black metal

Wardaemonic dish out new black metal.

German black metal group Waldgeflüster rewrite history with the re-release of their 14-year old demo, re-recorded with real drums and bass guitar. Hear Stimmen im Wind 2020 in its entirety right now.

On their new EP Haunted Graves Floridian sonic extremists Hot Graves hit so hard it’s probably illegal in certain states. Hear what we mean on the exclusive premiere of this amalgamated grinder “Ruination Supremacy.”

Obscure Greek stargazers Empire of the Moon return from their deep slumber with Eclipse, their second album of Hellenic metal mastery.

Finnish black metal duo Aethyrick will soon release their powerful sophomore album upon a completely unsuspecting public. Check out this exclusive stream of this potent number right now and get ahead of the crowd on Gnosis

Don’t sleep on former Decibel demo faves Snorlax. Hear their new song “Encapsulated Apocalypse”

It’s a clamorous clash of titans when Taiwanese black metal wolf Inferno Requiem takes on Japanese black street metal legends Abigail. Hear the full split in its entirety right here.

An Isolated Mind end 2019 on a high note.

New York’s Ordeals specializes in a certain kind of darkness. The band’s sound is an entrancing and at times terrifying blend of black metal and death metal.

This week Demo:listen finds itself in the black heart of northern darkness with Newfoundland’s Nocturnal Prayer.

The cold, grim, dark months are upon us. Prepare for your hibernation with 10 excellent albums filled with riffs, sythns and screams.

Philadelphia label/distro Horror Pain Gore Death Productions release a free 42 song sampler to summarize their 2019 releases. It’s the soundtrack for the world’s end, just in time for the year’s end.

Menacing Turkish black metal trio Zifir invite us to the “Empire of Worms,” from their new album, Demoniac Ethics.

British black metal solo outfit Revenant Marquis haunt our very souls with new track, “Ephebiphobia,” off the group’s new full-length, Youth in Ribbons.

Genfærd‘s new song is a melodic and melancholy work of danish black metal mastery from their upcoming new album due out in 2020.

Los Angeles, you’ll get a chance to see Mayhem, Abbath, Gatecreeper and Idle Hands on March 23!

Hear a new song from weirdo black metal trio Porta Nigra.

American black metal duo Vaeok, featuring members of Sargeist, Kult ov Azazel, Nightbringer, Adaestuo and Demoncy, attack from the haunted cosmos on new self-titled EP.

Get ripped in half by this split of pure evil bestial black death between Texas legends of Satanic brutality Imprecation and Greek throne challengers Black Blood Invocation.

This week Demo:listen promotes the righteous fury of Swedish black metal duo Fayenne.

Gatecreeper and Idle Hands join Abbath and Mayhem as part of the ninth annual Decibel Magazine Tour starting in March 2020!

Black metal mystics Helleborus return with a new album.

Black metal duo Haxandraok beckon Beezlebub in their entrancing new single “Ba’al Zel Bul at the Gates of NOX.”

Jam this preview track from the forthcoming debut album from riff-driven Brooklyn-based industrial/black/heavy metal cinephiles Fliege.

The mystical and powerful Thuringian black metal magus Mosaic takes us to “The Devil’s Place” to prepare us for their impending debut full length, Secret Ambrosian Fire.

It’s the dawn of a new age and Arkona are here to guide you.

Castle-metal fanatics, rejoice! The latest excellent offering from Obsequiae is here and streaming in its full glory here at Decibel.

On this week’s Demo:listen we reconnect with an old friend to discuss their new triumph of black metal Hajduk.

Drastus‘ La Croix De Sang narrowly missed our albums of the year list, but that doesn’t mean this French black metal project haven’t released one of 2019’s must-hear albums.

Decoherence make black hole black metal on their anticipated debut full length, Ekpyrosis.