Album Premiere
Album Premiere: To End It All – “Of Blood And Memory”
April 18, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Seattle-based doom lords To End It All are back with a new album, Of Blood and Memory out tomorrow (April 19), but you can hear it and get super sad with us now.
Album Premiere: Graveripper’s “Seasons Dreaming Death”
August 24, 2023 Justin Norton
Hear Indianapolis black/speed metal merchants Graveripper rip this and all hell on their debut LP, Seasons Dreaming Death, in advance of its August 25 release.
Full Album Stream: Naturvidrig – ‘Naturvidrig’
May 10, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Naturvidrig could very well be your new favorite black metal band. Hear the Swedes’ new self-titled LP before its release this Friday.
Track Premiere: Aridus – “Bearer of Silence”
April 11, 2023 Brad Sanders
Hear some exquisite USBM from multi-instrumentalist Galen Baudhuin (Wolves In the Throne Room, Infera Bruo, Street Tombs and more) in the form of his latest project Aridus.
Album Premiere: Hellfrost and Fire – ‘Fire, Frost and Hell’
March 2, 2022 Sean Frasier
Claim your own hot or cold spot in hell and blast the debut album from death metal demons Hellfrost and Fire. Stream it now before the album’s March 18th release.
Full Album Premiere: Reveal! – ‘Doppelherz’
December 6, 2021 Chris Dick
Psyched out Swedish death metallers Reveal! stream the manic brilliance of new album Doppelherz (Sepulchral Voice Records).
Album Premiere: Turn Cold – ‘Break Your Faith’
September 1, 2021 Sean Frasier
Dive into a riff-blizzard with Atlanta crossover thrashers Turn Cold as they unleash their three-track EP, Break Your Faith.
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.
Album Stream: Impure – ‘The Carrion Feast’
April 2, 2021 Sean Frasier
Blackened death duo Impure summon hellfire with their sinister 7″ release of “The Carrion Feast” and “Into Cataclysm.”
Album Premiere: Abiotic – Ikigai
February 9, 2021 Dutch Pearce
US prog death technicians Abiotic return from a five-year hiatus bearing their strongest work yet. Stream their third album Ikigai in its entirety right now.
Album Premiere: Yoth Iria – As the Flame Withers
January 22, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Two major pillars of Hellenic black metal majesty have risen once more under the name Yoth Iria, featuring current and former members of Necromantia and Varathron. Hear the resurrection of the mighty ancient ways on their debut album As the Flame Withers.
Album Premiere: Satanize – Baphomet Altar Worship
January 19, 2021 Dutch Pearce
An exclusive full album stream of the latest onslaught of bestial bedlam from devout Portuguese black metal cult Satanize.
Album Premiere: Vrenth – Baptism Death
December 15, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Baptism Death, the debut album from Southern California deathmakers Vrenth (featuring members of bands you already love) comes out this Friday on Rotted Life records. Hear the full album in all its ungodly crushing brutality right here.
Album Premiere: Engulfed – Vengeance of the Fallen
December 1, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Turkish death maelstrom Engulfed return with a mini-album the size of crashing heaven. Hear Vengeance of the Fallen in its entirety before it’s out next week.
Full Album Premiere: Mitochondrial Sun – ‘Sju Pulsarer’
November 11, 2020 Chris Dick
Mitochondrial Sun maestro Niklas Sundin (ex-Dark Tranquillity) pulses into the digital firmament with new album, Sju Pulsarer. Streaming only at Decibel!
Album Premiere: Cynabare Urne ‘Obsidian Daggers and Cinnabar Skulls’
October 26, 2020 Chris Dick
Finnish death metal thugs Cynabare Urne stream new album, Obsidian Daggers and Cinnabar Skulls at Decibel. Only death is real!
Album Premiere: Repuked – Dawn of Reintoxication
October 6, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Absolute cretins Repuked profane the sanctity of death 12 times over on their gnarly third album Dawn of Reintoxication.
Album Premiere and Interview: Empress – ‘Premonition’
September 30, 2020 Sean Frasier
Vancouver post-metal project Empress achieves sonic catharsis on their debut LP, Premonition. Listen to the exclusive stream now.
Album Premiere: Bosphorus – ‘Slow Burn’
September 22, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Scottish post-hardcore sludgians Bosphorus slowly and carefully lower their massive, ground-shaking debut album Slow Burn.
Album Premiere and Interview: Laser Dracul – ‘Hagridden’
September 16, 2020 Sean Frasier
Swedish doom trio Laser Dracul lure fans of scuzz and fuzz into the haunted forests of their debut LP, Hagridden.
Album Premiere: Ordinance ‘In Purge There Is No Remission’
September 3, 2020 Chris Dick
Finnish black metal duo Ordinance blows up their peers on new album, In Purge There Is No Remission. Streaming now only at Decibel!
Album Premiere: Aleynmord ‘The Blinding Light’
August 24, 2020 Chris Dick
Oregon-based black metal duo Aleynmord crawl out of the Great Western Crevasse to reveal The Blinding Light. Harrowing and sentimental black metal streaming only at Decibel.
Album Premiere: Meridian Dawn ‘The Fever Syndrome’
July 6, 2020 Chris Dick
Meridian Dawn, featuring Finnish and Greek band members, drops new album, The Fever Syndrome, on Seeing Red Records. Streaming in arpeggiated full only at Decibel!
Album Premiere: Shroud of Vulture – ‘Upon a Throne of Jackals’
July 1, 2020 Sean Frasier
Indianapolis death/doom dissenters Shroud of Vulture invert tyranny on their crushing debut LP Upon a Throne of Jackals.
Album Premiere: Ahab – ‘Live Prey’
June 25, 2020 Sean Frasier
Return to distant waters with German funeral doom mariners Ahab as they revisit their legendary The Call of the Wretched Sea debut on Live Prey.
Album Premiere: Inexorum ‘Moonlit Navigation’ & Q&A With Carl Skildum
June 23, 2020 Chris Dick
Minnesota-based duo Inexorum trip into mid-’90s melodic Swedish death/black metal. New album, Moonlit Navigation, streaming only at Decibel!
Album Premiere: The Path of Memory ‘Hell is Other People’
June 15, 2020 Chris Dick
Switzerland-based death rock/post-punk outfit The Path of Memory finds joy in division on new album, Hell is Other People. Streaming in full only at Decibel!
Album Premiere and Interview: Blood Star – ‘The Fear’
May 20, 2020 Sean Frasier
Wish upon a Blood Star and bask in the light of a new white-hot trad metal project from Visigoth guitarist Jamison Palmer. Listen to The Fear now.
Full Album Stream: Cauldron Black Ram – ‘Slaver’
May 19, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear Aussie trio Cauldron Black Ram batten down the black/death/doom hatches with new LP Slaver exclusively streaming at Decibel.
Album Premiere and Interview: Wailin Storms – ‘Rattle’
May 13, 2020 Sean Frasier
Wailin Storms strike again with Rattle, a Southern Gothic doom punk masterpiece teeming with haunted riffs and grim poetry.