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Full Album Premiere: The Plague ‘Within Death’
April 26, 2021 Chris Dick
Australian death metal powerhouse The Plague smash HM-2s on new album, Within Death. Miss out on The Plague and it’s your own bitter loss!
EP Stream: Celebrating the End of a Dead Year with WarCall’s Dead End Pt. 1
April 22, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to the new EP from apocalyptic Canadian thrashers WarCall!
Full Album Premiere: Phantom Fire – “Return of the Goat”
April 19, 2021 Chris Dick
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: Reality Grey Offers a ‘Powerblast’ of Modern Melodic Death Metal
April 8, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear new music from Italian melodi-deathsters, Reality Grey!
Track Premiere: Lucifuge – “Black Light of the Evening Star”
April 5, 2021 Chris Dick
German blackened thrashers Lucifuge love like a reptile on new track, “Black Light of the Evening Star”. Streaming only at Decibel!
Five Essential Women In The Greek Metal Scene By Efthimis Karadimas (Nightfall)
March 29, 2021 Chris Dick
Efthimis Karadimas of Nightfall fame honors Women’s History Month by listing five of the greatest women in the Greek Metal Scene.
Track Premiere: Ifrinn – “Caledonian Black Magick”
March 29, 2021 Chris Dick
Mysterious Scotland-based outfit Ifrinn ignite the black flame within on new track “Caledonian Black Magick.” Streaming in peaty black only at Decibel!
EP Stream: Canadian Newcomers Abjection Deliver Death Metal Hell
March 25, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a full stream of the debut EP from Canada’s death metal crew Abjection!
EP Stream: Synastry Breaks it Down on Dividing the Double Helix
March 25, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Stream the new EP by Montreal cyberneticists, Synastry!
Full Album Premiere: Witchseeker ‘Scene of the Wild’
March 22, 2021 Chris Dick
Singaporean heavy metal warriors Witchseeker wage war on mediocrity with new album, Scene of the Wild. Streaming horns up at Decibel!
Full Album Premiere: Kankar ‘Dunkle Millennia’
March 15, 2021 Chris Dick
Germany-based black metal duo Kankar posit a crucially dark message on new album, Dunkle Millennia. Full album streaming in vanta black only at Decibel!
Album Stream: Getting Tipsy on WitchTit’s “Intoxicating Lethargy”
March 11, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear Intoxicating Lethargy, the debut album by not-as-cold-as-you’ve-been-led-to-believe doomsters WitchTit!
Track Premiere: Nekkrofukk “Devil’s Blood Injekktion”
March 8, 2021 Chris Dick
Polish black metallers Nekkrofukk summon the goat-demon on new doomy track “Devil’s Blood Injekktion.” Death and destruction streaming only at Decibel!
Track Premiere: Spellforger – “Lord of Possession”
March 1, 2021 Chris Dick
Indonesian thrashers Spellforger murder the front row on new song “Lord of Possession”. Streaming faster and louder only at Decibel!
Album Stream: The Plague Can’t Stop Plague Weaver from Pushing a Satanic Agenda with Ascendant Blasphemy
February 25, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out Ascendant Blasphemy, the debut from Canuck black metallers, Plague Weaver
Full Album Premiere: Significant Point ‘Into the Storm’
February 22, 2021 Chris Dick
Decibel and Japanese heavy metallers Significant Point team up to fight Kaiju using their new album, Into the Storm, as the soundtrack.
Decibel’s Top 5 Cosmic Black Metal Albums
February 15, 2021 Chris Dick
Decibel bestows wisdom in our latest Top 5 Cosmic Black Metal Albums, featuring Kaon, Lumnos, Mesarthim, Offenbarung and Darkspace. Revolutions in celestial death are infinite.
Track Premiere: Maudiir Offers Blackened Thrashing D-Beat with a Proggy Twist
February 11, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Get to know, Maudiir, the one-man project helmed by Montréaller Frédéric “F.” Bergeron.
Q&A: Edmunds Vizla (Frailty) Wades Into The Darkest Waters
February 8, 2021 Chris Dick
Latvian melancholic doom/death metal outfit Frailty discuss new album, >Tumši Ūdeņi, and the Latvian metal scene with iDecibeli. Drown in darkness…
Friends, Bands and Friends in Bands Offering More Help for Shallow North Dakota’s Tony Jacome
February 4, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Kowloon Walled City and KEN mode come together to help Shallow North Dakota‘s Tony Jacome
Q&A: Eric Daniels & Twan van Geel (Soulburn) Rewrite Flood Myths Anew On “Noa’s D’ark”
February 1, 2021 Chris Dick
Eric Daniels and Twan van Geel of Soulburn fame open the flood gates to a new era on Noa’s D’ark. Hail Dutch death metal!
Track Stream: Secret Fun Club Pull the Trigger on Engine Kid’s “Nail Gun”
January 28, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out noise duo Secret Fun Club (officially) paying their respects to Greg Anderson’s Engine Kid.
Full Album Premiere: Pounder – ‘Breaking the World’
January 25, 2021 Chris Dick
California-based heavy metal purveyors Pounder deafen the world on thunderous new album, Breaking the World. Streaming with metal might now at Decibel!
Streaming: Kyle Ball (Wake) Covers Earth A.D. Black Metal Style
January 18, 2021 Justin Norton
Wake vocalist Kyle Ball and friends reimagine A.D: Earth from a blackened punk aesthetic.
Q&A: Dag Olav Husås (TV Haugaland) Offers Insight Into Enslaved’s Docu-Series ‘Heimvegen’
January 18, 2021 Chris Dick
TV Haugaland producer Dag Olav Husås embarks homeward with Norwegian legends Enslaved in new docu-series.
Shallow North Dakota’s Tony Jacome Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. GoFundMe Organized to Help His Family
January 16, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Some tragic news has come down the pipeline this week with the revelation that former Shallow North Dakota drummer/vocalist Tony Jacome has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Video Premiere: Without Mercy’s “I Break the Chain” Showcases Blast Beats, Breakdowns, Beer Guts and Brogues
January 14, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video by BC death thrashers Without Mercy.
Track Premiere: Oceana – “Atlantidea Suite Pt. 1”
January 11, 2021 Chris Dick
Italian progressive metal outfit Oceana (featuring Novembre members) reveal new track “Atlantidea Suite Pt. 1” off new album, The Pattern.
Track Premiere: Kjeld – “Betsjoend”
January 4, 2021 Chris Dick
Dutch black metallers Kjeld spear the light with new track “Betsjoend” off their upcoming full-length Ôfstân Darkness only at Decibel!
Video Premiere: Taking it to the Streets with Moxiebeat’s “People’s Protection Program”
December 31, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch the new video by DIY hardcore ragers Moxiebeat!
