black metal

Lithuanian black metalers Sisyphean offer up a poisonous dose of mercury from their upcoming full-length.

In which we present the second part of Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts lengthy discussion on creative musical impact.

USBM stalwarts Nechochwen unveil the closing track to their first new album in seven years.

Listen to Canadian miserablists Idol of Fear do Canadian metal!

The Decibel edition of Devil Master‘s Ecstasies of Never Ending Night LP is “Clear with Violet & Black Splatter” vinyl and limited to just 100 copies worldwide!

Listen to a new song from dark USBM outfit Black Fucking Cancer.

Seattle’s modern black metal quintet, Izthmi, invoke all the best parts of “progressive,” without the flutes.

Hear Brazilian speed metal merchant Diabolical Evil make their vinyl debut for new U.K.-based label Vicious Witch Records.

Decibel is happy to present the video for the thunderous new song from the Philadelphia black metal alchemists in IATT.

Hear the folk-inspired third album, inspired by the Poetic Edda, from progressive Swedish black metal quintet Karmanjaka.

Hear and acquire this Imperial Triumphant flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

San Francisco-based blackened heavy metal outfit NITE list their Top 5 movies. New album, Voices of the Kronian Moon, out March 25th on Season of Mist.

Because we’re barely even a full month into 2022 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 40 more from 2021 to chew on.

USBM staples Krallice release 11th studio album, Crystalline Exhaustion.

German black metal cosmonauts Vorga plunge you into a starless sky on their new album, Striving Toward Oblivion.

Trivium frontman teams up with Emperor legend in Ibaraki.

Get lost in the city of stars painted by Cailleach Calling on their new single, powered by entrancing, atmospheric black metal.

Abhoria share the video for “Sunless,” the closing track from their eponymous debut album.

Stream White Tomb Pilgrimage, the debut album from anonymous black metal outfit Winterburial.

Watch recently resurrected symphonic USBM powerhouse Ceremonial Castings (ft. members of Uada) honor their 25th anniversary with a re-recorded classic.

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, January 10 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from avant garde black/death kings Imperial Triumphant.

Hear Quebec sextet, Apes, offer up nightmare-inducing, black metal-flecked grindcore lullabies on their new four-song EP.

In which Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts discuss the tonal impact of Anton Webern’s Opus 21 symphony.

In which Krieg’s frontman focuses on Grinning Death’s Head, Calvary, Pan-Amerikan Native Front and the rising new wave of American Black Metal.

Enslaved‘s The Otherworldly Big Band Experience delivered an epic live stream this week. If you missed it, check out their performance of “Bounded By Allegiance.” You can also watch the full livestream through December 24.

Here are five great black metal albums that came out this year, featuring Hulder, Ninkharsag, Spectral Wound and more!

Check out the new haunting, atmospheric and introspective video from Germany’s newest black metal export, Dæmonesq.

Decibel celebrates the 40th anniversary of Venom‘s extreme metal ground zero, Welcome To Hell, with former guitarist/songwriter Jeff “Mantas” Dunn.

Hear and acquire this Portrayal of Guilt flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Houston promoter and musician Christian Larson discusses new records from Necrofier and Night Cobra, plus the fourth edition of his Hell’s Heroes festival.