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TRACK PREMIERE: HEAR MRTVI CHANNEL THE ABYSS ON “NEGATIVE ATONAL DISSONANCE”

July 5, 2017

The UK/Serbian MRTVI describes itself as a “one-man black metal project concerned with exploring the negative dissonance and atonality of the aural and emotional spectrum,” secured the Facebook URL “/sustainedthroughdeath,” and has whittled its about section to a single Tolstoy quote: “I could not even wish to know the truth, for I guess of what it consisted. The truth was that life is meaningless” — which is a pretty steep goddamn self-created mountain of malcontent to scale. And yet “Negative Atonal Dissonance” — the long, dark sonic journey streamed exclusively below from the album of the same name out July 30 via Transcending Obscurity — manages to accomplish just that.  

Track Premiere: Barbaric Horde unleash “Bestial Offensor”

July 5, 2017

Check out this exclusive premiere of “Bestial Offensor” from Tainted Impurity, the second tape of blackened death warfare from Portugal’s gasmasked terror squad Barbaric Horde.

TRACK PREMIERE: GET YOURSELF SOME BRAND NEW OLDE

June 28, 2017

Three years after unleashing a self-titled debut that turned many a (metal)head — including a spot on Decibel‘s Best Bandcamp Finds of 2014 list — Toronto doom rockers Olde are set to return August 11 with the STB Records release Temple, on which the quintet’s already solid fantastically heavy, catchy-as-hell take on the ol’ crush n’ fuzz continues to evolve and deepen. 

Track Premiere: Verthebral launch “Without Any God”

June 27, 2017

We know you need obscure and far-out death metal, so get ready to lose your shit over Paraguay’s Verthebral. We’ve got the exclusive premiere of their new track “Without Any God” from their upcoming debut album, Regeneration.  

Track Premiere: Paralysis – ‘Life Sentence’

June 26, 2017

Stream the title track from crossover thrashers Paralysis’ first full-length record, Life Sentence.

Album Premiere: Ordem Satanica – ‘Monte da Lua’

June 23, 2017

Hypnotic flames crackle and beckon on Ordem Satanica’s Monte de Lua. Check out the Portuguese cult’s debut in full with this exclusive premiere.

Track Premiere: Wren’s Prog Sludge/Noise Rock

June 22, 2017

Progressive sludge/noise rock with comparisons to Neurosis, Old Man Gloom and Amenra? I’m sold!

FULL ALBUM STREAM: HEAVEN IN HER ARMS “WHITE HALO”

June 21, 2017

White Halo — the seven-years-in-the-making third full-length from Tokyo quintet Heaven in Her Arms — is a fierce and lush amalgamation of post-metal atmospherics, classic screamo, black metal, prog rock, and trad metal sure to trigger metalgaze haters even as it subverts and expands the boundaries of that sub-subgenre. 

Track Premiere: Temple Of Void bestow upon us “The Gift”

June 20, 2017

We’ve still got a solid month and then some to get through before Temple Of Void’s gargantuan sophomore album Lords of Death is unleashed upon a fully suspecting, but nevertheless unprepared world. Lucky for you, we’ve procured an exclusive premiere of “The Gift.” Trust us: You won’t want to be taken unawares by Lords of Death.

Video Premiere: The Soundbyte – ‘Solitary’

June 19, 2017

Watch a new video from The Soundbyte, featuring former The Third and the Mortal guitarist Trond Engum.

Track Premiere: Wildspeaker – ‘Renewal’

June 19, 2017

Stream “Renewal,” the closing track on Wildspeaker‘s second album, Spreading Adder. 

Venom Inc. Release New Track “Dein Fleisch” Via Decibel Flexi Series

June 15, 2017

Venom Inc., the new band featuring founding Venom members Jeff “Mantas” Dunn and Anthony “Abaddon” Bray along with former Venom bassist/vocalist Tony Dolan, are the latest addition to the Decibel Flexi Series.