black metal
Track Premiere: Skumstrike – “Caustic Poison”
March 29, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Montreal rippers Skumstrike belch out a noxious blast of D-beat-driven thrash on their latest single.
Track Premiere: Molten Chains – “Communion”
March 28, 2022 Dutch Pearce
Viennese unholy heavy metal trio Molten Chains offer “Communion,” the latest single from their forthcoming new album, Orisons of Vengeance.
Full Album Stream: Ouranos – “Voir La Lumière”
March 28, 2022 Emily Bellino
Ouranos delves further into electronic-influenced black metal on new album Voir La Lumière.
Mirai Kawashima of SIGH Discusses His Video Game Debut, Voice Acting and Future Sigh Material
March 24, 2022 Michael Wohlberg
The Sigh mastermind lends his voice to the popular horror game Dead By Daylight, as well as shares what’s in store for the avant garde black metal institution.
Album Premiere: Cirkeln – A Song to Sorrow
March 21, 2022 Dutch Pearce
An exclusive early full album stream of the ambitious sophomore album from Stockholm’s rising black metal ‘stormlander’ Cirkeln.
Track Premiere: Blut aus Nord – “That Cannot Be Dreamed”
March 17, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
Hear atmospheric black metal heroes Blut aus Nord return with the first single from new album Disharmonium – Undreamable Abysses.
Cradle of Filth Stream Their Full “Dusk…and Her Embrace” Set This Weekend
March 16, 2022 Sean Frasier
Cradle of Filth revisit their landmark Dusk…and her Embrace album with a special performance streaming on the Spring Equinox.
Exclusive Track Premiere: Sisyphean – “Hearts of Mercury”
March 15, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Lithuanian black metalers Sisyphean offer up a poisonous dose of mercury from their upcoming full-length.
Fallow Heart: Truth in Dissonance Part II: Don Anderson (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch) On Art As a Leaderless Movement
March 14, 2022 Forrest Pitts
In which we present the second part of Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts lengthy discussion on creative musical impact.
Track Stream: Nechochwen – “Across the Divide”
March 14, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
USBM stalwarts Nechochwen unveil the closing track to their first new album in seven years.
Full Album Stream: Enter the Sullen Murk of Idol of Fear’s Trespasser
March 10, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to Canadian miserablists Idol of Fear do Canadian metal!
Pre-Order DEVIL MASTER’s ‘Ecstasies of Never Ending Night’ on Decibel-Exclusive Colored Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
March 8, 2022 Decibel Magazine
The Decibel edition of Devil Master‘s Ecstasies of Never Ending Night LP is “Clear with Violet & Black Splatter” vinyl and limited to just 100 copies worldwide!
Track Premiere: Black Fucking Cancer – ‘Obscene Lusting Dagger’
March 7, 2022 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from dark USBM outfit Black Fucking Cancer.
Full Album Premiere: Izthmi – ‘Leaving This World, Leaving it All Behind’
March 3, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Seattle’s modern black metal quintet, Izthmi, invoke all the best parts of “progressive,” without the flutes.
EP Premiere: Diabolical Evil – “Cursed by Blood” / “Valley of the Damned”
March 1, 2022 Brad Sanders
Hear Brazilian speed metal merchant Diabolical Evil make their vinyl debut for new U.K.-based label Vicious Witch Records.
Video Premiere: IATT – “Seven Wandering Stars”
February 11, 2022 J. Andrew
Decibel is happy to present the video for the thunderous new song from the Philadelphia black metal alchemists in IATT.
Full Album Stream: Karmanjaka – “Gates of Muspel”
February 10, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the folk-inspired third album, inspired by the Poetic Edda, from progressive Swedish black metal quintet Karmanjaka.
Imperial Triumphant Premiere Exclusive Single, “Black Psychedelia (Redux),” Via the Decibel Flexi Series
February 10, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Imperial Triumphant flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
NITE’s Top 5 Sci-fi Films
February 7, 2022 Chris Dick
San Francisco-based blackened heavy metal outfit NITE list their Top 5 movies. New album, Voices of the Kronian Moon, out March 25th on Season of Mist.
Here Are 40 Great Metal Albums You May Have Missed in 2021
February 3, 2022 Joseph Schafer
Because we’re barely even a full month into 2022 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 40 more from 2021 to chew on.
Listen: Krallice Release Eleventh Full-Length, ‘Crystalline Exhaustion’
January 31, 2022 Emily Bellino
USBM staples Krallice release 11th studio album, Crystalline Exhaustion.
Album Premiere: Vorga – ‘Striving Toward Oblivion’
January 26, 2022 Sean Frasier
German black metal cosmonauts Vorga plunge you into a starless sky on their new album, Striving Toward Oblivion.
Watch: Trivium’s Matt Heafy Features Emperor’s Ihsahn on New Black Metal Song
January 24, 2022 Emily Bellino
Trivium frontman teams up with Emperor legend in Ibaraki.
Track Premiere: Cailleach Calling – “Bound By Neon”
January 20, 2022 J. Andrew
Get lost in the city of stars painted by Cailleach Calling on their new single, powered by entrancing, atmospheric black metal.
Video Premiere: Abhoria – ‘Sunless’
January 13, 2022 Emily Bellino
Abhoria share the video for “Sunless,” the closing track from their eponymous debut album.
Listen: Winterburial Release Debut Album, “White Tomb Pilgrimage”
January 10, 2022 Emily Bellino
Stream White Tomb Pilgrimage, the debut album from anonymous black metal outfit Winterburial.
Video Premiere: Ceremonial Castings – “Midnight Deathcult Phenomena”
January 10, 2022 Daniel Lake
Watch recently resurrected symphonic USBM powerhouse Ceremonial Castings (ft. members of Uada) honor their 25th anniversary with a re-recorded classic.
Imperial Triumphant To Release Exclusive Single, “Black Psychedelia (Redux),” via the Decibel Flexi Series
January 7, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, January 10 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from avant garde black/death kings Imperial Triumphant.
Full EP Premiere: Apes – “Lullabies For Eternal Sleep”
January 6, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Quebec sextet, Apes, offer up nightmare-inducing, black metal-flecked grindcore lullabies on their new four-song EP.
Fallow Heart: Truth in Dissonance: Don Anderson (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch) On the Objectives of Art
January 3, 2022 Forrest Pitts
In which Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts discuss the tonal impact of Anton Webern’s Opus 21 symphony.
