melodic death metal
Album Premiere: Lutharo – ‘Hiraeth’
October 13, 2021 Sean Frasier
Canadian melodeath quintet Lutharo pack power anthems and planet-burning riffs into their debut LP, Hiraeth.
Video Premiere: Akiavel – “Lady of Death”
September 15, 2021 Sean Frasier
French death metal thrill-killers Akiavel explore the psyche and legacy of Aileen Wuornos in their murderous music video for “Lady of Death.”
Track Premiere: Reality Grey Offers a ‘Powerblast’ of Modern Melodic Death Metal
April 8, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear new music from Italian melodi-deathsters, Reality Grey!
Track Premiere: The Absence – “Choirs of Sickness”
March 30, 2021 J. Andrew
Rip into pure melodic darkness with The Absence‘s latest track, “Choirs of Sickness,” off their upcoming album Coffinized.
Full Album Stream: Aversed – “Impermanent”
March 15, 2021 Emily Bellino
Aversed debut their new album, Impermanent.
EP Premiere: Venomous — “Tribus”
February 24, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Rising Brazilian melodic death metallers Venomous aren’t about to stay in their subgenre lane for this diverse, killer new EP.
Track Premiere: Necropanther – ‘Benthic Storms’
February 23, 2021 Emily Bellino
This cat has claws! Stream “Benthic Storms,” the latest from Colorado’s Necropanther.
Q&A: Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork) Hits On New EP, Health, & COVID-19
December 7, 2020 Chris Dick
Soilwork vocalist Björn “Speed” Strid talks new EP A Whisp of the Atlantic and predicts the effects of COVID-19 in 2021. Only at Decibel!
Album Review: Dark Tranquillity – ‘Moment’
November 16, 2020 Chris Dick
Melodic Swedish death metal heroes Dark Tranquillity return with their first new studio LP in four years.
Track Premiere: Mother Of Graves “The Urn”
November 2, 2020 Chris Dick
Indianapolis-based upstarts Mother of Graves stream new track “The Urn” at Decibel! Only (melodic and depressive) death is real!
Album Premiere: Furnace – ‘Dark Vistas’
October 7, 2020 Sean Frasier
Swedish melodeath firestarters Furnace beckon Lovecraftian menace with the dark melodies of their Dark Vistas concept album.
Track Premiere: Daughter Chaos “The Space Born”
September 14, 2020 Chris Dick
U.S.-based melodic death metal trio Daughter Chaos unleash armageddon on new single, “The Space Born.” Streaming only at Decibel!
Video Premiere: Winter Nights – “Starved for Energy”
September 1, 2020 Dutch Pearce
NYC melodeath monolith Winter Nights debut a poignant and disarming music video from their new self-titled album.
Track Premiere: Jesus Wept – ‘Fucked on the Cross’
July 30, 2020 Emily Bellino
Jesus Wept deliver a familiar dose of melodic death metal brutality.
Album Premiere: Dystopia A.D. – ‘Rise of the Merciless’
July 29, 2020 Sean Frasier
Perfectly named for the end-days, melodeath duo Dystopia A.D. indulge prog and shred whims on their upcoming album, Rise of the Merciless.
Album Premiere: Meridian Dawn ‘The Fever Syndrome’
July 6, 2020 Chris Dick
Meridian Dawn, featuring Finnish and Greek band members, drops new album, The Fever Syndrome, on Seeing Red Records. Streaming in arpeggiated full only at Decibel!
Album Premiere: Inexorum ‘Moonlit Navigation’ & Q&A With Carl Skildum
June 23, 2020 Chris Dick
Minnesota-based duo Inexorum trip into mid-’90s melodic Swedish death/black metal. New album, Moonlit Navigation, streaming only at Decibel!
Album Stream: [Evertrapped]’s ‘The Last Extinction’ Distracts from Pandemic Ennui
May 21, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Let loose and stream the new album from Montreal melodi-death commandos [Evertrapped]!
Video Premiere: Voices of Ruin- “Carved Out”
March 19, 2020 J. Andrew
For fans of modern, muscular melodic death metal, the new video from California’s Voices of Ruin is a must-see bloody experience.
Video Premiere: The Flaying Loves Quebec and Quebec Loves The Flaying
December 5, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Quebec’s The Flaying visually chronicles their love for their hometown’s downtown core.
Let Winter Light Take You “From Sea to Starless Skies”
November 29, 2019 J. Andrew
Winter Light, a new force in melodic death metal, unleashes their new EP, From Sea to Starless Skies, packed with riffs and growls for days.
Track Premiere: Vane – ‘Row, Ye Scallywags!’
November 25, 2019 Emily Bellino
A melodic death metal band walks onto a pirate ship…
Track Premiere: The Spirit – ‘Serpent As Time Reveals’
November 7, 2019 Albert Mudrian
It’s time to add German act The Spirit to the anti-cosmic metal of death party. Listen to the first track from their forthcoming melodic black/death stunner here.
Video Premiere: Sun in Shadows — “Sun in Shadows”
September 18, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Nick Heigelmann of the great 90s melodic death metal act The Year of Our Lord returns with Sun in Shadows, a preconception-obliterating new record, and — seen for the first time ever here — a new video.
Track Premiere: Eternal Storm — “Through the Wall of Light Pt. 1 (The Strand)”
July 31, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Extremely black clouds and soaring guitar leads gather over this track premiere courtesy Madrid melodic death metallers Eternal Storm.
Archaic Decapitator Unleashes Melodic Death Metal Glory on New EP
April 19, 2019 J. Andrew
Connecticut’s Archaic Decapitator gets the melodic death metal balance just right on “Skyward,” a song on their latest EP.
Interview: Melodic Death Metal Newcomers Climate of Fear are Prepared for “The Onset of Eternal Darkness”
April 17, 2019 Emily Bellino
Climate of Fear discuss their debut album, The Onset of Eternal Darkness.
Q&A: Nailed To Obscurity’s Jan-Ole Lamberti And Raimund Ennenga Struggle With Slippage
March 11, 2019 Chris Dick
Nailed To Obscurity guitarist Jan-Ole Lamberti and vocalist Raimund Ennenga capsize the inner self on new album, “Black Frost.”
Album Review: Soilwork – “Verkligheten”
January 3, 2019 Chris Dick
Soilwork continue their tear through melodic death metal with Verkligheten.
Q&A: Ville Viljanen & Andy Gillion (Mors Principium Est) On Death Metal And Life-Threatening Burgers
December 10, 2018 Chris Dick
Ville Viljanen and Andy Gillion of Finnish melodic death metallers Mors Principium Est crush riffs and burgers in this latest interview.