melodic death metal
Track Premiere: Lacabra – “Nothing”
June 5, 2025 Tim Mudd
Seattle’s Lacabra don’t pull any punches with new track and video for “Nothing”—a dizzying descent into addiction, disillusionment, and identity collapse, rendered with savage clarity.
Reject the Sickness Premiere New Single and Video “Signs of the End”
April 21, 2025 Tim Mudd
For nearly 15 years, Belgium’s Reject the Sickness have toed the line between razor-sharp aggression and melodic introspection, but with their new single “Signs of the End,” they tear through it entirely.
Full Mini-Album Stream: Chronepsis –Weight of Eternity
April 2, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
South Jersey melodic death fire-breathers Chronepsis go to battle on debut mini-album Weight of Eternity.
Interview: Aversed Talk New Era and ‘Erasure of Color’
February 20, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Boston-based melodic death metal outfit Aversed fill us in on the their rebirth via Erasure of Color set for release on March 21 via M-Theory Audio.
Video Premiere: The Curse Within – “Through Inferno”
January 15, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Watch Toronto melodic DM hooligans, The Curse Within, get their Kill Screen thrills on in their new video for “Through Inferno.”
Interview: The Halo Effect Hit Their Stride with “March of the Unheard”
January 9, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, Grand Cadaver) on “the instinct and the 30 years of experience” that goes into the new LP from The Hallo Effect.
EP Premiere: Trollwar – ‘Tales from the Frozen Wastes’
November 14, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Quebec symphonic, melodic heroes Trollwar drop their next EP, Tales from the Frozen Wastes, on November 15. Ahead of the release, you can stream the full record right here.
Video Premiere: Nightborn – “Aphelion Dusk”
August 15, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Nightborn are back with a video for “Aphelion Dusk,” a song from their upcoming Hammer of the Heretic EP, out this September.
Track Premiere: Daughter Chaos “Noble Rot”
July 1, 2024 Chris Dick
Death metal artists Daughter Chaos, featuring ex-members of Armageddon and The Obsessed, launch crushing new single, “Noble Rot,” off their forthcoming album, Noble Rot, via Abrams Records.
Full EP Stream: Necropanther – “Oblivion Jones”
May 2, 2024 Emily Bellino
Necropanther embrace the saxophone on new EP Oblivion Jones.
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.
Track Premiere: Karnak Seti – “I Breathe the End’
January 9, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
Drink in the Madeira madness of melodic thrash/death outfit Karnak Seti’s new track “I Breathe the End.”
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.”
Video Premiere: Hatefulmurder – “Call Out Your Soul”
October 24, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Watch Brazilian melodic DM outfit Hatefulmurder thrash their way through new single, “Call Out Your Soul.”
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!
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.
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.
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: Antrvm – “Not Dead Enough”
May 4, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
New Brazilian DM crushers Antrvm debut with their ode to death metal, “Not Dead Enough.”
Fires in the Distance: “The Primary Theme Behind This Music Is Perseverance”
May 1, 2023 J. Andrew
Our interview with guitarist Yegor Savonin, where he tells us about the band, its new album, and how the noise all comes together.
Video Premiere: Voidscape – “Grief Eclipse”
March 9, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
The view from the new Voidscape video is dull and bleak, but the melodic death metal is smokin’.
Video Premiere: Asylence – “Eternity, Please”
January 19, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Melodic death metal powerhouse Asylence drop a new video for the track “Eternity, Please.” The song is from their new album Endanger Us All, out February 24.
Video Premiere: Ontborg – “Steps of Damnation”
January 3, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Italian melodic death maulers Ontborg invite you onto the “Steps of Damnation” in their latest video.
Track Premiere: The Last Reign – “Sands of Fate”
November 16, 2022 Sean Frasier
Sink into “Sands of Fate,” the killer new single from Buffalo melodeath tyrants The Last Reign. New compilation album out February 24th.
Q&A: Mikael Stanne Leaves An Impression With The Halo Effect
September 26, 2022 Chris Dick
Swedish legends form The Halo Effect to bridge gaps and heal wounds. Decibel interviews vocalist Mikael Stanne.
Track Premiere: Cruz “Eones de Sangre”
August 29, 2022 Chris Dick
Spanish death metallers invoke their Swedish brethren Seance and Unanimated on new track “Eones de Sangre.” In the forest of the streaming dead!
Five For Friday: August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022 J. Andrew
This week’s hand-picked set of new releases feature the latest from Russian Circles, Soilwork, Morbid Evils and more!
Track Premiere: Mother of Graves “Tears Like Wine”
August 15, 2022 Chris Dick
Indiana-based death-doom metallers Mother of Graves summon rapture on new track “Tears Like Wine” off new album, Where the Shadows Adorn. Streaming bravely at Decibel!
Track Premiere: Turian — “Snakehead”
June 22, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Crust. Grind. Metallic death metal. Noise. Seattle’s Turian comes at you hard on “Snakehead” with everything but the grunge.
Track Premiere: In Nothingness – “A Nameless Grave”
May 30, 2022 Chris Dick
Japanese death metal act In Nothingness turn back time to the New Wave of Swedish Death Metal on new streaming track “Black Sun Funeral”.