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Death/Doom Warriors TZOMPANTLI Return! PRE-ORDER New LP ‘Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl!
March 29, 2024
There are only 100 copies of Tzompantli‘s new LP, Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force, on exclusive blue-and-purple-merged vinyl. Get one EXCLUSIVELY via Decibel!
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Full Album Stream: Tombstoner – “Rot Stink Rip”
April 23, 2024
New York death dealers Tombstoner make Staten Island’s second-biggest mess with new album Rot Stink Rip.
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Slayer’s Debut “Show No Mercy” Turns 40
December 4, 2023
There was once a metal world without Slayer, as hard as that is to imagine. That world changed forever with this album. Show No Mercy is a giant’s first loud footstep.
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Crypt Sermon
June 2024 [#236]
Includes exclusive limited edition City of Caterpillar flexi disc
Harbingers of Doom! Also: Kerry King, Remembering Blake Harrison, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Pallbearer, the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Exhumed’s Gore Metal and more
Blast Worship: LiliXElbe
April 23, 2024 Gene Meyer
Pilsen powerviolence purveyors LiliXElbe shoot the fucking puck right at your skull.
Watch: Savage Lands and Heilung Join Forces on “Black Rock Heart”
April 22, 2024 Emily Bellino
Savage Lands and Heilung take a blackened stand against deforestation in Costa Rica.
Five For Friday: April 19, 2024
April 19, 2024 J. Andrew
This week’s new releases have an extra-dreary and dark energy to them, including the latest from Dool, My Dying Bride and more!
Track Premiere: Vaticinal Rites – ‘Foiled Skirmish’
April 18, 2024 Emily Bellino
Dig into new death metal from London’s Vaticinal Rites.
Track Premiere: LanzerRath – “Nebular Collapse: The Dissolution of Order and Meaning”
April 18, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
LanzerRath drop a killer split with Shroud of Despondency coming May 10. You can stream the former’s weird and epic contribution “Nuclear Collapse: The Dissolution of Order and Meaning” below.
Album Premiere: To End It All – “Of Blood And Memory”
April 18, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Seattle-based doom lords To End It All are back with a new album, Of Blood and Memory out tomorrow (April 19), but you can hear it and get super sad with us now.
Video Premiere: Hovering Over the Record Button with Beaten to Death’s “Dalbane”
April 18, 2024 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch the latest video from Norse un-grindcore grinders, Beaten to Death!
Track Premiere: Zelenaya – “Spod Tego Jawora”
April 17, 2024 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Brooklyn-based queer and femme folk metalers Zelenaya drop their new album Folk Songs on April 26, and are beyond stoked to unleash the third single from that record, “Spod Tego Jawora,” with us!
Album Stream: Nuclear Tomb – ‘Terror Labyrinthian’
April 17, 2024 Tim Mudd
Hear Baltimore deathrash quartet Nuclear Tomb drop a bomb with Terror Labyrinthian.
Album Stream: Uttertomb – ‘Nebulas of Self-Desecration’
April 17, 2024 Tim Mudd
For doom/death metal putrefaction fans, Nebulas of Self-Desecration is a must-listen. Lucky for you, we have Uttertomb‘s new LP here.
