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Full EP Stream: Sulphur and Mercury – “Alchemia Prophetica”

April 9, 2024

Hear members of Misery Index and Hour of Penance combine first-wave black metal and classic metal on Sulphur and Mercury‘s debut EP.

Video Premiere: End Reign – “Chasing Divinity”

June 14, 2023

Check out the video for End Reign‘s “Chasing Divinity” now ahead of the release of their debut album, The Way of All Flesh is Decay, on July 14 through Relapse Records.

End Reign to Release Exclusive New Track, “The House of Thieves,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

July 29, 2022

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, August 1 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from metallic hardcore powerhouse End Reign.

Five For Friday: May 13, 2022

May 13, 2022

This week’s new releases features a group of standard-bearing heroes like Terror, Jungle Rot, Misery Index and more!

For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Misery Index, Terror and WOORMS

April 29, 2022

Our favorite birdbrain throws conflict-of-interest caution to the wind and takes on the latest LPs from Misery Index, Terror and WOORMS.

Misery Index Premiere Exclusive Single, “Strategies of Manipulation,” Via the Decibel Flexi Series

March 22, 2022

Hear and acquire this Misery Index disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

MIDNIGHT Claim the Szexiest Decibel Cover of the Year! Get the April Issue Now!

February 25, 2022

We have a limited number of advance copies of the April issue of Decibel, featuring our exclusive new flexi disc single from (mostly) US deathgrind titans Misery Index available NOW!

Misery Index To Release Exclusive Single, “Strategies of Manipulation,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

February 5, 2022

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, February 7 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from death grindcrushers Misery Index.

Q&A: Jason Netherton (Misery Index) Nails It Again

October 4, 2021

Misery Index‘s Jason Netherton puts another nail in the coffin with new compilation Coffin Up the Nails on Repulsive Echo.

Video Premiere: Misery Index – ‘Decline and Fall’

November 25, 2019

Misery Index spread an ominous message in their new video for “Decline and Fall.”

Track Premiere: Asthma Castle – ‘The Incline of Western Civilization’

February 19, 2019

Asthma Castle (featuring members of Pig Destroyer, Misery Index and Integrity) tell the story of the “Incline of Western Civilization” with a new song.

Album Stream: Cast the Stone “Empyrean Atrophy” & Q&A With Mark Kloeppel

August 30, 2018

American underground death metal supergroup Cast The Stone meld different schools of Swedish death metal to form new EP, Empyrean Atrophy.

Piece by Piece: Examining the Practice of Merch Cuts

February 28, 2018

Sketchy business practice or a necessary evil? Decibel examines the practice of merch cuts in extreme metal.

Track Premiere: Scour – ‘Red’

September 15, 2017

Stream a new song from Scour featuring current and former members of Pantera, Down, Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Misery Index!

Misery Index’s Top 5 Genre-Bending Extreme Metal Songs

March 16, 2016

Guitarist/vocalist Mark Kloeppel goes “off the charts” with this list in honor of Choosing Death Fest.

Talkin’ Bout Flex: Misery Index

December 11, 2015

We spoke with Mark Kloeppel of Baltimore’s Misery Index about his band’s contribution to the Flexi Series.  Misery Index’s song – a cover of Sepultura’s “Primitive Future” – can be found in our current issue (#135, January 2016, Lamb of God cover), but you can also check it out right here while you read Kloeppel’s comments on the recording’s origins and execution.

Misery Index Covers Sepultura for 5th Anniversary of Decibel Flexi Series

November 12, 2015

We had to do something cool: hence, we bring you Baltimore deathgrind maniacs Misery Index covering Sepultura classic “Primitive Future.” 

Decibrity Playlist: Misery Index

July 24, 2014

Misery Index is no stranger to these playlists. In fact, we were in the midst of winter 2013 when bassist/vocalist Jason Netherton regaled us with “bleak tunes that recall those snowbound blizzards from yesteryear.” This time around, guitarist Mark Kloeppel went in a totally different direction to get you in the know about “hard” jams….

Decibrity Playlist: Misery Index

January 24, 2013

With the throes of winter usually comes a dearth of new releases. So after perusing the innumerable year-end lists, there’s no better time to catch up on all of the records you missed, not to mention your back catalog. If you’re in a band, it’s also a good time to put out something new given…