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Track Premiere: Old Spirit “Snow Leopard”
February 28, 2022 Chris Dick
Multi-instrumentalist Jason Hartman (Vanishing Kids, Night Eyez, Jex Thoth) weirds out heavily in Old Spirit. Streaming “Snow Leopard” now!
Track Premiere: Desolate Shrine – “Cast to Walk the Star of Sorrow”
February 25, 2022 Brad Sanders
Helsinki trio Desolate Shrine continue their decade-long death reign with the latest song from their Fires of the Dying World album, due March 25 on Dark Descent
Full Album Premiere: An Evening Redness – ‘An Evening Redness’
February 24, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear An Evening Redness conjure up a desert-dwelling American soundscape that fuses the best elements of drone into a soaring masterpiece.
Track Premiere: Hellbore – “All Men Are Created Evil”
February 23, 2022 Sean Frasier
Tech death duo Hellbore banish us to the underworld in their sinister new track, “All Men are Created Evil.”
Full Album Stream: Dark Worship – ‘Flesh of a Saint’
February 22, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Axioma guitarist J. Meyers’ electronic project, Dark Worship, do some serious digital damage on their latest full-length.
Video Premiere: Helsott – ‘I’ll Make Ya Famous’
February 21, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
California’s Helsott are here to grace your unholy President’s Day off are with their new official video for “I’ll Make Ya Famous.”
Track Premiere: Viande – ‘Le Souffle Des Os’
February 21, 2022 Emily Bellino
French death dealers Viande reach into the darkness for new track “Le Souffle Des Os.”
Full Album Premiere: Venator – ‘Echoes from the Gutter’
February 21, 2022 Chris Dick
Austrian heavy metallers Venator stream new steel-studded album Echoes From the Gutter out soon on Dying Victims Productions.
Full EP Premiere: Sickbay – “Brutal Existence”
February 17, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Hudson Valley, NY slamming death metal trio Sickbay emerge with their Redefining Darkness debut, Brutal Existence.
Track Premiere: Twisted Tower Dire ‘The Reflecting Pool’
February 17, 2022 Chris Dick
American power metal stalwarts Twisted Tower Dire dig up old bones on ‘Reflecting Pool’ from Crest of the Martyrs Demos (Nameless Grave).
No Allegiance: GGT Records On the Rise
February 16, 2022 Shawn Macomber
GGT Records brings the non-denominational hardcore punk fire with its opening salvo of releases.
Video Premiere: Sadistic Ritual – ‘End of All Roads’
February 16, 2022 Emily Bellino
Hear the new single from Atlanta psych-thrashers Sadistic Ritual, taken from their new album, The Enigma, Boundless.
Track Premiere: PYLAR – ‘La Caída’
February 15, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear Spanish doom collective PYLAR drop a droning 16-minute masterpiece from full-length Abymos
Track Premiere: Morgue Supplier – ‘Closing In’
February 14, 2022 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from weirdo death metal duo Morgue Supplier now.
Track Premiere: Night Eyez “Sunset”
February 14, 2022 Chris Dick
Jason Hartman (Vanishing Kids) trips into the digital fantastic on new song “Sunset”. New album out March 18 on Bright As Night Records.
News: Supergroup End Reign Unveil Face-Melting Tracks
February 11, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
End Reign, featuring Mike Score (All Out War), Domenic Romeo (Integrity), Art Legere (Bloodlet) and Adam Jarvis (Misery Index), are your new favorite metallic hardcore supergroup.
Full Album Stream: Karmanjaka – “Gates of Muspel”
February 10, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the folk-inspired third album, inspired by the Poetic Edda, from progressive Swedish black metal quintet Karmanjaka.
Imperial Triumphant Premiere Exclusive Single, “Black Psychedelia (Redux),” Via the Decibel Flexi Series
February 10, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Imperial Triumphant flexi disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
Full EP Premiere: Ceremonial Decay – ‘The Crescent and the Cross’
February 10, 2022 Albert Mudrian
Hear current and former members of Stygian Crown, Morgion, Exhausted Prayer, Witchaven get their NWOSDM on in Ceremonial Decay.
Full Album Stream: Backslider – “Psychic Rot”
February 9, 2022 Emily Bellino
Keep on rotting in the free world with a full album stream from Philly metallic punks Backslider.
Video Premiere: Ritual Earth – “Free From My Vessel”
February 8, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Philly psych doom quartet Ritual Earth channel some serious early ’90s Seattle and Kyuss vibes on this drop-tuned grinder.
Blast Worship – Syntax
February 8, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Los Angeles’ Syntax create well-formed songs in the language of grindcore.
Video Premiere: Sum of R – “Crown of Diseased”
February 7, 2022 Brad Sanders
Watch the first video and single from Sum of R‘s harrowingly heavy and delicately beautiful new LP Lahbryce.
Exclusive Track Premiere: Dawnrider – “The Final Call”
February 3, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Portuguese vets Dawnrider channel a classic doom vibe on this bleak new track from their fourth album.
Here Are 40 Great Metal Albums You May Have Missed in 2021
February 3, 2022 Joseph Schafer
Because we’re barely even a full month into 2022 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 40 more from 2021 to chew on.
Album Premiere: Deliriant Nerve – ‘Uncontrollable Ascension’
February 1, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear D.C. deathgrind crushers Deliriant Nerve before the release of their nine-track grind tornado Uncontrollable Ascension.
Liberteer’s Unsung Grind Classic ‘Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees ‘ Turns 10
February 1, 2022 Daniel Lake
Decibel celebrates the 10th anniversary of Liberteer‘s Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees with Matt Widener, the man behind this eclectic grind masterpiece.
Track Premiere: Abraham – “Blood Moon, New Alliance”
January 31, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear a new track from post-metal powerhouse Abraham in advance of their new full-length, Débris de Mondes Perdus, set for release February 25.
Listen: Krallice Release Eleventh Full-Length, ‘Crystalline Exhaustion’
January 31, 2022 Emily Bellino
USBM staples Krallice release 11th studio album, Crystalline Exhaustion.
Full Album Premiere: Deathless Void ‘Deathless Void’
January 31, 2022 Chris Dick
Dutch black metal iconoclasts Deathless Void fuse apocalypse cold and dread on their self-titled debut EP. Streaming in terror!
