Instrumental
Full EP Stream: Paragnosis – “Paragnosis”
June 20, 2024 J. Andrew
Check out the techy, trippy, and unrelentingly dynamic new release from the New York City-based prog outfit, Paragnosis.
EP Premiere: Cruce Signatus – ‘Cruce Signatus’
June 6, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Today we present to you the debut EP from Cruce Signatus, a one-man multi-instrumentalist project from David Frazer of Pillaging Villagers.
Video Premiere: Bassoon – “Cyclops”
October 26, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
No woodwinds, only mathy instrumental prog rock, in the new new Bassoon video, “Cyclops.”
Q&A: Dead Neanderthals Team Up (Again) with Skeletonwitch Guitarist Scott Hedrick on ‘Specters’
August 8, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
You’re not seeing things. Skeletonwitch guitarist Scott Hedrick has hooked up with Dutch noise fiends Dead Neanderthals again on their new LP, Specters.
Full Album Stream: Sementales Salvajes – ‘Umbral III’
July 6, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Check out Mexican doom-psych trio Sementales Salvajes‘s latest excellent adventure.
Video Premiere: Stinking Lizaveta – “Electric Future”
May 23, 2023 Albert Mudrian
Watch Philly instru-metal legends Stinking Lizaveta drop a single for “Electric Future” from their first new album in six years.
Video Premiere: Gematria – “The Elusive One”
November 22, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
New Jersey instrumental prog duo, Gematria, turn their new track, “The Elusive One” into a musical game piece.
Video Premiere: Sarattma – “Socotra”
November 15, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Philly avant psych fanatics Sarattma offer up a brain-twisting new video for “Socotra.”
Track Premiere: Anima Morte – “Seeds of Trepidation”
October 11, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the growing horror on the haunting new track from Swedish instrumentalists Anima Morte
Track Premiere: Mayan Bull (ft. members of Trappist & Despise You) “Kid Cleveland”
December 29, 2021 J. Bennett
Hear L.A. trio Mayan Bull — featuring members of Trappist, Despise You and Kevarra — take an instrumental departure.
Track Premiere: Andrew Lee – “Maybe”
October 21, 2021 Addison Herron-Wheeler
If endless riffs and shredding are what you crave above all else, you can scratch that monstrous, gnawing, inner itch with Andrew Lee’s Heavy Metal Shrapnel, out via Nameless Grave Records on December 10.
Toadlickers hypnotize with Hangover songs
November 17, 2020 Dutch Pearce
This is how they play dungeon synth down in Goblin City! Stream Toadlickers outlandish debut in its entirety right now.
INTRCPTR Release Video for “Dusted,” Announce Band Break-up
July 1, 2020 Albert Mudrian
INTRCPTR, the instrumental duo of 5ive guitarist Ben Carr and Pelican drummer Larry Herweg, offers a parting kiss with a new video.
Video Premiere: Telepathy – “Pariah”
February 11, 2020 Dutch Pearce
UK-based atmospheric sludgewielders Telepathy set the tone of their forthcoming record, Burn Embrace, with this evocative video for “Pariah.”
Full Album Stream: The Night Watch – “An Embarrassment of Riches”
November 14, 2019 Bradley Zorgdrager
The Night Watch provide a treasure trove of instrumental music.
Dysrhythmia Defy Expectations on “Terminal Threshold”
October 7, 2019 Emily Bellino
Dysrhythmia take you to progressive metal nirvana with new album Terminal Threshold.
Video Premiere: Gore – ‘No Respect’
March 6, 2019 Emily Bellino
Listen to a reworked song from reformed instrumental trio Gore.
Track Premiere: INTRCPTR – ‘Dusted’
December 18, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hear a new song from post-metal masters INTRCPTR, featuring members of 5ive and Pelican.
Track Premiere: Bangladeafy – ‘Steam’
September 5, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream a new song from instrumental technical metal wizards Bangladeafy right now.
STAHV, or, How To Make Good Instrumental Metal
December 11, 2017 Joseph Schafer
Solomon Arye Rosenschein’s first outing as STAHV succeeds where most of its ilk fail. Unlike most instrumental one-member doom bands, his first self-titled album hold my interest from beginning to end.
Video: Valence – ‘He Tried to Kill Me With a Forklift’
October 27, 2017 Emily Bellino
Watch a silly new video from Valence.
Full Album Stream: Brandon Seabrook’s Needle Driver – “Needle Driver”
October 26, 2017 Emily Bellino
Genre-defying trio Brandon Seabrook’s Needle Driver‘s first album, Needle Driver is streaming now.
Track Premiere: Knife the Glitter – ‘Idiot City’
September 29, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new track from Knife the Glitter featuring members of The Dillinger Escape Plan and John Frum!
Track Premiere: Double Ferrari – ‘Double Ferrari’
September 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Double Ferrari unleash instrumental madness with a new song. Listen now!
Track Premiere: INTRCPTR – ‘Turbines’
July 14, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new track from Pelican/5ive offshoot, INTRCPTR.
Full EP Stream + Q&A: Ray Suhy (Six Feet Under, Cannabis Corpse) – ‘Fulmination’
June 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Ray Suhy (Cannabis Corpse, Six Feet Under, ex-East of the Wall) has returned with a new solo EP. Decibel talked to the guitarist about expectations and writing an instrumental record.
Full Album Stream: NY In 64 – ‘The Gentle Indifference of the Night’
May 25, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the entirety of instrumental hardcore/post-metal crew NY in 64‘s sophomore LP, The Gentle Indifference of the Night.
Track Premiere: Set and Setting – ‘…The Idyllic Realm’
January 17, 2017 Emily Bellino
No words are used (and none are needed) to tell a story on “…The Idyllic Realm.”
Video Premiere: Invoking the Abstract – ‘The Summit’
November 1, 2016 Emily Bellino
Invoking the Abstract plays instrumental technical death metal. This is a video of Invoking the Abstract playing instrumental technical death metal.
Video Premiere: MONO – ‘Requiem for Hell’
September 27, 2016 Emily Bellino
MONO‘s video for “Requiem for Hell” is an emotional and visually beautiful companion to the song. Also included: Exclusive Q&A with MONO’s Takaakira “Taka” Goto.