Season of Mist

Mayhem and Abbath Announced for 2020 Decibel Magazine Tour!

November 4, 2019

Tickets for the 2020 Decibel Magazine Tour go on sale Friday, November 8 at 10 AM local time. More acts to be announced in December!

Video Premiere: Cloak – ‘Tempter’s Call’

August 6, 2019

Watch the first video from the upcoming new album, The Burning Dawn, from Atlanta-based black ‘n’ roll crew Cloak.

Track Premiere: 1349 – ‘Through Eyes of Stone’

July 9, 2019

Check out a video for a brand new 1349 song and get ready for the Norwegian black metallers imminent return to US soil.

Album Review: Abbath – ‘Outstrider’

July 5, 2019

Goodnight Wintermoon – the former Immortal frontman emerges from the cold with album #2.

Album Review: Gaahls WYRD – ‘GastiR – Ghosts Invited’

May 29, 2019

The controversial ex-Gorgoroth frontman returns with what may be his best work to date.

Damian Herring’s (Horrendous) Top 5 Obscure Death Metal Albums

February 11, 2019

Horrendous vocalist/guitarist/old-school death metal connoisseur Damian Herring unearths obscure gold in his Top 5 for Decibel.

Album Premiere: Sylvaine “Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone” + Q&A With Sylvaine

October 30, 2018

Norwegian post-black metal outfit Sylvaine premieres dreamy new album, “Atoms Aligned, Coming Undone,” on Decibel.

Watch: KEN mode – ‘Learning to Be Too Cold’

October 12, 2018

Learn to be dark. Learn to be cold. Listen to a new song from KEN mode.

Q&A: Thorlakur Thor (Kontinuum) Deals With Fear & Death

September 24, 2018

Kontinuum’s Thorlakur Thor reveals the inner workings and outer projections of new album, “No Need to Reason.”

Photographer Ester Segarra to Publish Music Photography Book

May 9, 2018

Renowned music photographer Ester Segarra will publish her first photography book, including an original soundtrack, in July.

Q&A: Nightmarer Guitarist Simon Hawemann Digs Dissonance

April 30, 2018

Nightmarer’s Simon Hawemann speaks to Decibel about new album, Cacophony of Terror.

Track Premiere: The Lion’s Daughter ‘Die Into Us’

April 25, 2018

St. Louis-based genre-benders The Lion’s Daughter scream through ’80s horror filters on new song “Die Into Us.”

Track Premiere: Craft ‘The Cosmic Sphere Falls’

April 11, 2018

Swedish cultists Craft redefine black metal on new track, “The Cosmic Sphere Falls.”

Interview: Damian Herring of Subterranean Watchtower Studios/Horrendous

April 11, 2018

Damian Herring of Horrendous reveals his approach to engineering killer death metal with Subterranean Watchtower Studios.

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.

Track Premiere: Nightmarer – ‘Death/Swansong’

March 2, 2018

Dissonant death metal trio Nightmarer unleash dark, discordant death metal.

Q&A: Deathwhite Extols The Virtues Of Anonymity & Katatonia

February 26, 2018

Pittsburgh-based dark metallers Deathwhite talk new album, “For a Black Tomorrow.”

Track Premiere: Nocturnal Graves ‘Ecdysis, Shedding Weak Flesh’

February 21, 2018

Australian blackened war machine Nocturnal Graves fires off an unholy bullet with new song “Ecdysis, Shedding Weak Flesh.”

Q&A: Erdve’s Vaidotas & Kristijonas Reflect On Happiness

February 19, 2018

Lithuanian post-metallers Erdve are heavy on introspection (and riff) on new album, Vaitojimas.

Track Premiere: Deathwhite ‘The Grace of the Dark’

January 9, 2018

Mysterious U.S.-based dark metal outfit Deathwhite premiere new track “The Grace of the Dark.”