News

Track Premiere: Dry Socket – “Sorry For Your Loss”

December 21, 2023

If you’ve got one minute and 18 seconds, you’ve got the time for noisemongers Dry Socket to clean out your earholes.

Track Premiere: Exiled Hope – “Over For You”

December 20, 2023

Blackened symphonic solo project Exiled Hope share their next chapter of dark fantasy opera with the new single “Over For You.”

Blast Worship: CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

December 19, 2023

Bug out with CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP‘s batch of 127 new songs in five minutes.

PRE-ORDER NOW: HULDER’s New LP ‘Verses in Oath’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl! (Limited to 150)

December 15, 2023

We have only 150 copies available of Hulder‘s new LP, Verses in Oath, on exclusive Brown inside of Kelly Green vinyl. Don’t blow it.

Blast Worship: Nak’ay

December 15, 2023

Fans of blazing fast grindcore with an actual old school-death metal feel need to board the Nak’ay train to hell immediately.

Video Premiere: Quits – “Bucolica”

December 13, 2023

Denver noise crew Quits deliver a less than bucolic rendering of their hometown.

Track Premiere: Cariosus – “Saturn Returns”

December 13, 2023

Chicago melodic death metal duo Cariosus confront the darkness on their (inter)stellar new single, “Saturn Returns.”

Video Premiere: Amiensus – “Reverie”

December 12, 2023

Proggy black metalers Amiensus unveil out a new song and video, “Reverie” from their forthcoming album, Reclamation, out this coming spring via M-Theory Audio.

SPECTRAL VOICE’s New LP ‘Sparagmos’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl Available for Pre-Order RIGHT NOW!

December 8, 2023

We have only 110 copies available of Spectral Voice‘s new LP, Sparagmos, on exclusive transparent swamp green & opaque bone vinyl. Don’t blow it.

Blast Worship: Deliriant Nerve

December 5, 2023

Hear D.C. deathgrind crushers Deliriant Nerve return with new 10-minute beatdown in Contaminated Conscience.

Slayer’s Debut “Show No Mercy” Turns 40

December 4, 2023

There was once a metal world without Slayer, as hard as that is to imagine. That world changed forever with this album. Show No Mercy is a giant’s first loud footstep.

PERSEKUTOR to Release Exclusive New Track, “Eternal Snowstorm of the Frozen Eye,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

November 29, 2023

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Weds, December 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from black ‘n’ rollers Persekutor.

Blast Worship: Aftersundown

November 29, 2023

Don’t fret, prolific Malaysian grindcore trio Aftersundown have already returned with Onset of Anxiety.

Shotmaker Reissue Showcases ’90s Heavy Hardcore at its Finest

November 28, 2023

Shotmaker‘s discography gets a new lease on life with Solid Brass Records’ extensive A Moment In Time: 1993-1996 triple-LP release.

Track by Track: Demons of Noon – “Death Machine”

November 28, 2023

Venture into Death Machine with New Zealand doom cult Demons of Noon with a track by track deep-dive of the album’s darkest themes.

Album Premiere: Mourn the Light / Ice Howl / High Priest / Archdruid

November 22, 2023

Mourn the Light, Ice Howl, High Priest and Archdruid join forces on a split gleaming with heavy metal sorcery.

Track Premiere: Gaswar – “Terrible Day to Have Eyes”

November 21, 2023

Noise rock royalty Gaswar (Hammerhead, Cows, Melvins) finally unveils a track from their “lost” 1999 album, Girl Vanishes On Way To Jive Bar.

Blast Worship: Feind

November 21, 2023

German grinders Feind hit the ground harder than Zach Wilson walking back to the huddle.

SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2023

November 16, 2023

SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! Don’t click here if you don’t want to see Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2023. Definitely click here if you love typing “NO [INSERT ALBUM HERE]? THIS LIST IS INVALID!”

Album Stream: Litha – ‘Litha’

November 15, 2023

Hear live Mizmor and Hell musician Andrew Black emerge from the darkness via Litha‘s self-titled debut, streaming here ahead of its Friday release.

Blast Worship: Zero Survive

November 14, 2023

Featuring members of Brain Famine, Stagnater and Hallucivore, Boston blasters Zero Survive will scratch your Insect Warfare/early Napalm Death itch.

KILL SCREEN 024: Ben Hutcherson of KHEMMIS Talks the Supermassive Impact of Rediscovering Gaming

November 8, 2023

The doom metal wizard may still be farming his gaming XP, but has already cast a spell on a popular horror franchise.