth Amidst Black Fume”
May 19, 2019 Chris Dick
Edinburgh-based black metal duo Valaraukar stream new track “Visions of Truth Amidst Black Fume” off their Iron Bonehead debut “Demonian Abyssal Visions.”
Track Premiere: Mission of Christ – ‘Crypts of Darkness’
May 13, 2019 Greg Pratt
Head back in time with this exclusive premiere of a song from Mission of Christ‘s upcoming Silence in Grave archival release.
Track Premiere: Dark Numbers Go Off the Deep End with “Shallows”
May 9, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“All of us come from very disparate places and try to create music somewhere in between all that.” Wrap your ears around the result, “Shallows.”
Full EP Stream: Charger – ‘Charger’
May 8, 2019 Greg Pratt
Stream the debut EP from NWOBHM-worshipping scuzzbags Charger, featuring Matt Freeman of Rancid, here today.
Track Premiere: Python “Aeons Has Fallen”
May 6, 2019 Chris Dick
Italy-based throwback doom masters conjure up fuzzed-out terrors on new track, “Aeons Has Fallen,” from full-length, Astrological Warfare.
Track Premiere: Diagonal Path — “The Die-Off”
May 1, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Freya guitarist Brendon Flynn returns with the proggy, atmosphere-heavy Diagonal Path — and we’ve got an exclusive stream of a new track.
Track Premiere: Vortex of End – “Voraciovs Egregore”
April 29, 2019 Chris Dick
French black-death maniacs Vortex Of End unfurl new track “Voraciovs Egregore” off new album, Ardens Fvror, for storied indie Osmose Productions.
Live/Film Review: ‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’
April 25, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The “Experience” run of dates will have wrapped up two days before the time you read this, but if you come across Industrial Accident, it’s very worthy of your viewing time.
Track By Track: Cauldron Burial — “Amanti d’oltretomba”
April 24, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Cauldron Burial is back to give you a little “love from beyond the grave” — and scare the hell out of you to boot.