Portland

Like columns of black smoke reaching for the heavens, USBM suffocationists Luctum demonstrate their “Theriomorphic Divinations” on this latest track reveal from their forthcoming debut full length Ashes of the Titans.

Mutant Portland death metal sewer trio Disembowel revel in filthy, ugly violence exclusively. Check out this exclusive track premiere from their forthcoming debut album on Maggot Stomp.

Portland-based corpse defilers Coffin Rot come smashing out of the underground with “Necrotized.”

Portland’s Witch Mountain doom cult premiere their brand new banger, “Priceless Pain.”

“All of us come from very disparate places and try to create music somewhere in between all that.” Wrap your ears around the result, “Shallows.”

Shape of Despair to play their first-ever live shows next month.

Portland doom voyagers Troll welcome you aboard their riff-engined Dragonship on their Legend Master LP.

Vitriol explode with violent, high-speed death metal on new song “The Parting of a Neck.”

Rising USBM force Uada discuss their new album, Cult of a Dying Sun and the band’s growth since their 2016 debut.

As a small Leviathan-affiliated record store and screenprinter are being forced out of Portland due to rising rent. Jef Whitehead and Stevie Floyd explain the importance of record stores in 2018.

Portland death dealers unleash angular, explosive death metal.

Portland’s Barrowlands deal in epic, melodic black metal on their second album, Tyndir. Listen now.

Stream the new full-length from Portland grind/punk outfit WORWS now.

Stream a new track from Portland noise rockers Maximum Mad now!

Stream the new Gaytheist track “Let’s Get Astrophysical” right now!

Being inspired by the classics doesn’t mean you can just follow through and pull off something worthy of your forebears. But someone in Portland has unbolted a crypt and unleashed the debut four-song EP Summon Horrendous Destruction by Petrification. 

Dead Conspiracy premiere a new music video for “Paralyzed With Terror” to go with their self-titled album, which they independently released in November.

Portland death thrashers Dead Conspiracy are about to release their first full-length since their 1987 formation. Hear it now before it hits the streets. 

Melodic death metal, crust, d-beat, black metal, doom, post-metal . . . It doesn’t really matter how you label Nux Vomica because it’s pretty much impossible to adequately describe their wayfaring sound in terms of genre alone. Yeah we went for crust in this headline, but that was more of a convenient adjective, headline shorthand,…

Towers come from Portland, Oregon, and have this awesome sound that’s a strange brew concocted of low-end bass hum and psych-stoner doom, post-punk and krautrock. There is a lot more in there, too. Putatively, it’s metal all right, but with a center so dark and heavy it can pull in all manner of outré influences…

Like bizarre stuff? Like cool covers of hardcore classics? Then you will dig our full album stream of Singles, Other Shit from Portland’s RABBITS. Take a listen below and then read the “virtual” liner notes compiled for your friends at Decibel. You can check our RABBITS on Facebook and pick up a copy from Eolian…

Given the opportunity to write about craft beer every month in Decibel has been eye-opening. The idea that our “Brewtal Truth” column would have lasted more than four years (and counting) and even spawn a book—The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers, out in November—is pretty amazing. Now it’s time to bring a little “Brewtal…

A member of our extended family needs your help. Joe Wickstrom is the bassist of Atriarch and has played with numerous Portland bands. He was diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease in 2011 and has had a tough go. The disease narrows the arteries and makes it tough for blood to reach the limbs and extermities….