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Streaming: Getting Violent and Rotten with Rottenness’ Violentopia
May 19, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take the new album by Mexican-American death grinders Rottenness for a spin!
Streaming: Kissing the Sky with Gramma Vedetta’s The Hum of the Machine
May 19, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear London-based duo Gramma Vedetta offer their take on stoner rock/metal via third release and debut full-length, The Hum of the Machine.
Give Them Vert: Coalesce Frontman Works to Honor Fallen Pro Skater
May 18, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Legendary Coalesce vocalist Sean Ingram is working overtime with others to honor his friend and mentor with the Corey Lawrence Memorial Vert Ramp at the Centennial Skatepark in Lawrence, Kansas.
Album Premiere: MNRVA – ‘Hollow’
May 18, 2022 Sean Frasier
South Carolina sludge trio MNRVA summon black skies with their doomy debut LP, Hollow. Live deliciously and listen early.
Video Premiere: Wormwitch – ‘Age of the Ordeal of Iron’
May 13, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Returning less than a year after 2021’s critically acclaimed Wolf Hex full length, Canadian black metal practitioners Wormwitch present a new stand-alone single, “Age of the Ordeal of Iron.”
Track Premiere: Old City – “DK3”
May 11, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Philadelphia punk hip-hop re-interpreters Old City are back with an incendiary new track taking on apocalyptic police violence.
Track Premiere: Instigate – “Haruspex”
May 11, 2022 Sean Frasier
Death grinders Instigate predict the apocalypse on “Haruspex.” Off their upcoming album Unheeded Warnings of Decay.
Pre-Order WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM’s Essential Repress of ‘Two Hunters’ on Limited Edition Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
May 5, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Wolves in the Throne Room has received a long-awaited vinyl repress of their masterpiece Two Hunters and Decibel has obtained an exclusive edition on Moss Green wax limited to 300 copies!
Streaming: Deaf Club Keep the Hits Coming with Bad Songs Forever
May 5, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Stream Bad Songs Forever, the forthcoming EP by sonic agitators, Deaf Club!
Full Album Premiere: Tómarúm – ‘Ash in Realms of Stone Icons’
May 4, 2022 Brad Sanders
Hear Atlanta progressive black metallers Tómarúm unleash their long-gestating debut Ash in Realms of Stone Icons before its Friday release.
Days of Resolution: Harley Flanagan on the Cro-Mags’ Evolution, Legacy, Vitality, & Upcoming Tour
May 4, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Decibel gets the lowdown from Harley Flanagan on circa 2022 Cro-Mags, the upcoming tour, and how getting beat down on the jiujitsu mat can prepare one for hardcore touring.
Hear blacked Texan progressives HAUNTER double down on ‘Discarnate Ails,’ Profound Lore and… Dancing
May 4, 2022 Raoul Hernandez
Dance to all of Discarnate Ails, the new LP from Texas death dealers Haunter.
Track Premiere: Satanath – “Lethal Exekution”
May 4, 2022 Sean Frasier
Dark ambient project Satanath deconstructs post-metal in the ten-year anniversary reissue of their album Metallized Arena.
Order DESOLATE SHRINE’s New Album ‘Fires of the Dying World’ on Limited Edition Vinyl (Only 90 Copies) RIGHT NOW!
May 3, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Our smallest vinyl edition run EVER is here with Desolate Shrine‘s Fires of the Dying World. Only 90 copies on Blood Red Galaxy vinyl available for pre-order now!
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.
