Avant-garde Black Metal
Black Metal Mavens Gaerea List the Top 5 Horrifying Places In Portugal
September 28, 2020 Chris Dick
Portuguese black metal mavens Gaerea list their Top 5 horrifying places to visit in Portugal. Only Decibel has a passport into Gaerea’s abyss.
Imperial Triumphant Grace the Cover of Decibel’s August Issue
June 17, 2020 Albert Mudrian
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.
Full Album Stream: Icon of Phobos/Katheksis – ‘Primal Death Rites’
February 20, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Hear Icon of Phobos and Katheksis deliver two different looks at the underbelly of black metal on this new split.
Listen: An Isolated Mind – “Self Titled”
December 30, 2019 Emily Bellino
An Isolated Mind end 2019 on a high note.
Album Stream: Dreams of the Drowned’s “Dreams of the Drowned I”
March 20, 2019 Jon Rosenthal
Sleep tight with a new track from avant-garde within black metal’s infinite realm.
Imperial Triumphant List Their Top 5 Luxurious NYC Structures
February 25, 2019 Chris Dick
New York City-based avant-garde black metal trio Imperial Triumphant extol the luxurious virtues of Empire City’s most decadent structures.
Imperial Triumphant List Their Top 5 Jazz Albums
October 8, 2018 Chris Dick
Imperial Triumphant’s Kenny Grohowski, Steve Blanco, and Zachary Ezrin list their Top 5 Jazz albums.
Q&A: Swiss Avant-Black Cultists Sadness Talk Old Ghosts
July 23, 2018 Chris Dick
Defunct gothic black metallers Sadness emerge from the shadows for the “Ames de Marbre” reissue.
Track Premiere: Pyreficativm ‘Emanations From The Drakonian Vessel’
July 16, 2018 Chris Dick
Chilean high-brow black metallers Pyreficativm draw ancient Sanskrit symbols on new track, “Emanations From The Drakonian Vessel”.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Master’s Hammer’s “Slagry”
May 22, 2018 Neill Jameson
Revisiting Master’s Hammer‘s much-maligned Slagry.
Q&A: Haunting Houses, A Revealing Chat With Vortigern (Lychgate)
April 18, 2018 Chris Dick
British avant-garde black metallers Lychgate unlock new album, The Contagion in Nine Steps. A new Q&A with Vortigern.
Track Premiere: Fjoergyn Debut Video for ‘Lucifer Es’
February 17, 2017 Emily Bellino
Avant-garde black metal outfit Fjoergyn have unveiled a video for the title track off their upcoming record, Lucifer Es.
