black metal
Five for Friday: September 4, 2020
September 4, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s roundhouse kick of new riffs includes the latest from Persekutor, Foretoken, Unholy Vampyric Slaughter Sect and more!
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!
Track and Video Premiere: Finntroll – “Mask”
September 3, 2020 Sean Frasier
Blackened folk metal rogues Finntroll are back from studio hibernation. Welcome them back by watching the hallucinatory video for “Mask.”
Track Premiere: Nubivagant “One Eye Upon the Grave”
August 31, 2020 Chris Dick
One-man black metal firestarter Omega forms Nubivagant. Agony vocals with hypnotic guitars in new song “One Eye Upon the Grave”. Streaming now at Decibel!
Demo:listen: Fetishism
August 28, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Experimental German black metal outsider Fetishism cast their analog spell of malevolence on this week’s Demo:listen.
Album Premiere: Panzerfaust – The Suns of Perdition – Chapter II: Render Unto Eden
August 25, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Ontarian demons Panzerfaust deploy incendiary black metal force on their latest album. Out this Friday, hear the second chapter of The Suns of Perdition right now.
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.
Full Album Stream: Svederna – ‘Härd’
August 20, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Swedish black metallers Svederna set the rule book ablaze on their ripping new album, Härd.
Havukruunu Wages the War of Their Hearts
August 14, 2020 J. Andrew
If you’re looking for epic, pagan-inspired metal that you can still take seriously, then Havukruunu has the album for you.
Darker Than Darker Than Black: U.S. Black Metal Artist Galdr Rages Against Fascism
August 13, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Draugr, the multi-instrumentalist of the U.S. black metal bands Galdr, Ancalagon and Obscurum, pens an op-ed on his anti-racist political awakening in underground black metal.
Uada Grace the Cover of the October Issue of Decibel
August 12, 2020 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the October issue of Decibel available now exclusively in in the Decibel webstore. Don’t blow it.
Track Premiere: The Infernal Sea – “Befallen Order”
August 12, 2020 Sean Frasier
Black metal plaguewielders The Infernal Sea continue their unholy crusade with the ripping new single “Befallen Order.”
Track Premiere: Vital Spirit – “Centaur”
August 11, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Don’t miss this first utterance from Canadian black metal outlaws Vital Spirit off their forthcoming debut EP, In The Faith That Looks Through Death.
Track Premiere: Theotoxin “Prayer”
August 10, 2020 Chris Dick
Austrian black metal quintet Theotoxin unveil new track, “Prayer,” off the group’s new album, Fragment: Erhabenheit. Streaming in darkness only at Decibel!
Album Premiere and Interview: Vassafor – ‘To the Death’
August 5, 2020 Sean Frasier
New Zealand black metal duo Vassafor conjure demons and new plagues on their new uncompromising masterpiece To the Death.
Track Premiere: Chrome Waves – ‘On the Precipice’
August 4, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Post black metallers Chrome Waves continue their prolific run with the debut track from forthcoming new LP, Where We Live.
Track Premiere: Katavasia “The Tyrant”
August 3, 2020 Chris Dick
Katavasia unveil new song “Tyrant” from Magnus Venator. Streaming Hellenic horror at Decibel!
Track Premiere: Cultus Profano: ‘Towards The Temple of Darkened Fates, Op. 19’
July 27, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Cultus Profano‘s Accursed Possession is due out August 28 via the always fantastic Debemur Morti Productions. We’ve got the record’s new single, “Towards The Temple of Darkened Fates, Op. 19,” NOW.
Five For Friday: July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s new releases come stacked with layers of darkness, filth and brutality with the latest from Fanebærer, Kruelty and more!
Demo:listen: Vaamatar
July 17, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Los Angeles black metal duo Vaamatar curse this week’s Demo:listen.
Album Premiere: Ascendency – Birth of an Eternal Empire
July 14, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Danish black/death trio Ascendancy will soon release their new mLP. Hear and feel Birth of an Eternal Empire in all its power and glory right now.
Interview: “Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre” Director Discusses Horror and Heavy Metal
July 13, 2020 Emily Bellino
Hairmetal Shotgun Zombie Massacre director talks drive-in movies, Evil Dead, releasing a movie in a pandemic and the time he saw Randy Blythe light a man on fire in a parking lot.
Album Review: Skeleton – ‘Skeleton’
July 6, 2020 Raoul Hernandez
Texas black metal crew Skeleton will get your bones shaking.
Nocturnal Departure: Offerings to the Raw Black Metal Moon
July 3, 2020 J. Andrew
The latest release from Nocturnal Departure is a raw, unpolished, but thoroughly brutal and melancholic blast of fire and darkness.
Demo:listen: Kurse Relic
July 3, 2020 Dutch Pearce
This week’s Demo:listen helps to spread the fearsome and powerful sorcery of Seattle black metal duo Kurse Relic.
EP Premiere: Marthe – ‘Sisters of Darkness’
June 19, 2020 Dutch Pearce
The true spirit of metal is alive and well in the heart of Italy’s one-woman old school black/doom metal band Marthe. Hear her demo Sisters of Darkness in all its awesome glory right now.
Album Stream: Allelic – ‘À Contre Vent’
June 19, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Get to know one of the most unique bands in modern black metal with this full album stream of À Contre Vent, the new full-length from Montreal’s Allelic.
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.
Blake Judd Disbands Long-Running USBM Act Nachtmystium
June 15, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Nachtmystium, the on-again/off-again U.S. black metal act fronted by guitarist/vocalist Blake Judd, is officially over once more.
Full Album Premiere: Ulthar – ‘Providence’
June 11, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Hear Oakland black/death dealers Ulthar deliver their sophomore LP Providence in full a day ahead of its release on 20 Buck Spin