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Video Premiere: Pants Exploder – “Last Thing He Did Was Lose”
January 15, 2025 Tim Mudd
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Tim Mudd
From the intersection of gallows and grind comes Galgeberg, a death metal trio that delivers the perfect antidote to our modern chaos.
Video Premiere: Ckraft’s ‘Misconstruction of the Universe’ Constructs Battlegrounds and Deconstructs Jazz-Metal
January 9, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The battle between old and new takes a new form in Ckraft‘s new video!
Track by Track: Ex Deo –Year of the Four Emperors EP
January 8, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Tim Mudd
Hear Finnish death metal trio Tormentor Tyrant kick off 2025 with a boot to face via “Torture Divine”
Video Premiere: Haunting the “Temple of Bone” with Haunted Horses
December 26, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Keep spreading that holiday cheer with Haunted Horses’ new video!
Track Premiere: Warlung – “White Light Seeker”
December 19, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Houston doomsayers Warlung run to the light on new single Heavy Psych Sounds single, “White Light Seeker.”
Track Premiere: Necrotech – “Deadly Industries”
December 18, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Brazilian industrial death mongors Necrotech get crusty on new track, “Deadly Industries.”
Full Album Stream: Canis Dirus – ‘By the Grace of Death’
December 18, 2024 Tim Mudd
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Emily Bellino
Examining Godflesh‘s newest release, a reimagined version of 2014’s A World Lit Only by Fires.
Video Premiere: Worlds Colliding with China’s Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship
December 12, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Enjoy possibly the sole purveyors of the sub-genre known as “Anime Slam,” Dehumanizing Itatrain Worship.
Full Album Stream: Lord Sin –Confessions
December 11, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
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 Tim Mudd
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Tim Mudd
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.
Track Premiere: Mutagenic Host – “Artificial Harvest of the Obscene”
December 2, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear UK death demons Mutagenic Host rail against the horrors of unchecked AI on new track, “Artificial Harvest of the Obscene.”
Album Premiere: Thinking About Thrashing with Montreal’s MUTANK
November 28, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take an advance left cross to the chops with MUTANK‘s new full-length!
Book Review: Marty Friedman –Dreaming Japanese
November 27, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Kiwi death grinders Rvkkvs kick up a vicious maelstrom on new nine-song debut, Antithesis of Prosperity.
Track Premiere: Flummox – “Executive Dysfunction”
November 18, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Nashville genre-mashers Flummox get brutally bizarre on new single, “Executive Dysfunction.”
EP Stream: Grinding the Groove with CHÜZO’s M.T.M.D.(Maximum Threshold, Minimum Decay)
November 14, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
There’s a lot to be said about the new EP by Montreal extremists CHUZO
Track Premiere: Graveripper – “Cybernetic Nightmare”
November 13, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Indiana speed metal dealers, Graveripper, issue an apocalyptic warning of the potential “Cybernetic Nightmare” on new new Wise Blood Flexi single.
Full Stream Ahead: Nepenthe – ‘The Fading Promise of Tomorrow’ + ‘Elegies of Loss and Doom’
November 13, 2024 Tim Mudd
Canadian blackened doom upstarts Nepenthe deliver a double-dose of doom with something old, something new.
Full Album Stream: Septaria –Astar
November 11, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
French post-metal dynamists, Septaria, say the quiet part (and loud part) out loud on debut Astar.
Full EP Stream: Seven Kingdoms –The Square
November 6, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Florida power metal quartet Seven Kingdoms play outside the box on new EP The Square.