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Video Premiere: Cultic – ‘Nomad’
August 4, 2025 Emily Bellino
Cultic embrace the thrills of battle and high fantasy on newest offering “The Nomad.”
Video Premiere: Undead – “This Side of the Grave”
August 1, 2025 J. Andrew
WATCH: Death dealers Undead wake up on the right side of the grave.
Album Premiere: Victim of Fire – ‘The Old Lie’
July 31, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear The Old Lie, the debut from Denver-based blackened crusties Victim of Fire before its release on August 1.
KONTUSION Stream New Song, “Insatiable Lust for Death,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
July 30, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from deathgrind duo Kontusion before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
Track Premiere: Birth and Loss – “Birth and Loss”
July 30, 2025 Tim Mudd
Grind legend Takafumi Matsubara (Gridlink, Mortalized) returns with a vengeance in his latest forward-thinking project, Birth and Loss.
Video Premiere: Morgue Terror – ‘Cryptid Skin’
July 28, 2025 Emily Bellino
Horror-themed death dealers Morgue Terror showcase their style in a new music video.
Track Premiere: Aleister Cowboy – “Liquefied Bodies Scraped From A Tub”
July 24, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Denver weirdo beatdown band Aleister Cowboy are back with their third EP, Neolithic Blood Rites, out August 22 You can hear the debut track from the EP, “Liquefied Bodies Scarped From a Tub,” with us first.
Full Album Stream: Red Brick – “Thrown”
July 22, 2025 Emily Bellino
Get mad as hell with sludge duo Red Brick.
Full EP Stream: Frusen Sorg – “Jag Springer Med Avbrutna Ben”
July 21, 2025 Emily Bellino
Swedish duo Frusen Sorg rip through eight minutes of blackened crust punk on their new EP.
Album Premiere: Eternal Darkness – ‘Eternal Darkness’
July 16, 2025 Tim Mudd
Swedish death/doom legends Eternal Darkness have returned from the grave only to immediately crawl back in. Hear their self-titled final bow now.
Track Premiere: Crypt Monarch – ‘Terror From Above’
July 14, 2025 Emily Bellino
Get crushed by Costa Rican stoner-doom trio Crypt Monarch.
Album Premiere: Glacier Expand Their Post-Metal Universe with More Distant/More Violent
July 9, 2025 Tim Mudd
Boston post-metal architects Glacier return with More Distant/More Violent—a blistering, industrial-tinged companion piece to last year’s A Distant, Violent Shudder.
Full Album Stream: Viogression – “Thaumaturgic Veil”
July 8, 2025 Emily Bellino
Midwest OSDM crew Viogression riff and think hard on their latest album.
Video Premiere: Azure Emote – “Bleed With the Moon”
July 8, 2025 J. Andrew
Avant-garde death metal masters in Azure Emote return after a five-year absence to present us with a new world of towering drama and darkness. Get a taste.
You Should Listen to Blood Monolith
July 7, 2025 Emily Bellino
Revisit (or listen for the first time) Blood Monolith‘s debut album.
Video Premiere: Famous Strangers – “l.S.C.”
June 26, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Get to know melodic, classic Canadian metallers Famous Strangers through their new song/video “L.S.C.”
Exclusive Clip Premiere: Wired for Chaos – The Untamed Life of Harley Flanagan
June 26, 2025 Tim Mudd
Check out a new clip from Wired for Chaos, the new feature-length documentary on legendary Cro-Mags frontman Harley Flanagan from Emmy- and Peabody Award-winner Rex Miller.
Track Premiere: Compulsed – ‘Desolate Imprint’
June 24, 2025 Emily Bellino
Hear the latest single from Jersey brutal death maniacs Compulsed.
Track Premiere: Bright Sunshine – ‘Year End Goals’
June 23, 2025 Emily Bellino
Hit those metrics with Arizona noise rockers Bright Sunshine.
Hear MOTÖRHEAD’s Exclusive Live Single from 1987 Via the Decibel Flexi Series!
June 20, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from legends Motörhead’s before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
Album Premiere: Deciduous Forest – “Fields of Yore”
June 19, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Fields of Yore by Deciduous Forest, the solo project of Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer Snjór, is out June 23 via Gutter Prince Cabal. You can hear the record in advance thanks to Decibel!
Video Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Sleep to Die”
June 19, 2025 J. Andrew
The rhythm punches, the vocals rip, and the riffs crunch! Check out the new song and video from Norway’s Phantom Fire!
Track Premiere: Phantom Heir – ‘The Tyrants’
June 17, 2025 Emily Bellino
Philly post-metal crew Phantom Heir drop a new song.
Track Premiere: When the Deadbolt Breaks – ‘Burning Zozobra’
June 16, 2025 Emily Bellino
Avant-sludge outfit When the Deadbolt Breaks celebrate their 20th anniversary by getting weird.
Video Premiere: Harvested – “Harvested”
June 12, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Reap what Canadian death crew Harvested have sown with the new video from their forthcoming album Dysthymia, out August 1.
Track Premiere: Sadistic Force – ‘Strike After Strike’
June 10, 2025 Emily Bellino
Sadistic Force worship speed and Satan on their new offering.
Video Premiere: Castle Rat – ‘Wizard’
June 10, 2025 Emily Bellino
Sink your teeth into a cinematic new video from fantasy-doom champions Castle Rat.
Blast Worship: Hacked Apart
June 10, 2025 Gene Meyer
Allow British Colombia blast battalion Hacked Apart to ping their way into your hearts.
Full Album Stream: Bocc – “Obrint El Taüt”
June 9, 2025 Emily Bellino
Get caught up on Spanish death/doom dealers Bocc with this new compilation release.
Track Premiere: Lacabra – “Nothing”
June 5, 2025 Tim Mudd
Seattle’s Lacabra don’t pull any punches with new track and video for “Nothing”—a dizzying descent into addiction, disillusionment, and identity collapse, rendered with savage clarity.