Dark Descent
CRYPT SERMON Unveil Exclusive New Track, “Lachrymose,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
August 8, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this flexi disc single from Crypt Sermon featuring an exclusive new song available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
CRYPT SERMON to Release Exclusive New Track, “Lachrymose,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
June 28, 2024 Michael Wohlberg
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, July 1 at noon ET to secure this extremely limited flexi single or forever be doomed—but in the bad way!
Full Album Stream: Hyperdontia – “Harvest of Malevolence”
June 19, 2024 Emily Bellino
Hyperdontia unleash death metal mayhem on Harvest of Malevolence.
Pre-order PHOBOCOSM’s New LP ‘Foreordained’ on LIMITED Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!
October 11, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 100 copies available of Phobocosm‘s new LP, Foreordained, on exclusive murky Transparent Blue & Black Marble vinyl. Don’t blow it.
For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Thantifaxath and Graveworm
May 26, 2023 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrain returns to ruffle feathers with a pair of new releases from two VERY divergent acts.
Track Premiere: Ekstasis – “Magmatic Decimation”
September 28, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
If you’re searching for classic death metal with a side of melody — and we know you are — look no further than “Magmatic Decimation,” the new track from Ekstasis.
Full Album Stream: Corpsessed – “Succumb to Rot”
April 19, 2022 Emily Bellino
Embrace death and Succumb to Rot with the new album from Finnish death metal masterminds Corpsessed.
Pre-Order MALIGNANT ALTAR’s Decibel-Exclusive Colored LP ‘Realms of Exquisite Morbidity’ on Vinyl!
January 12, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Only a mere 100 of this white LP from Texas death revelers Malignant Altar have been made available in the U.S. and Decibel has got all of them. Pre-order Realms of Exquisite Morbidity now!
Full Album Stream: Malignant Altar – “Realms of Exquisite Morbidity”
December 8, 2021 J. Andrew
Prepare to be buried under heaps of crushing darkness on Malignant Altar‘s debut album, streaming exclusively at Decibel!
Full Album Stream: Hyperdontia – “Hideous Entity”
November 10, 2021 Emily Bellino
Danish/Turkish death metal quartet Hyperdontia stream new LP Hideous Entity.
Full Album Stream: Qrixkuor – “Poison Palinopsia”
August 5, 2021 Emily Bellino
Welcome to Hell. Dark death metal trio Qrixkuor will be your guide.
Full Album Stream: Craven Idol – “Forked Tongues”
July 21, 2021 Emily Bellino
Craven Idol‘s third album, Forked Tongues is the old-school extreme metal album you need.
Video Premiere: Grave Miasma – “Rogyapa”
March 5, 2021 J. Andrew
According to Grave Miasma: “There is no more ego-vanquishing burial rite than one that pounds flesh and bone into nothingness.”
Track Premiere and Interview: Undergang – “Rodt dodt kod”
December 2, 2020 Fred Pessaro
Copenhagen death metal favorites Undergang reveal new song and their secret ’90s alt-rock influence.
Full Album Stream: Gorephilia – “In the Eye of Nothing”
September 30, 2020 Emily Bellino
Gorephilia overcome the loss of vocalist Henu to craft In the Eye of Nothing, their most impressive album to date.
Full Album Stream: Proscription – “Conduit”
September 18, 2020 Emily Bellino
Hail death and listen to Conduit, the new album from Finnish death metal group Proscription.
Finnish Death Gods Lantern Premiere “Beings,” Illuminate Us With New Interview
June 19, 2020 Dean Brown
Dark Descent’s death metal hit parade continues with the latest from Finns Lantern. Hear the latest track from their forthcoming LP Dimensions.
Track Premiere: Nox Formulae – ‘Eve of Annihilation’
March 11, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Grecian black metal horde Nox Formulae are about to end their seemingly interminable four-year silence with new LP Drakon Darshan Satan on March 27. Jam another new track from it right here.
Track Premiere: Ensnared – “The Throne of Transformation”
January 14, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Gothenburg deathbringers Ensnared return with a brand new full length of maximum occult destruction. Blast this exclusive premiere of a track from Inimicus Generis Humani right now!
Crypt Sermon Hands Over the Keys to Solomon’s Gate
July 5, 2019 J. Andrew
Among the growing horde of neo-classical heavy metal and doom bands, one name stands out as one of the best: Crypt Sermon.
Track Premiere: Krypts – ‘The Reek of Loss’
April 5, 2019 Emily Bellino
Smell “The Reek of Loss” when you hear the first song from Krypts‘ new album.
Track Premiere: Vircolac – ‘Snake Among Man’
February 25, 2019 Emily Bellino
Stream a new track from Irish death metal Vircolac.
Full Album Stream: Organic – “Carved in Flesh”
November 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Organic channel Grave and Dismember on debut LP, Carved in Flesh.
Full Album Stream: Vanhelgd – “Deimos Sanktuarium”
October 5, 2018 Emily Bellino
Swedish sect Vanhelgd summon oppressive, dark death metal with new album Deimos Sanktuarium.
Full Album Stream: Malthusian – “Across Deaths”
September 25, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Don’t miss this exclusive full album stream of the apocalyptic new full length from Irish chaosmongers Malthusian!
Track Premiere: Vanhelgd – ‘A Plea for Divine Necromancy’
September 3, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from Swedish death/doom crushers Vanhelgd.
Decibel Special Report: Online Bootlegging In Extreme Music
June 11, 2018 Justin Norton
Cheap merchandise. Diminishing revenues for labels already under financial pressure. Death metal shower curtains and bar signs. Decibel‘s special report on how online bootlegging is hurting the extreme metal scene.
For Those About to Squawk: Evil Hunter, Skeletal Remains, Wrong
March 30, 2018 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new titles from Skeletal Remains, Evil Hunter and Wrong.
Track Premiere: Deiquisitor – “Planetary Devastation”
March 30, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream an exclusive new track from the ludicrously pummeling new full length from Danish deathmasters, Deiquisitor.
TWO WEEKS AWAY: Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Is Almost Here
March 16, 2018 Albert Mudrian
You’d better hop to it if you want to see At the Gates, Carcass, Mayhem and more at Decibel Metal & Beer Fest. It’s only TWO WEEKS AWAY!