Full Album Stream: Underer – “The Code”

June 17, 2020

On his first solo outing, Cleric vocalist Nick Shellenberger embraces weirdness as Underer.

1995: The Year in Not-So-Metal Heaviness

June 17, 2020

1995 wasn’t merely a great year for the extremely extreme — it was also an amazing trip around the sun for metal-adjacent music.

Imperial Triumphant Grace the Cover of Decibel’s August Issue

June 17, 2020

We have a limited number of advance copies of the August issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive Necrot flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.

Interview: Atavist’s Evocative Doom Returns with ‘III: Absolution’

June 17, 2020

Manchester doom artisans Atavist are back to disrupt a decade of silence with their cathartic ode to loss and resilience, III: Absolution.

Five Doom Classics that Evaded Our Yearbook: 1995 Issue’s Top 40 Albums of the Year List

June 16, 2020

Decibel dives deep beyond the Peaceville Three with this death/doom addendum to our our new Decibel Yearbook: 1995 issue.

Album Premiere: The Rite – ‘Liturgy of the Black’

June 16, 2020

Join us for the exclusive unveiling of the forthcoming debut album from international black metal consortium The Rite.

Blast Worship: ASADA

June 16, 2020

Get down with the brown(sville) sound of Texas grindcore machine ASADA.

Santos Montano Pens Old Man Gloom Tour Diary (For a Tour that Never Happened), Part II

June 15, 2020

Old Man Gloom drummer Santos Montano pens Part II of tour diary for the band’s postponed 2020 tour.

Blake Judd Disbands Long-Running USBM Act Nachtmystium

June 15, 2020

Nachtmystium, the on-again/off-again U.S. black metal act fronted by guitarist/vocalist Blake Judd, is officially over once more.