Blackened Death Metal
Full Album Stream: Mythologik – Blood in the Sky
June 12, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear the debut full-length album, Blood in the Sky, from shapeshifting San Antonio’s Mythologik before its June 14 release.
Full Album Stream: Swampbeast – “Offering of Chaos, Lamenting In The Blood of Man”
May 30, 2024 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from Los Angeles black/death dealers Swampbeast.
Full Album Stream: Overthrow – “Ascension of the Entombed”
October 10, 2023 Dillon Collins
Hear British death/thrash overlords Overthrow haunt the metalverse head of Friday the 13th with their new EP Ascension of the Entombed, streaming now!
Full Album Stream: Putrascension – “Forever Below”
October 2, 2023 Emily Bellino
New Jersey blackened death metal crew Putrascension channel the classics on their debut album.
Full Album Premiere: Appalling ‘Sacrilege’
November 28, 2022 Chris Dick
American death metallers Appalling crush the cenotaph on new album, Sacrilege, via Personal Records. Streaming at Decibel now!
Track Premiere: IMPUGNER – “Morass”
October 26, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
From the depths of the most fowl recesses of the earth comes the latest from Impugner in the form new track “Morass.”
Track Premiere: Deathsiege – ‘At the Ruins of Legacy’
October 10, 2022 Emily Bellino
Deathsiege are “At the Ruins of Legacy” on new song.
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
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.
Video Premiere: Abhorrent Expanse – ‘Frost Suffocation’
March 16, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
We’re halfway through the week, and to get us the rest of the way there, Abhorrent Expanse are blessing (or damning) us with their latest video, “Frost Suffocation.”
Track Premiere: Vile Ritual – ‘Tongues of the Exanimate’
January 3, 2022 Emily Bellino
Vile Ritual blend subterranean blackened death metal with dark psychedelia on “Tongues of the Examinate.”
Album Premiere: Coffin Rites – “Human Erase”
August 25, 2021 Sean Frasier
Minnesota black/death gravediggers Coffin Rites unleash a brutal eulogy with their apocalyptic new LP, Human Erase.
Track Premiere: Atra Haeresis – “The Sacred Games”
August 4, 2021 Sean Frasier
Black/death misanthropes Atra Haeresis will rip out your beating heart during the lyric video for their new single, “The Sacred Games.”
Album Premiere: Unendlich – ‘Paradox of a Broken World’
July 7, 2021 Sean Frasier
Unendlich’s scythe-swinging riffs shape misery into majesty on the USBM project’s new LP, Paradox of a Broken World.
Track Premiere: Empty Throne – ‘And All Shall Know His Name’
March 29, 2021 Emily Bellino
Blackened death tour de force Empty Throne (feat. current and former members of Possessed, Abbath, The Kennedy Veil and Angerot) debut their first song.
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.
Full Album Stream: Proscription – “Conduit”
September 18, 2020 Emily Bellino
Hail death and listen to Conduit, the new album from Finnish death metal group Proscription.
Full Album Premiere: Ulthar – ‘Providence’
June 11, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Hear Oakland black/death dealers Ulthar deliver their sophomore LP Providence in full a day ahead of its release on 20 Buck Spin
Rejoice! A New Naglfar Album Is on the Way!
March 20, 2020 J. Andrew
Naglfar remains consistent in the best possible way: they just keep on making great blackened death metal packed with riff after riff.
Video Premiere: Nexorum – “Great Horned King”
February 6, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Norwegian blackened death newcomers Nexorum invoke pure evil on their debut album. Check out the video for “Great Horned King” now.
Teitanblood Unleashes ‘The Baneful Choir’ Album
October 18, 2019 J. Andrew
For fans of noisy and crushing blackened death metal, a Teitanblood album release day for The Baneful Choir is a good day.
Track Premiere: Casket Huffer — “Genocide Thralls”
September 4, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Blackened death doom sludge outfit Casket Huffer invites you to breathe in the nihilism of an exclusive new track.
Lvcifyre Unleashes Their Brutal Sacrament
May 24, 2019 J. Andrew
Harsh, heavy, evil. London’s Lvcifyre unleashes it’s latest blast of death metal fury on their new EP. Check out “The Greater Curse” here.
Track Premiere & Interview: Temple Koludra — ‘Namarupa’
May 15, 2019 Shawn Macomber
The latest track from German blackened death outfit Temple Koludra is a genre and border busting adventure in heavy metal transcendence.
Track Premiere: Shabti – ‘Shrouded and Veiled’
February 5, 2019 Emily Bellino
Black metal veterans Shabti pull back the veil on new album Trembling and Shorn.
Track Premiere: Dunkelnacht – ‘Non Canimus Surdis’
January 21, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from blackened death purveyors Dunkelnacht.
Track Premiere: Hecate Enthroned – ‘Temples that Breathe’
December 6, 2018 Emily Bellino
After five years, Hecate Enthroned reveal a brand-new song.
Full Album Stream: Necroart – “Caino”
November 20, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream Caino, the new album from Necroart.
Full Album Stream: Letheria – “Death-Principle”
November 20, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Long-established Finnish extreme metallers Letheria have finally released their debut full length. Stream it here and now in all its cruel and morbid glory.
Track Premiere: Bane – ‘Wretched Feast’
November 9, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hot off of a tour with Uada, blackened death outfit Bane strike with new music.