Streaming
Full Album Stream: Dirge – ‘Dirge
March 6, 2023 Emily Bellino
Mumbai’s Dirge stream their sophomore album ahead of its release.
Watch: Circle of Sighs Combine Black Metal, Free Jazz and Avant-Garde Theater in an Insane Live Performance
March 3, 2023 Emily Bellino
Black metal. Free jazz. Mimes.
Track Premiere: Tribe of Pazuzu – ‘The Trial and Prosecution of the Scorned Prophet’ (Feat. Jorgen Sandstrom)
March 2, 2023 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from Tribe of Pazuzu, including Cryptopsy drummer Flo Mounier.
Video Premiere: Gorod – “We Are the Sun Gods”
March 1, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Watch progressive death metal vets Gorod shine bright in the latest video taken from their forthcoming record, The Orb, out March 10.
Track Premiere: Heretic Plague – “Briefcase Full of Cutlery”
March 1, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Soak in the grind/death madness that is the latest from Heretic Plague, “Briefcase Full of Cutlery,” from their forthcoming, debut album, Context Is a Stumbling Corpse.
Festival Preview: Grim Reefer Fest
March 1, 2023 Sean Frasier
Achieve your higher form after inhaling our favorite tracks from Grim Reefer Fest’s stacked doom lineup. Baltimore gets vaporized on 4/29.
Video Premiere: Kill Me – “Bloodsluts”
February 28, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Watch the new video from Seattle noise/sludge duo Kill Me, because it’s called “Bloodsluts.”
Reborn in Blasphemy: Revisiting Pavor’s ‘A Pale Debilitating Autumn’ Album Nearly 30 Years Later
February 28, 2023 Götz Vogelsang
Deathevokation frontman Götz Vogelsang preforms zombie ritual reviews of lost death metal classics in the latest edition of his semi-regular column Reborn in Blasphemy.
Blast Worship: THIN
February 28, 2023 Gene Meyer
NYC mathgrinders THIN release an early album of the year contender in Dusk.
Video Premiere: Deathgrave – “Your Rulers Are Here”
February 27, 2023 Brad Sanders
Bay area death dealers Deathgrave return in April with new LP, It’s Only Midnight. But we’ve got their new The Thing-meets-Trees Lounge inspired video right now!
Video Premiere: Úlfúð (Ulfud) – “Leviathan Dreams”
February 24, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Watch the stunning new Úlfúð video and then grab one of the just 108 copies of their debut, Of Existential Distortion, on Decibel exclusive blue & cobalt swirled vinyl!
Video Premiere: Radian – “They Look Like Good Strong Hands”
February 23, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Ohio sludge busters Radian light it up in new video for “They Look Like Strong Hands.”
Video Premiere: Morbikon – “Borne of Phantom Vessel”
February 22, 2023 Brad Sanders
Black metal project Morbikon is building a mythology with a series of animated music videos. First with last year’s “Universal Funeral” video, and now, Decibel is premiering its sequel: “Borne of Phantom Vessel.”
WAYFARER Stream Siouxsie and the Banshees cover, “Night Shift,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
February 22, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Wayfarer disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new recording, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Video Premiere: Chrome Waves – “The Nail”
February 22, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Ease into your Wednesday with some Midwestern post-black metal from Chrome Waves by way of their new video, “The Nail.”
Album Premiere: Merlock – ‘Onward Strides Colossus’
February 22, 2023 Sean Frasier
Spokane sludge rockers Merlock explore the shadows of psychedelia on their new LP, Onward Strides Colossus.
Full Album Stream: Wretched Fate – “Carnal Heresy”
February 21, 2023 Emily Bellino
Wretched Fate are back on album number two.
Full Album Stream: Sulfuric Cautery – ‘Suffocating Feats of Dehumanization’
February 21, 2023 Gene Meyer
Hear L.A. grind force Sulfuric Cautery at their best, namely rabid and unrelenting, but with a bit more focus and flair for songwriting.
Full Demo Stream: Bone Weapon – ‘Thrive or Starve’
February 20, 2023 Emily Bellino
Listen to Thrive or Starve, the debut demo from death/doom dealers Bone Weapon.
Blast Worship: Dude Love
February 17, 2023 Gene Meyer
Abrasive Los Angeles blasters Dude Love are a threat to all, um, mankind.
Full Album Stream: Owl – “Geomancy”
February 16, 2023 Emily Bellino
Owl take a psychedelic journey on new album Geomancy.
Video Premiere: Matriarchs – “Everything I Love Dies”
February 16, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Watch Billy Graziadei of Biohazard guest in a animated video from California metallic hardcore band Matriarchs.
STRIGOI Stream Exclusive New Track, “The Construct of Misery,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
February 15, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Strigoi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Track Premiere: Black Helium – “Another Heaven”
February 15, 2023 Sean Frasier
Achieve psychedelic bliss with spacebound UK rockers Black Helium and their celestial new single “Another Heaven.”
Track Premiere: Usnea – ‘From Soot and Pyre’
February 14, 2023 Emily Bellino
Usnea rise “From Soot and Pyre” on their first release in six years.
Track Premiere: ANZV – “Isimud”
February 14, 2023 José Carlos Santos
To celebrate the second coming of their promising debut, scheduled for March 10, ANZV emerge from their mysterious depths with a new video for opening track “Isimud.”
Video Premiere: The Human Race is Filth – ‘Cloaked in Shame’
February 13, 2023 Emily Bellino
Check out “Cloaked in Shame” from grind/sludge outfit The Human Race is Filth and hit Bandcamp to hear more from their Cognitive Dissonance EP.
Track Premiere: Hiram-Maxim – ‘Alpha’
February 8, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Cleveland doomgaze band Hiram-Maxim are back with a new record, Colder, out Friday, but you can check out “Alpha,” the otherworldly offering from their forthcoming release, now.
Track Premiere: Grand Cadaver – “Serrated Jaws”
February 8, 2023 Sean Frasier
Swedish deathbringers Grand Cadaver open their mighty maw once again in this track premiere of “Serrated Jaws.”
Track Premiere: Crucial Rip – “Violent Retribution”
February 7, 2023 Gene Meyer
Virginia is for brutal death slam lovers, and, of course, Crucial Rip.