Track Premiere: Mourners Lament – ‘Ocaso’
Mourners Lament offer a fresh take on Peaceville-style death/doom.
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Interview: Hellripper’s James McBain Finds a Unique Voice on Warlocks Grim and Withered Hags
Hellripper multi-instrumentalist James McBain gives us a closer look at the project’s new album.
Five For Friday: April 14, 2023
This week’s round of new ripping releases includes the latest from Dødheimsgard, Jesus Piece, Overkill and more!
Five For Friday: October 28, 2022
It’s time to close out a stellar October with new metal releases from Darkthrone, Despised Icon, Forlesen and more!
Five For Friday: September 30, 2022
This week’s new releases comes charging at you with the latest attacks from Autopsy, Till, Acephalix, and more!
Full Album Premiere: Mortuous – ‘Upon Desolation’
Hear Bay Area death crew Mortuous deliver a death metal album-of-the-year contender a day before its official release.
Track Premiere: The Sombre “The Mourning Gloom”
Gnaw Their Tongues mastermind Maurice de Jong falls before draconian times on new The Sombre elegy “The Mourning Gloom.” Streaming in slow motion now!
Five For Friday: April 22, 2022
This is a week for the death metal people, with the latest from Corpsessed, Undeath, Static Abyss and more!
Sharp Tongues Of Hungry Animals: An Oral History of Christian Death’s ‘Only Theatre Of Pain’ On Its 40th Anniversary
On the 40th anniversary of Christian Death‘s Only Theatre Of Pain, Decibel talked to all the living members of the album lineup about the making of this deathrock classic and its legacy.
Cathedral Celebrate 30th Anniversary of ‘Forest of Equilibrium’ Album
British doom legends Cathedral celebrate three decades of Hall of Fame album Forest of Equilibrium.
Full Album Stream & Interview: DREAM UNENDING Tide Turns Eternal
Dream Unending, featuring members of Tomb Mold and Innumerable Forms, stream new album, Tide Turns Eternal (20 Buck Spin). Doomed to dream!
Five For Friday: October 1, 2021
Get ready to start this month the right way with new music from Enslaved, Katatonia, Full of Hell and more!
Five For Friday: July 9, 2021
We’ve got a loaded week for you as we catch up on the latest from Darkthrone, At the Gates, Mayhem and more!
Q&A: Dismember Celebrate 30th Anniversary of ‘Like an Ever Flowing Stream’
Dismember drummer/jack of all trades Fred Estby reflects on 30 years of genre-defining album, Like an Ever Flowing Stream.
Here Are 35 Great Metal Albums You May Have Missed in 2020
Because we’re not even a full month into 2021 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 35 more from 2020 to chew on.
Track Premiere: Mother Of Graves “The Urn”
Indianapolis-based upstarts Mother of Graves stream new track “The Urn” at Decibel! Only (melodic and depressive) death is real!
Album Premiere: Furnace – ‘Dark Vistas’
Swedish melodeath firestarters Furnace beckon Lovecraftian menace with the dark melodies of their Dark Vistas concept album.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Alex Shuster of -(16)-
To celebrate the release of Dream Squasher, the new album from sludge kings -(16)-, we caught up with guitarist Alex Shuster to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Bandcamp Waives Fees for 24 Hours: A Decibel Buyer’s Guide
Bandcamp is waiving their cut of all purchases made on Friday, March 20 to support creatives affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Decibel staff provides a few suggestions for your purchasing pleasure.
Looking Back on 25 Years of the ‘Nordic Metal: A Tribute To Euronymous’ Compilation with Typhon
On the eve of the Mayhem-headlined Decibel Magazine Tour, Necropolis’ founder provides an in-depth interview on the greatest black metal comp ever, Nordic Metal: A Tribute To Euronymous.
Q&A: Doug Moore Scratches His Weeping Sores Itch
New York-based death/doom trio Weeping Sores issued one of 2019’s best releases in False Confession. We interview lead sore, Doug Moore, in this Q&A.
10 Great Albums for Autumn
Enter an eternal autumn of moors and misty fields, walk through blackwater parks of rain without end, and look to the October rust as night shades descend.
Track Premiere: We Get “Thrown to the Wolves” by Pulchra Morte
We introduce you to new doom/death shining lights, Pulchra Morte.
Interview: On Thorns I Lay Discuss New Album, “Aegean Sorrow”
On Thorns I Lay discuss their upcoming death/doom epic, Aegean Sorrow.
That Tour Was Awesome: Pestilence/Autopsy/Bolt Thrower (1990)
Our latest That Tour Was Awesome looks back on when Pestilence , Autopsy , and Bolt Thrower terrorized Europe in 1990.
Top 5 Norwegian Death Metal Albums Of All Time
Far more prevalent now than ever before. Decibel flips through the musty pages of history to highlight the Top 5 Norwegian Death Metal Albums Of All Time.
Top 5 Old-School Underground Metal Fliers
From England to Florida, from Tokyo to Oslo, from Australia to San Francisco, postal workers were the bandwidth by which death metal, black metal, doom metal, and every other underground form of metal communicated. Open a letter and out poured legion! Here’s a tribute to Decibel‘s fave old-school fliers.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Darkthrone’s “Plaguewielder”
Under a Better-Than-Average Moon.
Top 10 Music For Nations Releases Of All Time
After 21 years of housing some of the finest metal acts known to mankind, British label Music For Nations closed shop in 2004. The label was folded in Sony Entertainment’s Zomba Record Group and mothballed until last year when Sony rekindled the legendary label’s fire. So, we’re celebrating with an essential Top 10.
Decomposed
Hope Finally Died
Delivered from extortionate obscurity
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