death metal
Track Premiere: A Flock Named Murder – “To Drown in Obsidian Tides”
April 9, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Canadian atmospheric black metal trio A Flock Named Murder barely come up for air on blistering new epic “To Drown in Obsidian Tides.”
Full Album Stream: Putrid Offal – “Obliterated Life”
April 8, 2025 Emily Bellino
Putrid Offal serve up gory death metal on their new LP.
Scott Burns Book Signing Session Announced at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025
March 27, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Meet legendary death metal engineer Scott Burns at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4 to sign copies The Scott Burns Sessions: A Life in Death Metal 1987 – 1997 at the Decibel merch table!
Video Premiere: Övervåld – “Förruttnelse”
March 26, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish death crushers Övervåld stomp their HM-2 pedals with impunity and bring the (sonic) rot in their new video for “Förruttnelse.”
Castrator to Release New Song, “Mortem Opeterie,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
March 25, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Friday, March 28 to secure this extremely exclusive flexi disc from Dark Descent death dealers Castrator!
Track Premiere: Obstruktion – “Sow Fear”
March 24, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish metallic hardcore quintet Obstruktion are here to “Sow Fear” on the new track from their second full-length, The End Takes Form.
Set Times Announced for Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly 2025!
March 24, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly kicks off NEXT WEEK, which means you’ve been asking for set times for approximately five months now. Here you go.
Full Album Stream: Throne – “That Who Sat Upon Him, Was Death”
March 20, 2025 Emily Bellino
Midwest blackened death metal outfit Throne take a more brutal approach on their sophomore album.
KILL SCREEN 059: Phil Bozeman of WHITECHAPEL Is Rated M for Mature
March 18, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
As the band returns to their heavier roots, the vocalist and die-hard gamer seeks some lighter escapism.
DISMEMBER Break Down ‘Like an Ever Flowing Stream’ Track by Track Ahead of Metal & Beer Fest Album-Performance
March 13, 2025 Chris Dick
Dismember‘s fearsome five breakdown their iconic Like an Ever Flowing Stream as we approach their full-album performance of the album at Decibel’s Metal & Beer Fest: Philly on April 4.
Full EP Stream: CrusHuman – “Besides”
March 11, 2025 Emily Bellino
CrusHuman serve up groovy, aggressive death metal on their latest effort.
Video Premiere: Surgent – ‘Demon Eyes’
March 10, 2025 Emily Bellino
Death metal goes grunge on Surgent‘s new track.
Track Premiere: Decrepisy – “Corpseless”
March 4, 2025 J. Andrew
Hear Decrepisy reveal another new crusher from their early death/doom album of the year contender, Deific Mourning.
ONE MONTH AWAY! DECIBEL METAL & BEER FEST: PHILLY 2025 Is Almost Here!
March 4, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Exodus performs all of their landmark Bonded by Blood album and Dismember deliver a special full set of their classic Like an Ever Flowing Stream and WAY more at Metal & Beer Fest Philly 2025!
Album Stream: VACUOUS – ‘In His Blood’
February 28, 2025 Cody Davis
London’s death metal force, Vacuous, makes their thunderous return today. Vocalist Jo Chen walks is through In His Blood.
Video Premiere: Cavern Deep – “Queen Womb”
February 27, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Swedish psychedelic death metalers Cavern Deep unleash a new single from the final album in their trilogy, Part III—The Bodiless, out May 9 via Bonebag Records and Majestic Mountain.
Track Premiere: Korroded – “Retina Integration”
February 25, 2025 Gene Meyer
Hear the latest from Memphis beatdown grindcore maniacs Korroded in advance of their band-spanking new EP, Augment To Kill.
DISMEMBER Claim Their First Decibel Cover as Part of Our Metal & Beer Fest Preview!
February 14, 2025 Decibel Magazine
Swedish death metal OGs Dismember headline our Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Preview Issue! The issue is available now, but tickets won’t be much longer. Get them for the show at the Fillmore on April 4-5!
Album Stream: Phrenelith – ‘Ashen Womb’
February 5, 2025 Cody Davis
Ashen Womb arrives this Friday through Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records. Listen to it in its entirety exclusively at Decibel and pre-order a copy today.
METAL & BEER FEST: PHILLY 2025 is Just TWO MONTHS AWAY! Got Your Tickets?
February 4, 2025 Decibel Magazine
If you haven’t already, book your plane ticket, line up a hotel room (or the least dirty floor) and make sure the babysitter knows where your kids are, because Metal & Beer Fest: Philly is approaching.
Track Premiere: Marrowomb – ‘Phantasia Katalepteke’
February 3, 2025 Emily Bellino
Listen to a new song from Chicago blackened death metal outfit Marrowomb.
Full EP Stream: Dejecter – “Oblation Husk”
January 30, 2025 J. Andrew
Regardless of how you classify Dejecter, the band plays a fascinating mix of straightforward brutality and risk-taking creativity.
Video Premiere: Industrial Puke – “Hoax-Mongers”
January 29, 2025 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Swedish D-beat crusters Industrial Puke hurl their vitriol at “Hoax-Mongers” on their brand new single for Suicide Records.
Album Premiere: Maceration – ‘Serpent Devourment’
January 29, 2025 Tim Mudd
For fans of Entombed, Bloodbath, and Invocator, hear Maceration deliver the crushing sound of Danish death metal Serpent Devourment
EP Premiere: Spesimin – ‘Skull Worship’
January 28, 2025 Gene Meyer
Philadelphia’s own old-school death/thrashers Spesimin are back with a brand spankin’ new EP full of ghoulish twists and turns sure to make any scuz rocker happy.
KILL SCREEN 055: Wim Coppers of LIVING GATE Chooses to Thrive as One
January 22, 2025 Michael Wohlberg and James Lewis
The prolific drummer and self-described “hardcore casual gamer” overcomes, overthrows his need for competitive online gaming.
Video Premiere: Pathogenic – “Crowned in Corpses”
January 16, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Progressive death metallers Pathogenic prepare to release their relentless new album, Crowned in Corpses, on February 7 via Skepsis Records. And we have the video for the title track for you today.
Video Premiere: Necrambulant – “Sentenced to a Gluttonous Pit”
January 15, 2025 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Phoenix’s Necrambulant drop their second full-length, Upheaval of Malignant Necrambulance, via Gore House Productions in March. Check out their shattering second single from the release, “Sentenced to a Gluttonous Pit.”
Track Premiere: Tormentor Tyrant – “Torture Divine”
January 2, 2025 Tim Mudd
Hear Finnish death metal trio Tormentor Tyrant kick off 2025 with a boot to face via “Torture Divine”
‘Glorious Times’ Co-author Alan Moses (1968-2024)
December 16, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Remembering underground death metal scene legend and Glorious Times co-author Alan Moses.