black metal
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
Vreid Announce “In the mountains of Sognametal” Live Session
June 8, 2020 Michael Wohlberg
The Norwegian melodic black metal Vreid outfit announce their upcoming stream live from the fjords of their homeland this Saturday, June 13th at 3 PM EDT.
Uada Unveil Title Track to New Album, “Djinn”
June 5, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Melodic U.S. black metallers Uada unleash their first new track from their forthcoming album Djinn.
Track Premiere: Battlemaster – ‘Black Challenge’
June 1, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Take the “Black Challenge” with long-running Richmond blackened thrashers Battlemaster.
Listen: Ghostemane – ‘Baader-Meinhof’ EP
June 1, 2020 Emily Bellino
Rapper Ghostemane goes full black metal.
Five For Friday: May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s featured set of new releases includes entries from epic practitioners like Atavistia and Sorcerer, along with crushers like Xibalba.
Video Premiere: Black Altar – ‘Deus Inversus’
May 25, 2020 Emily Bellino
Black Altar know the devil is everywhere. See for yourself.
Track Premiere: Luctum – “Theriomorphic Divinations of Heiress Nocturna”
May 22, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Like columns of black smoke reaching for the heavens, USBM suffocationists Luctum demonstrate their “Theriomorphic Divinations” on this latest track reveal from their forthcoming debut full length Ashes of the Titans.
Five For Friday: May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s featured new releases include albums from Cauldron Black Ram, Esoctrilihum, along with some hardcore and deathy NWOBHM-style jams!
Demo:listen: Ages of Blood
May 22, 2020 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen captures the dawning of Ages of Blood, a new Argentinian medieval black metal stronghold.
Album Review: Carach Angren – ‘Franckensteina Strataemontanus’
May 20, 2020 Chris Dick
Symphonic black metal horror hounds Carach Angren deliver the ghoul time with Franckensteina Strataemontanus.
Album Premiere: Hexenbrett – ‘Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu Töten’
May 19, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Three days before its official release, weird German black metallers Hexenbrett reveal their highly anticipated, forthcoming full-length in its entirety.
Romanian Black Metallers Persekutor Debut “Can You Feel the Frost of Dawn,” Reveal New LP Release Date
May 13, 2020 Nick Green
It’s no Angels of Meth, but Decibel is still stoked to jam the first new Persekutor track in five years. Vlad the Inhaler fills in the detailings.
Demo:listen: Hinterkaifeck
May 8, 2020 Dutch Pearce
This week’s Demo:listen gets bludgeoned and dragged deep into the wastelands of Oz by savage black metal cretins Hinterkaifeck.
Album Premiere: Neige Morte – ‘IIII’
May 6, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive premiere of the furious and unorthodox fouth album from French black metalists Neige Morte.
Track Premiere: Conceived by Hate – “Into Cemetery Fog”
May 6, 2020 Sean Frasier
Salvadoran misanthropes Conceived by Hate lure listeners to a haunted graveyard in their ectoplasmic new single “Into Cemetery Fog.”
Track Premiere: Devil With No Name – ‘Monad’
May 4, 2020 Emily Bellino
The devil comes in many forms. Hear the latest from USBM desert dwellers Devil With No Name.
Track Premiere: An Autumn for Crippled Children – ‘None More Pale’
April 30, 2020 Albert Mudrian
It doesn’t matter if we all die, as long as you hear the new single from shoegaze-infused black metallers An Autumn for Crippled Children first.
Album Premiere: Order Of Orias – ‘Ablaze’
April 27, 2020 Chris Dick
Australia-based black metallers Order Of Orias corrupt harmony on their new album, >Ablaze, now streaming in full only at Decibel.
Ved Buens Ende – “Written in Waters”
April 24, 2020 Jon Rosenthal
Ved Buens Ende‘s progressive black metal game-changer, Written in Waters is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame
Track Premiere: Aversio Humanitatis – “The Weaver of Tendons”
April 20, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Spaniards Aversio Humanitatis reveal their imposing, Brutalist-like approach to black metal on their impending sophomore album with this exclusive premiere of “The Weaver of Tendons.”
Track Premiere: New Hell – “Ashes”
April 17, 2020 Dutch Pearce
From their forthcoming EP, Phosphorous, check out this incendiary single from Providence-based subversive blackened death punks New Hell.
Full Album Stream: Xenoglyph — “Mytharc”
April 15, 2020 Shawn Macomber
A wild progressive black metal transmission courtesy Xenoglyph, an anonymous band hailing, apparently, from planet Extremely Extreme.
The Lazarus Pit: Venom’s ‘Metal Black’
April 9, 2020 Greg Pratt
Looking back on Venom’s underrated 2006 album Metal Black.
Track Premiere: Black Pestilence Praises Darkness and Strength with “My Will to Power”
April 9, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hail the Flesh, Black Pestilence’s sixth full-length of blackened old-school thrash and punk, is set for release on May 1.
Full Album Stream & Interview: Calligram – “The Eye is the First Circle”
April 9, 2020 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from British black metal crushers Calligram and read an interview with vocalist Matteo Rizzardo about the record, Ralph Waldo Emerson and coronavirus.
Album Premiere: Curse – ‘The Awakening… and the Old’
April 8, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Resurrected Swedish black thrashers Curse tear from out of the shadows of obscurity with an absolute ripper. Hear their new EP in its entirety right now.
Seregor’s (Carach Angren) Top 5 Horror Movies
April 6, 2020 Chris Dick
Carach Angren frontman Seregor lists his five favorite horror movies. Give in to his unconventional picks and the monster that is new album, Franckensteina Strataemontanus.
