black metal
Abduction: Casting “Infinite Ancient Hexes”
February 1, 2019 J. Andrew
On “Infinite Ancient Hexes,” Britain’s Abduction weaves a spiraling winds of chaos and destruction. A soundtrack for your next seance-gone-wrong.
Track Premiere: Ifernach’s “Kesik, Dethroned King of the Northeastern Woodlands”
January 30, 2019 Jon Rosenthal
Ifernach‘s latest composition, “Kesik, Dethroned King of the Northeastern Woodlands,” is music for frigid winters.
Full Album Stream: Unendlich – ‘Thanatophobia’
January 30, 2019 Sean Frasier
Baltimore black metal project Unendlich forces you to face your fears on Thanatophobia.
Long, Cold Winter: The Making of Enslaved’s ‘Frost’
January 29, 2019 Chris Dick
Read the entirety of Enslaved Decibel Hall of Fame for their groundbreaking sophomore LP, Frost.
Full Album Stream: Endless Disease – ‘The End of All Life’
January 28, 2019 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from misanthropic blackened crust/D-beat duo Endless Disease.
Full Album Stream: Örmagna “Örmagna”
January 28, 2019 Chris Dick
Icelandic black metal newcomers Örmagna unveil their devastating self-titled debut for Portugal-based independent Signal Rex.
From the Vastland: Bloody Stories of Demons and Their Dark World
January 25, 2019 J. Andrew
From the Vastland is making some of the best black metal out there. Check out our interview catching up with Sina, the band’s founder and chief songwriter!
Track Premiere: The Munsens – ‘Unhanded’
January 24, 2019 Emily Bellino
The Munsens add a healthy dose of black metal and punk to their core sound on new album Unhanded. Hear the title track now.
Track Premiere: Below the Frost – ‘Silence the Light’
January 23, 2019 Emily Bellino
Current and former members of Hatebreed, All Out War, Starkweather and Prime Evil unleash pulverizing, blackened metallic hardcore as Below the Frost.
Full Album Stream: Innero – ‘ChaosWolf’
January 21, 2019 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from Innero.
Track Premiere: Dunkelnacht – ‘Non Canimus Surdis’
January 21, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from blackened death purveyors Dunkelnacht.
Album Stream: Perverticon: “Wounds of Divinity”
January 21, 2019 Chris Dick
Swedish black metal icons Perverticon will have a new album, Wounds of Divinity, out January 25th, 2019 on Iron Bonehead. Reign in death!
The Top 10 Comments on the Lords of Chaos Trailer
January 18, 2019 Emily Bellino
The best comments angry Youtubers left on the Lords of Chaos trailer.
Track Premiere: Morild – ‘En sort sky af minder’
January 17, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from Danish atmospheric black metal group Morild.
Track Premiere: Blodskam – ‘Bödel’
January 16, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from blackened Swedish duo Blodskam.
Integrity, Full of Hell, Cloak and Devil Master Announced for Decibel Metal & Beer PRE-FEST
January 15, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Tickets to Decibel Metal & Beer Pre-Fest are ON SALE NOW!
Full Album Stream: Barshasketh “Barshasketh”
January 14, 2019 Chris Dick
UK-based black metallers Barshasketh throw back to the glory days of ’90s black metal on new self-titled full-length for Germany’s W.T.C. Productions.
Wolves in the Throne Room, The Ruins of Beverast and more announced for Fire in the Mountains
January 11, 2019 Emily Bellino
Wolves in the Throne Room to headline Fire in the Mountains, plus rare performances from The Ruins of Beverast, Saor and more.
Der Rote Milan: Ballads of Dark Introspection
January 11, 2019 J. Andrew
Check out the video for “Drohende Schatten,” from Germany’s Der Rote Milan, inspired by some colorful and consequential events in German history.
Track Premiere: Vimur – ‘Seditious Apertures’
January 8, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from USBM outfit Vimur.
Track Premiere: Imha Tarikat – ‘III-III: Imha Tarikatı (Sect of Destruction)’
January 8, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from multi-national black metal duo Imha Tarikat.
Devil Master Announce Debut Album, Share “Desperate Shadow”
January 8, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear the first single from the new Devil Master album right now.
Track Premiere: Gorgon ‘Buried for Him’
January 7, 2019 Chris Dick
Cult French black metallers Gorgon return after a 19-year absence with new track “Buried for Him,” off new album “The Veil of Darkness.”
Full Album Stream: Veiled – “In Blinding Presence”
January 2, 2019 Sean Frasier
German black metal luminaries (The True) Veiled stab through the darkness on their debut LP, In Blinding Presence.
Death Fortress Continues Their Unending Reign
December 28, 2018 J. Andrew
Stream “Monolith Winter,” from the latest album by New Jersey’s own black/death metal masters, Death Fortress- a chilling end to 2018.
Watain – “Casus Luciferi”
December 20, 2018 Chris Dick
Watain‘s seminal album, Casus Luciferi is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Track Premiere: Astrophobos – ‘Begotten in Black’
December 20, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from Swedish melodic black metal purveyors Astrophobos.
There’s Still Time to Order Holiday Gifts from Decibel
December 18, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Discounted items! Limited edition merch! Order (mostly) anything from the Decibel Store by December 20 at 12 pm EST for delivery in time for Christmas!
Watch: Gaerea – ‘Absent’
December 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from anonymous black metal group Gaerea now.