Norway
Full EP Stream: Feral Nature –Cradle of Twigs & Bone
January 28, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Oslo metallic hardcore quartet Feral Nature’s new noise on self-released EP Cradle of Twigs & Bone.
Track Premiere: Forcefed Horsehead – “The Will of the Many”
December 15, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Forcefed Horsehead unleash a raw, hardcore-driven D-beat fest that strangles, maims, gnashes and generally causes mayhem and destruction. Hear it now.
Full Album Stream: Fanatisme –Tro, håp og kjærlighet
December 10, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Fanatisme‘s roughly recorded (and played) new seven-song record takes a raw black metal aesthetic and vocal approach and marries it to early ’80s post punk and goth gloom.
Album Premiere: Uaar – Galger og Brann
October 16, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Norwegian band Uaar are back with a raw, angry atmospheric D-beat down, Galger og Brann, Norwegian for “Gallows and Fire,” out October 17 via Fysisk Format. You can hear it with us first.
Full Album Stream: Sundrowned –Higanbana
September 24, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the harsh melodicism of Norwegian blackgaze outfit Sundrowned, paying homage to the fall equinox on new full length, Higanbana.
Full Album Stream: Cult Member –GORE
September 17, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Norwegian crossover cretins Cult Member draw blood on new full-length, GORE.
Track Premiere: Okular – “Wake-Up Call”
April 9, 2024 J. Andrew
“The music was written with the intent of making something completely wild and chaotic, yet still catchy and melodic.”
Video Premiere: Kambodsja – “Basement Prophet”
September 12, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Watch Norwegian proggy post-hardcore quartet Kambodsja give the one-fingered salute to keyboard warriors worldwide.
Full Album Stream: Flight – ‘Echoes of Journeys Past’
July 25, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Norwegian retro heshers Flight take wing to the land of Thin Lizzy and B.O.C. on Echoes of Journeys Past.
Track Premiere: IMPUGNER – “Morass”
October 26, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
From the depths of the most fowl recesses of the earth comes the latest from Impugner in the form new track “Morass.”
Mads Lilletvedt & Olav Iversen (Sahg) Detail New Album Born Demon Track By Track
October 3, 2022 Chris Dick
Sahg madmen Mads Lilletvedt and Olav Iversen riff mightily with an exclusive track-by-track of new album, Born Demon, for Decibel.
Video Premiere: Randy M. Salo & Madder Mortem Dive Deep On Documentary ‘Howl of the Underdogs’
June 28, 2021 Chris Dick
Filmmaker Randy M. Salo deep dives into Norwegian progressive metal outfit Madder Mortem in documentary Howl of the Underdogs.
Full Album Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Return of the Goat”
April 19, 2021 Chris Dick
Norwegian duo Phantom Fire, featuring members of Gaahls Wyrd and Aeternus, boogie into darkness like Venom, Bathory, and early Metallica. New EP streaming only at Decibel!
Track Premiere: She Said Destroy – “Succession”
April 5, 2021 J. Andrew
“Succession” is the latest song from Norwegian metal alchemists She Said Destroy, and is the title track off their upcoming album.
Video Premiere: Vreid – “The Morning Red”
March 9, 2021 J. Andrew
Vreid‘s new track, “The Morning Red,” is “a blueprint of our eternal creative duality of melancholia and primal aggression.”
Q&A: Dag Olav Husås (TV Haugaland) Offers Insight Into Enslaved’s Docu-Series ‘Heimvegen’
January 18, 2021 Chris Dick
TV Haugaland producer Dag Olav Husås embarks homeward with Norwegian legends Enslaved in new docu-series.
Darkthrone’s ‘A Blaze in the Northern Sky’ Honored By the National Library of Norway
November 23, 2020 J. Andrew
As part of it’s “Enlightened” exhibition, Norway’s national library has honored Darkthrone‘s classic album.
Track Premiere: The Deviant – “Atomic Revolt”
November 3, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Veterans of the Norwegian black/death scene The Deviant (ex-Gehanna) unleash “Atomic Revolt,” from their forthcoming new full-length, Rotting Dreams of Carrion.
Video Premiere: Cadaver – “Morgue Ritual”
September 25, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Legendary Norwegian goreblasters Cadaver prey upon your senses in their NSFW video for “Morgue Ritual,” from their impending full-length, their first in 16 years!
Vreid Announce “In the mountains of Sognametal” Live Session
June 8, 2020 Michael Wohlberg
The Norwegian melodic black metal Vreid outfit announce their upcoming stream live from the fjords of their homeland this Saturday, June 13th at 3 PM EDT.
Enslaved Grace the Cover of Decibel’s May Issue
March 18, 2020 Albert Mudrian
We have a limited number of advance copies of the May issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive Cirith Ungol flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.
Video Premiere: Lindy-Fay Hella “Two Suns”
February 27, 2020 Chris Dick
Norway-based songstress Lindy-Fay Hella shines light on her new video for “Two Songs” off her Ván Records debut, Seafarer.
Track Premiere: Enepsigos ‘Confess’
February 24, 2020 Chris Dick
Norwegian black metallers Enepsigos summon new track, “Confess,” from the bottom of the pit of Hell. Decibel bravely streams “Confess” as the world burns in response.
Video Premiere: Ulver “Russian Doll”
February 14, 2020 Chris Dick
Norwegian electronic music experimentalists Ulver debut new video, “Russian Doll.” Decibel dances with the devil in this controversial video.
Video Premiere: Nexorum – “Great Horned King”
February 6, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Norwegian blackened death newcomers Nexorum invoke pure evil on their debut album. Check out the video for “Great Horned King” now.
Track Premiere: Nattverd “Slakt Dem, Der De Loeper Hodeloese Rundt Baalet”
December 30, 2019 Chris Dick
Norwegian black metallers Nattverd and Decibel unleash unholy hell on new track, “Slakt Dem,” the first track off new album, Styggdom.
Video Premiere: Mortiis – “A Dark Horizon”
December 13, 2019 Dutch Pearce
The first of the dungeoneers, Mortiis bids us to look upon “A Dark Horizon.”
Los Angeles Date Added to the 2020 Decibel Magazine Tour
December 10, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Los Angeles, you’ll get a chance to see Mayhem, Abbath, Gatecreeper and Idle Hands on March 23!
Gatecreeper and Idle Hands Added to the Decibel Magazine Tour!
December 5, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Gatecreeper and Idle Hands join Abbath and Mayhem as part of the ninth annual Decibel Magazine Tour starting in March 2020!
Q&A: Øystein G. Brun’s Borknagar Are Truly North From Here
November 25, 2019 Chris Dick
Twenty-five years and 11 albums later, Norwegian progressive metallers Borknagar have found their true north on new album, True North. Founder Øystein G. Brun leads the way.
