death metal
Full Album Stream: Johansson & Speckmann – “The Germs of Circumstance”
October 8, 2020 Emily Bellino
Put on a mask because death metal’s most prolific duo, Johansson & Speckmann have unleashed “The Germs of Circumstance.”
Album Premiere: Furnace – ‘Dark Vistas’
October 7, 2020 Sean Frasier
Swedish melodeath firestarters Furnace beckon Lovecraftian menace with the dark melodies of their Dark Vistas concept album.
Album Premiere: Repuked – Dawn of Reintoxication
October 6, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Absolute cretins Repuked profane the sanctity of death 12 times over on their gnarly third album Dawn of Reintoxication.
Track Premiere: NiteSoil – ‘D.S.I.T.S.’
October 2, 2020 Emily Bellino
NiteSoil combat cancer and serious lyrics with their new song featuring Pyrrhon’s Doug Moore.
Full Stream: Vigor Reconstruct: A Benefit for the Soroka Family
October 2, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Witness the power of metalheads coming together as we stream Vigor Reconstruct, the sprawling, multi-genre benefits compilation for the Soroka Family, plus a chat with the comp’s organizer to find out how this massive work came together.
Track Premiere: Bather – “Her Black Wings” (Danzig Cover)
October 1, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Ohio death dealers Bather shower you with the sweet sounds of a Danzig classic.
Album Premiere: Cryptae – ‘Nightmare Traversal’
October 1, 2020 Dutch Pearce
A full stream of their new album Nightmare Traversal plus an interview with The Netherlands’ two-headed horror Cryptae.
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.
Track Premiere: Malicious – “Death Embalmed”
September 29, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Finnish demons Malicious unleash maddening death mastery on “Death Embalmed,” from their forthcoming debut full-length Deranged Hexes.
Video Premiere: Cadaver – “Morgue Ritual”
September 25, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Legendary Norwegian goreblasters Cadaver prey upon your senses in their NSFW video for “Morgue Ritual,” from their impending full-length, their first in 16 years!
Full EP Stream: Corpse Pile – ‘Corpse Pile’ Demo
September 24, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Wanna hear a sick new brutal slamming death metal demo? Well, move this one to the top of the Corpse Pile.
Track Premiere: Undeath – ‘Acidic Twilight Visions’
September 24, 2020 Emily Bellino
Undeath experience hallucinations and “Acidic Twilight Visions.”
Album Premiere and Interview: Miasmal Sabbath – ‘Ominous Radiance’
September 23, 2020 Sean Frasier
Death metal cult Miasmal Sabbath ascend from the sewers of Greece to the cosmos beyond on their debut LP, Ominous Radiance.
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!
Track Premiere: Heretical Sect – ‘Rising Light of Lunacy’
September 22, 2020 Emily Bellino
Observe the “Rising Light of Lunacy,” as told by death/black troupe Heretical Sect.
Album Premiere: Infesticide – ‘Envenoming Wounds’
September 22, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Finally, Mexico City deathbangers Infesticide unleash their sophomore full-length. Vintage Morrisound death metal bloodshed awaits on Envenoming Wounds.
Album Premiere: Transcendence LA ‘Towards Obscurities Beyond’
September 21, 2020 Chris Dick
California-based Transcendence LA thrash ’til (melodic) death on new album, Towards Obscurities Beyond. Streaming only at Decibel!
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.
Track Premiere: Corrupt Moral Altar – “You Smell Expensive”
September 17, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Trust the crust of Napalm Death live guitarist John Cooke’s Corrupt Moral Altar.
Exclusive Premiere: Carnal Ruin – ‘The Damned Lie Rotting’
September 15, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Florida band Carnal Ruin unleash a barrage of old school death metal violence. Hear their killer new EP The Damned Lie Rotting in its entirety right now.
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.
Demo:listen: Evulse
September 11, 2020 Dutch Pearce
The trail of blood, guts and body parts leads to this week’s Demo:listen featuring California death metal maniacs Evulse.
Five for Friday: September 4, 2020
September 4, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s roundhouse kick of new riffs includes the latest from Persekutor, Foretoken, Unholy Vampyric Slaughter Sect and more!
Track Premiere: Thevetat – “Statues in Mourning”
September 4, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Hear death crushers Thevetat, featuring ex-Ceremonium mainman Thomas Pioli, return with first new song song in five years.
Track Premiere: Sadistic Embodiment – “Phantom Tormentor”
September 2, 2020 Sean Frasier
Canadian death metal executioners Sadistic Embodiment unleash unseen terror with their new single “Phantom Tormentor.”
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.