death metal
DREAM BLOODY GORE: Dreams from Gruesome, SubRosa, and Dreaming Dead
March 15, 2017 Sean Frasier
DREAM BLOODY GORE shares twisted nightmares, dreams, and hallucinations from members of Gruesome, SubRosa, and Dreaming Dead.
Track Premiere: Antropofagus – ‘Spawn of Chaos’
March 13, 2017 Emily Bellino
Italian death dealers Antropofagus unleash new track, “Spawn of Chaos.”
The Decibel Tour Starts a Week From Today! Get Tickets!
March 10, 2017 Albert Mudrian
We’re just one week from the start of the Decibel Magazine Tour 2017 featuring Kreator, Obituary, Midnight and Horrendous. Don’t miss out; tickets are still on sale!
Track Premiere: Hate – ‘Asuric Being’
March 7, 2017 Emily Bellino
Hate are still going strong on their tenth full-length.
Full EP Stream: Devouring Star – ‘Antihedron’
March 6, 2017 Emily Bellino
Antihedron is Devouring Star’s excellent follow up to 2015’s Through Lung and Heart.
Track Premiere: Succumb – ‘Survival’
March 1, 2017 Emily Bellino
Get pummeled by “Survival,” the first taste of Succumb‘s debut on The Flenser.
Track Premiere: Sloth Herder Give Genre Labels a One-Toed Salute on “Spectre of the Absurd”
March 1, 2017 Sean Frasier
East Coast rule-breakers Sloth Herder play “power-slob” the way your three-toed uncle likes it: Dirty, mean, and LOUD.
Full Album Stream: Desecrate the Faith – ‘Unholy Infestation’
February 27, 2017 Emily Bellino
Texas brutal death dealers Desecrate the Faith return with their sophomore effort, Unholy Infestation, now streaming in full!
For Those About To Squawk: Six Feet Under, Xibalba, King Woman
February 24, 2017 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Six Feet Under, Xibalba, and King Woman.
Full Album Stream: Gorephilia – ‘Severed Monolith’
February 24, 2017 Emily Bellino
Return to deep space with Gorephilia on their sophomore LP, the (inter)stellar Severed Monolith.
Petrification Will Give you a permanent bangover with the old-school death of “The Headless One”
February 22, 2017 Shane Mehling
Being inspired by the classics doesn’t mean you can just follow through and pull off something worthy of your forebears. But someone in Portland has unbolted a crypt and unleashed the debut four-song EP Summon Horrendous Destruction by Petrification.
Full Album Stream: Benighted – ‘Necrobreed’
February 16, 2017 Emily Bellino
Benighted unleash a grinding death metal assault against you on their new album, Necrobreed.
Obituary Unveil “No” Via Decibel Flexi Series!
February 13, 2017 Emily Bellino
Death metal legends Obituary join the Decibel Flexi Series. Ultra-limited quantities available, so act fast!
Track Premiere: Henry Kane – ‘En själ till salu’
February 10, 2017 Emily Bellino
Henry Kane, the solo project of Wombbath’s Jonny Pettersson, bombard the listener with crust-influenced death metal.
Track Premiere: Condemned – ‘Legion’
February 9, 2017 Emily Bellino
Condemned faced a number of lineup changes, but His Divine Shadow has a fuller, more improved sound that can be heard on songs like “Legion.”
Track Premiere: Oozepus – ‘Farmers’
February 8, 2017 Emily Bellino
Oozepus (members of Coffins and Linekraft) craft noisy death-doom on “Farmers,” from their upcoming debut EP, Your Limit.
Death in the Machine: Miserist full album stream
February 8, 2017 Dutch Pearce
Australian experimental death/industrial amalgamation Miserist is primed to unleash calculated and cold destruction with their self-titled debut.
Full Album Stream: Pestifer – ‘Execration Diatribes’
February 7, 2017 Emily Bellino
Pestifer‘s debut album, Execration Diatribes, rips, shreds and thrashes in all the right places.
Support the ACLU and Extreme Metal Today on Bandcamp
February 3, 2017 Emily Bellino
Bandcamp is donating 100% of their proceeds today to the ACLU in the continued fight for human rights around the world. Here are 5 releases to consider purchasing today.
Full Album Stream: Curse of Denial – ‘The 13th Sign’
February 2, 2017 Emily Bellino
Curse of Denial brings original blackened death.
Exclusive Demilich “Nespite” Hall of Fame featured in HOF Anthology Book
February 1, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Finnish death metal heroes Demilich are the exclusive “bonus track” Hall of Fame in the Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology Vol. II book.
TRACK PREMIERE: MOROS “CORROSIVE EXISTENCE”
February 1, 2017 Shawn Macomber
“We’re making sludge through a death metal lens,” Moros drummer Jason Dost tells Decibel. “I can’t say we are a death metal band but the horror and savageness of that early death metal sound influences what we do for sure.”
Happily, that proves to be a pretty goddamn spot-on self-assessment as one jams this seriously intense, head-turning Moros split with Black Urn — a straight-up enigmatic-yet-primal nightmare translated into assaultive sound waves.
Video Premiere: Dead Conspiracy – ‘Paralyzed With Terror’
January 30, 2017 Emily Bellino
Dead Conspiracy premiere a new music video for “Paralyzed With Terror” to go with their self-titled album, which they independently released in November.
Obituary Record Exclusive New Track for the Decibel Flexi Series!
January 20, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Subscribe by January 30, and get the “No,” new Obituary flexi disc from Decibel!
The Ominous Circle talk debut album and reasons for anonymity
January 19, 2017 Greg Pratt
Portuguese death metal crew The Ominous Circle are a mysterious bunch, so we caught up with them just before their debut LP drops to try to make some sense out of it all.
Track Premiere: Necrowretch – ‘Sprawl Of Sin’
January 18, 2017 Emily Bellino
Necrowretch deliver the first ripping song off of Satanic Slavery, their newly-announced full-length.
Limited Autographed Copies of CHOOSING DEATH & HALL OF FAME Book Available!
January 17, 2017 Albert Mudrian
The next 20 copies sold of Choosing Death (hardcover and paper) and the Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology Vol. II will be signed by Decibel editor in chief Albert Mudrian.
Track Premiere: Montfaucon – ‘The Last Night’
January 12, 2017 Emily Bellino
Transcontinental duo Montfaucon tempers death-doom with elements of progressive, black and symphonic metal, creating an amalgamation of heaviness and melody.