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Track Premiere: Aridus – “Bearer of Silence”

April 11, 2023

Hear some exquisite USBM from multi-instrumentalist Galen Baudhuin (Wolves In the Throne Room, Infera Bruo, Street Tombs and more) in the form of his latest project Aridus.

Blast Worship: Real Life Ugly

April 11, 2023

Dallas blasters Real Life Ugly might not take life seriously but deliver some, um, serious grind.

You Should Be Listening to HIRS

April 10, 2023

Why you should be listening to We’re Still Here by The HIRS Collective.

Black/Death Benevolence: “From Dreams To Living Things”

April 5, 2023

Fiadh Productions raise funds for rescuing warzone animals with their 50 track charity compilation, From Dreams To Living Things.

Blast Wordship: Rotten Sound

April 4, 2023

Finnish legends Rotten Sound haven’t lost a step on latest blasterpiece Apocalypse.

Watch a Trailer to ‘A Wandering Path: The Story of Gilead Media’ and Read an In-Depth Review of the Documentary

April 3, 2023

Michael Dimmitt’s incredible new documentary A Wandering Path: The Story of Gilead Media, is screening in May. But you can watch the trailer and read a full review right now.

Video Premiere: Kings Never Die – “Make Them Anymore”

March 31, 2023

Fans of New York and New Jersey-derived styles of hardcore will find plenty to love from Kings Never Die, from the gang vocals to the crushing breakdown.

Video Premiere: Yotuma – “Shrine of Absolution”

March 29, 2023

Midwestern death metal upstarts Yotuma just dropped a new video, “Shrine of Absolution,” from their upcoming EP Otherworldly Incarnate, out April 8. Check it out here here. 

ORIGIN Premiere Exclusive New Version of, “Disease Called Man,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

March 29, 2023

Hear and acquire this Origin disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new recording, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Album Premiere: Desert Storm – ‘Death Rattle’

March 29, 2023

Oxford stoner rockers Desert Storm take a bad trip with some roarin’ riffs on their new fuzz-heavy LP, Death Rattle.

Blast Worship: Endless Swarm

March 28, 2023

Hear U.K. blasters Endless Swarm assert themselves amongst Scottish grindcore royalty on Manifested Forms.

LIMITED TO 50 EACH: DEADGUY’s ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ on Metal & Beer Colored Cassettes via Decibel Records!

March 24, 2023

Get your ultra-limited “metal” or “beer” cassette edition of Deadguy’s Buyer’s Remorse: Live from the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest & watch the full pro-shot performance now!

Full Album Stream: Forcefed Horsehead are Seeing Things with Monoceros

March 23, 2023

Indulge in a stream of Forcefed Horsehead‘s animal mutant-friendly new album, Monoceros

Track Premiere: Smoulder – “Victims of Fate”

March 22, 2023

Hear a brand new track from epic heavy metal heroes Smoulder taken from their forthcoming Violent Creed of Vengeance LP.

Video Premiere: MORDIAN Pays Tribute to Bathory’s “Ring of Gold”

March 22, 2023

Follow the raven and listen to Chicago-based gothic folk artist Mordian pay tribute to Bathory’s “Ring of Gold.”

Video Premiere: Suffering Quota – “Out”

March 21, 2023

Hear a new 70-second blaster from Dutch grindcore phenoms Suffering Quota in advance of their new LP, Collide, out May 26.

Dawn Ray’d – ‘To Know the Light’ 

March 20, 2023

Working class black metal heroes Dawn Ray’d find a light in the darkness on To Know the Light.

For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Anarkhon and Contrarian

March 17, 2023

Our fine feathered fiend returns to peck on new, very different styles of death metal.

Track Premiere: Old Forest – “Master of Arachnids”

March 16, 2023

Hear a brand new track of vintage second wave-inspired black metal from UKBM’s unsung heroes Old Forest.

Track Premiere: Vredensdal – “Svøpt i blod”

March 15, 2023

Fans of black metal with gritty tendencies and a throwback riff-centric approach to guitar performances and song construction should get the hell in here and find out what Vredensdal is all about.

Album Premiere: Desolate Realm – ‘Legions’

March 15, 2023

Finnish epic doom duo Desolate Realm summon eternal winter with their sophomore LP, Legions.

Blast Worship: Convulsions

March 14, 2023

Preview five new crushers from the new LP from Spanish blasters Convulsions, Grindcore, Not War.

Streaming: Tracks from Rosemary’s Babies discography ‘Sounds of Death’

March 13, 2023

Hear selections from former Samhain and Danzig bassist Eerie Von’s first band Rosemary’s Babies, released their 40 years ago. It hasn’t been available in roughly two decades.

Full EP Premiere: Negative Prayer – “Negative Prayer”

March 9, 2023

Hear three death metal D-beatdowns form Negative Prayer, featuring former and current members of Poison Idea, Vastum, Funebrarum and VoidCeremony.

Album Premiere: Bastard Grave – ‘Vortex of Disgust’

March 8, 2023

Swedish death metal morticians Bastard Grave blast from the casket with their odorous ode to human suffering, Vortex of Disgust.

Blast Worship: Nonsanto

March 7, 2023

In which Gene Meyer tries to convince himself that anyone is Philly is paying attention to the Flyers these days.

WATCH: Jacob Bannon and Cave In’s Stephen Brodsky and Adam McGrath Breakdown the Until Your Heart Stops Cover Art

March 3, 2023

To celebrate the deluxe reissues of their landmark Until Your Heart Stops debut, members of Cave In discuss creating the album cover with artist Jacob Bannon.

Festival Preview: Grim Reefer Fest

March 1, 2023

Achieve your higher form after inhaling our favorite tracks from Grim Reefer Fest’s stacked doom lineup. Baltimore gets vaporized on 4/29.

Reborn in Blasphemy: Revisiting Pavor’s ‘A Pale Debilitating Autumn’ Album Nearly 30 Years Later

February 28, 2023

Deathevokation frontman Götz Vogelsang preforms zombie ritual reviews of lost death metal classics in the latest edition of his semi-regular column Reborn in Blasphemy.