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Full Album Stream: Karmanjaka – “Gates of Muspel”
February 10, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the folk-inspired third album, inspired by the Poetic Edda, from progressive Swedish black metal quintet Karmanjaka.
Imperial Triumphant Premiere Exclusive Single, “Black Psychedelia (Redux),” Via the Decibel Flexi Series
February 10, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Imperial Triumphant flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Full EP Premiere: Ceremonial Decay – ‘The Crescent and the Cross’
February 10, 2022 Albert Mudrian
Hear current and former members of Stygian Crown, Morgion, Exhausted Prayer, Witchaven get their NWOSDM on in Ceremonial Decay.
Full Album Stream: Backslider – “Psychic Rot”
February 9, 2022 Emily Bellino
Keep on rotting in the free world with a full album stream from Philly metallic punks Backslider.
Video Premiere: Ritual Earth – “Free From My Vessel”
February 8, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Philly psych doom quartet Ritual Earth channel some serious early ’90s Seattle and Kyuss vibes on this drop-tuned grinder.
Blast Worship – Syntax
February 8, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Los Angeles’ Syntax create well-formed songs in the language of grindcore.
Video Premiere: Sum of R – “Crown of Diseased”
February 7, 2022 Brad Sanders
Watch the first video and single from Sum of R‘s harrowingly heavy and delicately beautiful new LP Lahbryce.
Exclusive Track Premiere: Dawnrider – “The Final Call”
February 3, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Portuguese vets Dawnrider channel a classic doom vibe on this bleak new track from their fourth album.
Here Are 40 Great Metal Albums You May Have Missed in 2021
February 3, 2022 Joseph Schafer
Because we’re barely even a full month into 2022 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 40 more from 2021 to chew on.
Album Premiere: Deliriant Nerve – ‘Uncontrollable Ascension’
February 1, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear D.C. deathgrind crushers Deliriant Nerve before the release of their nine-track grind tornado Uncontrollable Ascension.
Liberteer’s Unsung Grind Classic ‘Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees ‘ Turns 10
February 1, 2022 Daniel Lake
Decibel celebrates the 10th anniversary of Liberteer‘s Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees with Matt Widener, the man behind this eclectic grind masterpiece.
Track Premiere: Abraham – “Blood Moon, New Alliance”
January 31, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear a new track from post-metal powerhouse Abraham in advance of their new full-length, Débris de Mondes Perdus, set for release February 25.
Listen: Krallice Release Eleventh Full-Length, ‘Crystalline Exhaustion’
January 31, 2022 Emily Bellino
USBM staples Krallice release 11th studio album, Crystalline Exhaustion.
Full Album Premiere: Deathless Void ‘Deathless Void’
January 31, 2022 Chris Dick
Dutch black metal iconoclasts Deathless Void fuse apocalypse cold and dread on their self-titled debut EP. Streaming in terror!
Video Premiere: Foreign Hands – “Separation Souvenir”
January 28, 2022 Bradley Zorgdrager
Hear metalcore crushers Foreign Hands take the genre back to its halcyon days of 20 years ago on “Separation Souvenir.”
Track Premiere: Getting Heshy with Tantivy’s “Worthy Foe”
January 27, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The new single from rockin’ thrashers Tantivy is certainly worthy of your attention!
Enforced Premiere New Single, “Casket,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 25, 2022 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this Enforced flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Blast Worship – Full Body Punishment
January 25, 2022 Gene Meyer
In which we wonder aloud, way can’t every one-person grind project be as good as Full Body Punishment?
Watch: Trivium’s Matt Heafy Features Emperor’s Ihsahn on New Black Metal Song
January 24, 2022 Emily Bellino
Trivium frontman teams up with Emperor legend in Ibaraki.
Full Album Premiere: AngelBlast ‘Throne of Ashes’
January 24, 2022 Chris Dick
Newly formed Swedish/Canadian death metallers AngelBlast stream new EP “Throne of Ashes”. Death is just the beginning…
Video Premiere: Andorkappen – “Failed Prophecies”
January 21, 2022 J. Bennett
View the results of Harassor drummer Sandor G. Finta’s unlikely union with famed ’80s/’90s metal video director Eric Zimmerman for Finta’s Andorkappen project.
Full EP Stream: Escarnium – “Through the Depths of the 12th Gate”
January 19, 2022 Emily Bellino
Brazilian death dealers Escarnium reveal their first new music in 6 years.
Track Premiere: Kenn Nardi — “Masquerade”
January 19, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Anacrusis frontman Kenn Nardi lets his progressive thrash roots show on the epic new solo track “Masquerade.”
Track Premiere: Kontusion – “Rotting With Sickness”
January 18, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear new death metal duo, Kontusion, get primitive, ugly and violent on their raw new self-released EP.
Blast Worship: Expression of Pain
January 18, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Canadian grinders Expression of Pain blast on in memory of fallen drummer Graham Green on their self-titled release.
Track Premiere: Dischordia – ‘Minds of Dust’
January 17, 2022 Emily Bellino
We have “Minds of Dust” after hearing this new song from USDM trio Dischordia.
Track Premiere: Inerth -“Resilience In”
January 17, 2022 Chris Dick
Spain-based modern metal quintet Inerth lay down ultra-heavy grooves on new track, “Resilience In.” FFO: Godflesh, Napalm Death, Neurosis.
Track Premiere: Preamp Disaster – “Above the Bloodline”
January 13, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the hypnotic power of Swiss post-metal quartet Preamp Disaster‘s psychedelic doom on “Above the Bloodline.”
Video Premiere: Abhoria – ‘Sunless’
January 13, 2022 Emily Bellino
Abhoria share the video for “Sunless,” the closing track from their eponymous debut album.
Video Premiere: Night Cobra – “The Neuromancer’s Curse”
January 13, 2022 Brad Sanders
Check out the NES-style 8-bit animation of Night Cobra‘s music video “The Neuromacers Curse.”