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Full Album Stream: Shades of Deep Water – ‘Death’s Threshold’
July 17, 2019 Sean Frasier
Finnish solo funeral doom project Shades of Deep Water crosses Death’s Threshold on their new LP.
Track Premiere: Polemicist – ‘On Redemption’
July 16, 2019 Emily Bellino
Embark on a philosophical journey with Polemicist.
Batushka Grace the Cover of Decibel’s September Issue
July 16, 2019 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the August issue of Decibel, featuring a flexi disc with an exclusive new recording from Exhorder, available now. Don’t blow it.
Blast Worship: Powerviolence Round-Up
July 16, 2019 Gene Meyer
Get to know powerviolence “hopefuls” Sick Shit, Medication Time, Fissure, Hong Kong Fuck You and more.
Track Premiere: Shock Narcotic – ‘Erratic Smearing Vitals’
July 15, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Former and current members of the Dillinger Escape Plan, Child Bite, Shit Life, the Black Dahlia Murder and Battlecross join forces to grind faces.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Wormed, Cherubs and The Holy Circle
July 12, 2019 Blake Harrison
Everyone’s favorite bird-brain keeps things brutal, noisy and downright weird this week.
Psycho Las Vegas Acts Share their Best (And Worst) Gambling Stories
July 11, 2019 Albert Mudrian
With Psycho Las Vegas fast approaching (Aug 16-18, 2019), Decibel tracks down members of Psycho performing acts 1349, Goatwhore, Nothing, Rotting Christ, Lucifer and rolls the dice.
Wreck and Reference Make the Old “In and Out” New Again
July 10, 2019 Andrew Bonazelli
Watch the video for Wreck and Reference‘s latest “single,” “What Goes in and Comes Out.”
Track Premiere: IATT – ‘Arsenic Ways’
July 10, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Philly-based progressive black metallers IATT reveal the first track from their sophomore album, Nomenclature.
Video Premiere & Interview: Møl — “Sundrowned”
July 10, 2019 Shawn Macomber
If you thought you were drowning in sun before, just wait until this new video from Danish blackgaze up-and-comers Møl gets through with you.
Studio Report: Blood Incantation – “Hidden History of the Human Race”
July 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Get the details straight from Blood Incantation guitarist/vocalist Paul Riedl on the new full length, Hidden History of the Human Race.
Blast Worship: Aggressor ID
July 9, 2019 Gene Meyer
Blast Worship declares “life to false grind” for Amish country’s fiercest grinders.
Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Intermezzo and Sculptured
July 8, 2019 Forrest Pitts
And, now, over 2,500 words on Sculptured, the recently-revived prog death project of former Agalloch axeman Don Anderson
Album Review: Abbath – ‘Outstrider’
July 5, 2019 Adrien Begrand
Goodnight Wintermoon – the former Immortal frontman emerges from the cold with album #2.
Full Album Stream: Hexeth – “The Hexeth”
July 5, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Quebec’s Hexeth, the darkest, murkiest force to ever appear on Demo:listen, unleash their debut full length. Check it out now!
Full Album Stream: Tovarish – ‘If The War Comes Tomorrow’
July 3, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Providence, Rhode Island-based experimental/doom metal outfit Tovarish celebrate their 10th anniversary if not America’s 243rd.
Track Premiere and Interview: Japanese Thrash Metallers Gyze Seek to Export “Asian Chaos”
July 3, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Japanese melodic death thrashers Gyze think you’re ready for their brand of “Asian Chaos.” Check out this exclusive premiere to find out.
Track Premiere: Pinto Graham – “Old Man of the Mountain”
July 3, 2019 Sean Frasier
Connecticut-based southern doom rockers Pinto Graham chisel riffs from stone formations on their “Old Man of the Mountain” single.
Blast Worship: Chiens
July 2, 2019 Gene Meyer
French gonzo grinders Chiens will make you late for work.
Track Premiere: Outsider — “Path You’ve Earned”
July 2, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Richmond, Virginia’s Outsider brings the hardcore fury as they drag industrial culture kicking and screaming down the “Path You’ve Earned.”
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Batushka and Abbath
June 28, 2019 Blake Harrison
Still not a Birdzum fan, but Waldo gives black metal some long-overdue love in his pecks of the week.
Full Album Stream: Denial Of God – “The Shapeless Mass”
June 28, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Stream the new Denial Of God mLP and hear the renowned Danish black metallers’ first new material in seven years.
Exhorder to Release Exclusive Live Single Via Decibel Flexi Series
June 28, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Acquire this ultra-rare Exhorder flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new live version of a demo-era track from 1986, via the Decibel Flexi Series. Deadline to subscribe is July 1 at noon EST!
Track Premiere: Rogga Johansson — ‘Giants Walking At Night’
June 26, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Swedish death metal savant Rogga Johansson brings the fury to his eponymous band’s full-length debut — and we’ve got an exclusive salvo for you to sample.
Blast Worship: Entrails Massacre
June 25, 2019 Gene Meyer
Tune into Network of Epic Misery. No, not Fox News, but the latest from German grinders Entrails Massacre.
Fallow Heart: Heavy Meta Part 3 (The Decibel Writer Roundtable)
June 21, 2019 Forrest Pitts
In the latest installment of his Heavy Meta series, Forrest Pitts discusses the mechanics of the heavy metal record review with Decibel contributors Joseph Schafer, Daniel Lake and Adem Tepedelen.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: The Ages
June 20, 2019 Nick Green
The Ages marks the Oregon brewery’s first foray into the world of lambics and they fucking nailed it!
’80s Underground Thrash Assassins Temporary Insanity Climb Out of the Grave for a ‘Final Walk’
June 19, 2019 Shawn Macomber
If you — like virtually everyone else — missed late, great ’80s Boston thrashers Temporary Insanity here’s your chance to catch up.
Abbath Dominates the Cover of the August Decibel
June 19, 2019 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the August issue of Decibel, featuring a flexi disc with a brand new song from Cadaver, available now. Don’t blow it.
Full Album Stream: Vectis – ‘The Executioner’
June 19, 2019 Sean Frasier
Teenage blackened thrashers Vectis keep the riffs sharper than a guillotine blade on their The Executioner demo.