viking metal

Hear Viking metal-inspired thrashers Ardent Nova go scorched earth on their long-in-the-making debut.

An exclusive early full album stream of the ambitious sophomore album from Stockholm’s rising black metal ‘stormlander’ Cirkeln.

TV Haugaland producer Dag Olav Husås embarks homeward with Norwegian legends Enslaved in new docu-series.

We have a limited number of advance copies of the May issue of Decibel, featuring an exclusive Cirith Ungol flexi disc, available now. Don’t blow it.

Enslaved will participate in a signing at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly this Sunday!

Emperor/Hordanes Land enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Raise a glass of Eternal Frost mead and toast the gods when Enslaved perform Frost exclusively at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 14!

Read the entirety of Enslaved Decibel Hall of Fame for their groundbreaking sophomore LP, Frost.

Get into the viking spirit with Skálmöld.

In celebration of the start of the seventh incarnation of the Decibel Magazine Tour, Enslaved creative force Ivar Bjørnson ranks the band’s albums from worst to best.

Lists polarize. There, we said it. We’re click-baiting just like the big guns. Other websites lede (yes, lede) with must-click, must-share titles like: “Killswitch Engage Caught On Tape Stealing Soilwork Roadmap” or “Burzum’s Varg Launches Role-Playing Game” (well, that actually happened) or “Ozzy’s Six-Decade Sex Addiction — All The Sordid Details Inside!” Here at Decibel, we care enough to bait you with things like The Top 5 Bathory Songs… After Twilight of the Gods.

For the better part of the ’90s, Enslaved‘s debut album, Vikingligr Veldi, was considered (along with Frost, of course) a quintessential piece in any collection worth its weight in plastic and cardboard. Available only on CD (first without a barcode, then with) on Deathlike Silence Productions (then on Voices of Wonder), the pivotal non-black metal full-length transported listeners to fjords, snow-capped mountains, dense Nordic forests, and the worship of mythical gods.

The gods are pleased — Amon Amarth has completed an extensive European tour in support of their record Jomsviking. Check out this documentary through “Anchors to Asphalt” to learn about extensive touring, their live show and sacrifices for the gods.