Switzerland

Full EP Stream: As the Sun Falls – ‘Where the Silence Reigns’

October 10, 2023

Hear Finnish melodic DM quintet As the Sun Falls offer up a three-track taste of new melancholic material on Where the Silence Reigns.

Track Premiere: Rorcal – “Early Mourning”

July 4, 2023

Hear Swiss black metal mavens Rorcal rise ’n’ slay on their new single, “Early Mourning.”

Full Album Stream: Megaton Sword – ‘Might & Power’

February 21, 2023

Hear Switzerland’s epic metal purveyors Megaton Sword slash and burn on their second album, ‘Might & Power.’

Album Premiere: Lykhaeon – Opprobrium

July 13, 2021

Zürich-based chthonic black metal duo Lykhaeon cast black crushing doom against the gods themselves on their aptly titled visceral rebirth, Opprobrium.

Full Album Stream: Stortregn – “Impermanence”

March 10, 2021

Experience Stortregn‘s heroic take on blackened-death metal on their new album, Impermanence, out on March 12.

Decibel’s Top 5 Cosmic Black Metal Albums

February 15, 2021

Decibel bestows wisdom in our latest Top 5 Cosmic Black Metal Albums, featuring Kaon, Lumnos, Mesarthim, Offenbarung and Darkspace. Revolutions in celestial death are infinite.

Album Premiere: Megaton Sword – Blood Hails Steel – Steel Hails Fire

November 10, 2020

Swiss heavy metal conquerors Megaton Sword drop their mountainous debut full-length this Friday. Hear Blood Hails Steel – Steel Hails Fire in all its glorious and epic entirety right now.

Album Premiere: The Path of Memory ‘Hell is Other People’

June 15, 2020

Switzerland-based death rock/post-punk outfit The Path of Memory finds joy in division on new album, Hell is Other People. Streaming in full only at Decibel!

Track Premiere: Funeralopolis – “Witchcraft Horror”

April 14, 2020

Jam a brand new track from the forthcoming long-overdue debut full-length by Swiss death doomers Funeralopolis.

Track Premiere: Aara – ‘Telôs’

February 26, 2020

Just one year after their accomplished debut, Swiss atmospheric black metallers Aara prepare another mesmerizing release. Check a new song from it here.

Full Album Stream: Serpens Luminis – ‘Bright Euphoria’

November 15, 2019

Swiss extreme metal apocalypse Serpens Luminis will unleash their debut full length today. Hear Bright Euphoria in its entirety now.

Full EP Stream: Megaton Sword – “Niralet”

November 5, 2019

Megaton Sword deliver true heavy metal on their debut EP, Niralet. Out this Friday, hear the whole thing right here.

Track Premiere: Ateiggär – ‘En Blinde namens Duracotus’

October 18, 2019

Baroque Swiss black metal duo Ateiggär set the empyrean ablaze with their debut release.

Full Album Stream: Temple ov Perversion – ‘Temple ov Perversion’

October 15, 2019

Don’t sleep on this killer debut EP from Switzerland’s first wave black metal cretins Temple ov Perversion.

Q&A: Swiss Avant-Black Cultists Sadness Talk Old Ghosts

July 23, 2018

Defunct gothic black metallers Sadness emerge from the shadows for the “Ames de Marbre” reissue.

The Deciblog Interview: Oliver Amberg

March 18, 2015

When Oliver Amberg was barely out of his teens he joined Celtic Frost as they started perhaps the most contentious shift in extreme metal history. But Amberg’s roots with the band stretch back several years; he was friends with bassist Dominic Steiner, who played on To Mega Therion (see the Hall Of Fame in our…