black metal

KILL SCREEN 060 // Phase 2: Neill Jameson of KRIEG Is More Than Meets the Eye

April 16, 2025

In the final installment of our conversation with the vocalist, the trio confronts the transformation of “nerd culture.”

EP Premiere: Vortex – “Alien Realms”

April 10, 2025

Rimouski, Quebec space-themed, orchestral metal band Vortex are dropping their concept EP Alien Realms tomorrow. Before it gets released everywhere, you can stream it here.

Track Premiere: A Flock Named Murder – “To Drown in Obsidian Tides”

April 9, 2025

Canadian atmospheric black metal trio A Flock Named Murder barely come up for air on blistering new epic “To Drown in Obsidian Tides.”

Video Premiere: These Cursed Hands – “Perihelion”

March 27, 2025

Portland, OR band These Cursed Hands just dropped a video for “Perihelion” from their latest EP, Intelligent (RE)Design, released November of last year. Check it out here.

Track Premiere: COGAS – “The Noble Rot”

March 26, 2025

COGAS premiere new track “The Noble Rot” from upcoming album Among the Dead: How to Become a Ghost.

STORMO Push the Limits of Screamo and Noise Rock with “Tagli/Talee”

March 19, 2025

Long-running Italian post-hardcore and noise punk force STORMO return with Tagli/Talee. Hear it here before it release on March 21 via Prosthetic Records.

Video Premiere: Final Dose – ‘Dark Paradise’

March 18, 2025

Black metal/punk hybrid Final Dose take you to their “Dark Paradise.”

UNHOLY ALTAR Premiere New Recording, “Purgatory,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

March 6, 2025

Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from Philly black metal phenoms Unholy Altar before the discs are sold out for good!

Album Stream: Havukruunu – “Tavastland”

February 27, 2025

Havukruunu, one of Finland’s finest black metal exports, reveal Tavastland before its Friday release.

Track Premiere: Ahamkara – ‘Our Scars Shall Abide in the Thaw’

February 25, 2025

Ahamkara return with their first album in 10 years, featuring new drummer Austin Lunn (Panopticon).

Full Album Stream: Muskeg Charnel – “Decomposition Part 4: Livor Mortis”

February 24, 2025

Solo black metal project Muskeg Charnel returns with the fourth in their seven-part series about death and decomposition.

Five For Friday: February 21, 2025

February 21, 2025

This week’s set of new releases comes in extra cold and dark with the latest from Scour, Malacath, Killswitch Engage and more!

Full Album Stream: Cross Bringer –Healismus Aeternus

February 19, 2025

Hear the melodic black metal mysticism of multinational quartet Cross Bringer on their new full-length, Healismus Aeturnus.

UNHOLY ALTAR to Release Exclusive New Recording, “Purgatory,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!

January 29, 2025

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Friday, January 31 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from Philly black metal phenoms Unholy Altar!

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.