Streaming
Video Premiere: Mo’ynoq – “Throes of Ardent Disposition”
October 12, 2022 Sean Frasier
Confront the darkness with Raleigh black metal cult Mo’ynoq in their new music for “Throes of Ardent Disposition.”
Album Premiere: Catalyst – ‘A Different Painting For A New World’
October 10, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Catalyst offer a new portrait of French technical death metal on A Different Painting For A New World.
Track Premiere: Deathsiege – ‘At the Ruins of Legacy’
October 10, 2022 Emily Bellino
Deathsiege are “At the Ruins of Legacy” on new song.
Track Premiere: Persekutor – “Brain Freeze”
October 6, 2022 Brad Sanders
Grab your hoodie as L.A.-based, Romania-bred black ‘n’ rollers Persekutor return with their first chilly new track since 2020’s Permanent Winter LP.
Video Premiere: The Darling Fire – “Rituals”
October 5, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Post hardcore rockers The Darling Fire hit us today with a gloomy, moody new video for the track “Rituals,” from their latest album Distortions, out now via Iodine Recordings.
Exhumed Premiere Exclusive New Track, “Sick at Heart,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
October 5, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Exhumed disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Album Premiere: Ritual Dictates – ‘No Great Loss’
October 5, 2022 Sean Frasier
Justin Hagberg (3 Inches of Blood) and Ash Pearson (Revocation) return with their genre-demolishing side project Ritual Dictates.
Blast Worship: Another Way
October 4, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hungarian grind force Another Way aren’t playing games on self-released ripper Csillagok Kutyalancon.
Track Premiere: Black Anvil – ’29’
October 4, 2022 Emily Bellino
Black metal and beer from NYC’s Black Anvil.
Track Premiere: Judicator – ‘Ursa Major’
October 3, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
We invite you to pass judgement on the soaring new track from west coast power metal heathens Judicator streaming here now!
Track Premiere: Punitive Damage – “Bottom Feeder”
October 3, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Kick off your work week with some snotty, punk-tinged, classic hardcore from Punitive Damage in the form of their new single, “Bottom Feeder.”
Track Premiere: Ekstasis – “Magmatic Decimation”
September 28, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
If you’re searching for classic death metal with a side of melody — and we know you are — look no further than “Magmatic Decimation,” the new track from Ekstasis.
Album Premiere: Autophagy – ‘Bacteriophage’
September 28, 2022 Sean Frasier
Portland death crust abominations Autophagy emerge from the dawn of an endless plague with their viciously good debut LP, Bacteriophage.
Blast Worship: Ape Unit
September 27, 2022 Gene Meyer
The sounds of the animal kingdom are loud enough, fast enough for Italian grinders Ape Unit.
Streaming EP: Dirty Vicar – ‘Cursed Illumination’
September 26, 2022 Justin Norton
Neckbeards, vest-wearers, misfits, outsiders, bangers, loners, and English leather masters: your soundtrack has arrived. Stream Dirty Vicar‘s Cursed Illumination EP now.
Full Album Stream: The Lovecraft Sextet – “Miserere”
September 26, 2022 Emily Bellino
Darkjazz awaits on The Lovecraft Sextet’s new album, Miserere.
Track Premiere: Visceral – ‘Upborne with Indefatigable Wings’
September 26, 2022 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from death metal upstarts Visceral featuring members of Gaerea, Nightbringer and Enthroned.
Cinemartyr Aren’t Afraid to Step on Hallowed Ground
September 23, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out chameleonic New York band Cinemartyr‘s cover of Swans’ “New Mind”!
Video Premiere: Euphrosyne – “Sister of Violence”
September 22, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Violence is relative to Greek post black metallers Euphrosyne in their debut video.
Track Premiere: ORM – “Floden, som kan skabe”
September 22, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
ORM are back with more epic black metal in the form of their third album, Intet • Altet, out September 30 via Indisciplinarian. Check out their latest track, “Floden, som kan skabe.”
Video Premiere: Lotus Thrones – “Meridian”
September 21, 2022 Neill Jameson
“Solaris” completes this era of Heath Rave’s Lotus Thrones, alongside its three other seasonal companions: “Autumnal,” “Hibernal” and “Vernal,” a fine way to end the summer.
Video Premiere: S.I.D. – ‘City of Chemistry’
September 21, 2022 Sean Frasier
Italian doom/sludge trio S.I.D. declare war on warfare with the music video for their EP’s title track, “City of Chemistry.”
Blast Worship: Shitstormtrooper
September 20, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Houston grind force Shitstormtrooper blast an imperial combo powerviolence, grind and big capital “R” riffs.
Video Premiere: Ground – ‘Indurated Juvenescence’
September 19, 2022 Emily Bellino
Ground take on mental health with candor and blast beats.
Track Premiere: Exordium Mors “Flesh of the Heathen”
September 19, 2022 Chris Dick
New Zealand-based black thrash outfit Exordium Mors challenge cowards on explosive new track “Flesh of the Heathen.”
Full Album Premiere: Mortuous – ‘Upon Desolation’
September 15, 2022 Brad Sanders
Hear Bay Area death crew Mortuous deliver a death metal album-of-the-year contender a day before its official release.
Full Album Stream: Kill Division – “Peace Through Tyranny”
September 14, 2022 Emily Bellino
Dive into old-school grind from members of Megadeth, Gruesome, Venom Inc., ex-Soilwork and more!
Album Premiere: Assimilator – ‘Assimilator’
September 14, 2022 Sean Frasier
Indiana’s Assimilator create a Hell of their own design on the band’s self-titled debut of thrashing melodeath.
Pre-Order MORBIKON’s Debut LP, ‘Ov Mournful Twilight’ & Hear a New Song RIGHT NOW!
September 13, 2022 Decibel Magazine
We got 100 copies of Morbikon‘s debut LP on Black & Silver split colored vinyl, which is accompanied by an exclusive Pull The Plug Morbikon patch that you can’t get anywhere else!
Blast Worship: Konflicts
September 13, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Indian grinders Konflicts blur geographic and sonic grindcore boundaries.
