Dark Descent Records
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 Vince Bellino
Stream the awesome new Father Befouled record in full!
Track Premiere: Father Befouled – ‘Desolate Gods’
May 19, 2017 Vince 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.
Track Premiere: Sarcasm – ‘Silent Waves Summoned Your Inner Being’
March 30, 2017 Vince Bellino
Swedish death dealers Sarcasm are streaming a new song!
Full Album Stream: Ascended Dead – ‘Abhorrent Manifestation’
March 15, 2017 Vince Bellino
Stream Ascended Dead‘s unholy first full-length offering ahead of its official release date.
Full EP Stream: Devouring Star – ‘Antihedron’
March 6, 2017 Vince Bellino
Antihedron is Devouring Star’s excellent follow up to 2015’s Through Lung and Heart.
Full Album Stream: Gorephilia – ‘Severed Monolith’
February 24, 2017 Vince Bellino
Return to deep space with Gorephilia on their sophomore LP, the (inter)stellar Severed Monolith.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Tickets On Sale Now!
November 7, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Sleep and Agoraphobic Nosebleed headline the first-annual two-day celebration of extreme metal and craft beer presented by Unibroue
Full Album Stream: Ruinous – ‘Graves of Ceaseless Death’
November 4, 2016 Vince Bellino
Ruinous combines old and new death metal elements on their debut, Graves of Ceaseless Death.
Full Album Stream: Krypts – ‘Remnants of Expansion’
October 21, 2016 Vince Bellino
Krypts‘ second album is another impressive piece of death-doom. Stream it in full before it hits the streets next week.
Contest: Dark Descent Megapack (3 LPs, 7 CDs, + Shirt!)
July 29, 2016 James Lewis
One email for a chance to make your collection 10 (ripping, crushing, raging, etc. etc., you get the point) entries heavier.
Full Album Stream: Blood Incantation’s ‘Starspawn’ Might Be the Death Metal Album of the Year
July 29, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Denver’s Blood Incantation have crafted an epic slab of death metal that demands your immediate attention. No bullshit.
MATT CALVERT OF DARK DESCENT RECORDS: “FAILURE HAS NEVER BEEN AN OPTION”
June 30, 2016 Greg Pratt
Dark Descent Records is one of the best underground metal labels of 2016. But who is the man behind the label?
Smash Through the Looking-Glass: Stream Ghoulgotha’s “A Lord in the Shattered Mirror”
May 10, 2016 Dutch Pearce
San Diego dour trio Ghoulgotha offer up another tantalizing peek at their forthcoming LP, To Starve the Cross.