Portugal
Track Premiere: Karnak Seti – “I Breathe the End’
January 9, 2024 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
Noisy Portuguese quartet Process of Guilt ratchet up the tension in new video for “Victims”
Track Premiere: Holocausto Canibal – “Êxodo Mortuoso”
April 21, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Emily Bellino
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Chris Dick
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Dutch Pearce
Stream a track from the forthcoming new album by mysterious Portuguese black metal act Black Cilice.
Watch: Gaerea – ‘Absent’
December 13, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from anonymous black metal group Gaerea now.
Track Premiere: Axia – ‘Fading Into Nothing’
April 20, 2018 Emily Bellino
Stream an unhinged new song from Portuguese grind maniacs Axia.
Track Premiere: Scarificare ‘Occult Radiance’
March 19, 2018 Chris Dick
Portuguese blackened death metallers Scarificare scare with new track “Occult Radiance.”
Q&A: Sinistro’s Patrícia Andrade Talks Lisbon & Doom Metal
March 5, 2018 Chris Dick
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Emily Bellino
Colosso writes huge death metal. Now you can watch Colosso play huge death metal.
Track Premiere: The Ominous Circle – ‘Poison Fumes’
December 1, 2016 Emily Bellino
The Ominous Circle are as mysterious as they are impressive.
Demo:listen: FlaktiiN
October 14, 2016 Dutch Pearce
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 Daniel Lake
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.)