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Stream a new song from melodic black metal group Oubliette, featuring members of Inferi and Enfold Darkness.

This week, Demo:listen follows Illinois’ Nomad deep into black metal isolation.

Austin Lunn has always been bold. On his latest double-album release, Panopticon’s various elements are allowed to truly soar to the heights of their black metal, post-rock, country and folk glory.

Krieg’s Neill Jameson recounts various times throughout history when black metal was falsely pronounced dead.

Check out the new split with Crawl and Leviathan for two equally horrifying takes on humanity’s nightmares.

Lose yourself in a new song from Pennsylvanian black metal duo, Veiled.

Check out an exclusive track premiere off the debut album, Antimoshiach, from Brooklyn’s black metal anti-archangel, Spite.

Hear the beginnings of Leviathan’s black metal classic with “The First Sublevel of Suicide,” containing demo recording of the legendary full-length debut.

Come inhale the swampened black-doom vapors emanating from Evocation of the Black Marsh, the debut full length from Florida’s one-man band, Worm (USA).

Brooklyn-based USBM outfit Woe discuss their latest album, Hope Attrition, the songwriting process and playing at Shadow Woods Metal Fest in a new interview.

Enjoy a full stream of Chaosborne, the new album from USBM up-and-comers Empyrean Throne now!

U.S. black metal heavyweights Wolves in the Throne Room are ready for the Decibel close up. Get the September issue here! 

Last week, we introduced you to Tyrannosorceress. Now, we premiere new Tyrannosorceress jams. 

Read a full interview from USBM titans Nightbringer. 

Hope Attrition
Answer the unending call (won’t go to voicemail)
dB rating: 8/10

On this week’s Demo:listen, we expose the  world to Virulent Specter.

The Curling Flame of Blasphemy
Beats the Hockey Flame of Blasphemy
dB rating: 8/10

Black metal duo Inquisition deliver first new song in nearly three years, and Decibel‘s got it.

“Only a handful of bands dare to leave the narrow(minded) frame which dictates what is so-called ‘true’ and what earns a negative connotation as ‘hip’. 95% of these traditionalist bands are the copycats of the copycats of the early 90ies Norwegian scene.”

Prolific USBM artist Neill Jameson sits down with Albert and Andrew to discuss Krieg’s inclusion in the Top 100 Black Metal Albums of All Time special issue, the tumultuous new Twilight record and his bleak observations about life behind a record store counter in 2013. Featuring:Krieg “Fallen Princess of Sightless Visions…”Twilight “Lungs”Krieg “All Paths to…

Neill Jameson is best known to readers as Imperial, frontman of the excellent USBM band Krieg. Along with Blake Judd, Wrest and Thurston Moore (!) he was also part of the black metal project Twilight. I got to know Neill during an interview about three years ago and we’ve kept in touch since. As our…

Of all the bands to crawl back from the metal abyss here’s something we never expected. VON is releasing a new album at the end of October and dB got an exclusive stream of “Jesus Stain” from Satanic Blood. The band expects to play a limited run of shows. Take a listen below and then…