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Full Stream: Impure’s “Transfixed in Limbo”
March 23, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Get “Transfixed in Limbo” with this stream of the new 7” from US devastators Impure.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Jeff Irwin of Will Haven
March 22, 2018 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of Will Haven‘s new album, Muerte, we wrangled up guitarist Jeff Irwin to talk about the five heavy albums that changed his life.
Track Premiere: Hands of Despair – “Body and Souls”
March 22, 2018 Daniel Lake
Next month, you can descend fully into the Well of the Disquieted, but for now, why don’t you just test the waters of Hands of Despair‘s new album.
Q&A and Track Premiere: Leila Abdul-Rauf on “Diminution”
March 16, 2018 Justin Norton
Leila Abdul-Rauf is well known to Decibel readers for her exemplary work with bands including Vastum, Cardinal Wyrm, Hammers Of Misfortune and others. The multi-instrumentalist is also busy composing her own music, which often veers in unpredictable directions. Her upcoming album Diminution, the followup to the 2015 release Insomnia, draws on Abdul-Rauf’s feelings about the collapse of the…
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.
Iranian metal band Confess give update on whereabouts, safety
March 15, 2018 Greg Pratt
Confess vocalist/guitarist Nikan (Siyanor) Khosravi is in hiding in Turkey after the band was charged and put on death row in Iran; we caught up with him to get an update.
Q&A: Black Salvation’s Paul Schlesier, Birger Schwidop & Uno Bruniusson Issue A Jaw Dropper
March 12, 2018 Chris Dick
Germany-based psych-doom purveyors Black Salvation blow minds on new album, Uncertainty is Bliss.
Q&A: Sinistro’s Patrícia Andrade Talks Lisbon & Doom Metal
March 5, 2018 Chris Dick
Portugal-based doom metallers Sinistro take on the avant-garde with their filmic new LP, Sangue Cassia.
Track Premiere: Tunguska Mammoth – “Kings and Queens”
March 1, 2018 Daniel Lake
Fans of heavily medicated prehistoric fauna, today’s your lucky day.
Interview: Septic Tank’s Lee Dorrian on How Music Shaped Him
March 1, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Lee Dorrian discusses his band Septic Tank and the impact hardcore punk had on his life.
Piece by Piece: Examining the Practice of Merch Cuts
February 28, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Sketchy business practice or a necessary evil? Decibel examines the practice of merch cuts in extreme metal.
Q&A: Deathwhite Extols The Virtues Of Anonymity & Katatonia
February 26, 2018 Chris Dick
Pittsburgh-based dark metallers Deathwhite talk new album, “For a Black Tomorrow.”
Full Album Stream: Usurpress “Interregnum”
February 22, 2018 Chris Dick
Swedish death metal kings Usurpress bestow the strange and the heavy on new album, Interregnum.
Full Album Stream: Avslut “Deceptis”
February 21, 2018 Chris Dick
Swedish black metal upstarts Avslut issue dire warning on new album, “Deceptis.”
Track Premiere: Nocturnal Graves ‘Ecdysis, Shedding Weak Flesh’
February 21, 2018 Chris Dick
Australian blackened war machine Nocturnal Graves fires off an unholy bullet with new song “Ecdysis, Shedding Weak Flesh.”
Q&A: Erdve’s Vaidotas & Kristijonas Reflect On Happiness
February 19, 2018 Chris Dick
Lithuanian post-metallers Erdve are heavy on introspection (and riff) on new album, Vaitojimas.
The Sounds of Perseverance: An Interview with Taken’s Ray Harkins
February 15, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
An interview with Taken vocalist and issue #162 Reader of the Month, Ray Harkins
Paradise Lost’s ‘Icon’ Is Inducted Into the Decibel Hall of Fame
February 14, 2018 Albert Mudrian
British doom legends Paradise Lost return to the Decibel Hall of Fame for the first time in 13 years.
Track Premiere: Totengott ‘Satan Beside You’
February 12, 2018 Chris Dick
Spain’s Totengott invoke Celtic Frost on new song “Satan Beside You.”
Q&A: Hällas’ Tommy Alexandersson, Kasper Eriksson, Nicklas Malmqvist, and Marcus Pettersson Talk The Future Past
February 5, 2018 Chris Dick
Swedish progressive rock upstarts Hällas tell tall tales of high adventure.
Split LP Stream: My Minds Mine and Sick of Stupidity
February 1, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Time to listen to some killer Dutch born and bred grind.
Track Premiere: Lychgate ‘Remembrance’
January 31, 2018 Chris Dick
Avant-garde black metallers Lychgate destroy boundaries on new song, “Remembrance.”
Q&A: Chaos Moon’s Alex Poole, Eric Baker, and Steven Blackburn Get Metaphysical
January 22, 2018 Chris Dick
American black metal sensation Chaos Moon talk the realities of Eschaton Mémoire.
Video Premiere: God Complex Stirs Dark Memories with “Insignificant”
January 18, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch a new video from the explosive God Complex.
Enemy Soil Discuss Reunion, Maryland Deathfest, New Music and Politics
January 16, 2018 Gene Meyer
Enemy Soil‘s Richard Johnson on the band’s upcoming reunion shows, the possibility of new music and political lyrics in grindcore.
Label Spotlight: Heavy Psych Sounds
January 15, 2018 Emily Bellino
Get lost in space with Italian purveyors of all things psychedelic Heavy Psych Sounds.
Q&A: Iniquity’s Martin Rosendahl Invokes Old Ghosts
January 15, 2018 Chris Dick
Iniquity’s Martin Rosendahl Revisits Serenadium and confirms reunions are dead.
Celebrating the Norse Identity: An Interview with Ivar Bjørnson
January 11, 2018 Emily Bellino
Enslaved‘s Ivar Bjørnson on ByNorse Music, plus what fans can expect on the upcoming Decibel Magazine Tour.
Q&A: Dan Terminus Talks Gear And Influences
January 8, 2018 Chris Dick
French synthwave specialist Dan Terminus talks gear, popularity, and new album Automated Refrains.
