black metal
Album Stream + Q&A: Rebel Wizard – “Voluptuous Worship of Rapture and Response”
August 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from Rebel Wizard and read an interview with the mind behind the music, NKSV.
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August 10, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Choosing Death, Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies Vol 1, Swedish Death Metal, Extremity Retained and all Decibel Tour and Decibel Metal & Beer Fest t-shirts are 20% off from now until Sunday at Midnight EST!
For Those About to Squawk: Rebel Wizard, Haunt, Cemetery Urn
August 3, 2018 Blake Harrison
Waldo pecks on new titles from Haunt, Cemetery Urn and Rebel Wizard.
Track Premiere: Infera Bruo – ‘Endnotes’
August 2, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from progressive black metal legion Infera Bruo now.
Behemoth Announce New Album and Debut First Single
August 2, 2018 Emily Bellino
Behemoth announce new album I Loved You at Your Darkest.
Prophecy Productions Announce Full Lineup for Inaugural U.S. Festival
August 1, 2018 Emily Bellino
Prophecy Productions announce Alcest, Xasthur, Kayo Dot, Crowhurst and more for inaugural Prophecy Fest on November 2 and 3.
Track Premiere: Blood of Serpents – ‘Devil’s Tongue’
July 31, 2018 Emily Bellino
Swedish black metal outfit Blood of Serpents reinvent their sound for “Devil’s Tongue.”
Feral House to Release Black Metal Coloring Book
July 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Color in your dozens of black metal-inspired art with this new coloring book from Feral House.
The Best Metal Singles of 2018 (So Far)
July 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Decibel picks the best singles of 2018 thus far.
Album Premiere: Inexorum “Lore Of The Lakes”
July 25, 2018 Chris Dick
Wisconsin-based one-man black metal oufit Inexorum stream new album, “Lore Of The Lakes”.
Hallowing of Heirdom: An Interview with Winterfylleth
July 24, 2018 Forrest Pitts
Winterfylleth guitarist/vocalist Chris Naughton talks new album.
Track Premiere: Nocratai – ‘I Spit in the Eyes of Christ’
July 23, 2018 Emily Bellino
Nocratai release a new, industrial-driven black metal track.
Full Album Stream: Teloch Vovin / Grave Gnosis – “Transmissions”
July 23, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new split between USBM entities Teloch Vovin and Grave Gnosis.
Q&A: Swiss Avant-Black Cultists Sadness Talk Old Ghosts
July 23, 2018 Chris Dick
Defunct gothic black metallers Sadness emerge from the shadows for the “Ames de Marbre” reissue.
Full Album Stream: Blasphemous – “Emerging Through Fire”
July 20, 2018 Emily Bellino
Blasphemous emerge from the fire with their first album in a decade.
Mining for Black Metal Gold Part 2: 6 More Great Underground Bands
July 20, 2018 J. Andrew
Summer days are hot, but the moon is freezing no matter what month it is. So here’s 6 underground black metal bands for you to blast when the sun goes down.
Album Stream & Interview: Mutilation Rites – “Chasm”
July 19, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the stellar new album from Mutilation Rites now.
Track Premiere: Void Ritual – “In the Depths”
July 18, 2018 Joseph Schafer
The prolific Dan Jackson strikes again with a charitable slab of melodic, powerful black metal from Void Ritual’s upcoming album ‘Death is Peace’
Track Premiere: Omenfilth – ‘Under the Scythe of the Infidel’
July 16, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Omenfilth.
Album Review: Skeletonwitch – “Devouring Radiant Light”
July 16, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Decibel reviews Skeletonwitch‘s Devouring Radiant Light.
Track Premiere: Pyreficativm ‘Emanations From The Drakonian Vessel’
July 16, 2018 Chris Dick
Chilean high-brow black metallers Pyreficativm draw ancient Sanskrit symbols on new track, “Emanations From The Drakonian Vessel”.
Full Stream: Snorlax – ‘Snorlax’
July 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new release from the not-actually-Pokemon-themed black/doom band Snorlax now.
Sing Omenfilth’s Hymns of Diabolical Treachery
July 13, 2018 J. Andrew
Behold the almighty “Demogorgon” with Omenfilth, from their latest album seeing a cassette release via Eternal Death records.
Album Review: Deafheaven – “Ordinary Corrupt Human Love”
July 9, 2018 Jeff Treppel
Ordinary Corrupt Human Love, the third album from controversial blackgaze outfit Deafheaven, is reviewed.
Full Album Stream: Firtan – “Okeanos”
July 9, 2018 Chris Dick
Listen to German atmospheric black metallers Firtan’s stunning new album “Okeanos”.
For Those About to Squawk: Deafheaven, Black Fast, Extremity
July 6, 2018 Blake Harrison
Our reviewer who shits in a cage pecks on new titles from Extremity, Black Fast and controversial black metallers Deafheaven.
Track Premiere: Infernal Execrator – ‘Supreme Barbarous Ordo’
June 26, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Singaporean black metal rippers Infernal Execrator.
Track Premiere: Oubliette – ‘The Curse’
June 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from melodic black metal group Oubliette, featuring members of Inferi and Enfold Darkness.
Svartmálmur: A Saga of Icelandic Black Metal
June 22, 2018 J. Andrew
Iceland’s black metal scene has become one of the most prolific and accomplished in the world. The new book, “Svartmálmur,” presents a colorful snapshot of the illustrious Icelandic hordes.
Immortal Grace the Cover of August’s Decibel Issue
June 20, 2018 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of grim and frostbitten advance copies of the August issue of Decibel available now. Have at it!
