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Blast Worship: Melting Rot

August 17, 2021

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll hurl when you hear Aurora grinders Melting Rot.

The Way of the “Fuck You Heroes”: Bitter Branches on “Along Came a Bastard”

August 11, 2021

Noisy post-punk/hardcore supergroup Bitter Branches takes a switch to bad cops and inner demons on its latest EP.

Track Premiere: Wharflurch – “Stoned Ape Apocalypse”

August 11, 2021

Death metal slimecrawlers Wharflurch chomp on shrooms of doom in their new single “Stoned Ape Apocalypse.”

Full Album Stream: Imperial Slaughter – ‘…Vile Slobs’

August 10, 2021

Clean up your act and hear all of Texas death dealers Imperial Slaughter‘s new LP, …Vile Slobs, before its release this Friday.

SIEGE of Sacrilege: Robert Williams Goes Avant Death-Pop on “Morning Has Broken”

August 4, 2021

Self-described “extreme musick-devoted freak” Robert Williams has a song in his heart — a throat full of broken glass.

Track Premiere: Atra Haeresis – “The Sacred Games”

August 4, 2021

Black/death misanthropes Atra Haeresis will rip out your beating heart during the lyric video for their new single, “The Sacred Games.”

FULL OF HELL ‘Garden of Burning Apparitions’ Decibel Exclusive Color (Limited to 250) Pre-Order Available!

August 3, 2021

This special Decibel edition of Garden of Burning Apparitions comes on Gold Translucent vinyl housed inside a single sleeve with insert, and is strictly limited to only 250 copies worldwide.

Track Premiere: Inferi – “Simian Hive”

August 3, 2021

Upcoming neck-snapper Vile Genesis isn’t here until September but that doesn’t meant you can’t hear a new track off it from tech death vets Inferni.

Blast Worship: Eastwood

August 3, 2021

International blasters Eastwood will make any grindcore fan’s day.

Undeath To Release New Song, “Diemented Dissection,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

July 30, 2021

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, August 2 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from New York new jack death metallers Undeath.

Video Premiere: Union Black – “Walking In My Shoes”

July 29, 2021

Watch Gruesome drummer Gus Rios step out from behind the kit and front tribute/cover band Union Black with an arresting Depeche Mode cover.

Low Fidelity: Vintage Vinyl and The Precarious State of the Indie Record Store

July 29, 2021

Krieg’s Neill Jameson reflects on the closing of New Jersey’s legendary Vintage Vinyl and what it means for your favorite indie record store.

Horror Slash Punk: The Inside Story of the “Straight Edge Kegger”

July 28, 2021

You may think clean living and bloodbaths are mutually exclusive, but the punk slasher Straight Edge Kegger suggests otherwise.

Album Premiere: Underdark – ‘Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry’

July 28, 2021

UK black metal revolutionaries Underdark shine brilliantly on their debut LP, Our Bodies Burned Bright on Re-Entry.

Full Album Stream: Covered In Sores – ‘Civilian Casualties’

July 27, 2021

Hear the full length debut from Philly death dealers Covered in Sores and grab a copy from HPGD Production before that shit gets infected.

Video Premiere: Lotus Thrones “Liberate” You from the Extremely Extreme Status Quo

July 23, 2021

Watch Wolvhammer expatriate Heath Rave enlist the haunting saxophone of Yakuza’s Bruce Lamont in the latest Lotus Thrones video

Video Premiere + Interview: Eyes of Perdition – “When Deeply Ingrained Traumas Spill Forth Like Maggots in Carrion”

July 20, 2021

Chameleonic frontwoman Lindsay O. (Coma Cluster Void, Natalia) embraces her slam/death side with Eyes of Perdition. Watch their new video and read an interview with Lindsay here.

Blast Worship: Shitbrains

July 20, 2021

Don’t overthink the caustic grind of Los Angeles blast duo Shitbrains.

Get 10 Free Flexis When You Order a Decibel Flexi Series Deluxe Edition Collector’s Box!

July 16, 2021

Get free flexi discs from Bloodbath, Converge, Opeth, Gatecreeper and more when you order Decibel Flexi Series Deluxe Edition Collector’s Box this weekend ONLY!

Full Album Stream: Archangel A.D.’s Cassus Belli

July 15, 2021

Sounding like a mix of Dave Mustaine’s veins circa-1985/’86, the floor of the Rochester, NY studio Metallica slept on whilst recording Kill ‘Em All and Lemmy’s liver from 1969 onwards, it’s Archangel A.D.

Full Album Stream: Bottomless – Bottomless

July 14, 2021

Hear Italy’s Bottomless dive deep for low-end on their self-titled debut album.

Track Premiere: Judas Knife — “Warm Hands, Cold Heart”

July 14, 2021

Your ears do not betray you: The post-hardcore vets of The Judas Knife have defied death (seriously) and are here to slay.

Track Premiere: Pray U Prey – “Living Library”

July 13, 2021

Our minds have led us into ignorance, so Shrew and Shrub return with the crust punk/death metal of Pray U Prey to lead us out of ignorance.

Hear a Lost Nachtmystium Song from the ‘Instinct: Decay’ Sessions via the Decibel Flexi Series

July 8, 2021

Hear and acquire this previously unreleased Nachtmystium flexi disc single, featuring a lost track from 2006, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series.