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Video Premiere: Tunic – ‘Apprehension’

September 10, 2021

Canadian noiserockers Tunic need only a couple minutes to thoroughly assault your senses.

Track Premiere: Confess — “Megalodon”

September 8, 2021

From the depths of Iranian prisons to heavy metal triumph, Confess has paid. their dues — and then some.

Track Premiere: Demiricous – “Terminal Future”

September 8, 2021

Indianapolis thrashers Demiricous return with a lethal vengeance to debut their first new track in nearly 12 years, “Terminal Future.”

Blast Worship: Ranker

September 7, 2021

West Coast powerviolence crew Ranker don’t care about your fantasy football draft.

Full Album Stream: Lvcifyre – “The Broken Seal”

September 7, 2021

Hear The Broken Seal, the London black/death trio’s first full-length since 2014, ahead of its Friday release date on Dark Descent.

Turning 20: The Making of Converge’s “Jane Doe”

September 3, 2021

Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Converge‘s classic, Hall of Fame-inducted Jane Doe before the metallic hardcore legends perform it in its entirety at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA on December 10.

Streaming: Lavaborne’s “Mortal Pride”

September 2, 2021

Hear Indianapolis heavy doom hitters Lavaborne‘s new single in advance of their Wise Blood debut Black Winged Gods, released on October 1st.

Blast Worship: Deterioration

August 31, 2021

Minnesota’s premiere basement unit make their second appearance in Decibel‘s #1 grindcore column.

Track Premiere: Spacebag – “Circadian Nightmare”

August 25, 2021

Hear a new track from super shred collective Spacebag, featuring ex-Rorschach/ex-Kiss it Goodbye drummer Andrew Gormley.

Track Premiere: Super Structure – “Despair“

August 25, 2021

We are calculating the process of Super Structure‘s late ’90s-inspired metallic hardcore/mathcore by just listening.

Album Premiere: Coffin Rites – “Human Erase”

August 25, 2021

Minnesota black/death gravediggers Coffin Rites unleash a brutal eulogy with their apocalyptic new LP, Human Erase.

For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Hooded Menace, Aborted and Trna

August 20, 2021

Our fine feathered fiend digs deep until the underground this week and returns with a mixed bag of worms.

Exclusive CD LONGBOX Edition of EXODUS’s ‘Persona Non Grata’ Available for Pre-Order NOW!

August 20, 2021

You didn’t ask for it; we did it anyway. All hail the rebirth of the longest of boxes. Decibel has all 300 copies of the ultra-limited longbox edition of ExodusPersona Non Grata available for pre-order NOW!

Track Premiere: Inferi – “Vile Genesis”

August 19, 2021

Nashville tech-death warbringers Inferi summon intergalactic menace on the title track of their new LP, Vile Genesis.

Blast Worship: Melting Rot

August 17, 2021

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll hurl when you hear Aurora grinders Melting Rot.

The Way of the “Fuck You Heroes”: Bitter Branches on “Along Came a Bastard”

August 11, 2021

Noisy post-punk/hardcore supergroup Bitter Branches takes a switch to bad cops and inner demons on its latest EP.

Track Premiere: Wharflurch – “Stoned Ape Apocalypse”

August 11, 2021

Death metal slimecrawlers Wharflurch chomp on shrooms of doom in their new single “Stoned Ape Apocalypse.”

Full Album Stream: Imperial Slaughter – ‘…Vile Slobs’

August 10, 2021

Clean up your act and hear all of Texas death dealers Imperial Slaughter‘s new LP, …Vile Slobs, before its release this Friday.

SIEGE of Sacrilege: Robert Williams Goes Avant Death-Pop on “Morning Has Broken”

August 4, 2021

Self-described “extreme musick-devoted freak” Robert Williams has a song in his heart — a throat full of broken glass.

Track Premiere: Atra Haeresis – “The Sacred Games”

August 4, 2021

Black/death misanthropes Atra Haeresis will rip out your beating heart during the lyric video for their new single, “The Sacred Games.”

FULL OF HELL ‘Garden of Burning Apparitions’ Decibel Exclusive Color (Limited to 250) Pre-Order Available!

August 3, 2021

This special Decibel edition of Garden of Burning Apparitions comes on Gold Translucent vinyl housed inside a single sleeve with insert, and is strictly limited to only 250 copies worldwide.

Track Premiere: Inferi – “Simian Hive”

August 3, 2021

Upcoming neck-snapper Vile Genesis isn’t here until September but that doesn’t meant you can’t hear a new track off it from tech death vets Inferni.

Blast Worship: Eastwood

August 3, 2021

International blasters Eastwood will make any grindcore fan’s day.

Undeath To Release New Song, “Diemented Dissection,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

July 30, 2021

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, August 2 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from New York new jack death metallers Undeath.

Video Premiere: Union Black – “Walking In My Shoes”

July 29, 2021

Watch Gruesome drummer Gus Rios step out from behind the kit and front tribute/cover band Union Black with an arresting Depeche Mode cover.