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Track Premiere: Swampbeast – ‘Valley of Defilement’

March 11, 2024

Swampbeast announce their new album and stream its first single, “Valley of Defilement.”

Full Album Stream: Ashbringer – “We Came Here to Grieve”

September 25, 2023

Listen to the new album from atmospheric black metal outfit Ashbringer.

Track Premiere: Caged – ‘The Messiah Draws Near’

August 21, 2023

“The Messiah Draws Near,” as does a new album from Philadelphia sludge purveyors Caged.

Track Premiere: Witching – ‘Incendium’

August 9, 2023

Rising Philly-based extreme metal act Witching unveil the title track from new album, Incendium.

Full Album Stream: Come to Grief – “Killed By Life”

May 15, 2023

Because EPs, splits and demos are cumbersome, Come to Grief made it easy for us all and compiled it into Killed By Life, a new definitive document of their output prior to the first album.

Track Premiere: Usnea – ‘From Soot and Pyre’

February 14, 2023

Usnea rise “From Soot and Pyre” on their first release in six years.

Full Album Stream: New Miserable Experience – “Philosophy on Pessimism”

January 25, 2023

Members of Revocation, Rosetta, Lotus Thrones, Publicist UK and more team up for something lighter on New Miserable Experience‘s first album, Philosophy on Pessimism.

Hear New ALL OUT WAR Track “Glorious Devastation” & Pre-Order New LP ‘Celestial Rot’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!

October 13, 2022

We’ve got 100 copies of metallic hardcore heroes All Our War‘ new LP, Celestial Rot, on Decibel-exclusive Bone White vinyl. Pre-order now!

Video Premiere: Ready For Death – “Worldwide Blackout”

September 1, 2022

Are you ready for Ready for Death? If you’re into Racetraitor, Indecision or Millhouse, you are.

Track Premiere: Axioma – ‘A New Dark Age’

April 13, 2022

Axioma enter “A New Dark Age” with the first song from their new album, Sepsis.

Full EP Premiere: Apes – “Lullabies For Eternal Sleep”

January 6, 2022

Hear Quebec sextet, Apes, offer up nightmare-inducing, black metal-flecked grindcore lullabies on their new four-song EP.

Full Album Stream: Teeth’s ‘Finite’

November 19, 2021

Of all the albums that arrived this year Teeth‘s Finite was the most welcome surprise. Not long after I listened to it I wrote the following: “the fact that it’s nearly impossible to describe Finite speaks to how perfect it is for our extraordinarily challenging times — times where the truth itself is under assault. We…

Track Premiere: Teeth – ‘The Fog of Futility’

September 24, 2021

Sink your Teeth into a new track from the west coast death metal band.

Track Premiere: Noctule – ‘Labyrinthian’

March 23, 2021

Hear the latest from Svalbard frontwoman Serena Cherry’s Skyrim-themed black metal project, Noctule.

Track Premiere and Interview: Oryx – “Misery”

February 11, 2021

Downtuned Denver sludge trio Oryx cast shadows and break bones with their new sledgehammer of a single, “Misery.”

Full Album Stream & Interview: Glorious Depravity – “Ageless Violence”

November 24, 2020

Death metal all-star team Glorious Depravity discuss new album Ageless Violence alongside a full stream.

Wake To Release Exclusive New Song “Vast and Infinite” via the Decibel Flexi Series

September 25, 2020

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, October 5 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from Canadian post-grind crushers Wake, as well as a SECOND flexi disc announced next week!

Hear Playing Enemy’s Reissued ‘Cesarean’ LP and ‘Ephemera’ EP!

May 8, 2020

And now, for something completely different, here’s some good news: Playing Enemy‘s debut LP and EP are now available digitally via Translation Loss