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Track Premiere: Light Creates Shadow – “Beauty For Ashes”

December 4, 2024

Portland prog power trio Light Creates Shadows wanna get (meta)physical on their new single, “Beauty For Ashes.”

Video Premiere: Selvans – ‘ll Mio Maleficio V’incalzerà!’

October 31, 2024

Italian horrorist Selvans unveils “ll Mio Maleficio V’incalzerà!,” the second single off Saturnalia, his new album due for release in 2025 via Avantgarde Music

Q&A: Writer Adrien Begrand on His New Rush Book 

October 31, 2024

Looooooong time Decibel contributor talks about the project of a lifetime, the publication of his first book, Cranking Up Rush: Their Musical Legacy in 11 Songs.

Mercyful Fate’s “Don’t Break the Oath” Turns 40

September 7, 2024

It’s challenging to look clearly at Mercyful Fate’s masterpiece, Don’t Break the Oath, released 40 years ago today. But our own Justin M Norton gives it a shot. Read here.

Video Premiere: Amiensus – “Reverie”

December 12, 2023

Proggy black metalers Amiensus unveil out a new song and video, “Reverie” from their forthcoming album, Reclamation, out this coming spring via M-Theory Audio.

Track Premiere: DieHumane – “Epitaph”

March 10, 2023

If alt-doom isn’t a thing, Texas collective DieHumane may well have invented it on their new single, “Epitaph.”

Track Premiere: Ashen Horde – “The Courtesan”

November 21, 2022

Today, progressive black metal crew Ashen Horde deliver “The Courtesan” from their latest record, Antimony, out January 23 via Transcending Obscurity and Decibel is stoked to fill your earholes with it.

Video Premiere: Spell – “Fever Dream”

October 19, 2022

If you don’t have time to binge the new Rings of Power trilogy, get lost in the fantasy for just a few minutes with Spell‘s latest track and video, “Fever Dream.”

Track Premiere: Spacebag – “Circadian Nightmare”

August 25, 2021

Hear a new track from super shred collective Spacebag, featuring ex-Rorschach/ex-Kiss it Goodbye drummer Andrew Gormley.

Album Premiere and Interview: Hinayana – ‘Death of the Cosmic’

August 27, 2020

Austin-based melodic death/doom dawnbringers Hinayana seek enlightenment in a brutalist hellscape on their Death of the Cosmic EP.

Video Premiere: TheNightTimeProject- “Embers”

June 4, 2020

Decibel is happy to present the new video from TheNightTimeProject, featuring former members of Katatonia and current members of October Tide.

Blades of the Brotherhood: An Interview with Hyborian

February 11, 2020

How Hyborian have managed to achieve the difficult-to-master balance of writing complex music within the confines of pretty traditional structures.

Progressive Bashers Lowcaster Issue New Album: “Flames Arise”

October 25, 2019

San Fran’s Lowcaster brings a unique voice to the world of progressive heavy metal: crushing and powerful, but still connects on a deep emotional level.

Track Premiere: Vokonis – “AntlerQueen”

August 28, 2019

Swedish psychedelic spellcasters Vokonis worship at the riff-adorned throne of the “AntlerQueen.”

Primitive Origins: New Trolls’ “UT”

July 18, 2019

Re-examining New Trolls’ 1972 prog-rock odyssey UT.

Track Premiere: Skryptor – ‘Raga’

March 19, 2019

Skryptor combine noise rock skronk with prog weirdness on “Raga.”

Decibel Contributor Roundtable: What band have you seen most live?

September 26, 2018

Decibel contributors share the bands they’ve seen on stage most, from sludge icons Eyehategod to metal juggernauts Lamb of God.

Video Premiere: Persefone – ‘Living Waves’

March 7, 2017

Persefone have released a music video for “Living Waves,” featuring Paul Masvidal of Cynic. 

Full Album Stream: Eye – ‘Vision and Ageless Light’

November 17, 2016

Eye‘s Vision and Ageless Light is a retro psychedelic prog throwback that pays homage to the past while keeping it fresh.

Dissona Take Prog To “Another Sky”

December 14, 2015

Chicago prog metal unit Dissona will soon release their second full-length scorcher Paleopneumatic.  The album wormhole-hops through myriad styles and instrument combinatorial choices; the overall effect is a twisted journey through a musical landscape molded by dudes who really know their shit.

Talkin’ Prog with Enslaved’s Grutle Kjellson

April 6, 2015

Enslaved recently wrapped up a month-long North American tour that saw them play several tunes off their latest album, In Times—another progressive masterpiece for the band’s impressive portfolio. We talked to vocalist/bassist Grutle Kjellson to find out what the band thinks about the “progressive” label and how that translates to their musical output. What does…

Inside The Shredder’s Studio #7: André Foisy Of Locrian

July 24, 2013

Locrian’s new album Return To Annihilation is one of the better records I’ve heard this year, and the praise keeps rolling in. We decided that it was a perfect time to invite frontman André Foisy to the shredder’s studio. He shared a list of eclectic infuences and might be the first shredder featured ever that…

Throw Me a Frickin’ Label Hack: Odela Exposes its Proggy Bits

April 12, 2013

Because every day another band records another song.  Because 83% of those songs are unlistenable and you can’t be bothered to sift through the dreck.  Because metal is about not giving a shit and waking your own personal storm.  Because music is universal, expression is boundless, and even indie labels (whatever that means these days)…