Norway

Track Premiere: Okular – “Wake-Up Call”

April 9, 2024

“The music was written with the intent of making something completely wild and chaotic, yet still catchy and melodic.”

Video Premiere: Kambodsja – “Basement Prophet”

September 12, 2023

Watch Norwegian proggy post-hardcore quartet Kambodsja give the one-fingered salute to keyboard warriors worldwide.

Full Album Stream: Flight – ‘Echoes of Journeys Past’

July 25, 2023

Hear Norwegian retro heshers Flight take wing to the land of Thin Lizzy and B.O.C. on Echoes of Journeys Past.

Track Premiere: IMPUGNER – “Morass”

October 26, 2022

From the depths of the most fowl recesses of the earth comes the latest from Impugner in the form new track “Morass.”

Full Album Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Return of the Goat”

April 19, 2021

Norwegian duo Phantom Fire, featuring members of Gaahls Wyrd and Aeternus, boogie into darkness like Venom, Bathory, and early Metallica. New EP streaming only at Decibel!

Track Premiere: She Said Destroy – “Succession”

April 5, 2021

“Succession” is the latest song from Norwegian metal alchemists She Said Destroy, and is the title track off their upcoming album.

Video Premiere: Vreid – “The Morning Red”

March 9, 2021

Vreid‘s new track, “The Morning Red,” is “a blueprint of our eternal creative duality of melancholia and primal aggression.”

Darkthrone’s ‘A Blaze in the Northern Sky’ Honored By the National Library of Norway

November 23, 2020

As part of it’s “Enlightened” exhibition, Norway’s national library has honored Darkthrone‘s classic album.

Track Premiere: The Deviant – “Atomic Revolt”

November 3, 2020

Veterans of the Norwegian black/death scene The Deviant (ex-Gehanna) unleash “Atomic Revolt,” from their forthcoming new full-length, Rotting Dreams of Carrion.

Video Premiere: Cadaver – “Morgue Ritual”

September 25, 2020

Legendary Norwegian goreblasters Cadaver prey upon your senses in their NSFW video for “Morgue Ritual,” from their impending full-length, their first in 16 years!

Vreid Announce “In the mountains of Sognametal” Live Session

June 8, 2020

The Norwegian melodic black metal Vreid outfit announce their upcoming stream live from the fjords of their homeland this Saturday, June 13th at 3 PM EDT.

Enslaved Grace the Cover of Decibel’s May Issue

March 18, 2020

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.

Video Premiere: Lindy-Fay Hella “Two Suns”

February 27, 2020

Norway-based songstress Lindy-Fay Hella shines light on her new video for “Two Songs” off her Ván Records debut, Seafarer.

Track Premiere: Enepsigos ‘Confess’

February 24, 2020

Norwegian black metallers Enepsigos summon new track, “Confess,” from the bottom of the pit of Hell. Decibel bravely streams “Confess” as the world burns in response.

Video Premiere: Ulver “Russian Doll”

February 14, 2020

Norwegian electronic music experimentalists Ulver debut new video, “Russian Doll.” Decibel dances with the devil in this controversial video.

Video Premiere: Nexorum – “Great Horned King”

February 6, 2020

Norwegian blackened death newcomers Nexorum invoke pure evil on their debut album. Check out the video for “Great Horned King” now.

Track Premiere: Nattverd “Slakt Dem, Der De Loeper Hodeloese Rundt Baalet”

December 30, 2019

Norwegian black metallers Nattverd and Decibel unleash unholy hell on new track, “Slakt Dem,” the first track off new album, Styggdom.

Video Premiere: Mortiis – “A Dark Horizon”

December 13, 2019

The first of the dungeoneers, Mortiis bids us to look upon “A Dark Horizon.”

Q&A: Øystein G. Brun’s Borknagar Are Truly North From Here

November 25, 2019

Twenty-five years and 11 albums later, Norwegian progressive metallers Borknagar have found their true north on new album, True North. Founder Øystein G. Brun leads the way.

Decibel Magazine Tour ft Mayhem and Abbath Tickets on Sale Now

November 8, 2019

The Decibel Magazine Tour celebrates its ninth annual run with the ambitious pairing of legendary Norwegian black metal progenitors Mayhem with their countrymates of black ‘n’ roll heroes Abbath. More acts revealed soon. Get tix now!

Svadilfare Releases “Fortapte Roetter,” a Treasury of Raw and Melodic Black Metal

July 12, 2019

Norway’s Svadilfare has the Norwegian black metal sound nailed: raw yet melodic, powerful but not overdone, epic but NOT cheesy.

Track Premiere: 1349 – ‘Through Eyes of Stone’

July 9, 2019

Check out a video for a brand new 1349 song and get ready for the Norwegian black metallers imminent return to US soil.

First New Cadaver Song In 16 Years Now Available as a Decibel Flexi Disc

June 24, 2019

Acquire this ultra-rare Cadaver flexi disc single, featuring a new track via the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Track Premiere: Blood Red Throne – ‘Skyggemannen’

June 20, 2019

Norwegian death dealers return with a new song, previewing their new full-length album to be released in September.