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Track Premiere: Filtheater – ‘Unwelcome Illuminated Curiosity’
March 11, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Hear a new track from US-based death metal punishers Filtheater off their forthcoming debut full length.
Q&A: Nailed To Obscurity’s Jan-Ole Lamberti And Raimund Ennenga Struggle With Slippage
March 11, 2019 Chris Dick
Nailed To Obscurity guitarist Jan-Ole Lamberti and vocalist Raimund Ennenga capsize the inner self on new album, “Black Frost.”
Blast Worship: Cellgraft
March 5, 2019 Gene Meyer
Tampa grinders Cellgraft take more than their name from Insect Warfare.
Animal-Fronted Bands Hatebeak and Boar Glue Release Split LP
February 28, 2019 Emily Bellino
Current/former members of Death, Pig Destroyer, Charred Walls of the Damned and Triac, plus a South African gray parrot and three guinea pigs, create animal-fronted mayhem.
An Update and Preview from Mexi-merican Death Grinders Rottenness
February 28, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Mexican-American deathgrinders Rottenness provide an update on their new album.
Blast Worship: Lunk
February 26, 2019 Gene Meyer
Lunk take on… workout culture and Carcass puns on Reek of Perspiration.
Blast Worship: Gets Worse
February 19, 2019 Gene Meyer
UK powerviolence outfit Gets Worse get better on Snubbed.
Dani Filth’s Top 5 Songs Inspired by Elizabeth Bathory
February 14, 2019 Emily Bellino
Cradle of Filth’s Dani Filth shares his top five songs inspired by the Blood Countess, Elizabeth Bathory.
Read an Excerpt from Upcoming Kvlt Comic Belzebubs
February 11, 2019 Emily Bellino
Heed the call of the cartoon kvlt and get to know Belzebubs.
Memories Remain: The Making of Obituary’s “Cause of Death”
February 6, 2019 Decibel Magazine
Read the making of Obituary‘s classic, Hall of Fame-inducted Cause of Death before the death metal legends perform it in its entirety at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 13.
Blast Worship: Kidnapped
February 5, 2019 Gene Meyer
Kidnapped show off what they do best on their new album, Connecticut Powerviolence.
Track Premiere: The Foreign Resort ‘Outnumbered’
February 4, 2019 Chris Dick
Danish post-punk power trio Foreign Resort set fire with new edit of single “Outnumbered” off the group’s new album, “Outnumbered.”
Full Album Stream: Getting Crazy with Disuse’s The Yeti From Kad-Man-Ra
January 31, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“Disuse is a grindcore band”
Long, Cold Winter: The Making of Enslaved’s ‘Frost’
January 29, 2019 Chris Dick
Read the entirety of Enslaved Decibel Hall of Fame for their groundbreaking sophomore LP, Frost.
Roastburn: Old Man Gloom’s Santos Montano Previews Roadburn Based Only on Band Photos
January 28, 2019 Decibel Magazine
Old Man Gloom drummer Santos Montano delivers the Roadburn preview to end all festival previews.
Full Album Stream: Örmagna “Örmagna”
January 28, 2019 Chris Dick
Icelandic black metal newcomers Örmagna unveil their devastating self-titled debut for Portugal-based independent Signal Rex.
Celebrate the 100th Decibel Flexi Disc with this Limited Subscription Special!
January 23, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Get a Deluxe Decibel subscription, a Deluxe Edition Flexi Collector’s Box and grab bag of FIVE out-of-print flexi discs at an extremely extreme discount for a limited time!
Blast Worship: Mellow Harsher
January 22, 2019 Gene Meyer
Get to know Wisconsin grinders Mellow Harsher.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Eric A.K. of Flotsam and Jetsam
January 17, 2019 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of Flotsam and Jetsam‘s new album, The End of Chaos, we caught up with vocalist Eric A.K. to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
An Interview with Pulchra Morte
January 17, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
A few weeks ago, we briefly introduced you to new doom-death brightlights, Pulchra Morte. Check out our full interview with the band.
Blast Worship: P.L.F.
January 8, 2019 Gene Meyer
P.L.F. keep the titles long and the songs short on Jackhammering Deathblow of Nightmarish Trepidation.
Track Premiere: The Hedvig Mollestad Trio Gets “Bewitched, Dwarfed and Defeathered”
January 3, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“Jazz Sabbath” they say? Check out the Hedvig Mollestad Trio and see if you agree.
Ten Bazillion Years: The Laina Dawes Interview
December 20, 2018 Justin Norton
Laina Dawes, author of What Are You Doing Here: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation In Heavy Metal speaks about her experience publishing with Bazillion Points.
Track Premiere: We Get “Thrown to the Wolves” by Pulchra Morte
December 20, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We introduce you to new doom/death shining lights, Pulchra Morte.
Q&A: Michael Gira on new Swans, performing solo and creativity
December 19, 2018 Justin Norton
Michael Gira discusses Swans, his solo career, the impact of social media and more.
There’s Still Time to Order Holiday Gifts from Decibel
December 18, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Discounted items! Limited edition merch! Order (mostly) anything from the Decibel Store by December 20 at 12 pm EST for delivery in time for Christmas!
Blast Worship: Beaten To Death
December 18, 2018 Gene Meyer
Black metal isn’t all Norway has to offer.
Track Premiere: Vile Apparition – ‘Malevolent Aphantasia’
December 14, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Melbourne-based brutalizers Vile Apparition follow up their Demo:listen-featured demo with an impressively tough full length. Check out this exclusive track premiere for a taste of blood to come . . .
Retrospective: Extreme Napalm Terror’s “Impulse to Destroy”
December 13, 2018 Greg Pratt
Looking back on the strange case of Extreme Napalm Terror and their 1989 album Impulse to Destroy, which may or may not have been a complete joke.
