Season of Mist
Withered Discuss Lineup Changes, Future Split Releases
October 23, 2017 Emily Bellino
Withered discuss new music, lineup changes and Shadow Woods Metal Fest.
KEN Mode Record Exclusive New Song for Decibel Flexi Series!
September 29, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Get an active Decibel Deluxe Subscription by Monday, October 2 at 10AM EST and this exclusive new KEN Mode vinyl single is yours!
Video Premiere: Erdve – ‘Atraja’
September 21, 2017 Emily Bellino
Dark hardcore outfit Erdve may be new, but they play like an experienced outfit.
Track Premiere: Impureza – ‘Sangre Para Los Dioses’
September 6, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new track from Impureza now!
The Top 10 Metal Songs About Chains
August 29, 2017 Decibel Magazine
In which we consider the top 10 songs about a quintessential heavy metal topic: chains.
Track Premiere: Cloak “Beyond the Veil”
August 23, 2017 Chris Dick
Let Cloak take you “Beyond the Veil.”
Track Premiere: Auðn – ‘Í Hálmstráið Held’
August 17, 2017 Emily Bellino
Icelandic atmospheric black metal horde Auðn have upped both the aggression and melody on their sophomore record. Listen to the first song now.
Video Premiere: Altarage – ‘Spearhedron’
July 19, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new video from secretive blackened death dealers Altarage.
Full Album Stream: River Black – ‘River Black’
July 6, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the new record from River Black, featuring members of Municipal Waste and Revocation.
Track Premiere: Vulture Industries – ‘As The World Burns’
June 28, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the first Vulture Industries (ex-Enslaved) song since 2013.
Track Premiere: Der Weg Einer Freiheit – ‘Skepsis Part I’
June 20, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a new track from the German black metal band.
Track Premiere: Leng Tch’e – ‘Gundog Allegiance’
May 24, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the first new music from rabid grinders Leng Tch’e since their last album in 2010.
Video Premiere: Foscor – ‘Altars’
May 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Foscor explore the passage of time in a new music video for “Altars.”
For Those About To Squawk: Casket Huffer, Altar Of Betelgeuze, Necrowretch
April 14, 2017 Emily Bellino
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Casket Huffer, Altar of Betelgeuze and Necrowretch.
A Conversation With Nightbringer (Full Interview)
April 12, 2017 Jesse Chase
Read a full interview from USBM titans Nightbringer.
Track Premiere: Impure Wilhelmina – ‘Great Falls Beyond Death’
April 5, 2017 Emily Bellino
Impure Wilhelmina are streaming the first track from their new album, Radiation.
Withered Announce Live DVD, ‘Live In Torment’
March 17, 2017 Emily Bellino
Live in Torment is Withered‘s first live recording and the first release on guitarist/vocalist Mike Thompson’s Atlanta Grind Productions. Watch the trailer now!
Track Premiere: Carach Angren – ‘Song For The Dead’
March 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
A new Carach Angren album is on the way! Listen to first track, “Song for the Dead” now.
Video Premiere: Sollertia – ‘Praying at the Chapel Perilous’
March 13, 2017 Emily Bellino
“Praying at the Chapel Perilous” is the promising debut song and video from dark metal band Sollertia (In The Woods, ex-Ad Inferna).
TRAUMA, ASSAULT, & SONIC “MACHINATIONS”: HARK INTERVIEW AND FULL ALBUM STREAM
February 22, 2017 Shawn Macomber
The sludge-heavy stoner rock of Hark takes on myriad new dimensions throughout the Welsh quartet’s exapansive, high-octane sophomore full-length Machinations, out later this week via Season of Mist. Decibel recently interrogated guitarist/vocalist Jimbob Issac about the brutal and harrowing personal roots of the album’s thematic content, finding the unlikely inspirational sweet spot between Azeaila Banks, S.O.D., Unsane and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and the way playing large, prestigious festivals can expand a band’s sense of what is possible.
Full Album Stream: Benighted – ‘Necrobreed’
February 16, 2017 Emily Bellino
Benighted unleash a grinding death metal assault against you on their new album, Necrobreed.
Track Premiere: Earth Electric – ‘Meditate. Mediate’
February 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
Earth Electric may be newcomers to the scene but they deliver quality hard rock.
Mayhem Announce Meet And Greet Before Upcoming Philadelphia Performance
January 27, 2017 Emily Bellino
Want a chance to partake in a meet and greet with Mayhem? Find out more here.
Track Premiere: Necrowretch – ‘Sprawl Of Sin’
January 18, 2017 Emily Bellino
Necrowretch deliver the first ripping song off of Satanic Slavery, their newly-announced full-length.
Track Premiere: Nightbringer – “Serpent Sun”
January 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
“Serpent Sun” comes off Nightbringer’s upcoming Terra Damanata.
Windswept (ft. Drudkh’s Roman Sayenko) debut epic new track
January 5, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Drudkh main man gets back to black metal basics with new project Windswept. Hear the first new track here.
Track Premiere: Replacire – ‘Do Not Deviate’
December 15, 2016 Emily Bellino
Replacire is a noun to describe when your calculator figures out that songs need memorable riffs and interesting melodies.
Track Premiere: Nidingr – ‘Surtr’
November 22, 2016 Emily Bellino
Nidingr say they were going for a simplified, yet equally as intense sound this time around.
Decibel Metal & Beer Fest Tickets On Sale Now!
November 7, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Sleep and Agoraphobic Nosebleed headline the first-annual two-day celebration of extreme metal and craft beer presented by Unibroue
Track Premiere: The Great Old Ones – “The Shadow Over Innsmouth”
November 3, 2016 Emily Bellino
Violently aggressive. Atmospheric. Unsettling. What do those words have in common? They could all be used to describe “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” the first single from The Great Old Ones’ new record, EOD: A Tale Of Dark Legacy.