black metal
Five For Friday: August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022 J. Andrew
This week’s hand-picked set of new releases feature the latest from Russian Circles, Soilwork, Morbid Evils and more!
Video Premiere: Ensanguinate – “Vile Grace”
August 9, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Watch Slovenian quartet Ensanguinate blacken the castle walls with their vile thrash.
Onward to Nidaros: New Book Documents Trondheim’s Black Metal Scene
August 2, 2022 J. Andrew
Cult Never Dies is back with a new book that walks the infernal fields of one of Norway’s lesser-known black metal scenes.
Video Premiere: In Aphelion – “Sorrow, Fire and Hate”
July 21, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish melodic black metal trio In Aphelion filmed their live debut for the new “Sorrow, Fire and Hate” video
Track Premiere: Power from Hell – “Primordial Impurity”
July 21, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
Brazilian black metallers Power From Hell power up with the first single from their Debemur Morti Productions debut Shadows Devouring Light.
10 Great Songs to Wish Someone a Happy Birthday!
July 21, 2022 J. Andrew
There are so many ways to celebrate someone’s big day, and Decibel is here to show you the most thoughtful ways to make it extra special!
Full Album Stream: Panzerfaust – ‘The Suns of Perdition, Chapter III: The Astral Drain’
July 19, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Canadian progressive black metal Panzerfaust continue their epic Suns of Perdition trilogy.
Track Premiere: Crestfallen Dusk – “Our Old, Rotting Cabin”
July 13, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
Hear prolific guitarist and vocalist Ryan Clackner’s juxtaposition of traditional American folk music and atonal black metal in Crestfallen Dusk.
Album Premiere: Ashenspire – ‘Hostile Architecture’
July 13, 2022 Sean Frasier
Scottish black metal project Ashenspire demolish power structures on their new LP, Hostile Architecture.
Full Album Stream & Interview: Xenoglyph – Spiritfraud
July 12, 2022 Cody Davis
Read an exclusive interview with the collective entity of Xenoglyph–translated from their native language, Gliese {☌⌰⟟⟒⋉⟒}—and listen to their newest transmission, Spiritfraud, now.
Album Premiere: Werewolves – ‘From the Cave to the Grave’
June 23, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear the new record from Australia black/death dealers Werewolves, From the Cave to the Grave, in advance of its June 24 release via Prosthetic Records.
Q&A: JB Le Bail Scorches Earth With New Svart Crown EP, ‘Les Terres Brûlées’
June 20, 2022 Chris Dick
French black metallers Svart Crown re-think their formula on new EP Les Terres Brûlées. Madman JB Le Bail sets the tone.
Full Album Premiere: Atramentum ‘Through Fire, Everything is Renewed’
June 13, 2022 Chris Dick
Pan-international blackened death metallers Atramentum stream new album, Through Fire, Everything Is Renewed, in full at Decibel.
HULDER’s Phenomenal Mini-LP ‘The Eternal Fanfare’ on Decibel Exclusive Vinyl Color Available for Pre-Order RIGHT NOW!
June 10, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Pre-order Hulder‘s The Eternal Fanfare on our exclusive “Black Inside of Ultra Clear” edition vinyl, limited to just 100 copies worldwide!
Track Premiere: Am Himmel – “The Patience And Silence of a Saint’s Death”
June 6, 2022 Chris Dick
Netherlands-based shoegaze black metal outfit Am Himmel unfurls new spectral track “The Patience And Silence Of A Saint’s Death.”
Video Premiere: Hexis – “Nunquam”
June 2, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Danish post black metal quartet Hexis never say never on new track “Nunquam”
Track Premiere: Funeral Oppression – “Just To Live”
June 1, 2022 Sean Frasier
Join Funeral Oppression’s bleak and blackened cemetery procession by playing their new single, “Just To Live.”
Track Premiere: Nubivagant – ‘Into Eternal Night’
May 23, 2022 Chris Dick
Italy-based epic black metal soloists Nubivagant premiere ghostly new track “Into Eternal Night” at Decibel.
Full Album Premiere: Bog Body – ‘Cryonic Crevasse Cult’
May 17, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
NYC’s Bog Body emerge well-preserved from the sludgy black metal morass.
Video Premiere: Wormwitch – ‘Age of the Ordeal of Iron’
May 13, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Returning less than a year after 2021’s critically acclaimed Wolf Hex full length, Canadian black metal practitioners Wormwitch present a new stand-alone single, “Age of the Ordeal of Iron.”
Track Premiere: Alvaldur – “Nightmares Ride Across the Stars”
May 11, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
Hear the opening track from Of Dusk and Crumbling Silence, the debut LP from USBM upstarts Alvaldur, before its Friday the 13th release date.
Full Split 7″ Premiere: Razör Förge/Chaoshorde
May 10, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Razör Förge and Chaoshorde get medieval on their new Vicious Witch Records split.
Full Album Stream: Void Wraith – II
May 10, 2022 Dutch Pearce
An exclusive early stream of the incendiary second full-length from Seattle black metal manifestation Void Wraith.
Video Premiere: Inexorum – “Equinox Vigil”
May 5, 2022 Jon Rosenthal
Skip spring and summer and head straight to fall with the crisp melodies of Inexorum‘s “Equinox Vigil.”
Pre-Order WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM’s Essential Repress of ‘Two Hunters’ on Limited Edition Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
May 5, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Wolves in the Throne Room has received a long-awaited vinyl repress of their masterpiece Two Hunters and Decibel has obtained an exclusive edition on Moss Green wax limited to 300 copies!
Full Album Premiere: Tómarúm – ‘Ash in Realms of Stone Icons’
May 4, 2022 Brad Sanders
Hear Atlanta progressive black metallers Tómarúm unleash their long-gestating debut Ash in Realms of Stone Icons before its Friday release.
Track Premiere: Djevelkult – ‘The Life Destroyer’
April 27, 2022 Emily Bellino
Dig into the trve Norwegian spirit with Djevelkult.
Hulder Premiere Exclusive Single, “Evil’s Incubation,” Via the Decibel Flexi Series
April 27, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Hulder disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Demo:listen: Thlurm
April 26, 2022 Dutch Pearce
This week’s Demo:listen exclusively unleashes the gnarly toxic event that is the demo compilation from Indiana metal/punk mutant Thlurm.
Full EP Stream: deathCAVE – “II”
April 21, 2022 Emily Bellino
Seattle doom trio deathCAVE offer a psychedelic and blackened approach to doom on new EP II.