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Haggus to Release New Song, “Savage Depravity,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
April 28, 2025
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Weds, April 30 to secure a copy of this extremely extreme and extremely exclusive flexi disc single from masked mincecore marauders Haggus!
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Video Premiere: The Gates of Slumber – ‘Full Moon Fever’
April 28, 2025
Indianapolis doom crew The Gates of Slumber debut a new music video from their eponymous 2024 album.
Editorial
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Danzig’s “6:66 Satan’s Child”
October 31, 2024
Celebrate the culmination of spooky season by revisiting Danzig‘s oft overlooked monster, 6:66 Satan’s Child.
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Pelican
June 2025 [#248]
Includes exclusive limited edition Castrator flexi disc
Keeping the Spark Alive! Also: the Decibel Hall of Fame: The Making of Gorement’s The Ending Quest, Kylesa, Behemoth, Witchcraft, The Austerity Program, Ahamkara, Decrepisy and more
Track Premiere: For the Pyres – “Downfall”
April 28, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish HM-2 stompers For the Pyres are burning for you on buzzing, thrashy new track “Downfall.”
Gorement – The Ending Quest
April 25, 2025 José Carlos Santos
Gorement’s cult classic The Ending Quest enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Five For Friday: April 25, 2025
April 25, 2025 J. Andrew
This week’s new entries in the book of heavy include the latest from Disfuneral, Insineratehymn, Venator and more!
Disemboweled God Fest 2025: A Celebration of Extreme Metal’s Beating Heart
April 24, 2025 Decibel Magazine
In which we’re on location for year three of Seattle’s Disemboweled God Fest to take in performances from Vastum, Impaled, Decrepisy and tons more death frickin’ metal.
Video Premiere: Ophiolatry – “Death Tour”
April 24, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Brazilian extreme metal band Ophiolatry share “Death Tour,” the first single and video from their upcoming album Serpent’s Verdict.
Track Premiere: ANZV – “Imdugud”
April 24, 2025 J. Andrew
Check out the new song and video from Portugal’s ANZV and be taken in by the flowing guitars, punishing drums, and air of mystery.
Full Album Stream: Venator –Psychodrome
April 23, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Austrian trad metal combo Venator offer up 10 new fist-pumping anthems on their latest full-length, Psychodrome.
Full Album Stream: Tenebrae –Los Dioses Ausentes
April 23, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Mexican blackened doom dealers Tenebrae make their burnt offerings to the forgotten gods on new debut, Los Dioses Ausentes.
KILL SCREEN 061: Urath of WRATH OF LOGARIUS Finds Strength in the Unknowable
April 23, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The guitarist shares how formless black metal took shape around Cainhurst Castle.
Inhuman Nature Return with “Greater Than Death”
April 23, 2025 Tim Mudd
London’s crossover metal maniacs Inhuman Nature return with Greater Than Death, their long-awaited sophomore album, out April 25 via Church Road Records.
