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Track Premiere: Anatomy of Habit – “Your Pure Breath”
November 30, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Bang a gong, get it on with an epic track from Chicago’s doomy, atmospheric post-punk collective, Anatomy of Habit.
Full EP Stream: Nequient – ‘Collective Punishment’
November 1, 2021 Vince Bellino
Chicago’s Nequient distribute Collective Punishment in the form of D-beats and metallic hardcore anger.
Album Premiere: Threshing Spirit – The Crucible
October 26, 2021 Dutch Pearce
An exclusive and early stream of The Crucible, the fearless debut full-length from Chicago-based USBM entity Threshing Spirit.
Video Premiere: The Skull – “As the Sun Draws Near”
January 14, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Chicago doomlords The Skull (featuring ex-members of Trouble) roll out the latest video from their second album, The Endless Roads Turns Dark.
Track Premiere: Cardiac Arrest “Sodomite”
July 13, 2020 Chris Dick
Chicago’s Cardiac Arrest belch new track, “Sodomite,” from new album, The Day That Death Prevailed. Streaming filthily only at Decibel!
Video Premiere: Of Wolves – “Mens Rea (Izaguf)”
June 4, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Noisy Chicago-based sludge/hardcore trio Of Wolves premiere their new aversion therapy-style video for “Mens Rea (Izaguf)” from their forthcoming new album, Balance.
Full EP Stream: Cianide – ‘Unhumanized’
December 20, 2019 Dutch Pearce
After 8 long years, God-tier Chicago death/doom trio Cianide have returned with their new EP, Unhumanized.
Full Album Stream: Mexican Werewolf – “Murder House”
October 25, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Unhinged Chicago rockers Mexican Werewolf unleash their full length today. Hear in its entirety right here.
Track Premiere: Mexican Werewolf – ‘The Last Days of Disco’
September 27, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Chicago’s Mexican Werewolf slay violent smash‘n’roll. Check out this exclusive track premiere from their forthcoming debut album, Murder House.
Video Premiere: Snow Burial – ‘Sever the Bloodline’
August 8, 2019 Vince Bellino
Snow Burial “Sever the Bloodline” with a cut from their upcoming album, Ostrava.
The Kreutzer Sonata: Heading Into Their “Glory Daze”
June 14, 2019 J. Andrew
Check out our interview with Adam of The Kreutzer Sonata, a Chicago-based punk band ready to unleash a new serving of noise with “The Rosehill Gates.”
Track Premiere: Cardiac Arrest ‘Professional Victim’
April 9, 2018 Chris Dick
Chicago death purveyors Cardiac Arrest drop new track ‘Professional Victim.’
Track Premiere: The Atlas Moth – ‘Galactic Brain’
January 18, 2018 Vince Bellino
Stream a new song from The Atlas Moth right now!
Chicago Open Air 2017 To Feature The Decibel Headbangers Bier Hall
May 24, 2017 Vince Bellino
Introducing the Decibel Headbangers Bier Hall at Chicago Open Air
Video Premiere: Broken Hope – ‘Mutilated And Assimilated’
May 12, 2017 Vince Bellino
Prepare to be “Mutilated and Assimilated” by Chicago death metal outfit Broken Hope.
Chicago’s Arriver Arrive to Jam “URSa” in All USBs
November 15, 2016 Daniel Lake
In a couple weeks, the Chi-town quartet Arriver will blast their frenetic, exacting noise of death out through your ass, by way of their December 2nd release, Emeritus. Today, we give you the song “URSa,” as good an entry point as any (though it’s the record’s penultimate track) to the band’s sound. Don’t let this be your only dip into their pool, though.
Defying the Metastasis: Full Album Stream from Chicago’s Polyptych
October 4, 2016 Daniel Lake
Chicago, Illinois has long been home to some of the harshest, ugliest metal sounds, and Polyptych continue the tradition in splendid form.
Track Premiere: Dethbeds’ ‘Dungeon Scum’
August 31, 2016 Vince Bellino
Dethbeds plays loud and Dethbeds plays fast. Dethbeds has a new album coming out October 11, but you can listen to a (loud and fast) new song now.
STREAMING: Scythe’s “Leather Aggressor”
August 23, 2013 Justin Norton
In recent years, Chicago has been home to all sorts of experimental and off-the-path metal. Lest you forget it’s also the hometown of Paul Speckmann of Master, scads of restaurants that serve large racks of meat and tons of old-school goodness. On that note, Decibel is happy to provide an exclusive stream of Scythe’s “Leather…
Exclusive Premiere: New Bible of the Devil track!
May 8, 2012 Adem Tepedelen
Unlike some of our previous “premieres,” this one is timed just perfectly. Chicago trad-metal quartet, Bible of the Devil, will be releasing their sixth full-length album, For The Love Of Thugs And Fools, today, May, 8 via Cruz Del Sur Music. It’s their first full-length, since 2008’s Freedom Metal and it’s just the kind of…