Doom
Doom Trio Godthrymm Release Live Studio Clip of “We Are the Dead”
March 18, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Watch a live studio recording from Brit doomsters featuring former members of My Dying Bride, Solstice, Vallenfyre and Anathema.
Track Premiere: The Hedvig Mollestad Trio Gets “Bewitched, Dwarfed and Defeathered”
January 3, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“Jazz Sabbath” they say? Check out the Hedvig Mollestad Trio and see if you agree.
Track Premiere: Yidhra – ‘Fuck Christmas’ (Fear Cover)
December 19, 2018 Emily Bellino
Yidhra take a cue from Fear for their Christmas carol.
Evoken, Crypt Sermon and Ilsa Announced for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Kickoff Party in D.C.!
December 10, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Can’t wait for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest in Philly on April 13-14? Neither can we, so we we’re getting things started a week early in Washington D.C. with the Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Official Kickoff Party!
Track and Video Premiere: Carrion Mother – ‘Schwarzschild’
December 5, 2018 Sean Frasier
German doom explorers Carrion Mother launch us into space’s pitch-black embrace in their new track, “Schwarzschild.”
Full Album Stream: Dayglo Mourning & Bludy Gyres – “Rope Enough For Two”
November 21, 2018 Sean Frasier
Rope Enough For Two features Atlanta doom executioners Dayglo Mourning and Bludy Gyres at their heaviest.
Deafheaven Grace the Cover of the January Decibel
November 19, 2018 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the January issue of Decibel, featuring an ultra-rare Withered PICTURE FLEXI DISC – available now. Don’t blow it.
Video Premiere: Psychlona – ‘Down in the Valley’
November 8, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a psychedelic new video from desert rockers Psychlona now.
Video Premiere: OHHMS – ‘Shambles’
October 22, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the latest single from grungy UK doom crew OHHMS right now.
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats Grace the Cover of the December Decibel
October 18, 2018 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the December issue of Decibel, featuring an ultra-rare Spirit Adrift PICTURE FLEXI DISC – available now. Have at it!
For Those About to Squawk: Author & Punisher, Deadbird, Mutilated by Zombies
September 28, 2018 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new titles from Deadbird, Mutilated by Zombies and Author & Punisher.
Decibel Contributor Roundtable: What band have you seen most live?
September 26, 2018 Sean Frasier
Decibel contributors share the bands they’ve seen on stage most, from sludge icons Eyehategod to metal juggernauts Lamb of God.
Full Album Stream: Owl – ‘We Are Made for Twilight’
September 5, 2018 Joseph Schafer
Valborg members find gothic doom perfection on the long-awaited third LP by Owl.
Video Premiere: Ancestors – ‘Gone’
July 26, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from progressive/atmospheric doom trio Ancestors.
Khemmis’ Ben Hutcherson Talks the Rise of Mile High Metal
July 25, 2018 Shawn Macomber
There’s a dark and dazzling heavy metal boom on in Denver right now. Ben Hutcherson of Khemmis gives us the inside scoop.
Album Review: Lucifer – “Lucifer II”
July 3, 2018 Adrien Begrand
Lucifer pay tribute to the heavy rock and proto-metal of decades past on their aptly-titled second album, Lucifer II.
Live Review: Ufomammut and White Hills (June 18th @ Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia)
June 20, 2018 Sean Frasier
Italian doom rockers Ufomammut and NYC psych deconstructionists White Hills descend from space to entertain us here on Earth.
Full Album Stream: KITE – The All Penetrating Silence
June 6, 2018 Sean Frasier
Norwegian post-metal doom-bringers KITE loudly pursue a quiet place on their The All Penetrating Silence EP.
Full Album Stream: Witchsorrow – Hexenhammer
May 23, 2018 Sean Frasier
British doom coven Witchsorrow foreshadow the world’s end on their riveting new LP Hexenhammer.
Our Top 100 Doom Metal Albums of All Time Issue is Back in Stock!
May 18, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Sold out since December 2015! Decibel recently acquired a few copies from a distributor — get one while you can!
YOB Grace the Cover of July’s Decibel
May 18, 2018 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the July issue of Decibel available now. Have at it!
Full Album Stream: From Beyond – ‘The Band From Beyond’
May 9, 2018 Sean Frasier
Austin rockers From Beyond blast synths and heavy space riffs on their otherwordly LP The Band From Beyond.
Thou Surprise Release New Album, “The House Primordial”
May 1, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hear the new album from Thou.
Brewtal Truth: This Saint Vitus Album With That Beer
April 9, 2018 Adem Tepedelen
Old school and older school. Put on Saint Vitus’s 1986 classic Born Too Late and crack a Vitus Weizenbock from a nearly thousand-year-old brewery.
Full Album Stream: Formalist – ‘No One Will Shine Anymore’
March 8, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream the droning, pained new album from Formalist.
Paradise Lost’s ‘Icon’ Is Inducted Into the Decibel Hall of Fame
February 14, 2018 Albert Mudrian
British doom legends Paradise Lost return to the Decibel Hall of Fame for the first time in 13 years.
Track Premiere: Blackwülf – “Dead to the World”
January 31, 2018 Sean Frasier
Oakland rockers Blackwülf team up with doom royalty from Bedemon/Pentagram for their new track “Dead the World.”
Track Premiere: Anguish – “Blessed Be the Beast”
January 17, 2018 Sean Frasier
Swedish doom coven Anguish return to their chaotic roots in “Blessed Be the Beast,” off their upcoming record Magna est vis Siugnah.
Track Premiere: Clamfight – ‘Echoes in Stone’
January 3, 2018 Sean Frasier
In under eight minutes, New Jersey sludge rockers Clamfight craft an epic tale of one location’s historical and supernatural transformation in “Echoes in Stone.”
Track Premiere: BongCauldron’s ‘Bury Your Axe in the Crania of Lesser Men’
November 22, 2017 Sean Frasier
UK troublemakers BongCauldron bring the sludge and the fuzz in the skull-splitting premiere of “Bury Your Axe in the Crania of Lesser Men.”