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Full EP Stream: Blackening up the Doom with Within Nostalgia
December 17, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take a listen to the new album by Ontario post/black/doom duo Within Nostalgia!
Track Premiere: Grand Cadaver “Blood-Filled Skies”
December 16, 2020 Chris Dick
Swedish death metal veterans relive the oldest days in Grand Cadaver. Decibel joins the bloodbath with new track “Blood-filled Skies”. Only death (metal) is real!
Video Premiere: Black Magnet — “Divination Equipment”
December 16, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Black Magnet resurrects classic industrial metal madness via the punishing clip for “Divination Equipment.”
Video Premiere: Widow Rings – “A Little Forever”
December 16, 2020 Sean Frasier
Virginian post-punks Widow Rings transport us to the golden age of music videos with their goth anthem “A Little Forever.”
Track Premiere: EOS “The Great Ascension”
December 14, 2020 Chris Dick
Australian black metallers EOS emerge from the shadows on new track, “The Great Ascension.” Only black metal is real at Decibel!
Always Love, Never Fear: Harvey Milk’s Creston Spiers Talks Bringing it All Back Home
December 9, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Harvey Milk frontman Creston Spiers returns with a predictably unpredictable, heavy, fuzzy take on classic rock.
Dutch Underground Metal Scene Documentary “METAAL” Takes Flight On Indiegogo
December 8, 2020 Chris Dick
Dutch underground metal scene documentary METAAL takes flight on Indiegogo. Watch the trailer premiere only at Decibel!
Video Premiere: Tibetan Sky Burial’s “Flesh Rot” Highlights Ritual and Decay in the Texas Hill Country
December 3, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video by unique Texas black metal crew Tibetan Sky Burial!
Video Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Riff Cult”
December 2, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Seasoned Brazilian death-tinged toad-thrashers Claustrofobia invite you to join their “Riff Cult.”
Video Premiere: Celestial Season “The Secret Teachings of All Ages”
December 1, 2020 Chris Dick
Watch the new video from recently resurrected Dutch death/doom kings Celestial Season
Track Premiere: Andrew Leman Reads H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Festival”
November 25, 2020 Shawn Macomber
If you think this Friday is gonna be black, wait until you hear the sinister delights Cadabra Records, H.P. Lovecraft, and Fabio Frizzi are cooking up for Christmas…
Top Five Psych Rock Records That Changed Our Lives With Molassess
November 23, 2020 Chris Dick
Dark psych rock outfit Molassess (ex-The Devil’s Blood) dig into the vaults to list the Top 5 Records That Changed Their Lives.
Full Album Stream: Coffin Apartment — “Full Torso Apparition”
November 18, 2020 Shawn Macomber
The noise metal carpet really ties the room together in this Coffin Apartment.
Exclusive Video Report: In the Studio with Municipal Waste and Arthur Rizk
November 18, 2020 Aaron Salsbury
Catch up with thrashers Municipal Waste as they record their seventh LP in a Philly studio with renowned engineer Arthur Rizk.
Scream Just Words: Vocalists Sound Off About Their Craft
November 12, 2020 Decibel Magazine
One King Down/Most Precious Blood/Take Life vocalist Rob Fusco discusses the craft of lyric writing and execution with a variety of his extreme music contemporaries from Napalm Death, Lamb of God, Lingua Ignota and more.
Full Album Premiere: Mitochondrial Sun – ‘Sju Pulsarer’
November 11, 2020 Chris Dick
Mitochondrial Sun maestro Niklas Sundin (ex-Dark Tranquillity) pulses into the digital firmament with new album, Sju Pulsarer. Streaming only at Decibel!
Full Album Stream: Eternal Returns — “Reprieved to Totality”
November 11, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Thane-based death thrashers Eternal Returns dive into their five dynamic, serpentine, ultra-catchy tracks to give you a window into how an Indian farmer may have felt 65 years ago.
Q&A: Tobias Grave (Soft Kill) Gives Portland’s Dead Kids A Voice
November 9, 2020 Chris Dick
Tobias Grave sheds welcome light on the darker recesses of Soft Kill and home city Portland with new interview for Dead Kids, R.I.P. City.
Full Album Stream: Conjuring a Spell with Cult Burial’s Self-Titled Debut
November 5, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to the debut by raging black/death/sludge/doom/industrial U.K. up-and-comers, Cult Burial!
Continue the Arise: Brazil’s Metal Scene Lives!
November 4, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Writer/photographer/tireless scene advocate Jessica Marinho takes us on a guided tour of the bustling, burgeoning, extremely extreme Brazilian metal scene.
Track Premiere: Mother Of Graves “The Urn”
November 2, 2020 Chris Dick
Indianapolis-based upstarts Mother of Graves stream new track “The Urn” at Decibel! Only (melodic and depressive) death is real!
Track Premiere: Valravn “The Raven”
November 2, 2020 Chris Dick
Finnish black metallers Valravn offer a lightless day with new track “The Raven,” off new album Prey. Streaming in darkness at Decibel!
Track Premiere: Northern Curse — “Ceremony of Loss”
October 28, 2020 Shawn Macomber
New Hampshire black metal tectonic plate shifters Northern Curse erupt once again after a three years deep underground.
Read an Exclusive Book Excerpt from ‘USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal’
October 28, 2020 Decibel Magazine
This exclusive from Decibel‘s new book, USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal, explores the misogynist and racist behavior and other character flaws of some of USBM’s most prominent artists.
Blowing Their Wad All Over God: An Oral History of GWAR’s ‘Scumdogs of the Universe’
October 27, 2020 Justin Norton
Decibel celebrates the 30th anniversary of GWAR‘s landmark Scumdogs of the Universe, and dodges blood and semen to bring you the ULTIMATE oral history of the legendary release.
Album Premiere: Cynabare Urne ‘Obsidian Daggers and Cinnabar Skulls’
October 26, 2020 Chris Dick
Finnish death metal thugs Cynabare Urne stream new album, Obsidian Daggers and Cinnabar Skulls at Decibel. Only death is real!
Full Album Stream: Swing Kids – ‘Anthology’
October 22, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to everything obscure punk noisemongers Swing Kids ever recorded, via Anthology!
Q&A: Dave Mustaine On Rust In Peace, Books & Life After Cancer
October 19, 2020 Chris Dick
Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine talks with Decibel about his new book, Rust In Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece.
Goth Gorgon’s Top 5 Life Events After Mörk Gryning Disbanded
October 12, 2020 Chris Dick
Mörk Gryning mastermind Goth Gorgon reveals the Top 5 things he did after he and co-conspirator Draakh Kimera split from their black metal beast in 2004.
Video premiere: Convulsif Come Out Swinging with “The Axe Will Break”
October 8, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch the new video(s) from Swiss “JazzGrindcore” band Convulsif!
