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Full Album Stream: Hexjakt –Blessing of the Damned
November 26, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish trio Hexjakt rumble through a dank, depressive doomscape on their new full-length, Blessing of the Damned.
Full Album Stream: Carnal Savagery –Crypt of Decay
November 24, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish DM duo Carnal Savagery go deep into the Crypt of Decay on their gnashing seventh full-length.
Video Premiere: After Earth – “Skinwalker”
September 22, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish melodeath mashers After Earth dabble in cannibalism in new video for “Skinwalker.”
Interview: Unleashed Bassist Johnny Hedlund Talks New Album, Fire Upon Your Lands
August 18, 2025 Emily Bellino
Unleashed talk new album and 35 years of death metal.
Full Album Stream: Lommi –667788
July 28, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish riff-lords Lommi buzz through eight groove-laden tracks on new full-length, 667788.
Track Premiere: Vittra – “Reign Supreme”
July 2, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish death thrashers Vittra do their own meaty version of death ’n’ roll on new single “Reign Supreme.”
Track Premiere: Anchorite – “Devil on the Throne”
June 30, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Euro doom crushers Anchorite lay the lumber on new single, “Devil on the Throne,” featuring a guest solo from Michael Denner (ex-Mercyful Fate).
Full Album Stream: Skräcken –Echoes From the Void
June 16, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish occult rock combo Skräcken spin their mystical, ’70s-influenced tales from the darkside on their debut full-length Echoes From the Void.
Track Premiere: For the Pyres – “Downfall”
April 28, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish HM-2 stompers For the Pyres are burning for you on buzzing, thrashy new track “Downfall.”
Video Premiere: Övervåld – “Förruttnelse”
March 26, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish death crushers Övervåld stomp their HM-2 pedals with impunity and bring the (sonic) rot in their new video for “Förruttnelse.”
Track Premiere: Obstruktion – “Sow Fear”
March 24, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish metallic hardcore quintet Obstruktion are here to “Sow Fear” on the new track from their second full-length, The End Takes Form.
Track Premiere: Kazea – “Trenches”
February 5, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Sludgy Swedish post-metal trio Kazea chill out on frigid new single “Trenches,” featuring guest vocals from Black Birch’s Gina Wiklund.
Video Premiere: Industrial Puke – “Hoax-Mongers”
January 29, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish D-beat crusters Industrial Puke hurl their vitriol at “Hoax-Mongers” on their brand new single for Suicide Records.
Track Premiere: Novarupta – “The Bullet Shines Before Impact”
January 22, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish post-metal collective Novarupta, headed by Alex Stjernfeldt, returns with a new single, “The Bullet Shines Before Impact,” from its final album, Astral Sands.
Video Premiere: Toxaemia – “Rejected Souls Of Kerberus”
October 30, 2024 J. Andrew
Check out the new video from old-school Swedish export in death metal excellence, Toxaemia off the band’s upcoming album, Rejected Souls Of Kerberus.
Full Album Stream: Dödsrit – “Nocturnal Will”
March 18, 2024 J. Andrew
Listen to Nocturnal Will, a one-of-a-kind album from Dödsrit, a musical entity that combines mourning and triumph in equal measure.
Full Album Stream: Grand Cadaver – ‘Deities of Deathlike Sleep’
August 22, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the HM-2 stomping OSDM of Swedish supergroup Grand Cadaver featuring members and ex members of Dark Tranquillity, Katatonia, Tiamat, Vorder and more.
EP Premiere: To Descend – ‘Mindless Birth’
May 30, 2023 Addison Herron-Wheeler
The ever-prolific Rogga Johansson returns with — wait for it — more death metal, this time in the form of a new EP from To Descend. Hear it here.
Full Album Stream – Vorder ‘False Haven’
May 23, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish post-metal downers Vorder arise from the ashes of V on their latest apocalyptic full-length.
Full Album Stream: Industrial Puke – ‘Born Into the Twisting Rope’
May 11, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish D-beat crusters Industrial Puke disgorge some rotten sounds on their Suicide Records debut.
Full Album Stream: Last Legion – ‘Metall, Blod & Aska’
February 16, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the blackened death thrash of Sweden’s Last Legion as it was meant to be heard—in Swedish.
Video Premiere: Spiral Skies – “Into the Night”
December 22, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish psych metal quintet Spiral Skies close out the ridiculous season with a ‘Boogie Nights’-meets-‘Eyes Wide Shut’ video for “Into the Night”
Track Premiere: Sarcator – “He Who Comes From the Dark”
October 18, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish black thrash upstarts Sarcator ain’t afraid of “He Who Comes From the Dark”
Full Album Premiere: Witch Blade ‘Månsken’
October 17, 2022 Chris Dick
Newjack Swedish heavy metallers Witch Blade stream new album, Månsken, at Decibel. Out worldwide October 21st on Dying Victims Productions.
Q&A: Mikael Stanne Leaves An Impression With The Halo Effect
September 26, 2022 Chris Dick
Swedish legends form The Halo Effect to bridge gaps and heal wounds. Decibel interviews vocalist Mikael Stanne.
Demo:listen: Nembutal Sleep
May 17, 2022 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen gets knocked out by Swedish sludge/hardcore punk duo Nembutal Sleep.
Q&A: Peter Tägtgren Has A New Conspiracy
May 16, 2022 Chris Dick
Hypocrisy mastermind Peter Tägtgren reveals a new conspiracy brewing below the Earth’s crust on new album, Worship.
Full Album Premiere: Armory – ‘Mercurion’
April 18, 2022 Chris Dick
Sweden’s Armory premiere new album Mercurion (Dying Victims Productions) at Decibel. Sci-fi speed metal attack!
Album Premiere: Cirkeln – A Song to Sorrow
March 21, 2022 Dutch Pearce
An exclusive early full album stream of the ambitious sophomore album from Stockholm’s rising black metal ‘stormlander’ Cirkeln.
Sebastian Ramstedt Honors L.G. Petrov On New In Aphelion Track ‘Requiem’
March 7, 2022 Chris Dick
In Aphelion guitarist Sebastian Ramstedt pays tribute to fallen death metal icon L.G. Petrov on new song “Requiem.”
