black metal
Track Premiere: Blasphemous Covenant – ‘Subliminal Supplication’
September 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Blasphemous Covenant is the result of black metal/noise collaboration between members of Byyrth and Thy Sepulchral Moon. Check out an exclusive stream of “Subliminal Supplication.”
Full Album Premiere: Kostnatění – “Hrůza zvítězí
September 6, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Deep and harrowing black metal from solo and singular US-based mystery Kostnatění. Hear an exclusive stream of their debut full length Hrůza zvítězí now.
Full Album Stream: Sleeping Ancient – “There is No Truth But Death”
September 5, 2019 Emily Bellino
Sleeping Ancient take the bleaker path on their debut album, There is No Truth But Death.
Track Premiere: Astaroth Incarnate- “I Am Fire / I Am Death (Alpha)”
August 30, 2019 J. Andrew
Claiming the throne of what they call “Apocalyptic Metal,” Astaroth Incarnate‘s new song is a storm of symphonic black and death metal glory.
Mayhem Release New Song “Worthless Abominations Destroyed”
August 30, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Pre-orders for forthcoming LP Daemon from the black metal godfathers also now available.
Full Album Stream: Hope Drone – “Void Lustre”
August 29, 2019 Emily Bellino
Embrace your Void Lustre and stream the new album from Hope Drone.
Full Album Stream: Imperium Dekadenz – “When We Are Forgotten”
August 29, 2019 J. Andrew
If you like a rich atmosphere that still packs the punch of speed and ferocity, the new offering from Imperium Dekadenz should be your autumn soundtrack.
Video Premiere: Eclipser – ‘Coagulation’
August 28, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Get to know Ottawa black/death crushers Eclipser.
Lyric Video Premiere: WRVTH- “Furrows of a Dying Tree”
August 23, 2019 J. Andrew
On their new song and album, WRVTH moves away from the tech and into the haze of atmospheric black metal, doom and post-rock.
Tormentor – “Anno Domini”
August 20, 2019 Chris Dick
Stay Hungary with the Hall of Fame induction of Tormentor‘s classic 1989 demo recording.
Bob Bagchus (Hellehond, Infidel Reich, Beast Of Revelation & Siege Of Power) Lists Top Five Venom Songs
August 12, 2019 Chris Dick
Bob Bagchus, of Hellehond, Infidel Reich, Beast Of Revelation & Siege Of Power fame, Lists His Top Five Venom Songs.
China’s Zuriaake Is Ready to Conjure Their “Evil Spirit”
August 9, 2019 J. Andrew
Today’s black metal haunting comes courtesy of Zuriaake, a band excelling at both innovation and reverence for the second-wave sound.
Video Premiere: Cloak – ‘Tempter’s Call’
August 6, 2019 Emily Bellino
Watch the first video from the upcoming new album, The Burning Dawn, from Atlanta-based black ‘n’ roll crew Cloak.
Track Premiere: Sammath – ‘Bitter fighting amongst the dead’
July 30, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Dutch black death warmongers launch a warning missile to signal their forthcoming new album.
Utrecht-based Black Metal duo Nevel unveil their new album
July 26, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive premiere of the Dutch black metal/noise artists’ sophomore album.
Track Premiere: Tenebrae in Perpetuum – ‘Oscillazione Ipnotica Profonda’
July 25, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Anorexia Obscura , Tenebrae in Perpetuum‘s first new LP in a decade drops August 30 but we’ve got an new ice-cold blaster from it for you right here.
Track Premiere: White Ward – ‘Love Exchange Failure’
July 24, 2019 Albert Mudrian
You know how you’re always thinking, “this black metal is great, but what it really needs is more saxophone?” Well, Ukraine post-black metallers White Ward have read your mind.
Track Premiere: Hagzissa – ‘Moonshine Glance (An Iron Seed in Sour Soil)’
July 23, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out a song from the forthcoming debut full length from spirits-guzzling Austrian black metal warlocks Hagzissa.
Track Premiere: Mother Moon – ‘Chrysanthemum’
July 22, 2019 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from Baltimore atmospheric black metal group Mother Moon.
Q&A: London May On His New Black Metal Comedy “Brutal Realty, Inc.” and What Hardcore Taught Him
July 19, 2019 Justin Norton
Former DC hardcore hero London May on his new “black metal comedy” Brutal Realty, Inc.
Track Premiere: Polemicist – ‘On Redemption’
July 16, 2019 Emily Bellino
Embark on a philosophical journey with Polemicist.
Batushka Grace the Cover of Decibel’s September Issue
July 16, 2019 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the August issue of Decibel, featuring a flexi disc with an exclusive new recording from Exhorder, available now. Don’t blow it.
Svadilfare Releases “Fortapte Roetter,” a Treasury of Raw and Melodic Black Metal
July 12, 2019 J. Andrew
Norway’s Svadilfare has the Norwegian black metal sound nailed: raw yet melodic, powerful but not overdone, epic but NOT cheesy.
Double 7” Stream: Hulder & Ordeals
July 12, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Stream two new 7”s released by US underground record label Stygian Black Hand. The first is from US black death bringers Ordeals, the other is the latest release by one woman black metal attack Hulder
FLASH SALE: All Metal Books 20% Off This Weekend Only!
July 12, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Murder in the Front Row, Swedish Death Metal, Only Death is Real, Choosing Death, Black Metal and more are now 20% off through 11:59pm EST Sunday night!
Track Premiere: IATT – ‘Arsenic Ways’
July 10, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Philly-based progressive black metallers IATT reveal the first track from their sophomore album, Nomenclature.
Track Premiere: 1349 – ‘Through Eyes of Stone’
July 9, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out a video for a brand new 1349 song and get ready for the Norwegian black metallers imminent return to US soil.
Video Premiere: Crimson Moon – ‘Godspeed Angel of Death’
July 2, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out a video for the new song “Godspeed Angel of Death” from the forthcoming album, Mors Vincit Omnia, by black metal juggernauts Crimson Moon.
Full Album Stream: Celestial Grave – “Secular Flesh”
July 2, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out debut full length from Finnish black metal outliers Celestial Grave.