song premiere
Track Premiere: Katavasia “The Tyrant”
August 3, 2020 Chris Dick
Katavasia unveil new song “Tyrant” from Magnus Venator. Streaming Hellenic horror at Decibel!
Track Premiere: Cardiac Arrest “Sodomite”
July 13, 2020 Chris Dick
Chicago’s Cardiac Arrest belch new track, “Sodomite,” from new album, The Day That Death Prevailed. Streaming filthily only at Decibel!
Track Premiere: Dkharmakhaoz – “Ascension”
June 25, 2020 Chris Dick
Belarus-based black metal duo Dkharmakhaoz drop a karmic demon on new track, “Ascension.” Streaming in full at Decibel while the world succumbs to fiery entropy.
Track Premiere: Black Funeral – ‘The Vampyric Rabisu at the Threshold’
June 1, 2020 Chris Dick
Storied USBM act Black Funeral dig up ancient Sumerian artifacts on new song, “The Vampyric Rabisu at the Threshold”. Streaming now, only at Decibel.
Track Premiere: Nattverd “Slakt Dem, Der De Loeper Hodeloese Rundt Baalet”
December 30, 2019 Chris Dick
Norwegian black metallers Nattverd and Decibel unleash unholy hell on new track, “Slakt Dem,” the first track off new album, Styggdom.
Track Premiere: Revenant Marquis “Ephebiphobia”
December 16, 2019 Chris Dick
British black metal solo outfit Revenant Marquis haunt our very souls with new track, “Ephebiphobia,” off the group’s new full-length, Youth in Ribbons.
Track Premiere: Vaeok “Souls Void”
December 9, 2019 Chris Dick
American black metal duo Vaeok, featuring members of Sargeist, Kult ov Azazel, Nightbringer, Adaestuo and Demoncy, attack from the haunted cosmos on new self-titled EP.
Track Premiere: Trépas “Rivages Sombres”
November 18, 2019 Chris Dick
Quebec-based black metal quintet Trépas streaming new song “Rivages Sombres” at Decibel. Trépas’ new album is out December 5 on Sepulchral Productions.
Track Premiere: Death Wolf “The Sword”
November 11, 2019 Chris Dick
Sweden-based death rockers Death Wolf, featuring Marduk members, unleash new song “The Sword.”
Track Premiere: Flamekeeper “Nomads of the World Beyond”
November 11, 2019 Chris Dick
Italian emigre Marco S. finds home in Sweden, birthing first-wave black metal beast Flamekeeper. Check out new track “Nomads of the World Beyond” from debut mini-CD We Who Light the Fire
Video Premiere: Schammasch “A Paradigm of Beauty” & Interview With CSR
November 4, 2019 Chris Dick
Swiss avant-garde black metal outfit Schammasch reveal new video for “A Paradigm of Beauty,” off new album “Hearts of No Light.”
Track Premiere: Tan Kozh “A la Gloire d’Indra”
October 31, 2019 Chris Dick
French black metallers Tan Kozh, featuring members of Himinbjorg and Les Chants de Nihil, fire off, “A la Gloire d’Indra,” from new album, Lignages Oubliés.
Track Premiere: Avslut “Underjordens Apostlar”
October 28, 2019 Chris Dick
Swedish violent black metallers Avslut summon the dark on new track “Underjordens Apostlar,” their first off new album, Tyranni.
Track Premiere: PH “Origo”
October 3, 2019 Chris Dick
Finnish space-doom quartet PH launch an all-out sense assault on new track “Origo,” off new album “Osiris Hayden.”
Track Premiere: The Lone Madman “Häxan”
September 30, 2019 Chris Dick
Finnish forlorn foursome of doom hit like the bottom of a grave on new track, “Häxan,” off debut album, “Let the Night Come,” for Saturnal Records.
Track Premiere: The Foreign Resort ‘Outnumbered’
February 4, 2019 Chris Dick
Danish post-punk power trio Foreign Resort set fire with new edit of single “Outnumbered” off the group’s new album, “Outnumbered.”
