black metal
Full Album Stream: Fuil na Seanchoille – ‘The Crossing’
November 12, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Recondite Irish black metal project Fuil na Seanchoille make an unexpected but most welcome return with The Crossing. Hear this single track opus in all its sprawling entirety right now.
Track Premiere: Flamekeeper “Nomads of the World Beyond”
November 11, 2019 Chris Dick
Italian emigre Marco S. finds home in Sweden, birthing first-wave black metal beast Flamekeeper. Check out new track “Nomads of the World Beyond” from debut mini-CD We Who Light the Fire
Decibel Magazine Tour ft Mayhem and Abbath Tickets on Sale Now
November 8, 2019 Albert Mudrian
The Decibel Magazine Tour celebrates its ninth annual run with the ambitious pairing of legendary Norwegian black metal progenitors Mayhem with their countrymates of black ‘n’ roll heroes Abbath. More acts revealed soon. Get tix now!
Track Premiere: The Spirit – ‘Serpent As Time Reveals’
November 7, 2019 Albert Mudrian
It’s time to add German act The Spirit to the anti-cosmic metal of death party. Listen to the first track from their forthcoming melodic black/death stunner here.
Track Premiere: Diabolic Night – “In Retribution”
November 6, 2019 Sean Frasier
Diabolic Night infuse NWOBHM and speed metal with pitch-black infernal power on the new single from their Beyond the Realm LP, “In Retribution.”
Mayhem and Abbath Announced for 2020 Decibel Magazine Tour!
November 4, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Tickets for the 2020 Decibel Magazine Tour go on sale Friday, November 8 at 10 AM local time. More acts to be announced in December!
Video Premiere: Schammasch “A Paradigm of Beauty” & Interview With CSR
November 4, 2019 Chris Dick
Swiss avant-garde black metal outfit Schammasch reveal new video for “A Paradigm of Beauty,” off new album “Hearts of No Light.”
Track Premiere: Hellehond – ‘Over De Kling’
November 1, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out a track from new Dutch first wave black metallers Hellehond, featuring members of Asphyx and Wederganger.
Video Premiere: T.O.M.B. – ‘Decapitation of the Gods’
October 29, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out a video for a new track from underground black metal noise artists, T.O.M.B.
Full Album Stream: Vaultwraith – “Light the Candle In Honour of Devils”
October 29, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Vaultwraith play the Devil’s heavy metal. Stream their sophomore album in its entirety before it comes out this Halloween.
Full Compilation Stream: Darvulia – Acte Dix: Démos
October 22, 2019 Dutch Pearce
A curation of early material from the vampyric French plague Darvulia will soon be available on 12” vinyl. Hear the compilation in its accursed entirety now.
Track Premiere: Ateiggär – ‘En Blinde namens Duracotus’
October 18, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Baroque Swiss black metal duo Ateiggär set the empyrean ablaze with their debut release.
Video Premiere: Blackthorne – ‘Fiending for the Anxious’
October 14, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Minnesotan extreme metal unit Blackthorne just need a minute of your time.
Full Album Stream: Sanctvs – “Mors Aeterna”
October 11, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Sanctvs is a demonic black metal anomaly from Québec. Their debut album Mors Aeterna is merely days away from taking the underground by storm. Check it out in its entirety first right here.
Track Premiere: Krater – ‘Stellar Sparks’
October 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Misanthropic Germans Krater will soon release their fourth album. Hear them send “Stellar Sparks” flying with their three-guitar black metal attack on this exclusive track premiere.
Track Premiere: Black Beast – ‘Nocturnal Bloodlust’
October 8, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Finland’s Black Beast will finally release their debut album. Approach this exclusive premiere of the title track with the utmost caution.
Album Premiere: Ossuaire ‘Derniers Chants’
October 7, 2019 Chris Dick
Montréal-based black metal quartet, Ossuaire, stream stunning new album, Derniers Chants, at Decibel Magazine on behalf of Sepulchral Productions.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Blut aus Nord, Profanatica and 1349
October 4, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Our favorite review-writing bird, covers his beak in corpsepaint and gets his feathers ruffled by some true-ish black metal.
Track Premiere: Shrine of Insanabilis – ‘Invisible. Infinite. Inexorable.’
October 4, 2019 Dutch Pearce
German black metal cult Shrine of Insanabilis rip their sophomore album straight from the void Check out this smoking-hot ripper of a new song from the forthcoming Vast Vortex Litanies.
Demo:listen: Burier
October 4, 2019 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen ventures into the deep underground to extract the Australian black metal atrocity Burier.
Track Premiere: Atomic Cretins – ‘Spiritual Cancer’
September 30, 2019 Emily Bellino
Atomic Cretins are suffering from “Spiritual Cancer.”
Obsequiae: “Our Inspiration Is in the Wells Beneath This World.”
September 27, 2019 J. Andrew
The great Obsequiae has returned to guide us through another series of castles and courtyards on “Ceres in Emerald Streams.”
Video Premiere: Asagraum – ‘They Crawl from the Broken Circle’
September 25, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Feast your eyes on international black metal duo Asagraum’s new video.
Full Album Stream: IATT – ‘Nomenclature’
September 25, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Nomenclature will be out September 27 via Black Lion Records on digipak CD and digitally, but we get the full thing for your lucky earholes right now.
Full Album Stream: Patronymicon – “Ushered Forth By Cloven Tongue”
September 25, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Swedish black metal clan Patronymicon return with their first new work in six years. Stream Ushered Forth By Cloven Tongue in its blazing entirety now.
Top 5 Unsung Symphonic Black Metal Albums
September 23, 2019 Chris Dick
Decibel lists the Top 5 Unsung Symphonic Black Metal Albums with Bishop of Hexen, Diabolical Masquerade, Anorexia Nervosa, Gehenna and SiriuS.
10 Great Albums for Autumn
September 20, 2019 J. Andrew
Enter an eternal autumn of moors and misty fields, walk through blackwater parks of rain without end, and look to the October rust as night shades descend.
Demo:listen: Turin Horse
September 20, 2019 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen introduces our readers to enigmatic German black doom sludgesmiths Turin Horse.
Track Premiere: Denial Of God – ‘Undead Hunger’
September 19, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Danish black metal witchcraftsmen Denial Of God will soon release The Hallow Mass, their first full length album in seven years. Check out this exclusive premiere of “Undead Hunger” now.
Track Premiere: Vesperith- “Fractal Flesh”
September 13, 2019 J. Andrew
For those who like their black metal to take them places beyond Earth’s tired atmosphere, Finland’s Vesperith is the band to watch.