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Track Premiere: Nathanael Larochette – “Path”
June 21, 2023 Dillon Collins
Hear a track from the multi-versed Musk Ox/The Night Watch guitarist and Agalloch collaborator, Nathanael Larochette, in advance of the release of his new LP, Old Growth.
Full EP Premiere: Rainer Landfermann – ‘Mehr Licht’
June 21, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Legendary ex-Bethlehem/Pavor vocalist Rainer Landfermann returns with more vocal acrobatics on his latest two-track EP.
Track Premiere: Trounce – “The Wheel”
June 21, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Prepare to be trod upon by epically inclined post-black metallers Trounce via their new lyric video for the song “The Wheel.”
Track Premieres: The Mound Builders and Lucifist tag-team split EP “A Mound of Fists”
June 21, 2023 Sean Frasier
The Mound Builders and Lucifist team up for the cassette-only split EP, A Mound of Fists. Listen to an exclusive track from each band.
Full Album Premiere: Korroded – ‘Rudiment Butcher’
June 20, 2023 Gene Meyer
Hear Memphis deathgrind force Korroded deliver a visceral and vital beatdown on their full-length debut LP.
Track Premiere: Radiant Knife – “Slumber”
June 15, 2023 Dillon Collins
Radiant Knife‘s latest mind-numbing single “Slumber” is a cut above any trippy progressive sludge metal you’ve previously hear.
Full EP Stream: Orchid’s Curse’s The Decay Waves a Flag For Eastern Canadian Metal
June 15, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Turn back the clock to the late ’90s/early ’00s with the metallic hardcore and epic bright-eyed sludge of eastern Canada’s Orchid’s Curse.
Track Premiere: Demons – “Sweet Dreams”
June 15, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Norfolk, Virginia punkers Demons expel their… well, you know on new track “Sweet Dreams”
Blast Worship: Blemish
June 14, 2023 Gene Meyer
Hear Garden State grinders Blemish leave a mark via slamming death metal riffs and… xylophone?
Video Premiere: End Reign – “Chasing Divinity”
June 14, 2023 Cody Davis
Check out the video for End Reign‘s “Chasing Divinity” now ahead of the release of their debut album, The Way of All Flesh is Decay, on July 14 through Relapse Records.
Track Premiere: Phantom Horde – “Prince of Death”
June 14, 2023 Sean Frasier
Death Metal phenoms Phantom Horde cast their savage new single “Prince of Death” from the void two days early.
Track Premiere: Precious Blood – “X You Out”
June 13, 2023 Dillon Collins
Precious Blood, Eastern Canada’s ferocious experimental hardcore punk five-piece, drop their highly anticipated debut EP I No Longer Wish For Salvation on June 16, and Decibel is proud to debut their latest vicious single, “X You Out”.
Track Premiere: Nuclear Remains – “Thermobaric Asphyxiation”
June 12, 2023 Dillon Collins
Following up on their lauded 2022’s four-song Radioactive Decomposition demo, brutal and horrific death metal, Nuclear Remains uncork their next atomic bomb with “Thermobaric Asphyxiation”
Full EP Stream: Reaping Flesh – “Abyss of Existence”
June 12, 2023 Emily Bellino
Italian death dealers Reaping Flesh worship at the altar of the Tampa death metal scene on their debut EP.
Track Premiere: Freya (Ft. Jamey Jasta) – “Sense of Doom”
June 7, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Check out the new track from metallic hardcore crushers Freya, “Sense of Doom.” This track is the second single off of the band’s forthcoming record, Fight as One, out June 9 via Upstate Records.
Track by Track: Viral Sun – ‘Viral Sun’
June 7, 2023 Sean Frasier
Noisy sludge punks Viral Sun shed light on each song of their debut record with an exclusive track by track illumination.
Blast Worship: Face Fryer
June 6, 2023 Gene Meyer
Fill up on the greasy hyper-gore-blast grind of Florida men Face Fryer.
Video Premiere: Gutslit – ‘The Killing Joke’
June 5, 2023 Emily Bellino
Gutslit are the only ones laughing at “The Killing Joke” in their new video.
Atheist and Cynic Members Go Deep On The A Piece of Time Podcast
June 5, 2023 Chris Dick
Kelly Shaefer, of Atheist and Till the Dirt, is host of the A Piece of Time Podcast. In Episode 2, Shaefer interviews Cynic‘s Paul Masvidal for two incredible hours. Atheist and Cynic embark on the Focus and Presence tour June 10th in Austin, TX.
Full Album Stream: Isua – “Abandon”
May 31, 2023 Emily Bellino
Stream Abandon, the new album by Australian post-metal force Isua.
Track Premiere: Vile Ritual – “Aimless”
May 31, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Vile Ritual debuted a new song, “Aimless,” from their forthcoming album Caverns of Occultic Hatred, out June 16 via Sentient Ruin. Stream the track with us first.
Album Premiere: Saint Karloff – ‘Paleolithic War Crimes’
May 31, 2023 Sean Frasier
Norwegian doom force Saint Karloff return with Paleolithic War Crimes. Join the Coven of the Ultra-Riff and listen to the full album early.
EP Premiere: To Descend – ‘Mindless Birth’
May 30, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
The ever-prolific Rogga Johansson returns with — wait for it — more death metal, this time in the form of a new EP from To Descend. Hear it here.
UNDER ATTACK Stream Exclusive New EP, ‘Bastards F*ucking Bastards,’ via the Decibel Flexi Series!
May 30, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Under Attack flexi disc EP, featuring three brand new face-melters, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Track Premiere: Black Rainbows – “Apocalypse March”
May 25, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Doomy psych heroes Black Rainbows return with their eighth album, Superskull, out June 9 via Heavy Psych Sounds. Get a taste of it with the single “Apocalypse March.”
Track Premiere: DeathCollector – “Death’s Toll”
May 25, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear a new track from DeathCollector, the band featuring former Bolt Thrower and Memoriam drummer Andrew Whale and Ashen Crown frontman Kieran Scott, then hear from them about it!
Video Premiere: Vicious Blade – “Speed Leather and Hell”
May 24, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Ready for some killer crossover thrash? We got Yins covered with the new video from Pittsburgh’s best kept metallic secret Vicious Blade.
Album Premiere: Inherus – ‘Beholden’
May 24, 2023 Sean Frasier
New York doom metal dirgists Inherus arrive with the power of a seasonal change. Listen to their stirring debut Beholden now.
Blast Worship: Shitstorm
May 23, 2023 Gene Meyer
Batten down the hatches for Shitstorm, the Miami grind machine featuring members of Decibel faves Torche.