black metal

The new blackened crust duo featuring members of Trash Talk, Alpha & Omega and A Storm of Light is anything but Soothing.

Wake up screaming in “Anguish Cradle,” from Chapter III: The Void God, the forthcoming full-length by black-cloaked USBM duo Shaidar Logoth.

Canadian deathbringers WAKE never stay asleep for long. Surrender to blackened chaos by streaming their Confluence EP now.

One-man speed metal troupe Hellripper returns.

USBM: A Revolution of Identity in American Black Metal, the new 544-page hardcover from Decibel Books featuring a foreword from Tom Gabriel Warrior, is available for pre-order now.

Mörk Gryning mastermind Goth Gorgon reveals the Top 5 things he did after he and co-conspirator Draakh Kimera split from their black metal beast in 2004.

Now-dead Ukranian black metal cult Ritual Suicide leave us a terrifying departing gift. Hear Nocturnal Haematolagnia, the band’s final album, in its entirety now.

Yaotl Mictlan‘s latest effort is a mystical example of pre-Christian belief expressed through the black metal vehicle.

Greek atmospheric black metal trio Isolert offer a glimpse into their forthcoming album, World in Ruins, with this epic track premiere.

Witness the power of metalheads coming together as we stream Vigor Reconstruct, the sprawling, multi-genre benefits compilation for the Soroka Family, plus a chat with the comp’s organizer to find out how this massive work came together.

Ohio death dealers Bather shower you with the sweet sounds of a Danzig classic.

Opera meets second-wave black metal from Folterkammer.

Hear USBM institution Tombs heat things up in the “Bone Furnace.”

Portuguese black metal mavens Gaerea list their Top 5 horrifying places to visit in Portugal. Only Decibel has a passport into Gaerea’s abyss.

Australian black metal quartet Vyrion merge abominable power and unstoppable force on “Avalanche,” from their impending new album, Nil.

Observe the “Rising Light of Lunacy,” as told by death/black troupe Heretical Sect.

Heavy metal short film Landgraves conjures suspense from snowstorms and blackened doom. Watch this festival standout now.

This week’s roundhouse kick of new riffs includes the latest from Persekutor, Foretoken, Unholy Vampyric Slaughter Sect and more!

Finnish black metal duo Ordinance blows up their peers on new album, In Purge There Is No Remission. Streaming now only at Decibel!

Blackened folk metal rogues Finntroll are back from studio hibernation. Welcome them back by watching the hallucinatory video for “Mask.”

One-man black metal firestarter Omega forms Nubivagant. Agony vocals with hypnotic guitars in new song “One Eye Upon the Grave”. Streaming now at Decibel!

Experimental German black metal outsider Fetishism cast their analog spell of malevolence on this week’s Demo:listen.

Ontarian demons Panzerfaust deploy incendiary black metal force on their latest album. Out this Friday, hear the second chapter of The Suns of Perdition right now.

Oregon-based black metal duo Aleynmord crawl out of the Great Western Crevasse to reveal The Blinding Light. Harrowing and sentimental black metal streaming only at Decibel.

Swedish black metallers Svederna set the rule book ablaze on their ripping new album, Härd.

If you’re looking for epic, pagan-inspired metal that you can still take seriously, then Havukruunu has the album for you.

Draugr, the multi-instrumentalist of the U.S. black metal bands Galdr, Ancalagon and Obscurum, pens an op-ed on his anti-racist political awakening in underground black metal.

We have a limited number of advance copies of the October issue of Decibel available now exclusively in in the Decibel webstore. Don’t blow it.

Black metal plaguewielders The Infernal Sea continue their unholy crusade with the ripping new single “Befallen Order.”

Don’t miss this first utterance from Canadian black metal outlaws Vital Spirit off their forthcoming debut EP, In The Faith That Looks Through Death.