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Video Premiere: Pants Exploder – “Last Thing He Did Was Lose”

January 15, 2025

Brooklyn sludge titans Pants Exploder return with a bone-crushing new track and video, “Last Thing He Did Was Lose.”

Full Album Stream: Axestasy –Withering Tides

January 13, 2025

Hear German power thrashers Axetasy find that Motörhead-meets-Helloween sweet spot on new Dying Victims full-length, Withering Tides.

Track Premiere: Galgeberg – “Epicurean Paradox”

January 9, 2025

From the intersection of gallows and grind comes Galgeberg, a death metal trio that delivers the perfect antidote to our modern chaos.

Track by Track: Ex Deo –Year of the Four Emperors EP

January 8, 2025

Get caught up on your ancient Roman history on Ex Deo’s majestic new symphonic DM EP, Year of the Four Emperors, courtesy of Reigning Phoenix Music.

Track Premiere: Euphrosyne – “Funeral Rites”

January 6, 2025

Hear Greek post-metal quartet Euphrosyne’s intense rumination on, what else, death on new single “Funeral Rites.”

Track Premiere: Tormentor Tyrant – “Torture Divine”

January 2, 2025

Hear Finnish death metal trio Tormentor Tyrant kick off 2025 with a boot to face via “Torture Divine”

Track Premiere: Warlung – “White Light Seeker”

December 19, 2024

Houston doomsayers Warlung run to the light on new single Heavy Psych Sounds single, “White Light Seeker.”

Full Album Stream: Canis Dirus – ‘By the Grace of Death’

December 18, 2024

Hear Bindrune Recordings once again bring black metal’s raw spirit to life with By the Grace of Death, the fourth full-length offering from Minnesota’s atmospheric purveyors Canis Dirus.

Ful Album Stream: Hexenbrett –Dritte Beschwörung: Dem Teufel eine Tochter

December 16, 2024

Hear cinematic German cult Hexenbrett beguile and bewitch on their horror-show second full-length, Dritte Beschwörung: Dem Teufel eine Tochter.

ICYMI: Godflesh Release Remix Album, A World Lit Only By Dub

December 16, 2024

Examining Godflesh‘s newest release, a reimagined version of 2014’s A World Lit Only by Fires.

Full Album Stream: Lord Sin –Confessions

December 11, 2024

Hear Portuguese doom deceivers Lord Sin shake foundations on their second album Confessions.

Track-By-Track: IOTUNN Takes Us Deeper Into the Abyss with ‘Kinship’

December 11, 2024

Danish progressives IOTUNN lead is through their expansive musical journey to new territories with the stunning Kinship.

Video Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Unleeched” (live)

December 9, 2024

Watch Brazilian death thrash trio Claustrofobia unleash “Unleeched” live on stage opening for fellow countrymen Sepultura.

Track Premiere: Light Creates Shadow – “Beauty For Ashes”

December 4, 2024

Portland prog power trio Light Creates Shadows wanna get (meta)physical on their new single, “Beauty For Ashes.”

Album Premiere: Sarcophagum – ‘The Grand Arc of Madness’

December 4, 2024

Decibel is proud to present Sarcophagum‘s full-length debut, The Grand Arc of Madness, streaming in its entirety ahead of its December 6 release via Nuclear Winter.

Book Review: Marty Friedman –Dreaming Japanese

November 27, 2024

Guitarist Marty Friedman’s Megadeth years seem quaint compared to his fame in Japan, as detailed in his new memoir, Dreaming Japanese.

Q&A: Skin Yard Bassist Daniel House Talks About the Band’s Legacy and New Box Set

November 25, 2024

Skin Yard co-founder and bassist Daniel House shares the details of the grunge progenitors’ new deluxe singles box set.

Full Album Stream: Rvkkvs –Antithesis of Prosperity

November 20, 2024

Hear Kiwi death grinders Rvkkvs kick up a vicious maelstrom on new nine-song debut, Antithesis of Prosperity.

Track Premiere: Graveripper – “Cybernetic Nightmare”

November 13, 2024

Hear Indiana speed metal dealers, Graveripper, issue an apocalyptic warning of the potential “Cybernetic Nightmare” on new new Wise Blood Flexi single.

Full Album Stream: Septaria –Astar

November 11, 2024

French post-metal dynamists, Septaria, say the quiet part (and loud part) out loud on debut Astar.