Portugal

Track Premiere: Karnak Seti – “I Breathe the End’

January 9, 2024

Drink in the Madeira madness of melodic thrash/death outfit Karnak Seti’s new track “I Breathe the End.”

Full Album Stream: Music in Low Frequencies – ‘Catharsis’

December 7, 2023

Hear Portuguese death-doom trio Music in Low Frequencies exorcise their personal demons on new full-length Catharsis

Video Premiere: Process of Guilt – “Victims”

July 5, 2022

Noisy Portuguese quartet Process of Guilt ratchet up the tension in new video for “Victims”

Track Premiere: Holocausto Canibal – “Êxodo Mortuoso”

April 21, 2022

Nothing lost in translation on the new blistering track from Portuguese death grinders Holocausto Canibal.

Exclusive Track Premiere: Dawnrider – “The Final Call”

February 3, 2022

Hear Portuguese vets Dawnrider channel a classic doom vibe on this bleak new track from their fourth album.

EP Premiere: Vøidwomb – Altars of Cosmic Devotion

February 16, 2021

Vøidwomb, a new quintet from Portugal, are here to absolutely crush your preconceived notions about what the black/death subgenre has to offer.

Interview: Gaerea Discuss Gimme Radio Livestream, Anonymity and Authenticity

February 11, 2021

Gaerea‘s anonymous founder gets in depth about the band’s inner workings and planning their upcoming Gimme Radio livestream.

Track Premiere: Sepulcros – “Magno Caos”

January 20, 2021

Hear the latest devastating slab of Portuguese death-doom from Sepulcros’ forthcoming massive debut full-length, Vazio.

Album Premiere: Satanize – Baphomet Altar Worship

January 19, 2021

An exclusive full album stream of the latest onslaught of bestial bedlam from devout Portuguese black metal cult Satanize.

Album Premiere: Black Mold – The Inheritance of Evil

November 13, 2020

An accursed relic of the Portuguese underground, hear Black Mold’s debut full-length of evil black/thrash before it’s out next week.

Black Metal Mavens Gaerea List the Top 5 Horrifying Places In Portugal

September 28, 2020

Portuguese black metal mavens Gaerea list their Top 5 horrifying places to visit in Portugal. Only Decibel has a passport into Gaerea’s abyss.

Full Album Stream: Alcholocaust – “Necro Apocalipse Bestial”

September 3, 2019

Disorderly Portuguese black thrash unit Alcoholocaust offer up their debut full length. Stream Necro Apocalipse Bestial in its entirety now.

Track Premiere: Black Cilice – ‘Maze of Spirits’

August 6, 2019

Stream a track from the forthcoming new album by mysterious Portuguese black metal act Black Cilice.

Watch: Gaerea – ‘Absent’

December 13, 2018

Watch a new video from anonymous black metal group Gaerea now.

Track Premiere: Scarificare ‘Occult Radiance’

March 19, 2018

Portuguese blackened death metallers Scarificare scare with new track “Occult Radiance.”

Q&A: Sinistro’s Patrícia Andrade Talks Lisbon & Doom Metal

March 5, 2018

Portugal-based doom metallers Sinistro take on the avant-garde with their filmic new LP, Sangue Cassia.

Full Album Stream: Cripta Oculta reëmerge with compilation of heretofore lost & unreleased material

March 28, 2017

Get lost in the underworldly mysticism of deep Portuguese black metal with Cripta Oculta’s self-titled compilation of rarities—their first “new” material in over five years, and we’ve got the exclusive stream.

Track Premiere: Black Cilice commences “Channeling Forgotten Energies”

February 7, 2017

An exclusive premiere of “Channeling Forgotten Energies,” off Banished from Time, the new album by Portugal’s staunchly necro entity, Black Cilice.

Video: Colosso – ‘In Memoriam’ Guitar Playthrough

December 12, 2016

Colosso writes huge death metal. Now you can watch Colosso play huge death metal. 

Demo:listen: FlaktiiN

October 14, 2016

On this week’s Demo:listen, we invade your day with an exclusive premiere of the demo, Souls for the Legions, by Portugal’s FlaktiiN.

Go Huge – Stream New Song From Colosso

July 5, 2016

Hear “Of Hollow Judgement” from Colosso‘s forthcoming death metal steamroller Obnoxious.  (That’s the album title, not commentary on releasing new death metal steamrollers.)