death metal
Video Premiere: Necrambulant – “Sentenced to a Gluttonous Pit”
January 15, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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 Tim Mudd
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 Decibel Magazine
Remembering underground death metal scene legend and Glorious Times co-author Alan Moses.
Five For Friday: Death Metal 2024
December 13, 2024 J. Andrew
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 Emily Bellino
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 Tim Mudd
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.
Track Premiere: Mutagenic Host – “Artificial Harvest of the Obscene”
December 2, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear UK death demons Mutagenic Host rail against the horrors of unchecked AI on new track, “Artificial Harvest of the Obscene.”
Survival Sickness: The Making of Autopsy’s Landmark “Severed Survival”
December 1, 2024 Chris Dick
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 Emily Bellino
Horse Butcher tear through gory, crusty deathgrind on their new song, “Penduncular Hallucinosis.”
Full Album Stream: Rvkkvs –Antithesis of Prosperity
November 20, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Kiwi death grinders Rvkkvs kick up a vicious maelstrom on new nine-song debut, Antithesis of Prosperity.
KILL SCREEN 050: Alexander Jones of UNDEATH Happily Shares His Gaming Story
November 20, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
After two years of Kill Screen, it’s time… to return to our first featured band.
Interview: Thunraz’s Madis Jalakas Brings the Baltic Gloom via ‘Incineration Day’
November 19, 2024 Forrest Pitts
The sole proprietor of Estonia’s Thunraz discusses the sepulchral, avante-sludge gauntlet of his latest, Incineration Day.
Go Inside the Recording of Immolation’s ‘Dawn of Possession’ In This Excerpt From ‘Into Everlasting Fire: The Official History of Immolation’ Out Now!
November 15, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Copies of Decibel Books’ Into Everlasting Fire: The Official Story of Immolation are in stock and shipping NOW!
Q&A: Leila Abdul-Rauf on Her New Solo Album: “I Was Making Order Out Of Chaos”
November 8, 2024 Justin Norton
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.
Video Premiere: Carnal Savagery – ‘Graveworms, Cadavers, Coffins and Bones’
November 7, 2024 Emily Bellino
Stream the latest offering from Swedish death metal rippers Carnal Savagery.
Unholy Metal: Empty Throne Unleashes Their Debut Album’s Title Track
November 6, 2024 Tim Mudd
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.
All Tickets Options for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025 ON SALE NOW! Daily Lineups Revealed!
November 1, 2024 Decibel Magazine
All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest at the Fillmore Philly on April 4-5, 2025 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!
Full Album Stream: Eldingar –Lysistrata
October 30, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Greek pagan black metalers Eldingar want World Peace Now! on new long player Lysistrata.
Video Premiere: Toxaemia – “Rejected Souls Of Kerberus”
October 30, 2024 J. Andrew
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.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025 Full Band Lineup & Breweries REVEALED!
October 28, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Exodus performs all of their landmark Bonded by Blood album and Dismember deliver a special full set of their classic Like an Ever Flowing Stream and WAY more at Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2025!
KILL SCREEN 048: Kane Gelaznik of VOMIT FORTH Gushes About Survival Horror and RPGs
October 23, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The death metal vocalist is terrified of God—and some of gaming’s most iconic horror titles.
Live Review: Blood Incantation with Steve Roach
October 23, 2024 Cosmo Lee
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 Emily Bellino
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 Emily Bellino
Italian death dealers Perfidious strive for death metal nirvana on their second album.
Label Spotlight: Carbonized Records
October 21, 2024 J. Andrew
Check out our chat with Chad from Carbonized Records (and Mortuous) about how he keeps his death metal ship sailing!
KILL SCREEN 047: Jeff Barrett of BLOOD INCANTATION Is Absolutely Here for the Future of Gaming
October 9, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Newly returned to the world of gaming, the Denver bassist seeks what lies beyond the technological boundaries.
Video Premiere: Goetia – ‘Naturam Demonto’
September 30, 2024 Emily Bellino
Peep a new video from D.C. death dealers Goetia.
FULCI Stream Exclusive New Track, “Life in Pain,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
September 26, 2024 Decibel Magazine
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Addison Herron-Wheeler
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.