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Full Album Stream: Abythic – “Beneath Ancient Portals”
May 7, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream the debut album from German death horde Abythic now.
Stream + Interview: Kommodus – ‘One Thousand Years of the Wolf’
May 4, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Get to know Lepidus Plague, the man behind Australia’s newest black metal force, Kommodus, while you stream the follow-up to last year’s staggering demo.
Re-visiting Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties That Blind
May 3, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
June 15th sees the vinyl re-issue of Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties that Blind. Today, we pay our respects in comprehensive, Decibel style with drummer Dave Mann and former guitarist/vocalist Gregory Lahm.
Gone Five Years: Our Cover Story on Jeff Hanneman’s Life and Legacy
May 2, 2018 Justin Norton
Remembering one of extreme metal’s most iconic figures, Slayer‘s Jeff Hanneman, five years after his death.
Track Premiere: Grimorium Verum – “The Kingdom of Pain”
May 1, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream the epic new track from Russian symphonic black metal duo Grimorium Verum now.
Video Premiere: Shaving the Werewolf’s “Ass Above, So Below”
April 26, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The world premiere of Shaving the Werewolf’s “Ass Above, So Below” from their new album, One Way to Dick City
Track Premiere: The Lion’s Daughter ‘Die Into Us’
April 25, 2018 Chris Dick
St. Louis-based genre-benders The Lion’s Daughter scream through ’80s horror filters on new song “Die Into Us.”
Full Album Stream: Wesenwille – I : Wesenwille
April 25, 2018 Sean Frasier
Dutch black metal philosophers Wesenwille match dystopian warnings with fiery discord on their I : Wesenwille debut.
Track Premiere: Funerary Descent – ‘Eternal War Ov The Eclipsing Sun’
April 24, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Drown in the stream of this new Funerary Descent song now.
Full Album Stream: Totalselfhatred – “Solitude”
April 23, 2018 Chris Dick
Finnish depressive black metallers Totalselfhatred slit wrists on new track “Solitude MMXIII.”
Hear Gruesome Cover Pre-Death Band Mantas Via Decibel Flexi Series
April 19, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire a copy of the exclusive new limited edition Gruesome flexi picture disc single here!
Track Premiere: Abhor – ‘Demons Forged from the Smoke’
April 17, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream a new song from occult Italian black metal circle Abhor now.
Studio Report: Internal Bleeding on First Album without Bill Tolley
April 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Slam death metal progenitors Internal Bleeding are in the studio recording their sixth album. Guitarist Chris Pervelis gives Decibel an update.
Prolific Producer Martin Bisi on Working with Sonic Youth, Cop Shoot Cop, Foetus, Live Skull
April 12, 2018 Emily Bellino
Prolific producer Martin Bisi shares memories of working with Sonic Youth, Foetus, Cop Shoot Cop and more.
Full Album Stream: Death Engine – “Place Noire”
April 12, 2018 Shane Mehling
In 2015 Death Engine released Mud, undoubtedly one of the best records that year and a high-water mark in noiserock that no one would feel confident trying to top. But while I’ve only sat with Place Noire for a couple days, goddamn it feels like they may have done it. Over the course of six tracks…
Hellrad Vs. The Hack: Debating Reviews, Coverage and Metal Journalism
April 12, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
After their appearance in a recent Throw Me a Frickin’ Bone column, Philly’s Hellrad sent a none-too-pleased-with-you email to Decibel HQ. This opened a broader discussion about the different frustrations experienced by journalists and indie bands.
Track Premiere: Craft ‘The Cosmic Sphere Falls’
April 11, 2018 Chris Dick
Swedish cultists Craft redefine black metal on new track, “The Cosmic Sphere Falls.”
Interview: Damian Herring of Subterranean Watchtower Studios/Horrendous
April 11, 2018 Sean Frasier
Damian Herring of Horrendous reveals his approach to engineering killer death metal with Subterranean Watchtower Studios.
Kingdoms Regained: Mortiis On His Reissued “Era 1” Book
April 10, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Occasioned by the finally widely available and expanded reissue of his book, Secrets of My Kingdom: Return to Dimensions Unknown, we present an exclusive and candid interview with the godfather of dungeon synth, Mortiis.
Premiere + Interview: Garroted – ‘Of Damnation and Abyssal Terrors’
April 6, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream the latest work from Demo:listen alumnis Garroted now, and get to know one of the hardest working, new death metal bands in the country.
Exclusive Excerpt: How Randy Blythe Joined Burn the Priest
April 5, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Read an exclusive excerpt from Decibel’s May 2018 cover story detailing frontman Randy Blythe’s decision to join the Burn the Priest ranks in the mid-1990s.
People of the Mosh: Elie Wiesel’s Son Elisha On Metal Misfits, Hardcore Matinees & Forging Identity in the Punk Underground
April 4, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Howie Abrams interviews Elisha Wiesel.
Track Premiere: Deiquisitor – “Planetary Devastation”
March 30, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream an exclusive new track from the ludicrously pummeling new full length from Danish deathmasters, Deiquisitor.
Interview with French Black Metal Apostates Glorior Belli
March 29, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Next week sees the release of The Apostates, the seventh album by Parisian black metal shapeshifters, Glorior Belli, a band with a history reaching back over 15 years when they came to life as a Norwegian worshipping whirlwind. With time has come change as band leader Billy Bayou – also known by the less swampy…
Full EP Stream: Sentient Horror – ‘The Crypts Below’
March 28, 2018 Sean Frasier
Sentient Horror once again lead old-school Swedeath fans through a Lovecraftian pathway between New Jersey and Stockholm on their new EP, The Crypts Below.
Watch: Beneath Oblivion – “The Wayward and the Lost”
March 27, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Watch the epic new music video from Beneath Oblivion now.
Full Album Stream: Grandiose Malice – ‘The Eternal Infernal’
March 27, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream the final album from underground legend Steve “Tregenda” Childers now.
Track Premiere: Raven Throne – ‘Pole cicha šaptała kałossiem…’
March 20, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream a track from the new album by Belarusian black metal powerhouse Raven Throne now.
Q&A and Track Premiere with Russian Post-Rockers Aesthesys
March 15, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Shining a spotlight on Moscow’s classically informed, melancholic post-rockers and their second album, Achromata.
Full Album Stream: Morbosidad – ‘Corona de Epidemia’
March 13, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream the triumphant return of Morbosidad now.
