black metal
Track Premiere: Dödsrit – “Apathetic Tongues”
April 28, 2021 J. Andrew
“Even in the darkest of times, when every day feels like yet another goddamn punishment, just try to move forward and search for the light.”
Video Premiere: Hvrt – “The Grief That Feeds The Night, Pt. 1”
April 26, 2021 Andy Walmsley
Hear German riffmongers Hvrt bring the… well, you know, on their latest slab of blacked doom sludge.
Full Album Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Return of the Goat”
April 19, 2021 Chris Dick
Norwegian duo Phantom Fire, featuring members of Gaahls Wyrd and Aeternus, boogie into darkness like Venom, Bathory, and early Metallica. New EP streaming only at Decibel!
Full Album Stream: Odal – “Welten Mutter”
April 16, 2021 J. Andrew
Check out Odal’s latest work, dealing with “nature, life and death, striving, and transience with reference to the old, pagan world of gods.”
Video Premiere: Angstskríg- “Skyggespil”
April 12, 2021 J. Andrew
“The black wanderers continue their journey through the Nordic wonderland from bright, snow-covered, frozen lakes into the darkness …”
Video Premiere: Kosmodemonic – “Moirai”
April 8, 2021 J. Andrew
Kosmodemonic has arrived with a new video from their latest album, Liminal Light, due out on May 7 via Transylvanian Recordings.
Track Premiere: She Said Destroy – “Succession”
April 5, 2021 J. Andrew
“Succession” is the latest song from Norwegian metal alchemists She Said Destroy, and is the title track off their upcoming album.
Album Stream: Impure – ‘The Carrion Feast’
April 2, 2021 Sean Frasier
Blackened death duo Impure summon hellfire with their sinister 7″ release of “The Carrion Feast” and “Into Cataclysm.”
Track Premiere: Ifrinn – “Caledonian Black Magick”
March 29, 2021 Chris Dick
Mysterious Scotland-based outfit Ifrinn ignite the black flame within on new track “Caledonian Black Magick.” Streaming in peaty black only at Decibel!
Album Premiere: Ghostbound – ‘Extended Play For My Sweet Mary Thyme’
March 24, 2021 Sean Frasier
Set sail with Brooklyn’s Ghostbound on their newest nautical release, Extended Play For My Sweet Mary Thyme.
Track Premiere: Noctule – ‘Labyrinthian’
March 23, 2021 Vince Bellino
Hear the latest from Svalbard frontwoman Serena Cherry’s Skyrim-themed black metal project, Noctule.
Full Album Premiere: Kankar ‘Dunkle Millennia’
March 15, 2021 Chris Dick
Germany-based black metal duo Kankar posit a crucially dark message on new album, Dunkle Millennia. Full album streaming in vanta black only at Decibel!
Full Album Stream: Myopic and At the Graves – “A Cold Sweat of Quiet Dread”
March 11, 2021 Cody Davis
DC’s Myopic and the Baltimore, Maryland’s At the Graves joined forces to craft a collaborative effort that pushes, not only both projects’ respective sounds but their creative capacities as well
Full Album Stream: Stortregn – “Impermanence”
March 10, 2021 J. Andrew
Experience Stortregn‘s heroic take on blackened-death metal on their new album, Impermanence, out on March 12.
Album Premiere: Isgherurd Morth – Hellrduk
March 10, 2021 Dutch Pearce
New French & Siberian trio Isgherurd Morth shred an innovative and most strange black metal on their debut full-length. Hear Hellrduk in full now before its release Friday.
Track by Track: Black Knife – ‘Murder Season’
March 10, 2021 Sean Frasier
Blackened scumpunks Black Knife just released their homicidal LP, Murder Season. Founding vocalist/guitarist Hellwulv describes its fury track by track.
Full Album Stream: Demiser – “Through the Gate Eternal”
March 9, 2021 Vince Bellino
Stream the extremely wicked and shockingly evil debut from must-hear black-thrash newcomers Demiser.
Video Premiere: Vreid – “The Morning Red”
March 9, 2021 J. Andrew
Vreid‘s new track, “The Morning Red,” is “a blueprint of our eternal creative duality of melancholia and primal aggression.”
Listen: Krallice Continue to Evolve on “Demonic Wealth”
March 8, 2021 Vince Bellino
NYC black metal outfit Krallice blaze a new path on Demonic Wealth.
Track Premiere: Nekkrofukk “Devil’s Blood Injekktion”
March 8, 2021 Chris Dick
Polish black metallers Nekkrofukk summon the goat-demon on new doomy track “Devil’s Blood Injekktion.” Death and destruction streaming only at Decibel!
Full Album Stream: Wolf King – “The Path of Wrath”
March 4, 2021 Vince Bellino
Wolf King take the path less traveled and embrace their extreme metal influences on their second LP.
Track Premiere: Abigorum – “Der geheimnisvolle Käfig”
March 3, 2021 Sean Frasier
Epic blackened doom wraithbringers Abigorum open hell’s gates with the lyric video for their new track, “Der geheimnisvolle Käfig.”
Full Album Stream: KOLDOVSTVO Ni Tsarya, Ni Boga
March 2, 2021 Cody Davis
For the enigmatic sect, Koldovstvo, it’s bewitching black magic.
Full Album Stream: Nixil – “All Knots Untied”
March 1, 2021 J. Andrew
Nixil‘s new album is “a poetic attempt to relate to the unrelatable, a documentation of personal processes of initiation …”
Album Stream: The Plague Can’t Stop Plague Weaver from Pushing a Satanic Agenda with Ascendant Blasphemy
February 25, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out Ascendant Blasphemy, the debut from Canuck black metallers, Plague Weaver
Track Premiere: Les Chants du Hasard – ‘Chant III: Le Reflet’
February 22, 2021 Vince Bellino
Les Chants du Hasard marry black metal and opera.
Album Premiere: Upon the Altar – ‘Absid ab Ordine Luminis’
February 17, 2021 Sean Frasier
Polish hostiles Upon the Altar release their debut LP of devastating blackened death, Absid ab Ordine Luminis.
Decibel’s Top 5 Cosmic Black Metal Albums
February 15, 2021 Chris Dick
Decibel bestows wisdom in our latest Top 5 Cosmic Black Metal Albums, featuring Kaon, Lumnos, Mesarthim, Offenbarung and Darkspace. Revolutions in celestial death are infinite.
Interview: Gaerea Discuss Gimme Radio Livestream, Anonymity and Authenticity
February 11, 2021 Vince Bellino
Gaerea‘s anonymous founder gets in depth about the band’s inner workings and planning their upcoming Gimme Radio livestream.
Paysage d’Hiver Announces New Album, Releases “Bluet”
February 11, 2021 J. Andrew
Wintherr is ready to unleash another storm of cold black metal brilliance! Check out “Bluet” from Paysage d’Hiver‘s upcoming album.