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Track Premiere: Nubivagant – ‘Into Eternal Night’
May 23, 2022 Chris Dick
Italy-based epic black metal soloists Nubivagant premiere ghostly new track “Into Eternal Night” at Decibel.
Trve Eire: Five of the Best Irish Metal Releases
March 17, 2022 Dean Brown
On this day, St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate the resilience of the Irish with five of the best metal releases to ever come from The Emerald Isle.
EP Stream: ITUS Lifts Up Doom and Gloom with Primordial
March 12, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
ITUS’s new EP provides doom with a soaring, melodic edge.
Decibrity Playlist: Primordial
December 11, 2014 Zach Smith
Primordial dropped its eighth LP late last month, another stellar entry in an already impressive oeuvre. To celebrate, frontman Alan Averill (aka A.A. Nemtheanga) sent us a playlist that, as he describes, “might be something a little different.” After perusing his picks, it’s hard to disagree. We’ll let him take it from here: “I always…
ANCIENT WISDOM: Senior citizens run the rule over Album of the Year shortlist
September 19, 2011 Jonathan Horsley
Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, it’s a bit early to start thinking about the album of the year. It’s only mid-September. But such are publishing and album release schedules that we Decibel footsoldiers are mentally ensconced in winter, like, this year is so over. But the thing is, compiling a top 10 ten or…
Full Disclosure: Primordial’s Alan Averill’s state of the world address
August 19, 2011 Jonathan Horsley
Spare a thought for Primordial frontman Alan ‘Nemtheanga’ Averill who, mid-scream at last week’s Bloodstock Festival, Derby, England was robbed of his powers. In comic book terms, this was like grounding Superman and surgically enhancing him the old lead contact lenses. But more remarkable is that he lost it in the first place, like, even…
M. Lehto (October Falls) interviewed
January 7, 2011 Chris Dick
You write long songs. At what point do you go, “OK, I’m done. The song is complete.”? M. Lehto: A Collapse of Faith and also the previous album The Womb of Primordial Nature have long songs on them, no question about it. It’s something that worked for me naturally as I usually like to make…