Oregon

The Keening/Exulansis violinist Andrea Morgan candidly discusses high school jobs and homelessness.

Hear Portland tech death grinders Vulnere wreck some serious enamel on new single “Toothed Lines.”

Members of Norska and Yob make old-school grunge in Simple Forms.

Hear Portland stoner rock vets Ape Machine get high on new track, “Flight”

This week’s Demo:listen comes steeped in existential decadence as we premiere the demo from Oregon-based organ rumblers Somatic Decay.

This week’s Demo:listen will be found in filth with Oregon death-doom foul triune Besotten.

Portland, Oregon dark power metallers Silver Talon reveal their latest single from their new 7”, “Deceiver, I Am” via this bewitching music video.

Oregon-based black metal duo Aleynmord crawl out of the Great Western Crevasse to reveal The Blinding Light. Harrowing and sentimental black metal streaming only at Decibel.

Hear a full stream of this unique pairing of two starkly different US-based entities, Portland’s black/death poltergeist Witchbones and the downtrodden Louisiana-based solo act Vide.

Soft Kill premiere new track “Missing” off new album Savior.

On this week’s Demo:listen, we circumvent your expectations to present Oregon’s Felled.

Metal lover, you’ve been damn lucky this year.  Your listening habits have been well served by the aural atrocities perpetrated globally throughout 2014.  And it all just got sicker. Portland, OR metal collective Barrowlands is a harrowing hybrid of black metal terror, progressive twists and turns, and doomy contemplation with bold, emotive cello.  Their first…

Decibel published its first ever “Women In Metal,” issue this month, which offers an exhaustive look at the enormous contributions women have made to metal music (and the metal industry). If for some inexplicable reason you don’t subscribe then you can snag a copy from our store . If you are wise, you might have…