death metal

Video Premiere: Necrambulant – “Sentenced to a Gluttonous Pit”

January 15, 2025

Phoenix’s Necrambulant drop their second full-length, Upheaval of Malignant Necrambulance, via Gore House Productions in March. Check out their shattering second single from the release, “Sentenced to a Gluttonous Pit.”

Track Premiere: Tormentor Tyrant – “Torture Divine”

January 2, 2025

Hear Finnish death metal trio Tormentor Tyrant kick off 2025 with a boot to face via “Torture Divine”

‘Glorious Times’ Co-author Alan Moses (1968-2024)

December 16, 2024

Remembering underground death metal scene legend and Glorious Times co-author Alan Moses

Five For Friday: Death Metal 2024

December 13, 2024

It’s been a glorious year for death metal, with crushing releases from bands like Witch Vomit, Spectral Voice, Defeated Sanity and more!

Track Premiere: Tombs of Disgust – ‘Shadow of War’

December 10, 2024

Canadian brutal death metallers Tombs of Disgust release their latest single, “Shadow of War.”

Album Premiere: Sarcophagum – ‘The Grand Arc of Madness’

December 4, 2024

Decibel is proud to present Sarcophagum‘s full-length debut, The Grand Arc of Madness, streaming in its entirety ahead of its December 6 release via Nuclear Winter.

Survival Sickness: The Making of Autopsy’s Landmark “Severed Survival”

December 1, 2024

Get hyped for Autopsy‘s December 6 performance of Severed Survival at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver with this Hall of Fame induction from 2015 of the death metal classic.

Track Premiere: Horse Butcher – ‘Penduncular Hallucinosis’

November 21, 2024

Horse Butcher tear through gory, crusty deathgrind on their new song, “Penduncular Hallucinosis.”

Full Album Stream: Rvkkvs –Antithesis of Prosperity

November 20, 2024

Hear Kiwi death grinders Rvkkvs kick up a vicious maelstrom on new nine-song debut, Antithesis of Prosperity.

Interview: Thunraz’s Madis Jalakas Brings the Baltic Gloom via ‘Incineration Day’

November 19, 2024

The sole proprietor of Estonia’s Thunraz discusses the sepulchral, avante-sludge gauntlet of his latest, Incineration Day.

Q&A: Leila Abdul-Rauf on Her New Solo Album: “I Was Making Order Out Of Chaos”

November 8, 2024

Vastum axewoman Leila Abdul-Rauf on her fifth solo album, Calls From A Seething Edge, and the non-linear process of writing experimental music as opposed to death metal.

Unholy Metal: Empty Throne Unleashes Their Debut Album’s Title Track

November 6, 2024

Prepare for darkness incarnate—Empty Throne is about to descend with a powerful new video for “Unholy,” the title track of their upcoming debut full-length album, set for release on November 27.

Full Album Stream: Eldingar –Lysistrata

October 30, 2024

Greek pagan black metalers Eldingar want World Peace Now! on new long player Lysistrata.

Video Premiere: Toxaemia – “Rejected Souls Of Kerberus”

October 30, 2024

Check out the new video from old-school Swedish export in death metal excellence, Toxaemia off the band’s upcoming album, Rejected Souls Of Kerberus.

Live Review: Blood Incantation with Steve Roach

October 23, 2024

Decibel hit our second second favorite state, Colorado, to chronicle a rare hometown-ish performance of death metal space cadets Blood Incantation with support from synth legend Steve Roach.

Full Album Stream: Chained to the Dead – “Only Hunger Remains”

October 22, 2024

Celebrate gore and horror with Only Hunger Remains, the new EP from Jersey deathgrind menaces Chained to the Dead.

Full Album Stream: Perfidious – “Savouring His Flesh”

October 21, 2024

Italian death dealers Perfidious strive for death metal nirvana on their second album.

Label Spotlight: Carbonized Records

October 21, 2024

Check out our chat with Chad from Carbonized Records (and Mortuous) about how he keeps his death metal ship sailing!

FULCI Stream Exclusive New Track, “Life in Pain,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

September 26, 2024

Hear and acquire this flexi disc single from Fulci featuring an exclusive new song available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Track Premiere: Ploughshare – “Fall of All Creatures”

September 18, 2024

Aussie avant black/death metal fiends Ploughshare offer up nine minutes of well-constructed cacophony on new single, “Fall of All Creatures.”

Album Premiere: Nightwraith – ‘Divergence’

September 12, 2024

Denver melodic death dealers NightWraith release their new album, Divergence, tomorrow via What’s Left Records, and you can hear the whole thing with us first.