Dark Descent Records
THANTIFAXATH Return with ‘Hive Mind Narcosis’ on Decibel-Exclusive Gold Vinyl! Pre-Order NOW!
April 12, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Nine years in the making, we have only 100 copies of Thantifaxath‘s long-awaited second album, Hive Mind Narcosis, on exclusive gold vinyl!
Video Premiere: Úlfúð (Ulfud) – “Leviathan Dreams”
February 24, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Watch the stunning new Úlfúð video and then grab one of the just 108 copies of their debut, Of Existential Distortion, on Decibel exclusive blue & cobalt swirled vinyl!
Pre-Order ÚLFÚÐ’s Debut Album ‘Of Existential Distortion’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
February 2, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have just 108 copies of Úlfúð‘s stunning black/death debut, Of Existential Distortion, on Decibel exclusive deep blue and cobalt swirled vinyl!
Pre-Order CASTRATOR’s Debut Album on Decibel’s Exclusive Vinyl Color RIGHT NOW!
June 3, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Castrator’s long-awaited debut album Defiled in Oblivion is now available for pre-order and Decibel has our own exclusive edition on Hot Pink & Black Galaxy vinyl limited to just 100 copies.
Order DESOLATE SHRINE’s New Album ‘Fires of the Dying World’ on Limited Edition Vinyl (Only 90 Copies) RIGHT NOW!
May 3, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Our smallest vinyl edition run EVER is here with Desolate Shrine‘s Fires of the Dying World. Only 90 copies on Blood Red Galaxy vinyl available for pre-order now!
Track Premiere: Desolate Shrine – “Cast to Walk the Star of Sorrow”
February 25, 2022 Brad Sanders
Helsinki trio Desolate Shrine continue their decade-long death reign with the latest song from their Fires of the Dying World album, due March 25 on Dark Descent
Full Beer List Revealed for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA 2021!
December 8, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Here are the 40+ different beers that “Metal & Beer” and “VIP” ticket holders are entitled to sample on December 10-11 in Los Angeles!
Gatecreeper Added to Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles Line-Up!
October 1, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Arizona death metallers Gatecreeper will replace Hate Eternal at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles on December 10-11, 2021. Tickets on sale now!
Full Brewery Lineup for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: L.A. Revealed! Tickets ON SALE NOW!
September 10, 2021 Decibel Magazine
We are proud to welcome California breweries Claremont Craft Ales, Societe, Ogopogo, Athletic & Ghost Town to a murders row of brewtality at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles!
Full Album Stream: Lvcifyre – “The Broken Seal”
September 7, 2021 Brad Sanders
Hear The Broken Seal, the London black/death trio’s first full-length since 2014, ahead of its Friday release date on Dark Descent.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2021 Tickets ON SALE NOW!
August 6, 2021 Decibel Magazine
All ticket options for Converge (performing all of Jane Doe) and Cave In (performing all of Until Your Heart Stops) plus Deadguy, Sacred Reich, Hate Eternal & more at Metal & Beer Fest LA are on sale now.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Los Angeles 2021 Announced, Full Lineup Revealed
August 2, 2021 Decibel Magazine
Special sets from Converge (performing all of Jane Doe) and Cave In (performing all of Until Your Heart Stops) plus Deadguy, Sacred Reich, Hate Eternal and Repulsion highlight Metal & Beer Fest’s LA return.
Album Review: Craven Idol – ‘Forked Tongues’
July 19, 2021 Jonathan Horsley
British black/death immolators Craven Idol deliver Decibel‘s album of the week via Forked Tongues.
Album Premiere: Anatomia – ‘Corporeal Torment’
May 12, 2021 Sean Frasier
Japanese death/doom hope-crushers Anatomia unveil their fourth LP Corporeal Torment over a week early exclusively at Decibel Magazine.
Album Premiere: Engulfed – Vengeance of the Fallen
December 1, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Turkish death maelstrom Engulfed return with a mini-album the size of crashing heaven. Hear Vengeance of the Fallen in its entirety before it’s out next week.
Album Premiere: Lie In Ruins – Floating in Timeless Streams
November 13, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Finnish apex death metallers Lie In Ruins take on eternity on their new full-length Floating in Timeless Streams, out next Friday on Dark Descent. Hear it now in its entirety.
Hear Hyperdontia’s Crushing New Song “Punctured Soul” via the Decibel Flexi Series
September 23, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Hyperdontia flexi disc single, featuring a brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Spirit Adrift Grace the Cover of the November Issue of Decibel
September 15, 2020 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the November issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive Hyperdontia flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.
Premiere: HAD’s self-titled mLP
August 25, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Featuring members of Sulphurous and Deiquisitor, HAD emerge from the Copenhagen underground with an uncanny and foreboding power to wield devastating darkness.
Hyperdontia To Release New Song “Punctured Soul” via the Decibel Flexi Series
July 31, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this ultra-rare Hyperdontia flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new song as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
The Five Dark Descent Releases that Mean the Most to Owner Matt Calvert
October 10, 2019 Greg Pratt
To celebrate Dark Descent Records’ 10th anniversary, we caught up with owner Matt Calvert to find out what five DD releases mean the most to him.
Full Album Stream: Crypt Sermon – ‘The Ruins of Fading Light’
September 3, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear Crypt Sermon‘s four-years-in-the-making doom metal juggernaut The Ruins of Fading Light in full.
Decibel Magazine Tour 2019 Tickets are ON SALE NOW!
November 16, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Tickets for the eighth annual Decibel Magazine Tour, featuring co-headliners Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel, with support from Immolation (select dates), Necrot and Blood Incantation, are ON SALE NOW!
Decibel Magazine 2019 Tour Lineup + Dates Announced
November 14, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Immolation, Necrot and Blood Incantation unite for Decibel’s latest American live campaign this February. Tickets on sale Friday, November 16 at 10am local time.
Track Premiere: Devouring Star ‘Scar Inscriptions’
August 22, 2018 Chris Dick
Finnish black metal phenoms Devouring Star explore Sin as a divine trait on new song “Scar Inscriptions.”
Full Album Stream: Father Befouled – ‘Desolate Gods’
June 21, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the awesome new Father Befouled record in full!
Track Premiere: Father Befouled – ‘Desolate Gods’
May 19, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the title track from Father Befouled‘s first album in five years!
STREAMING: Ensnared “Dysangelium”
May 8, 2017 Chris Dick
Sweden’s Gravehammer met its maker in 2010. Despite the group only issuing a lone EP, 2010’s Ensnared in Dismal Blasphemies, the Gothenburgers were well on their way to Nordic infamy, their hybridization of death, black, and thrash metal on either end of Decameron, Grotesque, and vintage Kreator. Now, known as Ensnared, the Swedes have taken what they learned on the fiery path with Gravehammer into new depths of darkness, where the horns of Hell blare violently and incessantly, where the air is insufferably hot and smells of brimstone cooking in the vast ovens of the underworld.
Swedish death metal vets Sarcasm finally release second album
April 27, 2017 Greg Pratt
It’s been a long time coming, but Sarcasm are releasing their second album, and we caught up with them to get the scoop.
Album Premiere & Interview: Craven Idol Shatter “The Shackles of Mammon”
April 12, 2017 Sean Frasier
Craven Idol lead a blackened assault on greed and mindless worship on The Shackles of Mammon.