Track Premiere
Track Premiere: Musk Ox – “Inheritance (Part 1 – Premonition)”
June 7, 2021 Brad Sanders
Hear Ontario chamber folk ensemble Musk Ox unveil their first new music in seven years.
Track Premiere: Burial in the Sky – ‘Anatomy of Us’
June 7, 2021 Emily Bellino
Burial in the Sky show off their technical skills with “Anatomy of Us.”
Video Premiere: Wanderer- ‘Mind Leash’
June 3, 2021 Emily Bellino
Wanderer go all out on short-and-sweet new track, “Mind Leash.”
Track Premiere: Mental Cavity – ‘The Portal’
June 3, 2021 Emily Bellino
Mental Cavity unveil “The Portal,” a crusty death metal selection from their new album.
Track Premiere: Putrascension Aren’t Just Killing Time with “The Ancient Spirit”
June 3, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out an advance track from the debut full-length by NJ black metallers Putrascension!
Video Premiere: Lotus Thrones – “Fatigue”
June 2, 2021 Brad Sanders
Former Wolvhammer and Across Tundras drummer Heath Rave reveals first new music in five years in the guise of post-punk-inspired Lotus Thrones
Video Premiere: Burning Tongue — “Cult-De-Sac”
June 2, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Burning Tongue offers up a blackened crust soundtrack to suburban madness on new track “Cult-De-Sac.”
Track Premiere: Drawn and Quartered – “Carnage Atrocity”
May 28, 2021 J. Andrew
The band’s new song, “Carnage Atrocity,” is a “a neck-snapping orgy of violence that will sear itself upon the mind.”
Stream the New Cirith Ungol EP & Read an Interview with the Legendary Robert Garven
May 27, 2021 Justin Norton
While you listen, read our Q&A with band co-founder/drummer Robert Garven about handling pandemic setbacks, how the EP came together, and what’s next for this legendary band.
Track Premiere: 71TonMan – ‘War is Peace’
May 26, 2021 Emily Bellino
71TonMan spread their message through amp-shaking doom.
Track Premiere: Siderean – “Sidereal Evolution”
May 24, 2021 Brad Sanders
Hear Slovenian progressive death metal travelers Teleport remerge as Siderean.
Track Premiere: Meridian Dawn – ‘Every Time I Die’ (Children of Bodom Cover)
May 24, 2021 Emily Bellino
Melodic death metal outfit Meridian Dawn pay tribute to late Children of Bodom frontman Alexi Laiho with a cover of the band’s “Every Time I Die.”
Video Premiere: Xael Creates Their Own World with “Srai – The Demon of Erring”
May 20, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the otherworldly video from the otherworldly North Carolina sci-fi obsessed freaks Xael.
Track Premiere: Heavy Temple – “A Desert Through the Trees”
May 18, 2021 Cody Davis
Philadelphia’s Heavy Temple — at long last — makes their triumphant full-length debut this year. If their future is anything like their newest single, “A Desert Through the Trees,” the sky isn’t even the limit for what’s to come.
Track Premiere: Schismopathic – ‘Vote for Me’
May 18, 2021 Emily Bellino
Old-school grind crew Schismopathic have a message for politicians and those who vote for them.
Track Premiere: Gallows – “Come and See”
May 14, 2021 J. Andrew
“We play traditional black metal — full stop. We wrote 66 Black Wings under the shroud of the pandemic, fueled by blasphemy and booze.”
Video Premiere: Eastern High – “Emperor”
May 14, 2021 J. Andrew
Watch the new video for “Emperor,” from Swedish prog-metal heroes Eastern High, off their upcoming new album, Halo.
Video Premiere: Eternal Struggle – ‘Manifesto/Point One’
May 13, 2021 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from hardcore crushers Eternal Struggle.
Track Premiere: Our Place Of Worship Is Silence — “Disavowed, and Left Hopeless”
May 12, 2021 Shawn Macomber
The latest soot-encased blast from Our Place of Worship is Silence is anything but tranquil or hushed.
Video Premiere: Luna’s Call “Merced’s Footsteps”
May 11, 2021 Chris Dick
British progressive death metal outfit Luna’s Call dazzle on new lyric video, “Merced’s Footsteps.” Viewable now only at Decibel!
Track Premiere: Inhuman Condition – “Euphoriphobia”
May 7, 2021 Albert Mudrian
Hear ex-Massacre and current Obituary and the Absence members fly the blood-soaked flag of old-school death metal in Inhuman Condition.
Track Premiere: Necronemesis – ‘They Live in the Attic’
May 6, 2021 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from Puerto Rican death dealers Necronemesis, featuring a guest appearance by Death and Mantas guitarist Rick Rozz.
Full EP Premiere: Coscradh – Mesradh Machae
May 4, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Unhinged Irish black/death fiends Coscradh stoke the burning anticipation for their debut full-length with this new 7” EP. Hear both hellish tracks in full right now.
Harnessing Anguish: Ciaran and Eoghan McCloskey Detail Aduanten’s Origin and the Trauma Behind Sullen Cadence
May 4, 2021 Cody Davis
Hear the melodic black/death of Aduanten‘s debut four-track EP, Sullen Cadence and read an in-depth interview with the McCloskey brothers at the heart of it.
Full Album Premiere: Waternoose – “All Pain, No Feeling”
May 4, 2021 Gene Meyer
If you are a fan of any era of Daughters, the Locust or Saetia, it’s time to tune into the powerviolence/screamo/shoegaze hybrid of Waternoose.
Video Premiere: Dordeduh – “Pândarul (live at Quantic)”
May 4, 2021 J. Andrew
According to Dordeduh: “This track links our black metal roots with the more progressive character of our new music.”
Track Premiere: Moanhand – “Endless Embrace”
May 3, 2021 Brad Sanders
Hear the latest slab of complex sludge metal from Moscow-based musical polymath Roman Filatov’s Moanhand project.
Track Premiere: Dawn Ray’d – ‘Wild Fire’
May 3, 2021 Emily Bellino
Anarchist black metal trio Dawn Ray’d spread their message like “Wild Fire.”
Track Premiere: Dödsrit – “Apathetic Tongues”
April 28, 2021 J. Andrew
“Even in the darkest of times, when every day feels like yet another goddamn punishment, just try to move forward and search for the light.”
Track Premiere: Honey — “Dancing With Death”
April 28, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Forget flies. You catch more killer old school thrash riffs with Honey than vinegar, too.