black metal

The UK-based Spider God has developed one of the most ambitious conceptual arcs in the modern underground: a multi-album true crime cycle that blends melodic black metal with emotional storytelling, thematic ritual, and experimental fan engagement.

New England black metal duo Namebearer reveal their new EP ahead of its Friday release.

Check out the song Drouth says “encapsulates the lyrical and musical themes most central” to the band, off their upcoming album.

Check out the new song and video from Portugal’s ANZV and be taken in by the flowing guitars, punishing drums, and air of mystery.

The guitarist shares how formless black metal took shape around Cainhurst Castle.

In the final installment of our conversation with the vocalist, the trio confronts the transformation of “nerd culture.”

Ancestor of Kaos debut their new collection of black-thrash rippers.

Rimouski, Quebec space-themed, orchestral metal band Vortex are dropping their concept EP Alien Realms tomorrow. Before it gets released everywhere, you can stream it here.

Canadian atmospheric black metal trio A Flock Named Murder barely come up for air on blistering new epic “To Drown in Obsidian Tides.”

The USBM pillar shines a light on how gaming help shepherd him down his blackened path.

Get rowdy with Philly trio Family Garden.

Portland, OR band These Cursed Hands just dropped a video for “Perihelion” from their latest EP, Intelligent (RE)Design, released November of last year. Check it out here.

COGAS premiere new track “The Noble Rot” from upcoming album Among the Dead: How to Become a Ghost.

Long-running Italian post-hardcore and noise punk force STORMO return with Tagli/Talee. Hear it here before it release on March 21 via Prosthetic Records.

Black metal/punk hybrid Final Dose take you to their “Dark Paradise.”

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from Philly black metal phenoms Unholy Altar before the discs are sold out for good!

Havukruunu, one of Finland’s finest black metal exports, reveal Tavastland before its Friday release.

Ahamkara return with their first album in 10 years, featuring new drummer Austin Lunn (Panopticon).

Solo black metal project Muskeg Charnel returns with the fourth in their seven-part series about death and decomposition.

This week’s set of new releases comes in extra cold and dark with the latest from Scour, Malacath, Killswitch Engage and more!

Hear the melodic black metal mysticism of multinational quartet Cross Bringer on their new full-length, Healismus Aeturnus.

The hyper-prolific drummer leans into his gaming fate in our increasingly technocratic world.

Sakahiter journey through history on their new album, Samnite Black Metal.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Friday, January 31 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from Philly black metal phenoms Unholy Altar!

Listen to “Exceed in2 Chaos,” the title track from the new album from long-running Norwegian black metal outfit Sarkom.

Watch San Francisco’s Embrium go dark via post-black metal in their video for “Eclipse”

From the intersection of gallows and grind comes Galgeberg, a death metal trio that delivers the perfect antidote to our modern chaos.

It’s been a glorious year for black metal, with essential releases from bands like Departure Chandelier, Spectral Wound, Saidan and more!

Hear Bindrune Recordings once again bring black metal’s raw spirit to life with By the Grace of Death, the fourth full-length offering from Minnesota’s atmospheric purveyors Canis Dirus.

Stream the newly-released album from Swedish black metal band Fatal Embrace, originally recorded in 1998.