black metal

Panopticon ask listeners to “Know Hope” on their latest single.

Hear a powerful new track of crushing black metal off the forthcoming sophomore album from Australian anomaly Spire.

Blut Aus Nord mastermind Vindsval takes a more straightforward approach to black metal with Forhist.

Polish black metal unit Varmia pay tribute to their roots with new song “Upperan.”

An exclusive full album stream of the latest onslaught of bestial bedlam from devout Portuguese black metal cult Satanize.

Molten Chains, one of the most extraordinary new bands in the metal underground, on sophomore album Torment Enshrined, which blends heavy metal, prog, black and death, Shakespearean themes and sorcerous vocals into one mind-blowing sound.

We have a limited number of advance copies of the March issue of Decibel, featuring our an exclusive new flexi disc single from Swedish death/thrash kings the Crown.

Greek black metal cult Caedes Cruenta offer up the potent single, “Recitation of Abyssic Necropsalms” in preparation of the release of their forthcoming powerful third album, Of Ritual Necrophagia and Mysterious Ghoul Cults.

This week’s Demo:listen follows the trail of USBM nightcrawler Saidan.

Dutch black metallers Kjeld spear the light with new track “Betsjoend” off their upcoming full-length Ôfstân Darkness only at Decibel!

One-man black metal project Violet Cold transcends genre boundaries.

Sink your fangs into the morbid majesty of Of Sleep and Death, the furious new LP from Austrian black metal nightbringers Transilvania.

USBM’s new sovereigness Hulder slays unholy black metal and sings for the people on the latest single from her forthcoming debut album Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry.

Watch an artsy new video from blackened sludge unit Witching.

Australian black metallers EOS emerge from the shadows on new track, “The Great Ascension.” Only black metal is real at Decibel!

This week’s edition dives deep into the dark caverns of 2020 to reveal five of this year’s best black metal releases!

Watch Folterkammer combine opera and black metal in their new music video.

New England one-man black metal band Ritual Inscription leave their unholy mark on this week’s Demo:listen.

Austrian newcomers Gjoad create entrancing worlds with atmospheric dark rock on their debut LP, Samanōn.

Elite Swedish Satanic black metallers Malakhim will finally release their first proper full-length come January 2021. Catch a blinding glimpse of Theion now with this exclusive premiere of the album’s opener, “There Is A Beacon.”

German black/heavy metal trio Markgraf present an anachronistic and refreshing sound on their debut full-length. Out next Friday, stream Markgraf in its entirety right now.

USBM insurgents Unshriven Aghast take this week’s Demo:listen hostage to debut their 3-song demo Beacons of Revolt.

Her Name in a Cemetery welcome the winter with their cold Demo MMXX.

Finnish black metallers Havukruunu list the Top 5 Bathory albums that changed their lives. Blood, fire, death!

Hear this crucial split between obscure American black mist Valac and Australia’s insanely prolific Kommodus.

The scathing winds of Quebecois black metal return with a vengeance on De Misère & D’Engelures, the first full-length from Montréal’s Moulin Banal.

Swedish black metal duo Golgata anonymously wield scorched melodies on their mesmerizing sophomore record, Tempel.

Read our second and final book excerpt, this time focusing on the early days of American black metal cult legends Profanatica, and order your copy of USBM now.

As part of it’s “Enlightened” exhibition, Norway’s national library has honored Darkthrone‘s classic album.

Colombian black metal squadron Horncrowned unleash their new album of demonic warfare, the Armageddon-beckoning Rex Exterminii (The Hand of the Opposer).