Smell the ‘Musk’ On A Raw Summer Night
July 26, 2016 Justin Norton
Check out a song stream from Oakland garage punkers Musk.
Epicus Doomicus Newicus Songicus: Candlemass Premiere Lyric Video of Title Track from Upcoming EP “Death Thy Lover”
April 21, 2016 James Lewis
30 years of epicus doomicus metallicus means new EP(icus).
Premiere: Head of the Demon Will Inspire Dread in Your Wednesday Afternoon
April 20, 2016 James Lewis
A sneak peek heads-up for the upcoming full-length of hypnotic, unhinging blackened doom from Head of the Demon.
Get Diagnosed with the Avant-garde in this Virus Premiere
April 19, 2016 James Lewis
Virus doesn’t have any circus music or kazoos, just brooding, skin-crawling metal/rock from ex-members of Ved Buens Ende and other similarly weird entities.
Get Filthy: Coffin Dust Song Premiere
April 11, 2016 James Lewis
Coffin Dust‘s Facebook Page info lists the genre as “Depraved Cemetery Metal” and includes a a short description of “Crush the skull, snort the dust.” We think that’s about all that needs to be said here.
Go Green (and Morbid!) with this Green Death Song Debut Featuring David Vincent
March 28, 2016 James Lewis
The Des Moines heavy thrashers educate on how to catch attention with a re-release.
Get Excited to Get Sick: Song Premiere from Inherit Disease
March 22, 2016 James Lewis
Just don’t vomit in the car. Please.
Decibel Exclusive: Cryptopsy’s “The Knife, The Head And What Remains” and Q&A
October 20, 2015 Justin Norton
Stream Cryptopsy’s new song and read a Q&A with the band.
Q&A: Pete Jay (blackQueen) and song premiere
July 28, 2015 Justin Norton
On August 1, blackQueen will release their new Billy Anderson-produced album The Directress, which features guest appearances by musicians including Uta Plotkin, Joy Von Spain of Eye Of Nix, and Wrest of Leviathan. Pete Jay talked to us about his love of horror soundtracks and the comeback of his passion project.
Streaming: Byzantine’s “The Agonies”
March 4, 2015 Justin Norton
While you might hear an awful lot about society’s ills in metal you don’t hear about the plight of rural America too often. But the harsh realities of Appalachia provide much of the inspiration for Byzantine’s take on thrash, particularly on “The Agonies,” the song we’re premiering today. Frontman Chris Ojeda explains: “The Agonies” is…
STREAMING: Beyond Creation’s “Earthborn Evolution”
September 10, 2014 Justin Norton
“It’s a testament to the boundless creativity of modern, progressive metal.” That’s what label Season Of Mist is saying about the sophomore album from tech death Quebecers (wrestling joke intended) Beyond Creation. Now, if you’re in the label business these days part of your job is saying good things about your roster so people will…
Decibel Exclusive: First New Meatmen Track in 19 Years!
April 1, 2014 Justin Norton
This is not an April Fool’s joke, except on the politically correct thought police: We have the first new Meatmen track in two decades! When I was a kid I sat in my room and cranked The Meatmen at ridiculous volumes and memorized Tesco Vee’s banter on the classic Meatmen platters. So to say this…
Grind! Stream the new Cripple Bastards song
January 29, 2014 Justin Norton
Here’s some fresh new grind to get you through midweek. Below, stream the new track “Nemico A Terra” from certified legends and lifers Cripple Bastards. It’s off the new album Nero In Metastasi, due in North America on February 18th and available for preorder from Relapse. Frontman Giulio The Bastard says: ‘Nemico A Terra’ translates…
TRACK PREMIERE: Monument of Misanthropy’s “Entering a New State”
December 23, 2013 Sean Frasier
If I commissioned a sculptor to create a monument dedicated to the hatred of mankind, it would probably be a metalhead with hair dangling in front of its eyes, carved from black onyx and brimstone, and “Entering a New State” would be blaring in a continuous loop from a speaker tucked inside the statue’s mouth….