death metal

Full EP Premiere: Ceremonial Decay – ‘The Crescent and the Cross’

February 10, 2022

Hear current and former members of Stygian Crown, Morgion, Exhausted Prayer, Witchaven get their NWOSDM on in Ceremonial Decay.

Demo:listen: Cadaverous

February 8, 2022

Demo:listen returns with some quality Midwestern old school death metal from Indianapolis trio Cadaverous.

Misery Index To Release Exclusive Single, “Strategies of Manipulation,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

February 5, 2022

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, February 7 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from death grindcrushers Misery Index.

Five For Friday: February 4, 2022

February 4, 2022

This week’s new releases are coming at you kicking and screaming with Eternal Ascent, Abysmal Dawn, Persefone and more!

Here Are 40 Great Metal Albums You May Have Missed in 2021

February 3, 2022

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.

Track Premiere: Father Befouled – “Unheavenly Catechesis”

February 2, 2022

Death metal blasphemers Father Befouled summon fresh hell on their sinister new single, “Unheavenly Catechesis.”

Exclusive Track Premiere: Sepulchral – “Sepulchral Fumes”

February 1, 2022

Hear Spain’s crusty old-school death metallers, Sepulchral, stink up the joint with the stench from their new single.

Liberteer’s Unsung Grind Classic ‘Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees ‘ Turns 10

February 1, 2022

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.

Album Premiere: Vorga – ‘Striving Toward Oblivion’

January 26, 2022

German black metal cosmonauts Vorga plunge you into a starless sky on their new album, Striving Toward Oblivion.

Demo:listen: Vile Rites

January 25, 2022

This week Demo:listen introduces the world to the skull-crushing/mind-expanding death metal of California’s Vile Rites.

Track Premiere: Kontusion – “Rotting With Sickness”

January 18, 2022

Hear new death metal duo, Kontusion, get primitive, ugly and violent on their raw new self-released EP.

Demo:listen: Rotborn

January 18, 2022

This week Demo:listen premieres the massively crushing debut EP from Brazilian death metal quartet Rotborn.

Pre-Order UNDEATH’s ‘It’s Time… To Rise From the Grave’ Exclusive Decibel Grey Splatter Vinyl NOW

January 17, 2022

We’ve got 200 copies of the Decibel exclusive headstone grey splatter color vinyl of the new Undeath album available NOW for pre-order!

Track Premiere: Dischordia – ‘Minds of Dust’

January 17, 2022

We have “Minds of Dust” after hearing this new song from USDM trio Dischordia.

Video Premiere: Thorium – “War Is Coming”

January 12, 2022

We are stoked to bring you some old-school death metal goodness on the new video from the Danes in Thorium.

Pre-Order MALIGNANT ALTAR’s Decibel-Exclusive Colored LP ‘Realms of Exquisite Morbidity’ on Vinyl!

January 12, 2022

Only a mere 100 of this white LP from Texas death revelers Malignant Altar have been made available in the U.S. and Decibel has got all of them. Pre-order Realms of Exquisite Morbidity now!

Demo:listen: Scab Hag

January 11, 2022

This week’s Demo:listen is perverted by Cincinnati-based death metal sickos Scab Hag.

Imperial Triumphant To Release Exclusive Single, “Black Psychedelia (Redux),” via the Decibel Flexi Series

January 7, 2022

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, January 10 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from avant garde black/death kings Imperial Triumphant.

Track Premiere: Claustrofobia – “Corrupted Self” featuring Marc Rizzo

January 5, 2022

Las Vegas/Brazilian deathrashers Claustrofobia recruit Marc Rizzo (ex-Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy) for their new single “Corrupted Self.”

Track Premiere: Fossilization – “Exalted in the Altar of Insignificance”

January 5, 2022

Death metal fiends Fossilization unearth a single from their split with Ritual Necromancy, “Exalted in the Altar of Insignificance.”

Fallow Heart: Truth in Dissonance: Don Anderson (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch) On the Objectives of Art

January 3, 2022

In which Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts discuss the tonal impact of Anton Webern’s Opus 21 symphony.

Track Premiere: Vile Ritual – ‘Tongues of the Exanimate’

January 3, 2022

Vile Ritual blend subterranean blackened death metal with dark psychedelia on “Tongues of the Examinate.”

Track Premiere: Thorn “Hellmouth”

January 3, 2022

Arizona-based death-doom troupe Thorn unveil “Hellmouth” off new album, Yawning Depths.

Demo:listen: Body Asphyxiation Science

December 28, 2021

English sci-fi brutal death force Body Asphyxiation Science invades this week’s Demo:listen.

Video Premiere: Soul Remnants — “Cult Destroyer”

December 22, 2021

Boston death thrashers Soul Remnants bring the visual violence on the new clip for “Cult Destroyer.”

Track Premiere: Tormentor Tyrant – “Tormentor Tyrant”

December 22, 2021

Finnish trio Tormentor Tyrant share their vicious self-titled track as a declaration of death metal violence.