death metal

Celebrate Death‘s Scream Bloody Gore reissue with these never-before-seen interview cuts about the LP from limited edition Choosing Death book.

Scream Bloody Gore
Eternal howl
dB rating: 9/10

Guitarist/vocalist Jason Mendonça is excited and filled with positivity. And you should be, too. 

War master Andy Whale re-enters the realm of chaos for death/grind victory with Memoriam.

Nails deliver a their first Decibel cover and 2016’s first Album of the Year contender.

Creepsylvanian death/thrash miscreants Ghoul join the Decibel Flexi Series.

Drink up the new LP from Montreal death dealers Phobocosm in full. 

Endless Pilgrimage
A time to kill, a time to heal.
dB Rating: 8/10

Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka is a near-perfect death metal album—absolutely pummeling and technically astonishing, yet layered with unique instrumentation and musical phrasing that give it an ancient, otherworldly atmosphere. Ranking such a slab of awesomeness from “worst to best” is about as ridiculous as Sully Erna’s face tattoo, but that’s never stopped us before!

Grief Relic
Be like Mike
dB Rating: 8/10

Catching up with Rick Rozz (& bassist/vocalist Michael Grim) to exacerbate our need to hear the debut EP of his new band, The End.

A Gojira-like sledgehammer for your skull. That’s what Fridays call for, right?

New album, Bereft, turns all the black/death goodness up to (generating random and completely unexpected number) eleven, and we demanded an audience with Côté.  You might have read some of Côté’s thoughts in Issue #139 (May 2016, Amon Amarth cover), but now you can check out the rest of the interview and get a listen to this consistently powerful underground metal act.

Hear the first new Asphyx song in four years, which also happens to be the new official Decibel theme song.

In anticipation of Choosing Death Fest, get your weird on with Horrendous.

No parasites or dirty needles are involved. Hopefully. 

Necro + rot in the title = alive + fresh in the songs. In a crypt-dwelling, corpse-ridden sort of way, that is. 

“Forces of Death,” from upcoming Scream Bloody Gore/demos-inspired Dimensions of Horror, is the Deathly metal you need in your day. Immediately.

Originally printed in our April 2016 issue, get acquainted with death ahead of the big event (Choosing Death Fest, that is). 

“Des Siecles a décimer” calls for immediate headbanging promptly followed by a horror film of the utmost goriness. 

Mountain of Doom provides “verba/vox/chants” for Choosing Death Fest “Prehadean Sublithic Death/Doom” squad Taphos Nomos. With such nomenclature, how could we not ask them for something earthy?

Making a Murderfest Part III.

Part space, part old school, part its own thing entirely, Sentient is death metal not to be missed. 

Death metal isn’t just for old dudes. 

The first new Asphyx song in four years is a tribute to your favorite metal magazine… which you’ll need to subscribe to if you want this exclusive flexi disc. 

Decibel’s all about honoring 1991’s 25th anniversary – just check issue #137’s Metal Maniacs design homage and the “Top 30 Albums of 1991” feature. So when it comes to celebrating our favorite album covers from that landmark year, there’s no better place to start than with Dan Seagrave.

Just don’t vomit in the car. Please. 

Frontwoman Sharon Bascovsky dooms you to death in honor of Choosing Death Fest. 

Krighsu
Shedders and shredders
dB Rating: 9/10

English death-mongering quartet Horrified are on the brink of detonating their new album of of melancholic rage (due out March 25 on Stormspell Records), and they want you to hear it here first.