death metal
VASTUM to Release Exclusive New Track, “Befouled in Self-Salvation,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
October 27, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, November 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from death metal deviants Vastum
Video Premiere: Narcotic Wasteland – “Sex, Lies & DNA”
October 18, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Narcotic Wasteland, featuring ex-Nile frontman Dallas Toller-Wade, return another dark, campy gem in the form of “Sex, Lies & DNA.” We have the video for you first
Full Album Stream: OWDWYR – “Receptor”
October 16, 2023 Emily Bellino
Prog-influenced death metal band OWDWYR come out swinging on their debut album.
Track Premiere: Glacier Eater – “Homeward”
October 11, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Oakland melodic death/thrashers Glacier Eater return with their second record, Tempest on October 27. Check out a new track below here!
Pre-order PHOBOCOSM’s New LP ‘Foreordained’ on LIMITED Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!
October 11, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 100 copies available of Phobocosm‘s new LP, Foreordained, on exclusive murky Transparent Blue & Black Marble vinyl. Don’t blow it.
Full EP Stream: As the Sun Falls – ‘Where the Silence Reigns’
October 10, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Finnish melodic DM quintet As the Sun Falls offer up a three-track taste of new melancholic material on Where the Silence Reigns.
Track Premiere: Scab Hag – “Reanimated”
October 4, 2023 Sean Frasier
Cincinnati death metal bog-dwellers Scab Hag raise the dead with their new single “Reanimated.” New album out on Halloween.
Track Premiere: Aglo – “Shame as a Weapon”
October 3, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Aussie sludge lord Aglo rumble through PMA-killing new track, “Shame as a Weapon.”
Pre-Order VASTUM’s New LP, ‘Inward To Gethsemane,’ on Limited Edition Vinyl Now!
September 29, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 100 copies available of Vastum‘s new LP, Inward To Gethsemane, on exclusive murky Gray & Black Marbled vinyl. Don’t blow it.
Full Album Stream: Disguised Malignance – “Entering the Gateways”
September 28, 2023 Emily Bellino
Upstart Finnish death dealers Disguised Malignance worship death metal on their debut album.
KILL SCREEN 021: Derrick Vella and Payson Power of TOMB MOLD and the Enduring Love of Gaming
September 27, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Whether it’s console gaming or PC gaming, the death metal guitarists’ love of video games will never rot.
Pre-Order TOMB MOLD’s ‘The Enduring Spirit’ Vinyl on Decibel EXCLUSIVE Color RIGHT NOW!
September 15, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 200 copies available of Tomb Mold‘s new LP, The Enduring Spirit, on exclusive Phantasmic Easter Yellow & Aqua Blue Merge vinyl. Don’t blow it.
Track by Track: Transgressor – “Beyond Oblivion”
September 13, 2023 Sean Frasier
Japanese death metal pioneers Transgressor share thoughts and tragic news regarding their first new album in 30 years.
Pre-Order ‘The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997’ from Decibel Books! Read an Exclusive Excerpt Now!
September 11, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Pre-order the massive 480-page oral history of the celebrated Morrisound recording career of iconic extreme metal producer/engineer Scott Burns, and read an excerpt now!
Video Premiere: Burner – “Hurt Locker”
September 7, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Watch UK’s hardcore tech death crushers Burner get elbows swinging in their new performance video for “Hurt Locker.”
Full Album Stream: Fossilization – “Leprous Daylight”
September 7, 2023 J. Andrew
“I think Leprous Daylight is Fossilization‘s most violent effort so far but still full of the melancholy and sadness you have been used to.”
Lyric Video Premiere: Torn the F*ck Apart – “A Statement of Malicious Intent”
August 30, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Check out a new track to shred your faces, “A Statement of Malicious Intent” from Torn The F*ck Apart‘s forthcoming album, Kill.Bury.Repeat. out October 6 via Gore House Productions.
Video Premiere: Besta – “Olhar Serafico”
August 30, 2023 J. Andrew
Check out the new music video for Besta‘s song “Olhar Serafico,” off the band’s album Terra Em Desapego, out now via Lifeforce Records.
Album Premiere: Raven Banner – “Rise Up Clan”
August 30, 2023 Sean Frasier
Raid the day with Swedish melodeath merauders Raven Banner and listen to their Viking-themed debut two days early.
Track Premiere: Caged – ‘The Messiah Draws Near’
August 21, 2023 Emily Bellino
“The Messiah Draws Near,” as does a new album from Philadelphia sludge purveyors Caged.
Track Premiere: Head Cleaner – “Not Like All of You”
August 17, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Greek grinders Head Cleaner clear the gunk off your frontal lobe with their new single, “Not Like All of You.”
Track By Track: Celestial Sanctuary – “Insatiable Thirst For Torment”
August 16, 2023 Sean Frasier
UK deathbringers Celestial Sanctuary dig into the viscera of Insatiable Thirst For Torment in this track by track dissection.
Full Album Premiere: Celestial – “Broken Vows & the Unspoken Truth”
August 9, 2023 Sean Frasier
Indonesian moshers Celestial emerge from the night sky with their debut album of emotive and progressive death metal.
Track Premiere: Xorsist – “Coterie of the Depraved”
August 8, 2023 J. Andrew
Xorsist‘s new track is kind of like steak ordered extra rare. But in this case it’s HM2-style Swedish death metal ordered with extra blood! Hear “Coterie of the Depraved” now!
Track Premiere: Drowned – “Chryseos Vas”
August 3, 2023 Chris Dick
Fabled German death metallers Drowned premiere new song “Chryseos Vas” off their upcoming new album, Procul His. Streaming in old-school filth and brutality only at Decibel.
KILL SCREEN 017: Alex Kulick of HORRENDOUS Knows Their Role Includes Playing Video Games
August 2, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
When it comes to role-playing games, bigger is better for the multi-talented musician.
More Friendly Rotten Fun From Our Rotten Friends in Rottenness
July 27, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Deathgrind crushers Rottenness always have a story to tell and will always share it with Decibel.
Video Premiere: Solemn Vision – ‘Gates’
July 21, 2023 Emily Bellino
Watch New York City’s Solemn Vision debut fresh melodic death metal with the new video for “Gates.”
Video Premiere: Trivax – “Azrael / عزرائیل”
July 20, 2023 José Carlos Santos
Watch Middle-Eastern-come-U.K. trio Trivax face the scythe wielder with an all-out black metal attack.
Video Premiere: Angerot – “The Profound Recreant”
July 19, 2023 J. Andrew
Your daily dose of epic, brooding darkness is here courtesy of the death metal demons in Angerot with their new video!