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Track Premiere: Crawl — “Sentenced to Rot”
June 20, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Crawl don’t run to your destiny — these Swedish D-beat death metallers have declared you “Sentenced to Rot”!
Track Premiere: Black Howling – ‘Celestial Syntropy’
June 15, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out the first new track in three years from long-running Portuguese legion Black Howling now.
Decibel Special Report: Online Bootlegging In Extreme Music
June 11, 2018 Justin Norton
Cheap merchandise. Diminishing revenues for labels already under financial pressure. Death metal shower curtains and bar signs. Decibel‘s special report on how online bootlegging is hurting the extreme metal scene.
Full Demo Stream: Deathwards – “Towards Death”
June 8, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive stream of the killer debut from Deathwards.
An Interview With Heavy Montreal Bookers Daniel Glick and JF Michaud
June 7, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Emperor is playing this year’s Heavy Montreal. We talk to the dudes who booked them (and the other bands).
Full Album Stream: KITE – The All Penetrating Silence
June 6, 2018 Sean Frasier
Norwegian post-metal doom-bringers KITE loudly pursue a quiet place on their The All Penetrating Silence EP.
Full Album Stream: Taphos – “Come Ethereal Somberness”
June 5, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Jam the debut album from Denmark’s Taphos in its entirety now.
Possessed to Release Exclusive New Track via Decibel Flexi Series!
May 31, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, June 3 to obtain a HIGHLY LIMITED Possessed flexi disc!
Track Premiere: Vanhelga ‘Varde Mörker’
May 28, 2018 Chris Dick
Swedish black metal depressionists Vanhelga premiere new track “Varde Mörker.”
Save 30% This Weekend with Decibel’s Memorial Day Merch Sale!
May 25, 2018 Albert Mudrian
This weekend only, save 30% on all Decibel shirts, hoodies, pint glasses and flexi boxes in our web store.
Video Premiere: Struckout’s “Queer Shit”
May 24, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
While Long Beach, CA-based post-hardcore menaces, Struckout may still may be a couple months out from the July 20th release of their self-titled third album, the band and its new label, Postmark Records are doing an early, full court PR press. The advance announcement was made a couple weeks ago, pre-orders are already available and…
Hear Exclusive New Amorphis Song “Honeyflow” Via Decibel Flexi Series
May 23, 2018 Albert Mudrian
Hear and acquire this exclusive new Amorphis flexi disc single right here.
Track Premiere: Black Tusk ‘Agali’
May 23, 2018 Chris Dick
Sludge metal masters Black Tusk unveil new track “Agali.”
Full Album Stream: Witchsorrow – Hexenhammer
May 23, 2018 Sean Frasier
British doom coven Witchsorrow foreshadow the world’s end on their riveting new LP Hexenhammer.
Full Album Stream: Melan Selas – “Reon”
May 22, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Get your Hellenic black metal fix with this exclusive full album stream from Greece’s Melan Selas.
Album Premiere: Djevelkult “Når Avgrunnen Åpnes”
May 21, 2018 Chris Dick
Norwegian black metallers Djevelkult stream new album “Når Avgrunnen Åpnes.”
Cutting Room: Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe & Sonic Wolves’ Kayt Vigil Talk Burn the Priest’s “Extremely Validating” First 7-inch
May 16, 2018 Shawn Macomber
Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe takes us on a walk down his own unique version of Memory Lane to talk his first seven-inch with Burn the Priest. Kayt Vigil of Sonic Wolves chimes in, too.
This is Metalcore & These Decibel Back Issues Are About to SELL-OUT!
May 15, 2018 Albert Mudrian
These Decibel back issues from 2004 to 2006 are about to sell out. This is your last chance to complete your dB collection!
Exclusive Premiere: Occult Burial – ‘Skeletal Laughter’ 7”
May 15, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive full stream of the new single from Ontarian black thrashers Occult Burial now.
Studio Report: Abhorrence
May 11, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Get the details on the forthcoming new material from obscure Finnish death metal gods Abhorrence.
Track Premiere: Nequient Taps Old Veins with “Cult of Ignorance”
May 10, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
There are many things in life that will instantly put a stupid smile on my stupider face. New material from Chicago’s Nequient is one of those things.
Full Album Stream: From Beyond – ‘The Band From Beyond’
May 9, 2018 Sean Frasier
Austin rockers From Beyond blast synths and heavy space riffs on their otherwordly LP The Band From Beyond.
Label Spotlight: Larval Productions
May 8, 2018 Dutch Pearce
With exclusive track premieres from Caveman Cult, Crurifragium, and more.
Full Album Stream: Abythic – “Beneath Ancient Portals”
May 7, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream the debut album from German death horde Abythic now.
Stream + Interview: Kommodus – ‘One Thousand Years of the Wolf’
May 4, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Get to know Lepidus Plague, the man behind Australia’s newest black metal force, Kommodus, while you stream the follow-up to last year’s staggering demo.
Re-visiting Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties That Blind
May 3, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
June 15th sees the vinyl re-issue of Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties that Blind. Today, we pay our respects in comprehensive, Decibel style with drummer Dave Mann and former guitarist/vocalist Gregory Lahm.
Gone Five Years: Our Cover Story on Jeff Hanneman’s Life and Legacy
May 2, 2018 Justin Norton
Remembering one of extreme metal’s most iconic figures, Slayer‘s Jeff Hanneman, five years after his death.
Track Premiere: Grimorium Verum – “The Kingdom of Pain”
May 1, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Stream the epic new track from Russian symphonic black metal duo Grimorium Verum now.
Video Premiere: Shaving the Werewolf’s “Ass Above, So Below”
April 26, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The world premiere of Shaving the Werewolf’s “Ass Above, So Below” from their new album, One Way to Dick City
Track Premiere: The Lion’s Daughter ‘Die Into Us’
April 25, 2018 Chris Dick
St. Louis-based genre-benders The Lion’s Daughter scream through ’80s horror filters on new song “Die Into Us.”
