Heavy Metal
N.Y.C.: Ex-Warlock Guitarist Nods to NY Roots in Pulverizing New Power Trio
December 22, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Thundering power trio N.Y.C., led by ex-Warlock guitarist Tommy Bolan, wrecks necks on new album, Built to Destroy.
Full Album Stream: Speedclaw – “Stardust”
November 18, 2025 Emily Bellino
Speedclaw throw it back to the early days of heavy metal and hard rock on their new album.
Video Premiere: Finality – ‘Haunted’
October 28, 2025 Emily Bellino
Listen to “Haunted,” the new singe from American heavy metal outfit Finality.
Full Album Stream: Firmament –For Centuries Alive
September 15, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
German trad metal bashers Firmament spin their classy tales of power and glory on second full-length For Centuries Alive.
Video Premiere: Sacred Leather – “Spitfire at Night”
September 5, 2025 J. Andrew
Classic heavy metal is alive! All doubters leave the hall or remain to be convinced by Sacred Leather‘s new video!
Video Premiere: Prisoner – “Double Vision”
September 3, 2025 Tim Mudd
Watch Calgary’s Prisoner, crank the amps and swing for the fences with their new video for “Double Vision.”
Full Album Stream: Lommi –667788
July 28, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish riff-lords Lommi buzz through eight groove-laden tracks on new full-length, 667788.
Q&A: Jarvis Leatherby on Night Demon’s Curse of the Damned box set
July 21, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Night Demon bassist/vocalist Jarvis Leatherby discusses the band’s upcoming limited release 10th anniversary Curse of the Damned box set.
Track Premiere: Anchorite – “Devil on the Throne”
June 30, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Euro doom crushers Anchorite lay the lumber on new single, “Devil on the Throne,” featuring a guest solo from Michael Denner (ex-Mercyful Fate).
Video Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Sleep to Die”
June 19, 2025 J. Andrew
The rhythm punches, the vocals rip, and the riffs crunch! Check out the new song and video from Norway’s Phantom Fire!
Full Album Stream: Skräcken –Echoes From the Void
June 16, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish occult rock combo Skräcken spin their mystical, ’70s-influenced tales from the darkside on their debut full-length Echoes From the Void.
Video Premiere: Castle Rat – ‘Wizard’
June 10, 2025 Emily Bellino
Sink your teeth into a cinematic new video from fantasy-doom champions Castle Rat.
Track Premiere: Helms Deep – “Chasing the Dragon”
May 12, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
We can’t stop Raven about the new track, “Chasing the Dragon,” from Florida power metal outfit Helms Deep, featuring bassist John Gallagher.
Full Album Stream: Venator –Psychodrome
April 23, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Austrian trad metal combo Venator offer up 10 new fist-pumping anthems on their latest full-length, Psychodrome.
Full Mini-Album Stream: Dark Meditation –Where the Darkness Bleeds
March 19, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the goth metal incantations of Seattle quintet Dark Meditation on their new Where the Darkness Bleeds mini-album.
Full Album Stream: Mean Mistreater –Do or Die
February 17, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Texas trad metal warriors Mean Mistreater lay some rubber on their high-horsepower second full-length, Do or Die.
Album Stream: Phrenelith – ‘Ashen Womb’
February 5, 2025 Cody Davis
Ashen Womb arrives this Friday through Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records. Listen to it in its entirety exclusively at Decibel and pre-order a copy today.
Full Album Stream: Midnight Force – “Severan”
September 23, 2024 Emily Bellino
Scottish heavy metal outfit Midnight Force carry the flag of tradition on their third album.
CRYPT SERMON Unveil Exclusive New Track, “Lachrymose,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
August 8, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this flexi disc single from Crypt Sermon featuring an exclusive new song available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
CRYPT SERMON to Release Exclusive New Track, “Lachrymose,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
June 28, 2024 Michael Wohlberg
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, July 1 at noon ET to secure this extremely limited flexi single or forever be doomed—but in the bad way!
Full Album Stream: Vexing Hex – “Solve Et Coagula”
June 18, 2024 Emily Bellino
Dig into the throwback sounds of Vexing Hex‘s Solve Et Coagula.
Full Album Stream: Lucifer’s Hammer – ‘Be and Exist’
June 10, 2024 Emily Bellino
Lucifer’s Hammer play heavy metal with style on their new album.
KILL FEED 037: Brittney Slayes of UNLEASH THE ARCHERS is Raising a Gaming Army
May 22, 2024 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
Whether with her fans on Discord or right at home with her daughter, the vocalist tells tale of her powerful love of nerd culture.
Interview: Accept’s Wolf Hoffmann Has No Plans to Slow Down
April 16, 2024 Emily Bellino
Accept guitarist Wolf Hoffmann talks technology, recording with producer Andy Sneap and why he still feels like a teenager.
Full Album Stream: Armagh – “Exclamation Point”
March 12, 2024 Emily Bellino
Heavy metal, hard rock and first-wave black metal collide on Armagh‘s new album, Exclamation Point.
EP Premiere: Riders of Rohan – ‘With Hope or Without’
February 21, 2024 Sarah Kitteringham
Metallum be damned! Take a trip to middle earth with Gothenburg rockers Riders of Rohan.
Track Premiere: Hands of Goro – “Uncanny”
January 25, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Holy harmonies, Batman! Bay Area trad metal trio Hands of Goro unleash a flurry of axe acrobatics on new single “Uncanny.”
Full EP Stream: Wizard Death – ‘I Am the Night’
January 23, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Indiana father-son trad metal duo Wizard Death slay some dragons with help from Witch Mountain members Kayla Dixon and Rob Wrong on their new Wise Blood EP, I Am the Night.
Full Album Stream: Kontact – ‘Full Contact’
January 18, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Canadian trad metal weirdos Kontact pay homage to cult legends Sacred Blade with their sci-fi insanity on new album, Full Contact.
Album Stream: Narzissus – ‘Akt III: Erlösung’
January 8, 2024 Jon Rosenthal
Hear the ever-prolific Erech Leleth return with his latest heavy black metal creation, the debut full-length LP from Narzissus.
