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Track Premiere: Ashen Horde – “The Courtesan”
November 21, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Today, progressive black metal crew Ashen Horde deliver “The Courtesan” from their latest record, Antimony, out January 23 via Transcending Obscurity and Decibel is stoked to fill your earholes with it.
Full Album Stream: Katapult – “Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes”
November 21, 2022 Emily Bellino
‘Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes’ with Swiss-Swedish death-thrash outfit Katapult and their debut album.
VENOMOUS CONCEPT (feat. Shane Embury & Kevin Sharp) Announces New Album, ‘The Good Ship Lollipop’; Drops New Single, “Voices,” via Decibel Records
November 18, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Venomous Concept—the punk band formed by Napalm Death’s Shane Embury and former Brutal Truth vocalist Kevin Sharp—are set to release The Good Ship Lollipop via Decibel Records on Feb 24.
Video Premiere: Narcotic Wasteland – “Victims of the Algorithm”
November 17, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Check out the latest and greatest from ex-Nile frontman Dallas Toler Wade’s Narcotic Wasteland, the new video for “Victims of the Algorithm.”
Video Premiere: Darkened – “Swallowed by the World”
November 17, 2022 Brad Sanders
Watch the new video from Swedish death metal world eaters Darkened or suffer grave consequences.
Track Premiere: The Last Reign – “Sands of Fate”
November 16, 2022 Sean Frasier
Sink into “Sands of Fate,” the killer new single from Buffalo melodeath tyrants The Last Reign. New compilation album out February 24th.
Blast Worship: Extortion
November 15, 2022 Gene Meyer
Australian powerviolence legends Extortion release their first new full-length LP, Seething, in a dozen years.
Full Album Stream: Critical Extravasation – “Order of Decadence”
November 14, 2022 Emily Bellino
Three years after the release of their debut EP, Russian death-thrashers Critical Extravasation are back in action with their debut long player, Order of Decadence.
Full Album Premiere: Witchunter ‘Metal Dream’
November 14, 2022 Chris Dick
Italian new wave heavy metallers Witchunter stream new album Metal Dream (Dying Victims) via Decibel. Power and the Glory!
Full Album Stream: City of Industry – ‘Spiritual West’
November 10, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Seattle trio City of Industry invoke the spirit of dissonant metallic hardcore on their second full-length.
Haavard (ex-Ulver) Talks His Turn to Folkish Black Metal; Stream New LP, ‘Haavard’ Now
November 10, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
Listen to Haavard ahead of its Friday release date and read an interview with the ex-Ulver guitarist the artist here.
Full Split Stream: SOTSWOTW / Cronos Compulsion – “Copulating in the Crypt”
November 10, 2022 Emily Bellino
Denver death dealers run wild on new split.
Track Premiere: Freya – “Thousand Yard Stare”
November 9, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Freya — the hardcore act fronted by longtime Earth Crisis vocalist Karl Buechner — return with “Thousand Yard Stare,” the first track off their 2023 Upstate Records debut, Fight As One.
Track Premiere: Dødsengel – “In the Heart of the World”
November 9, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
Norwegian black metal adventurers Dødsengel return with “In the Heart of the World” the second single from their forthcoming full-length Bab Al On
Video Premiere: Gavran – “Pesak”
November 9, 2022 Sean Frasier
Dutch doom trio Gavran unveil their psychedelic new video for “Pesak.” Sophomore album Indistinct Beacon out December 2nd.
Blast Worship: Sh*tgrinder
November 8, 2022 Gene Meyer
In which the Australia trio Sh*tgrinder blast you to bits.
Lamp of Murmuur Premiere Exclusive New Track, “Beyond the Burning Star of Attrition,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
November 7, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Lamp of Murmuur disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Track Premiere: Sacrilegion ‘Transfixed in Spiral Ambiguity’
November 7, 2022 Chris Dick
Salt Late City’s Sacrilegion creates death metal velvet on new track “Transfixed in Spiral Ambiguity,” off From Which Nightmares Crawl out via Chaos Records.
Video Premiere: Casket Robbery – “Post-Mortem”
November 3, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Wisconsin’s Casket Robbery offer blood and guts death metal in their latest video.
Video Premiere: Varmia – “Oddal”
November 3, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Black/folk metal pagans Varmia unleash “Oddal,” the first of three new songs to be released over the next few months from their forthcoming release, bal Lada, out soon via M-Theory Audio.
EP Stream: The Pandemic Couldn’t Kill Gorgatron’s Work Ethic (or Embryonic Cells)
November 3, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out Gorgatron‘s new EP, video and their Sepultura cover!
Track Premiere: The Howling Void – “Into Darkness Ever More Profound”
November 2, 2022 Sean Frasier
Funeral doom project The Howling Void returns after four years with their new gloomcasting track, “Into Darkness Ever More Profound.”
Blast Worship: Ground
November 1, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear South Jersey blasters Ground pound their way through their first LP in three years, Habitual Self Abuse.
Album Premiere: Houkago Grind Time – “Houkago Grind Time 2”
October 31, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear all of Andrew Lee’s (Ripped to Shreds) second LP from his blasting Houkago Grind Time project.
Re-Buried Choose Death Metal Albums as Horror Movie Soundtracks, Stream “Planetary Obliteration”
October 31, 2022 Emily Bellino
Happy Halloween! Re-Buried (members of Un) debut new song “Planetary Obliteration” and select 10 death metal albums to soundtrack their favorite horror films.
Bad Manor Presents: “The Haunting”
October 31, 2022 J. Andrew
Devotees of the spooky season, rejoice in darkness at the tale in The Manor from the shadowy collective behind Bad Manor.
Video Premiere: DRYAD – “Black Smoke”
October 27, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Crusty underground black metal punishers DRYAD are still a couple months away from releasing their Prosthetic debut, but you don’t have to wait that long to watch their video for “Black Smoke.”
Full EP Premiere: Mulciber – ‘Misery of One’
October 26, 2022 Brad Sanders
Hear Misery of One the new EP from the latest Ohio death metal sensations Mulciber.
Album Premiere: Forlesen – ‘Black Terrain’
October 26, 2022 Sean Frasier
Portland (OR) blackened doom project Forlesen explore heavier realms on their new album, Black Terrain. Features members of Botanist, Lotus Thief, and Kayo Dot.
Video Premiere: Satanic Tea Co. – “Human Tea” (ft. Cryptopsy’s Matt McGachy)
October 25, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Pinkies out for the new Satanic Tea Co. mauler, “Human Tea.”
