death metal
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Heathen and Skeletal Remains
August 28, 2020 Blake Harrison
Our cooped up correspondent pecks on new jack old-school death metal and the classic thrash this week.
Video Premiere: Repuked – “Shitfister” (NSFW)
August 27, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Morbidly perverse Swedish death metallers Repuked return with a raunchy, new and totally NSFW brutalizer from their forthcoming new full-length, Dawn of Reintoxication.
Album Premiere and Interview: Hinayana – ‘Death of the Cosmic’
August 27, 2020 Sean Frasier
Austin-based melodic death/doom dawnbringers Hinayana seek enlightenment in a brutalist hellscape on their Death of the Cosmic EP.
Track Premiere: Johansson & Speckmann – ‘Take the Lion’s Share’
August 26, 2020 Emily Bellino
Death metal legends Johansson and Speckmann return to “Take the Lion’s Share.”
Album Premiere: Frostvore – ‘Drowned by Blood’
August 26, 2020 Sean Frasier
Japanese reapers Frostvore flood your lungs with Swedeath gore on their debut LP Drowned by Blood.
Album Review: Necrot – ‘Mortal’
August 24, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Bay area death metallers Necrot return with a sophomore leveler for the ages
Carcass to Release New EP, “Despicable,” on October 30 via Nuclear Blast
August 21, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Hear a track from the new Carcass EP, Despicable out on October 30 via Nuclear Blast.
Track Premiere: Darkened – “1000 Years”
August 19, 2020 Sean Frasier
Eagerly anticipated death metal collective Darkened drag you through a perilous nightmare in their new single “1000 Years.”
Track Premiere: Ghoulhouse – ‘Necroholics Anonymous’
August 17, 2020 Emily Bellino
Welcome to “Necroholics Anonymous.”
Video Premiere: Puteraeon – “The Sleeping Dread”
August 12, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Eerie cinematography and Cthulhian Swedish death metal collide in the new video from Puteraeon.
Track Premiere: Vulnere — “And They Fall”
August 12, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Rising Portland, Oregon death metallers Vulnere mine some of the greatest extremely extreme ore of yore for killer track “And They Fall.”
Video Premiere: Vitriol – ‘Hive Lungs’
August 5, 2020 Emily Bellino
Find out why Vitriol are one of the most explosive bands in modern death metal with “Hive Lungs.”
Album Premiere and Interview: Vassafor – ‘To the Death’
August 5, 2020 Sean Frasier
New Zealand black metal duo Vassafor conjure demons and new plagues on their new uncompromising masterpiece To the Death.
Full Album Stream: Angel Morgue – “In the Morgue of Angels”
August 3, 2020 Emily Bellino
Join Angel Morgue In the Morgue of Angels.
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!
Track Premiere: Jesus Wept – ‘Fucked on the Cross’
July 30, 2020 Emily Bellino
Jesus Wept deliver a familiar dose of melodic death metal brutality.
Album Premiere: Dystopia A.D. – ‘Rise of the Merciless’
July 29, 2020 Sean Frasier
Perfectly named for the end-days, melodeath duo Dystopia A.D. indulge prog and shred whims on their upcoming album, Rise of the Merciless.
Inhalement Release New EP “Eternally Stoned”
July 28, 2020 Gene Meyer
Drop out of life with the new Inhalement EP, Eternally Stoned, in hand.
Necrot Cover Artist Marald Van Haasteren Explains ‘Mortal’’s Cover Art
July 27, 2020 Sean Frasier
The Story of the Eye: Marald Van Haasteren explains the harrowing race to complete Mortal’s cover art.
Pre-Order This Decibel-Exclusive LP Color of the New Napalm Death Album NOW!
July 24, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Pre-order the Decibel exclusive de-weaponised steel and black swirled vinyl color of Napalm Death‘s new LP Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism now!
Album Premiere: Temple of Dread – ‘World Sacrifice’
July 22, 2020 Sean Frasier
Death metal enforcers Temple of Dread prep a pyre for Earth’s burning on their sophomore LP, World Sacrifice. Out July 24 from Testimony Records.
Album Premiere: Question – Reflections of the Void
July 21, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Catch this early unveiling of Reflections of the Void, the mind-shredding sophomore full-length from preternatural Mexican death metallers Question.
Full of Health: Full of Hell Collaborate with Electronic Rockers Health
July 20, 2020 Emily Bellino
Full of Hell take on their boldest collaboration yet.
Five For Friday: July 17, 2020
July 17, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s new releases come stacked with layers of darkness, filth and brutality with the latest from Fanebærer, Kruelty and more!
Necrot Dominate the Cover of Decibel’s September Issue
July 16, 2020 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the September issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive Inter Arma flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.
Track Premiere: Terminal Nation – ‘Disciple of Deceit’
July 14, 2020 Emily Bellino
Terminal Nation go for the throat of “Disciples of Deceit.”
Album Premiere: Ascendency – Birth of an Eternal Empire
July 14, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Danish black/death trio Ascendancy will soon release their new mLP. Hear and feel Birth of an Eternal Empire in all its power and glory right now.
Video Premiere: Incantation – ‘Fury’s Manifesto’
July 13, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Northeast death metal legends Incantation reveal the second advance track from forthcoming album Sect of Vile Divinities.
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!
Demo:listen: Phthisis
July 10, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Colorado mutant death quartet Phthisis utterly wreck this week’s Demo:listen.