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Discerning extreme music fans won’t be able to fully immerse themselves into the brilliant madness of Beast of Light — the third ethereal, proggy blackened death metal opus from Philly purveyors of auditory esotericism Surgeon — until the end of August, but Decibel has the exclusive premiere of the band’s video for “Forest of Ghosts” today. 

Australian incendiaries Denouncement Pyre like their dying stars the same color as their metal: BLACK.

The new Toothgrinder video boasts all the excitement of a dentist’s office, but the song is pretty good! 

Boston’s Panzerbastard new EP sounds exactly like you think it will sound. And that sound is Motörhead. So, that sound is very good. 

Brutal death metallers Unmerciful premiere their opus eponymous. 

Hear the first new SubRosa recording in three years. It’s the latest release in the Decibel Flexi Series.

Old-school death metal from down under with AC/DC puns: What is not to love about Sewercide? 

Anti-religion, Drugs, Life, Death. Ain’t no party like a Fistula track debut. 

“Irreversible damage inflicted” via this video debut from sludge crushers –(16)-.

Atlanta-based dark metal conspirators Cloak comb the blackest shadows of rock ‘n’ roll on the opening track off their eponymous EP.

Smash that play button and get demolecularized by “Dead Space” from Detroit’s mutated thrashers, Nuke. 

A pair of underground faves cover a pair of underground legends. Hear it here.

Get yourself some Black Fucking Cancer with an exclusive track premiere and an in-depth interview with the band.  

Temple Nightside welcome you to their “Fortress of Burden and Distress.” 

The Oakland duo gets up in your guts with a slithering track off their new album Deathroll.

Take a little trip with “Eulogy” from the much anticipated debut LP from Shataan. 

Man-up with a new black metal burner from Norwegians Mistur.

Meet New England’s Conclave, who probably don’t have a baseball jersey merch design. 

Close out this week with your palms skyward via new trad metal from Canada’s Spell.

Death/doom from Finland inspired by 19th century tyrants? Vainaja and Decibel have got you covered.

Mos Generator are a well-dressed band. 

Black metal duo Inquisition deliver first new song in nearly three years, and Decibel‘s got it.

Minneapolis’ El-Ahrairah find a new warren at the Greek tape label Underground Soundscapes, release self-titled full length tape.

Deceptionist (which autocorrects to “Receptionist”) answers Italy’s call more for technical death metal. 

I Love the Mid-’90s. If you have a similar soft spot for “metallic hardcore” don’t sleep on Eternal Sleep.  

Honky addition from Texas-sized supergroup.

It’s raining threes for French psych doomsters Mars Red Sky.

Philip H Anselmo returns with black metal supergroup Scour. 

Maiden/Priest + Chris Barnes?
Yes. 

Home is where the (broken) heart is for Canadian black metallers.