Canada
Video Premiere: VHS – ‘Let’s Get Gruesome’
August 20, 2019 Emily Bellino
What kind of sick horror freak would you be without watching the new VHS video?
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.
Track Premiere: Ifernach’s “Kesik, Dethroned King of the Northeastern Woodlands”
January 30, 2019 Jon Rosenthal
Ifernach‘s latest composition, “Kesik, Dethroned King of the Northeastern Woodlands,” is music for frigid winters.
Album Stream: Omnipotence “Praecipitium”
December 3, 2018 Chris Dick
Canadian blackened death metallers Omnipotence fire off the full album stream of new full-length, Praecipitium, out on Iron Bonehead Productions.
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.
Track Premiere: Thrawsunblat – ‘Via Canadensis’
August 15, 2018 Chris Dick
Canadian folk-black metal project Thrawsunblat premiere “Via Canadensis” off new album, Great Brunswick Forest.
Video Premiere: Infrared – ‘Father of Lies’
July 27, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from reunited thrashers Infrared now.
Track Premiere: Cauldron – ‘Letting Go’
July 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Cauldron rock out on new song “Letting Go.”
Full Album Stream: BornBroken – “The Years of Harsh Truths And Little Lies…”
May 16, 2018 Emily Bellino
Groove metal unit BornBroken are angry and showing it on their new album.
Full EP Stream: Widow’s Peak – ‘Graceless’
April 25, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the latest madness from tech death outfit Widow’s Peak.
Track Premiere: Accursed Spawn – ‘Bhopal ’84’
March 30, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Accursed Spawn.
Full Album Stream: Strigampire – “One Fix, Nine Clouds and Six Feet Deep”
March 19, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the latest from Canadian melodic black metal band Strigampire.
Full Album Stream: Spirit of Rebellion – “The Reign of Denial”
March 16, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from Spirit of Rebellion.
Track Premiere: WAKE – ‘Misery Rites’
December 20, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Canadian grind outfit WAKE now!
Track Premiere: Ominous Eclipse – ‘Spiral Into Insanity’
November 10, 2017 Emily Bellino
“Spiral Into Insanity” with Ominous Eclipse.
Track Premiere: Dead Quiet – ‘F*cking Oath’
October 13, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Dead Quiet‘s upcoming album, Grand Rites now.
Video Premiere: Becomes Astral – ‘The Glass Lake’
August 18, 2017 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from Canadian progressive death virtuosos Becomes Astral now!
Video Premiere: Get the Shot – ‘Hellbringer’
July 6, 2017 Emily Bellino
Check out the new lyric video from metallic hardcore outfit Get the Shot.
Grimposium Founder Announces nordiQC Festival
June 23, 2017 Emily Bellino
nordiQC will feature apperances from Enslaved, Bardspec and more, plus film screenings, Q&A panels and more.
Full Album Stream: Wormwitch – ‘Strike Mortal Soil’
May 10, 2017 Emily Bellino
From “As Above” to “So Below,” Wormwitch deliver a powerful debut album.
Track Premiere: Fractal Generator – ‘Cycle’
March 20, 2017 Emily Bellino
Fractal Generator play death metal from out of this world.
Track Premiere: Striker – ‘Born to Lose’
January 23, 2017 Joseph Schafer
“Without big money bullshit (the quartet’s 100% independent) Striker have struck an ideal balance between nostalgic hooks and blue collar work ethic.”
Northern Rites: An Interview with Norilsk
November 15, 2016 Dutch Pearce
An in-depth conversation with Québécois doom-death outfit Norilsk.
Demo:listen: Sorguinazia
November 11, 2016 Dutch Pearce
On this week’s Demo:listen, we make contact with a singular entity, something from Canada unlike aught we’ve ever known before, a thing which calls itself Sorguinazia.
Sacrifice – “Forward to Termination”
November 24, 2015 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The story of the emergent popularity of Sacrifice’s second album, Forward to Termination, is a shining example of how media used to work and things “went viral” in the days before the internet gave power to trending tweets and twats.
Musk Ox: Video Premiere Part 2
December 1, 2014 Justin Norton
Right before people started pulling up their carts to head home for Thanksgiving we premiered the first making of video from the Canadian neofolk project Musk Ox, the perfect accompaniment to the time of the year when the days get shorter and much colder. In case you missed it you can check it out here….
Musk Ox: Video Premiere Part 1
November 26, 2014 Justin Norton
What’s a Musk Ox? Is it some sort of rare delicacy that your backwoods family member serves up at Thanksgiving Dinner? According to the sages at Wikipedia a musk ox is: an Arctic mammal of the family Bovidae, noted for its thick coat and for the strong odor emitted during the seasonal rut by males,…
STREAMING: Beyond Creation’s “Earthborn Evolution”
September 10, 2014 Justin Norton
“It’s a testament to the boundless creativity of modern, progressive metal.” That’s what label Season Of Mist is saying about the sophomore album from tech death Quebecers (wrestling joke intended) Beyond Creation. Now, if you’re in the label business these days part of your job is saying good things about your roster so people will…
Pardon, Please: The Deciblog Interview With Lord Worm
August 25, 2014 Justin Norton
Dan Greening — alias Lord Worm — is one of the few true mavericks in death metal. Worm is best known for his work with Cryptopsy; Decibel Hall Of Fame inductee None So Vile and potential inductee Blasphemy Made Flesh are genre classics. Worm’s work with Cryptopsy is inimitable; his lyrics are crazed poetry as…
BREWTAL TRUTH: Drink This Now!
April 11, 2014 Adem Tepedelen
Why does Canada’s Frenchiest province, Quebec, love Belgian-style beers so much? Is it the shared language? Is it something in the Quebec palate? Or is it just disdain for anything English in origin? We have no idea, but if we want a killer Belgian brew without going to Belgium, there are plenty of options from…