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Video Premiere: 5 R V L N 5 — “Flesh”
January 22, 2020 Shawn Macomber
You’re already living in a tech-hellscape. Might as well let Chicago dark industrial upstarts 5 R V L N 5 provide you an appropriate soundtrack for trying to survive it.
Former Agalloch Guitarist Don Anderson on ‘The White’ & ‘The Grey’ Reissues, Repairing His Relationship with John Haughm and a Live Performance Video With Panopticon’s Austin Lunn
January 21, 2020 Jon Rosenthal
Read an exclusive interview with Don Anderson and watch a video of Anderson performing Agalloch‘s “A Desolation Song” with Panopticon‘s Austin Lunn.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Doomed to Fail’ and an Interview With Author JJ Anselmi
January 16, 2020 Greg Pratt
Read our interview with Doomed to Fail author JJ Anselmi as well as an exclusive excerpt from the book.
EP Stream: Putrascension’s “The Obsidian Fog”
January 16, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
New Jersey’s Putrascension continues the state’s contradictory nature with their new EP.
Track Premiere: Innards — “Night Of The Anthropophagous”
January 8, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Portuguese old school death metal power trio Innards digs deeps into the bowels of repugnance for this nasty splatter platter.
Album Premiere: Kawir ‘Adrasteia’
January 6, 2020 Chris Dick
Greek legends Kawir return with new album, Adrasteia, on Iron Bonehead Productions. Streaming in full (and with cult points) at Decibel.
Video Premiere: Morgan Rider and the Deep Dark River’s “Ignite the Tempests”
January 2, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Morgan Rider and the Deep Dark River‘s new video ponders “What if Vintersorg gave the fused DNA of Peter Steele, Mina Caputo and ICS Vortex singing lessons?”
Track Premiere: Snorlax – “Encapsulated Apocalypse”
January 1, 2020 Sean Frasier
Don’t sleep on former Decibel demo faves Snorlax. Hear their new song “Encapsulated Apocalypse”
Track Premiere: Worm – “Putrefying Swamp Mists at Dusk”
December 24, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Floridian swampdwellers Worm will get you in the holiday spirit with this moldy and dank death/doom banger from their forthcoming sophomore album, Gloomlord.
Hard Charger Premieres Their New Video. We Show Their Older Ones and Throw in a Contest.
December 19, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hard Charger has a new video, and old videos. And Decibel has a contest for you.
Track Premiere: Here in Spirit — “I Don’t Want to Sleep”
December 18, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Ex-Abigail Williams/Vehemence guitarist Bjorn Dannov is taking his heavy back to the 90s with Here in Spirit.
Track Premiere: Zifir – “Empire of Worms”
December 17, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Menacing Turkish black metal trio Zifir invite us to the “Empire of Worms,” from their new album, Demoniac Ethics.
Full Album Stream: Solace — “The Brink”
December 11, 2019 Shawn Macomber
New Jersey doom n’ rollers Solace channel a career of hard luck into a scorching comeback record.
Video Premiere: The Flaying Loves Quebec and Quebec Loves The Flaying
December 5, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Quebec’s The Flaying visually chronicles their love for their hometown’s downtown core.
The Matchless Roar: Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris Returns with British Lion for “The Burning”
December 4, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Legendary Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris is set to torch expectations with “The Burning,” the sophomore offering from his prog-tinged hard rock British Lion side project.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’
November 26, 2019 Albert Mudrian
It’s okay to celebrate the release day of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost with this exclusive excerpt from Decibel‘s limited edition hardcover book.
Full Album Stream: Post/Boredom’s Ritualistic Time Abuser
November 21, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Today we stream the new album by Seattle’s newest noise niks.
Track Premiere: Israthoum “Laetetur Cor”
November 20, 2019 Chris Dick
Dutch black metallers Israthoum unleash hell on new track, “Laetetur Cor,” from Arrows From Below, their upcoming full-length on New Era Productions.
And Literacy For All… An Exclusive Excerpt from “The ABCs of Metallica”
November 20, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Rejoice! It’s finally Let Metallica Take Your Kid to School Day!
Track Premiere: Trépas “Rivages Sombres”
November 18, 2019 Chris Dick
Quebec-based black metal quintet Trépas streaming new song “Rivages Sombres” at Decibel. Trépas’ new album is out December 5 on Sepulchral Productions.
Blood Incantation Grace the January Decibel Cover!
November 14, 2019 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the January issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive picture flexi disc of the first new Carcass song in six years, available now. Don’t blow it.
Track Premiere: Domkraft — “Where We Part Ways” (Featuring Mark Lanegan)
November 13, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Swedish psych-doom trio Domkraft teams up with living legend Mark Lanegan to blow a riff-sized hole in your doors of perception.
Track Premiere: Death Wolf “The Sword”
November 11, 2019 Chris Dick
Sweden-based death rockers Death Wolf, featuring Marduk members, unleash new song “The Sword.”
Track Premiere: Flamekeeper “Nomads of the World Beyond”
November 11, 2019 Chris Dick
Italian emigre Marco S. finds home in Sweden, birthing first-wave black metal beast Flamekeeper. Check out new track “Nomads of the World Beyond” from debut mini-CD We Who Light the Fire
Video Premiere: Bather’s “Birds” Brings Blood, Boobs and Bondage
November 7, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
From Ohio’s Bather, a video “display of lecherously luscious violence and soul-stripping metal.”
Video Premiere: Schammasch “A Paradigm of Beauty” & Interview With CSR
November 4, 2019 Chris Dick
Swiss avant-garde black metal outfit Schammasch reveal new video for “A Paradigm of Beauty,” off new album “Hearts of No Light.”
Track Premiere: Tan Kozh “A la Gloire d’Indra”
October 31, 2019 Chris Dick
French black metallers Tan Kozh, featuring members of Himinbjorg and Les Chants de Nihil, fire off, “A la Gloire d’Indra,” from new album, Lignages Oubliés.
Anthony Kaoteon (Death Tribe, Kaoteon) Offers Studio/Lyric Videos & Interview
October 31, 2019 Chris Dick
The cultural, social, and geographic impasse has fueled the music of both Kaoteon and Death Tribe, who are currently ensconced in the studio working on the follow-up to this year’s Beyond Pain and Pleasure: A Desert Experiment.
The Hammer of the Underground: Ex-Madball/Agnostic Front Drummer Will Shepler Talks New Outfit The Take
October 30, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Legendary NYHC drummer Will Shepler is back stirring the brutal-yet-catchy sonic melting pot once again with The Take
Video Premiere: Pinko – ‘Spit on the House’
October 25, 2019 Greg Pratt
San Antonio’s Pinko get noisy with their rock in this new song/video.