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Can we at least agree that the record’s title, Hyperakusi (a Swedish word defined as “hypersensitivity to everyday sounds”) hits the nail on the head?

Horseneck marry sludge and post-hardcore with a host of other sounds to craft their memorable first record, Heavy Trip. 

Earth Electric may be newcomers to the scene but they deliver quality hard rock.

Hyborian‘s first record will tell the story of an intergalactic traveller. You can hear the first part of the tale now. 

UK misery conduits Grim Ravine bring the doom and the sludge on The Light is From Below.

Losing a loved one can rearrange one’s whole world, an idea Woe are forced to grapple with on “The Ones We Lost.” 

You may not realize your life is missing triumphant Irish death metal until you hear Apostate Viaticum, the latest band to join the inimitable Invictus Productions roster. Hail this exclusive premiere of “Moloch the Sanguinary,” from their debut album Before the Gates of Gomorrah.

Moloch‘s out of print black metal album Verwüstung will be rereleased in a remastered for vinyl format by Argento Records. Hear the improved songs now.

Cold Fell embody a desolate and violent spirit inspired by the part of Northern England which they call home on “Bone Ceiling.”

Death metal legends Obituary join the Decibel Flexi Series. Ultra-limited quantities available, so act fast! 

Henry Kane, the solo project of Wombbath’s Jonny Pettersson, bombard the listener with crust-influenced death metal.

Shade Empire have revealed the first song from their upcoming album, which remains nameless, accompanied by a powerful and cold music video.

Damnations Day play to their strengths (big choruses, guitar solos, soaring vocals) on their latest single. 

Condemned faced a number of lineup changes, but His Divine Shadow has a fuller, more improved sound that can be heard on songs like “Legion.”

In the Company of Serpents explore their softer side while also delving deeper into their heavy side on the first single from their full-length. 

Cranial Engorgement have created a monster of a brutal death metal album with Horrific Existence.

Oozepus (members of Coffins and Linekraft) craft noisy death-doom on “Farmers,” from their upcoming debut EP, Your Limit. 

Australian experimental death/industrial amalgamation Miserist is primed to unleash calculated and cold destruction with their self-titled debut.

Hellkeeper aren’t holding back on their debut album if “Drown” is any indicator.

Pestifer‘s debut album, Execration Diatribes, rips, shreds and thrashes in all the right places. 

The Obsessed sound fresh and energetic on “Razorwire” as they prepare to release their first full length album in over 20 years. 

An exclusive premiere of “Channeling Forgotten Energies,” off Banished from Time, the new album by Portugal’s staunchly necro entity, Black Cilice.

Fen have refined their brand of atmospheric black metal on the first piece of their latest album, Winter. 

The wait is finally over! Now’s your chance to listen to the first new Venenum song in six years! We’ve got the exclusive premiere of “Cold Threat,” a brand new song from from the Bavarian death metallers’ long overdue debut full length, Trance of Death.

Deathwish continue to “Unleash Hell” with a new music video that precedes an album, also called Unleash Hell. 

Curse of Denial brings original blackened death. 

Xibalba issues an angry, mournful goodbye on the third and final song on their new EP, Diablo, Con Amor… Adios. 

German one-man black metal assault Front Beast goes full Profanatica with “Rape the Corpse of Christ,” from their third full length, Third Scourge from Darkness.

“We’re making sludge through a death metal lens,” Moros drummer Jason Dost tells Decibel. “I can’t say we are a death metal band but the horror and savageness of that early death metal sound influences what we do for sure.” 

Happily, that proves to be a pretty goddamn spot-on self-assessment as one jams this seriously intense, head-turning Moros split with Black Urn  — a straight-up enigmatic-yet-primal nightmare translated into assaultive sound waves.

Bleak, noisy doom is what to expect from Unearthly Trance‘s latest single, “Scythe.”