black metal
Full Album Stream: Verwoed – “The Mother”
March 25, 2024 J. Andrew
According to Dutch black-metallers Verwoed, the band’s new album is “truly is a prayer of blood and fire.”
Full EP Stream: Wormwitch / Sadistic Ritual – “Split”
March 20, 2024 Emily Bellino
Black metal outfits Wormwitch and Sadistic Ritual combine forces on a new split.
KILL SCREEN 033: Zachary Ezrin of IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT Won’t Shun a Challenge
March 20, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The vocalist and guitarist of the NYC trio goes mask off about the influence of FromSoft’s gaming masterpieces.
Full Album Stream: Dödsrit – “Nocturnal Will”
March 18, 2024 J. Andrew
Listen to Nocturnal Will, a one-of-a-kind album from Dödsrit, a musical entity that combines mourning and triumph in equal measure.
Video Premiere: Selbst – “Chant of Self Confrontation”
February 21, 2024 Albert Mudrian
Get ready to face the music via a brand new video from Venezuelan black metal force Selbst.
Full Album Stream: Karkosa – “Esoterrorcult”
February 19, 2024 J. Andrew
Delve into the vast subconscious with the new album from the blackened-death metal masters in Karkosa, out this Friday!
Full Album Stream: Deadyellow – “What Was Left of Them”
January 29, 2024 Emily Bellino
What was left of them, anyway? Find out on Deadyellow‘s new album.
Mammoth Beard Company Co-founder Offers Beard Advice for Metalheads
January 25, 2024 Greg Pratt
Mammoth Beard Company love their metal; we talked to co-founder Lee Palichuk to get some tips for the longhairs — and longbeards — out there.
Read About the Genesis of IMMORTAL in an Exclusive Excerpt from Dayal Patterson’s Landmark ‘Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult—Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition’
January 19, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Copies of Decibel Books’ Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult—Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition are in stock and shipping NOW!
Track Premiere: Pestilength – “Baleful Profusion”
January 15, 2024 Jon Rosenthal
Get crushed under the sonic weight of Spanish black/doom duo Pestilength in 126 seconds or less.
KILL SCREEN 028: DEVIL MASTER’s Infernal Moonlight Apparition Is in No Rush to Save the World
January 10, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The vampy guitarist wants to savor every last pixel his favorite games have to offer.
PERSEKUTOR Premiere New Track, “Eternal Snowstorm of the Frozen Eye,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
January 8, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this flexi disc single from Persekutor featuring an exclusive new song, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Album Stream: Narzissus – ‘Akt III: Erlösung’
January 8, 2024 Jon Rosenthal
Hear the ever-prolific Erech Leleth return with his latest heavy black metal creation, the debut full-length LP from Narzissus.
Video Premiere: Clarion Void – “The Top”
January 4, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Colorado Springs quartet Clarion Void sling some gnarly post-metal sludge in surreal new video for “The Top.”
10 Heavy Albums to Hear Before 2024
December 27, 2023 Sean Frasier
Before the calendar flips to 2024, check out these 10 killer albums you might have missed during list season’s frenzy.
PRE-ORDER NOW: HULDER’s New LP ‘Verses in Oath’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl! (Limited to 150)
December 15, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 150 copies available of Hulder‘s new LP, Verses in Oath, on exclusive Brown inside of Kelly Green vinyl. Don’t blow it.
Track Premiere: Spectral Lore – “Our Castles Have Fallen (Raging Winter)”
December 13, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Atmospheric black metal project Spectral Lore reveal new 20-minute epic from forthcoming full length IV.
Video Premiere: Amiensus – “Reverie”
December 12, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Proggy black metalers Amiensus unveil out a new song and video, “Reverie” from their forthcoming album, Reclamation, out this coming spring via M-Theory Audio.
Announcing the Decibel Magazine Tour 2024 Featuring HULDER, DEVIL MASTER, WORM and NECROFIER!
December 6, 2023 Decibel Magazine
The Decibel Magazine Tour returns to the road in February! Tickets on sale Friday, December 8 at 10am local time.
Video Premiere: Praise the Plague – “Devourer”
December 1, 2023 J. Andrew
Watch Germany’s Praise the Plague perform an entrancing blend of doom metal and black metal via their latest video for “Devourer,” from the band’s upcoming Suffocating In the Current of Time.
PERSEKUTOR to Release Exclusive New Track, “Eternal Snowstorm of the Frozen Eye,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
November 29, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Weds, December 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from black ‘n’ rollers Persekutor.
Album Stream – Void – ‘Jadjow’
November 29, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Hear two former Dødheimsgard guitarists keep it Norweird with Void.
Full Album Stream: The Last Eon – “Infernal Fractality”
November 16, 2023 J. Andrew
Hear Norway’s The Last Eon mix of musical ambition and psychedelic inebriation by way of industrial black metal.
Video Premiere: Horrenda – “Handprints”
November 15, 2023 J. Andrew
Horrenda deliver the follow-up to 2021’s Oíche Shamhna (Live at The Grand Social). Check out the video and revel in the band’s mix of black metal attack and hardcore atmosphere.
Album Stream: Litha – ‘Litha’
November 15, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Hear live Mizmor and Hell musician Andrew Black emerge from the darkness via Litha‘s self-titled debut, streaming here ahead of its Friday release.
Album Premiere: Pyrolatrous – ‘Inveterate’
November 8, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Hull, Krallice, Anicon, Woe member reconvene the USBM force Pyrolatrous. The first new LP in six years, Inveterate, is streaming now in full force.
Get a FREE Patch with All ‘Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult’ Pre-Orders While Supplies Last!
November 1, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Preorder the massive 800-page Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult—Restored, Expanded & Definitive Edition and get a free woven patch while supplies last!
KILL SCREEN 023: Chris Grigg of WOE and the Branching Paths of History
October 25, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The USBM subversive and underground tech entrepreneur found his road to darkness—despite a radical 8-bit choice.
Track Premiere: Valdrin – “Paladins of Ausadjur”
October 24, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Valdrin made a great, catchy metal album in Throne of the Lunar Soul. Stream “Paladins of Ausadjur” here. Accordion? In my metal? Believe it. Embrace it.
Pre-Order DREAM UNENDING and WORM’s Split LP ‘Starpath’ on Ultra-Limited Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
October 20, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 100 copies available of Dream Unending and Worm‘s new split LP, Starpath, on exclusive Grimace Purple & Sea Blue Merge vinyl. Don’t blow it.