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Track Premiere: Necrotech – “Deadly Industries”
December 18, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Brazilian industrial death mongors Necrotech get crusty on new track, “Deadly Industries.”
Video Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Unleeched” (live)
December 9, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Watch Brazilian death thrash trio Claustrofobia unleash “Unleeched” live on stage opening for fellow countrymen Sepultura.
Video Premiere: Ophiolatry – “Abyss of Alienation”
November 2, 2023 J. Andrew
Hear Brazil’s Ophiolatry bring hypnotic riffs, brutal vocals and crushing rhythms reminiscent of Hate Eternal, Nile and Steve Tucker-era Morbid Angel.
Video Premiere: Hatefulmurder – “Call Out Your Soul”
October 24, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Watch Brazilian melodic DM outfit Hatefulmurder thrash their way through new single, “Call Out Your Soul.”
Full Album Stream: Farscape – ‘Purged and Forgotten’
September 19, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
After 10 years between albums, Brazilian ragers Farscape are back and bashing out Teutonic thrash like it’s 1984.
‘United Forces: An Archive of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack, 1986-1991’ Now Shipping via Decibel!
August 24, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We’ve got copies of the mammoth new United Forces: An Archive of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack, 1986-1991 book and are shipping NOW. Grab yours!
Full Album Stream: Grave Desecrator – ‘Immundissime Spiritus’
May 9, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Stream the latest deathly blasphemy, Immunidissime Spiritus, from Brazilian black metal scorchers Grave Desecrator
Track Premiere: Negative Vortex – “The Burning Orb”
January 5, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Brazil/California death-doom duo Negative Vortex’s latest single from their ambitious double LP debut.
Video Premiere: The Damnnation — “The Greed”
April 13, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Peep the behind the scenes video from rising Brazilian thrash ultra-power trio The Damnation right now!
Demo:listen: Rotborn
January 18, 2022 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen premieres the massively crushing debut EP from Brazilian death metal quartet Rotborn.
Full Album Premiere: Le Chant Noir ‘La Société Satanique des Poètes Morts’
October 18, 2021 Chris Dick
Brazil-based avant-garde black metallers Le Chant Noir trumpet the sounds of darkness on new album La société satanique des poètes morts.
Video Premiere: Hatefulmurder – ‘Santificado Seja o Meu Ódio’
June 23, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brazilian death thrashers Hatefulmurder release the video for their only Portuguese-language single, “Santificado Seja o Meu Ódio.”
EP Premiere: Venomous — “Tribus”
February 24, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Rising Brazilian melodic death metallers Venomous aren’t about to stay in their subgenre lane for this diverse, killer new EP.
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.
Track Premiere: Conflagracion – “La Consumación de lo Impuro
January 25, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Conflagracion cast fiery black metal spells on their debut EP Luciftias. Hear the first song to be unveiled from this Central and South American-based duo right now.
Nervosa Dominate the Cover of the February Issue of Decibel
December 11, 2020 Decibel Magazine
We have a limited number of advance copies of the February issue of Decibel, featuring our an exclusive new flexi disc single from murder metal kings Macabre.
Video Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Riff Cult”
December 2, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Seasoned Brazilian death-tinged toad-thrashers Claustrofobia invite you to join their “Riff Cult.”
Continue the Arise: Brazil’s Metal Scene Lives!
November 4, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Writer/photographer/tireless scene advocate Jessica Marinho takes us on a guided tour of the bustling, burgeoning, extremely extreme Brazilian metal scene.
Fight Fire with Fire: ‘I.N.R.I.’ vs. ‘Schizophrenia’
October 22, 2020 Greg Pratt
It’s the big Brazilian 1987 showdown with Sarcófago‘s I.N.R.I. vs. Sepultura‘s Schizophrenia.
Decibel’s Top 5 Thrash Metal Cover Songs
June 10, 2019 Chris Dick
In which we explore the best of the ’80s thrash metal cover brigade.
Full Album Stream: Hellish Grave – “Hell No Longer Waits”
May 28, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Don’t miss the sophomore album from São Paulo’s best kept black speed secret, Hellish Grave. Check out Hell No Longer Waits now!
Chepang and Test Team Up for Split EP
July 3, 2018 Gene Meyer
Grindcore outfits Chepang and Test team up for a blistering, innovative split.
Grinding Around the World: Brazil
March 13, 2018 Gene Meyer
In the first installment of our new grindcore series, we take a deep drive into Brazil to check out Hutt, Test, Narayama and Lxs Jugadxs.
New Book Brings “United Forces” Zine Back to Life
March 9, 2018 J. Andrew
United Forces was a zine that ran from 1986-1991 out of Brazil and covered the early development of extreme metal, a new book compiles all the issues so readers can get the whole picture.
Deafkids: Full Interview
December 26, 2017 Daniel Lake
Brazilian percussive drone/noise/punk trio Deafkids rule harder than you might expect.
Full Album Stream: Jupiterian – “Terraforming”
November 7, 2017 Emily Bellino
Brazilian sludge purveyors Jupiterian stream their new album and reveal its writing process.
Track Premiere: Dirty Grave – ‘Evil (Is Going On)’
October 5, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream Dirty Grave‘s cover of “Evil (Is Going On)” by blues legend Willie Dixon now.
Patria Unveil Dark Video For ‘Axis’
January 13, 2017 Emily Bellino
Patria have unveiled a beautiful lyric video to go with their song “Axis.”
Greyhaze To Reissue The Mist’s ‘Phantasmagoria,’ Hear First Song Now
December 16, 2016 Emily Bellino
80’s Brazilian thrashers The Mist are finally seeing the first North American and European release of their 1989 debut, Phantasmagoria.
Track Premiere: Escarnium – ‘Omnis Mortuus Est – Interitus’
September 29, 2016 Emily Bellino
Escarnium didn’t pull any punches on this one. “Omnis Mortuus Est – Interitus” is straightforward death metal at its finest.