Streaming
Blast Worship: Nak’ay
December 15, 2023 Gene Meyer
Fans of blazing fast grindcore with an actual old school-death metal feel need to board the Nak’ay train to hell immediately.
Track Premiere: Spectral Lore – “Our Castles Have Fallen (Raging Winter)”
December 13, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Atmospheric black metal project Spectral Lore reveal new 20-minute epic from forthcoming full length IV.
Track Premiere: Cariosus – “Saturn Returns”
December 13, 2023 Sean Frasier
Chicago melodic death metal duo Cariosus confront the darkness on their (inter)stellar new single, “Saturn Returns.”
VASTUM Unveil Exclusive New Track, “Befouled in Self-Salvation,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
December 12, 2023 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this flexi disc single from Vastum featuring an exclusive new song, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Track Premiere: Apogean – ‘With Which Ear You’ll Listen’
December 11, 2023 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from Toronto tech-death quintet Apogean.
Video Premiere: Fermentor – ‘Sensory Overlord’
December 7, 2023 Emily Bellino
Get down to this groovy instrumental from Fermentor.
Album Premiere: Solitary Sabred – “Temple of the Serpent”
December 6, 2023 Sean Frasier
Cypriot heavy metal warlords Solitary Sabred charge into battle with an early premiere of Temple of the Serpent.
Blast Worship: Deliriant Nerve
December 5, 2023 Gene Meyer
Hear D.C. deathgrind crushers Deliriant Nerve return with new 10-minute beatdown in Contaminated Conscience.
Video Premiere: Praise the Plague – “Devourer”
December 1, 2023 J. Andrew
Watch Germany’s Praise the Plague perform an entrancing blend of doom metal and black metal via their latest video for “Devourer,” from the band’s upcoming Suffocating In the Current of Time.
Streaming: Hatred Reigns’ Awaken the Ancients is Brutality in Sound and Theme
November 30, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out he new conceptual monster by Canadian tech-death brutalists, Hatred Reigns!
Blast Worship: Aftersundown
November 29, 2023 Gene Meyer
Don’t fret, prolific Malaysian grindcore trio Aftersundown have already returned with Onset of Anxiety.
Album Stream – Void – ‘Jadjow’
November 29, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Hear two former Dødheimsgard guitarists keep it Norweird with Void.
Track Premiere: At the Plates – “Punish My Waistline”
November 29, 2023 Sean Frasier
Dig into a lethal helping of food-themed melodeath with At the Plates and their pun-slinging, scale-smashing single “Punish My Waistline.”
Video Premiere: Transit Method – ‘Psychometry’
November 28, 2023 Emily Bellino
Delve into the supernatural with “Psychometry,” the new single from Austin prog-metal crew Transit Method.
Track by Track: Demons of Noon – “Death Machine”
November 28, 2023 Sean Frasier
Venture into Death Machine with New Zealand doom cult Demons of Noon with a track by track deep-dive of the album’s darkest themes.
Full Album Stream: Embrace Your Punishment – “Made of Stone”
November 27, 2023 Emily Bellino
Get brutal with Embrace Your Punishment.
Full Album Stream: Oldest Sea – “A Birdsong, A Ghost”
November 27, 2023 Emily Bellino
South Jersey funeral doom duo Oldest Sea stream their new album.
Album Premiere: Mourn the Light / Ice Howl / High Priest / Archdruid
November 22, 2023 Sean Frasier
Mourn the Light, Ice Howl, High Priest and Archdruid join forces on a split gleaming with heavy metal sorcery.
Track Premiere: Gaswar – “Terrible Day to Have Eyes”
November 21, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Noise rock royalty Gaswar (Hammerhead, Cows, Melvins) finally unveils a track from their “lost” 1999 album, Girl Vanishes On Way To Jive Bar.
Blast Worship: Feind
November 21, 2023 Gene Meyer
German grinders Feind hit the ground harder than Zach Wilson walking back to the huddle.
Album Premiere: Aldrig – ‘Yağmur’
November 20, 2023 José Carlos Santos
Hear newcomers Aldrig bring the post-black metal pain with their debut LP Yağmur.
Full Album Stream: The Last Eon – “Infernal Fractality”
November 16, 2023 J. Andrew
Hear Norway’s The Last Eon mix of musical ambition and psychedelic inebriation by way of industrial black metal.
Streaming: Hyperia Make Bolder, Darker Thrashier Moves with New Album The Serpent’s Cycle
November 16, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the new album by Canucklehead thrashers, Hyperia!
Album Stream: Litha – ‘Litha’
November 15, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Hear live Mizmor and Hell musician Andrew Black emerge from the darkness via Litha‘s self-titled debut, streaming here ahead of its Friday release.
Blast Worship: Zero Survive
November 14, 2023 Gene Meyer
Featuring members of Brain Famine, Stagnater and Hallucivore, Boston blasters Zero Survive will scratch your Insect Warfare/early Napalm Death itch.
Full Album Stream: Alchemy of Flesh – “By Will Alone”
November 13, 2023 Emily Bellino
Hail (Florida-style) death with the new album from Alchemy of Flesh.
Video Premiere: Cash Bribe – ‘ICBM’
November 13, 2023 Emily Bellino
The spirit of NYHC is alive and well with Cash Bribe.
Track Premiere: Fawn Limbs & Nadja – “Cascading Entropy”
November 9, 2023 José Carlos Santos
Hear ruthlessly chaotic, grindy mathcore beasts Fawn Limbs team with noisy experimental ambient duo Nadja to melt minds on “Cascading Entropy”
Album Premiere: Pyrolatrous – ‘Inveterate’
November 8, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Hull, Krallice, Anicon, Woe member reconvene the USBM force Pyrolatrous. The first new LP in six years, Inveterate, is streaming now in full force.
David Obuchowski (Goes Cube, Publicist UK) Releases Single “Flicker” from Solo Project Bitter Cold
November 8, 2023 Dillon Collins
David Oburchowski (Goes Cube and Publicist UK) embarks on a new eclectic and emotional solo project, Bitter Cold, through his recently launched Moth Hospital Records.