death metal
Track Premiere: Hypoxia – “Pathway To Charon”
January 30, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Queens, NY death metal horde Hypoxia return to the fray with a dissonant new crusher, “Pathway to Charon.”
Album Premiere: Corpsevore – “Feed The Plague”
January 25, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Cast aside all death metal dietary restrictions and devour the new LP from Corpsevore!
Mammoth Beard Company Co-founder Offers Beard Advice for Metalheads
January 25, 2024 Greg Pratt
Mammoth Beard Company love their metal; we talked to co-founder Lee Palichuk to get some tips for the longhairs — and longbeards — out there.
Full Album Stream: Unsouling – “Vampiric Spiritual Drain”
January 24, 2024 J. Andrew
Start your day off in the bleakest way possible with the new album from Unsouling, combining elements of black, death and inescapable doom.
Full Demo Stream: Purulency – “Transcendent Unveiling of Dimensions”
January 23, 2024 Emily Bellino
Stream the debut demo from Tennessee death metallers Purulency.
Video Premiere: Hand of Kalliach – “Fell Reigns”
January 23, 2024 J. Andrew
Watch the video for Hand of Kalliach‘s perfectly delivered folk-infused melodic death metal.
Blast Worship: Greia
January 23, 2024 Gene Meyer
Slovenian/Italian deathgrinders Greia confound and pound.
Video Premiere: Brodequin – “Of Pillars and Trees”
January 16, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Knoxville brutal death metallers Brodequin return with a track from their first new albums in 20 years.
Track Premiere: Pestilength – “Baleful Profusion”
January 15, 2024 Jon Rosenthal
Get crushed under the sonic weight of Spanish black/doom duo Pestilength in 126 seconds or less.
Scott Burns Book Signing Announced at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly!
January 12, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Legendary death metal engineer Scott Burns will make a rare appearance at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 12-13 alongside author David E. Gelhke.
NOCTURNUS AD to Release Exclusive New Track, “Nocturnus Will Rise,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
January 5, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, January 8 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from death metal legends Nocturnus AD.
Album Premiere: Into the Deep – “Blackfin”
January 3, 2024 Sean Frasier
Raleigh melodeath trio Into the Deep bring the nautical nastiness with their new album Blackfin. Shark week is here early.
Full Album Stream: Cancer Christ – “God is Violence”
January 1, 2024 Emily Bellino
Check out God is Violence, the new album from Los Angeles gutter phenomenon Cancer Christ.
10 Heavy Albums to Hear Before 2024
December 27, 2023 Sean Frasier
Before the calendar flips to 2024, check out these 10 killer albums you might have missed during list season’s frenzy.
Five For Friday: Death Metal 2023
December 22, 2023 J. Andrew
This week’s edition looks back at some of the best death metal of 2023, including Dying Fetus, Plague Bearer, Obituary and more!
KILL SCREEN 027: Krissy Morash, Jesse Fuentes and Tom Sifuentes of ESCUELA GRIND Are Grinding Levels in the Game of Life
December 20, 2023 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The guitarist, drummer and bassist of the New England quartet decide to press A to interact with Decibel’s nerdiest column.
Track Premiere: Iron Front – “Slam of ’87”
December 19, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear new jack death metal quintet Iron Front offer up some old-school slam on new track, “Slam of ’87.”
Blast Worship: Nak’ay
December 15, 2023 Gene Meyer
Fans of blazing fast grindcore with an actual old school-death metal feel need to board the Nak’ay train to hell immediately.
Full EP Stream: Soul Incursion – ‘Eternal Darkness’
December 14, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Helsinki quartet Soul Incursion shake off the winter blues with some deathtastic thrash on their new Eternal Darkness EP.
Track Premiere: Cariosus – “Saturn Returns”
December 13, 2023 Sean Frasier
Chicago melodic death metal duo Cariosus confront the darkness on their (inter)stellar new single, “Saturn Returns.”
VASTUM Unveil Exclusive New Track, “Befouled in Self-Salvation,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
December 12, 2023 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this flexi disc single from Vastum featuring an exclusive new song, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Track Premiere: Apogean – ‘With Which Ear You’ll Listen’
December 11, 2023 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from Toronto tech-death quintet Apogean.
SPECTRAL VOICE’s New LP ‘Sparagmos’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl Available for Pre-Order RIGHT NOW!
December 8, 2023 Decibel Magazine
We have only 110 copies available of Spectral Voice‘s new LP, Sparagmos, on exclusive transparent swamp green & opaque bone vinyl. Don’t blow it.
Track Premiere: At the Plates – “Punish My Waistline”
November 29, 2023 Sean Frasier
Dig into a lethal helping of food-themed melodeath with At the Plates and their pun-slinging, scale-smashing single “Punish My Waistline.”
Full Album Stream: Embrace Your Punishment – “Made of Stone”
November 27, 2023 Emily Bellino
Get brutal with Embrace Your Punishment.
Full Album Stream: Misanthrophi – “Principles of Cosmicism and Decimation”
November 22, 2023 J. Andrew
Stream the Mexican melodic death metal band’s new album in full and revel in their dazzling manifestations of musical excellence.
All Ticket Options for Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2024 AVAILABLE NOW! Daily Lineups Revealed!
November 17, 2023 Decibel Magazine
All ticket options for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest at the Fillmore Philly on April 12-13, 2024 are officially on sale. Don’t wait!
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2024 Full Band Lineup & Breweries REVEALED!
November 15, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Biohazard performs songs from their landmark Urban Discipline album and Deicide deliver a special Deicide, Legion and Once Upon the Cross set and WAY more at Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2024!
Track Premiere: Fawn Limbs & Nadja – “Cascading Entropy”
November 9, 2023 José Carlos Santos
Hear ruthlessly chaotic, grindy mathcore beasts Fawn Limbs team with noisy experimental ambient duo Nadja to melt minds on “Cascading Entropy”
Read How Cannibal Corpse Split with Chris Barnes and ‘Created to Kill’ Became ‘Vile’ In This Excerpt From ‘The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997’ Out Now!
November 3, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Copies of Decibel Books’ The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997 are in stock and shipping NOW! This is the only place to get it!