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Full Album Premiere: Apparatus – “Yonder Yawns the Universe”
September 6, 2019 Dutch Pearce
An exclusive, early full stream of the brand new full length, Yonder Yawns the Universe, from unearthly and brutal Danish threshold obliterators Apparatus.
Full Album Premiere: Kostnatění – “Hrůza zvítězí
September 6, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Deep and harrowing black metal from solo and singular US-based mystery Kostnatění. Hear an exclusive stream of their debut full length Hrůza zvítězí now.
Track Premiere: Casket Huffer — “Genocide Thralls”
September 4, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Blackened death doom sludge outfit Casket Huffer invites you to breathe in the nihilism of an exclusive new track.
Album Premiere: Runespell ‘Voice of Opprobrium’
September 2, 2019 Chris Dick
One-man Australian black metal act Runespell premiere new album “Voice of Opprobrium” at Decibel as the wings of fate flutter.
Track Premiere: H.P. Lovecraft/Fabio Frizzi — “Night-Gaunts”
August 29, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Legendary horror film composer Fabio Frizzi talks helping to bring H.P. Lovecraft’s poetry to life on I Notturni Di Yuggoth.
Track Premiere: Sinking the Yacht (Rock) with Seizures’ “Toxophola”
August 29, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Don’t ya just love it when a band appropriately names itself?
If You Kill It, They Will Come: Full Terror Assault Fest Turns Five
August 28, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Full Terror Assault is celebrating five years of open air fest mayhem with a wild, brutal four-day party next week.
Track Premiere: Slutvomit – ‘Scythe of Mass Damnation’
August 27, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Hostile US black death group Slutvomit return more depraved than ever. Hear a track from their sophomore album Copulation of Cloven Hooves right now.
Full Album Stream: Antichrist Siege Machine – “Schism Perpetration”
August 26, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Richmond devastators Antichrist Siege Machine show their true form on debut full length. Hear Schism Perpetration in all its unholy glory right now.
Album Premiere: Synteleia ‘Ending of the Unknown Path’
August 26, 2019 Chris Dick
Decibel and Hells Headbangers team up to stream the new album from Greek black metal upstarts Synteleia. Listen to Ending of the Unknown Path now!
Full Album Stream: In Cold Blood “Legion of Angels”
August 22, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Cleveland underground metallic hardcore heroes In Cold Blood mount an unlikely — yet triumphant — comeback with Legion of Angels.
Full Album Stream: Leather Lung — “Lonesome, On’ry and Evil”
August 21, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Hey, Leather Lung put a little rock n’ roll swagger and outlaw country sneer in its sludge metal for you! How thoughtful!
My Awesome Day Job: Thomas Winkler of Gloryhammer
August 21, 2019 Decibel Magazine
Come! and hear the tale of how a humble notary from the Swiss Alps becomes inter-dimensional power metal hero Angus McFife.
Video Premiere: Expain’s “They Live”
August 15, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Expain premieres video. Decibel offers second-by-second commentary.
Full Album Premiere: Urns – ‘Urns’
August 9, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Urns add some weird and epic stoner smog to the Pittsburgh atmosphere. Check out the exclusive stream of their self-titled debut before the record drops tomorrow.
THE NOISY FRENCH: Inside the French Noise Rock Scene
August 8, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We resurrect a previously unreleased Decibel trend piece from 2015 on the French Noise Rock scene.
Track Premiere: Geistaz’ika ‘Dødens Horeunge’
August 7, 2019 Chris Dick
Mysterious Danish black metallers Geistaz’ika punish old-school BM on new album, Trolddomssejd I Skovens Dybe Kedel, their first for the Signal Rex label.
Full EP Stream: Gravehammer – “Primordial Principles | Fundamental Forces”
August 6, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive premiere of the new EP from German death doomers Gravehammer.
Track Premiere: Goatess ‘Dunerider’
August 5, 2019 Chris Dick
Doom metal heroes Goatess unveil and stream new track “Dunerider” on Decibel. New album, Blood and Wine, out on Svart Records.
Education Gets You Every/Nowhere: INUS Album Stream and Video Premiere.
August 1, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
INUS – “a pre-postapocalyptic, post-honky-tonk-prog-skronk, space Tropicalia, math-lounge powersilence trio”
Track Premiere: Sammath – ‘Bitter fighting amongst the dead’
July 30, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Dutch black death warmongers launch a warning missile to signal their forthcoming new album.
Track Premiere: Getting Crazy-Weird with OXX’s “Birthday Song”
July 18, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Nefarious Industries will release The Skeleton Is Just A Coat Hanger; These Are The Black Strings That Make You Dance on LP and digital platforms on August 16th.
Album Premiere: Nunslaughter “Antichrist”
July 15, 2019 Chris Dick
Prolific Midwestern death metal combo Nunslaughter stream new EP, “Antichrist,” on Portugal’s Helldprod Records.
Video Premiere & Interview: Møl — “Sundrowned”
July 10, 2019 Shawn Macomber
If you thought you were drowning in sun before, just wait until this new video from Danish blackgaze up-and-comers Møl gets through with you.
Studio Report: Blood Incantation – “Hidden History of the Human Race”
July 10, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Get the details straight from Blood Incantation guitarist/vocalist Paul Riedl on the new full length, Hidden History of the Human Race.
Video Premiere: Sludgehammer Covers Peter Gabriel. You Know Which Song…
July 4, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
I don’t know a whole lot about Toronto’s Sludgehammer despite my being a lifelong resident of the Greater Toronto Area which just goes to show you that proximity doesn’t automatically equate with intimate knowledge.
Exhorder to Release Exclusive Live Single Via Decibel Flexi Series
June 28, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Acquire this ultra-rare Exhorder flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive new live version of a demo-era track from 1986, via the Decibel Flexi Series. Deadline to subscribe is July 1 at noon EST!
Track Premiere: Rogga Johansson — ‘Giants Walking At Night’
June 26, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Swedish death metal savant Rogga Johansson brings the fury to his eponymous band’s full-length debut — and we’ve got an exclusive salvo for you to sample.
Video Premiere: Jess By the Lake – ‘Under The Red Light Shine’
June 24, 2019 Chris Dick
Finnish hard rockers Jess By the Lake, featuring Jasmin Saarela from Jess and the Ancient Ones, debuts their brand-new video “Under The Red Light Shine.”
Song/Video Premiere: Montreal’s Gorlvsh Get Wired and Weird
June 20, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We don’t know if they are, as they claim, “Montreal’s sickest guitar-less band,” but from what we can tell they make a hell of a racket
