black metal

Track Premiere: Sarkom – ‘Exceed in2 Chaos’

January 20, 2025

Listen to “Exceed in2 Chaos,” the title track from the new album from long-running Norwegian black metal outfit Sarkom.

Video Premiere: Embrium – ‘Eclipse’

January 14, 2025

Watch San Francisco’s Embrium go dark via post-black metal in their video for “Eclipse”

Track Premiere: Galgeberg – “Epicurean Paradox”

January 9, 2025

From the intersection of gallows and grind comes Galgeberg, a death metal trio that delivers the perfect antidote to our modern chaos.

Five For Friday: Black Metal 2024

December 20, 2024

It’s been a glorious year for black metal, with essential releases from bands like Departure Chandelier, Spectral Wound, Saidan and more!

Full Album Stream: Canis Dirus – ‘By the Grace of Death’

December 18, 2024

Hear Bindrune Recordings once again bring black metal’s raw spirit to life with By the Grace of Death, the fourth full-length offering from Minnesota’s atmospheric purveyors Canis Dirus.

Full Album Stream: Fatal Embrace – “Hail Down Deep

December 17, 2024

Stream the newly-released album from Swedish black metal band Fatal Embrace, originally recorded in 1998.

Interview: Man’s Gin on ‘The Reprobate’ and Degenerate Behavior

December 5, 2024

Erik Wunder, the enigmatic figure behind the Colorado-based solo project Man’s Gin (as well as acclaimed USBM force Cobalt), on his latest sonic offering, The Reprobate

Video Premiere: Vosforis – “Decoherence”

December 4, 2024

Explore the “the gratuitous absurdity of life” with the new video from Vosforis, a UK-based black metal outfit.

Track Premiere: Beneath Moonlight – “None Before God”

November 27, 2024

Presenting a new emanation from the Ordo Vampyr Orientis, known for mysterious acts such as Bat Magic, Bad Manor and Beastial Majesty. Today’s bloody devilry comes courtesy of Beneath Moonlight.

Full EP Stream: Snøgg – ‘Huda Luknja’

November 26, 2024

Stream a new EP from Slovenian black metal duo Snøgg.

Video Premiere: Selvans – ‘ll Mio Maleficio V’incalzerà!’

October 31, 2024

Italian horrorist Selvans unveils “ll Mio Maleficio V’incalzerà!,” the second single off Saturnalia, his new album due for release in 2025 via Avantgarde Music

Full Album Stream: Eldingar –Lysistrata

October 30, 2024

Greek pagan black metalers Eldingar want World Peace Now! on new long player Lysistrata.

YOTH IRIA to Release Exclusive New Track, “666 – The Number of the People,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

October 29, 2024

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Thursday, October 31 at noon ET to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from Greek black metal occultists Yoth Iria!

Video Premiere: Yoth Iria – “In the Tongue of Birds”

October 25, 2024

Check out Greek black metallers’ Yoth Iria‘s new video for “In the Tongue of Birds,” off their upcoming album Blazing Inferno!

Auriferous Flame Unleashes Revolutionary Ferocity in New Track “The Insurrectionists”

October 16, 2024

Ayloss of Spectral Lore and Mystras returns with the third album of epic thrash mixed with atmospheric elements of dark black metal as Auriferous Flame.

BEWITCHER Drummer On How the Band Were Mistaken for Actual Bank Robbers

October 9, 2024

Out Against the Law? Aris Hunter Wales, drummer of black thrashers Bewitcher, on how the band almost became true outlaws recently on tour.

Interview: Hannah Verbeuren Captures Midnight’s Intimate Moments

October 3, 2024

We catch up with longtime Decibel photographer Hannah Verbeuren and discuss her new book, Midnight: A Thousand Nights in Sodom out now via Bazillion Points.

Track Premiere: Ploughshare – “Fall of All Creatures”

September 18, 2024

Aussie avant black/death metal fiends Ploughshare offer up nine minutes of well-constructed cacophony on new single, “Fall of All Creatures.”

Track Premiere: Distant Dominion – ‘Solar Flare Tsunami’

September 9, 2024

Philly extreme metal crew Distant Dominion (feat. members of Krieg, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, etc.) debut new song “Solar Flare Tsunami.”

Full EP Stream: Ifrit – “Haunting Charnel Grounds”

September 4, 2024

New Zealand is home to some of the most ferocious and feral metal on the planet, and Ifrit is no exception to this legacy of brutality.

Ignominous Releases the First Single from Their Upcoming ‘Album Dawn With No Light’

September 4, 2024

Grecian black metal trio Ignominous emerge from the shadows with the the title track from the upcoming debut album Dawn With No Light.

Track Premiere: Rat Lord – “Now Diabetical”

August 12, 2024

If you dig the idea of grindcore and powerviolence and poking fun at black metal, Rat Lord are gonna be your new favorite band.

Track Premiere: Dusk Shrine’s “Torn Forest” is Glorious One-Man Black Metal

July 15, 2024

USBM project Dusk Shrine unleash the stunning “Torn Forest” from their forthcoming Celestial Trauma LP.

The Next Wave of American Darkness: A Look at USBM’s Best New Bands

July 3, 2024

In which Krieg’s frontman focuses on Prayer Position, Black Sorcery, Gates of Dawn and the latest rising wave of American Black Metal.

Video Premiere: Burial Oath – “Pagan Fires”

June 10, 2024

Check out “Pagan Fires,” from Burial Oath, featuring members of gothic-tinged U.S. black metallers Cloak.

Full Album Stream: Torturers’ Lobby – “Deadened Nerves”

June 10, 2024

Check out the debut album from Tampa’s Torturers’ Lobby, with a sound that joins death, black, and thrash metal for a crushing combination.