Doom
Video Premiere: -(16)- – ‘Me and the Dog Die Together’
May 5, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Who’s a good boy? Who’s a good boy? The new -(16)- video is! The new -(16)- video is!
Full Album Stream: Cyttorak – ‘Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers’
April 29, 2020 Sean Frasier
Rhode Island bruisers Cyttorak summon beasts from distant worlds on their new slab of slowerviolence Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers.
Full Album Stream: Lord Vigo – ‘Danse de Noir’
April 8, 2020 Sean Frasier
German doom sextet Lord Vigo bring epic balladry and NWOBHM flare to their synth-soaked Blade Runner concept album Danse de Noir.
Demo:listen: Deplorable
April 3, 2020 Dutch Pearce
This week’s Demo:listen buckles under the weight of cruel Costa Rican sludge doom punishers Deplorable.
Album Review: Temple of Void – ‘The World That Was’
March 23, 2020 Justin Norton
Detroit Death/doom dealers Temple of the Void rise to greatness on album No. 3.
Track Premiere: O Zorn! Explores Side Effect Darkness on “Your Killer”
February 27, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the title track from these non-John Zorn worshipping doomsters’ new album, “Your Killer.”
Album Review: Godthrymm – ‘Reflections’
February 10, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Godthrymm deliver the doom debut of the year with Reflections.
Video Premiere: Beggar – ‘Black Cloud’
January 27, 2020 Emily Bellino
Prepare your ears: Beggar are the heaviest stoner band you’ve ever heard.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Doomed to Fail’ and an Interview With Author JJ Anselmi
January 16, 2020 Greg Pratt
Read our interview with Doomed to Fail author JJ Anselmi as well as an exclusive excerpt from the book.
Full Album Stream: SEA – ‘Impermanence’
January 15, 2020 Sean Frasier
Boston doomgaze project SEA match funereal heaviness with elemental poetry on their stunning and heart-rending debut LP Impermanence.
Track Premiere: Smoulder – “Warrior Witch of Hel”
January 14, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Epic Canadian doomsters Smoulder will soon release Dream Quest Ends, the follow up EP to last year’s acclaimed debut full length. Hear this exclusive track premier for an idea of what looms on the horizon.
My Dying Bride Returns on “Your Broken Shore”
January 3, 2020 J. Andrew
The high priests of beautiful gloom and sorrow have returned to offer their latest sermon. Check out My Dying Bride‘s “Your Broken Shore” here.
Track Premiere: Snorlax – “Encapsulated Apocalypse”
January 1, 2020 Sean Frasier
Don’t sleep on former Decibel demo faves Snorlax. Hear their new song “Encapsulated Apocalypse”
Full Album Stream: Solace — “The Brink”
December 11, 2019 Shawn Macomber
New Jersey doom n’ rollers Solace channel a career of hard luck into a scorching comeback record.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’
November 26, 2019 Albert Mudrian
It’s okay to celebrate the release day of No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost with this exclusive excerpt from Decibel‘s limited edition hardcover book.
Maybe Just a Little Celebration: Author David E. Gehlke Talks New Paradise Lost Biography
November 21, 2019 Greg Pratt
No Celebration author David E. Gehlke dishes the dirt on his new Paradise Lost biography out next week on Decibel Books!
Track Premiere: Evadne – “Colossal”
November 20, 2019 Sean Frasier
Spanish doom-death gloomcasters Evadne unveil “Colossal” from the band’s titanic upcoming Dethroned of our Souls compilation.
Track Premiere: Domkraft — “Where We Part Ways” (Featuring Mark Lanegan)
November 13, 2019 Shawn Macomber
Swedish psych-doom trio Domkraft teams up with living legend Mark Lanegan to blow a riff-sized hole in your doors of perception.
Video Premiere: Vessel of Light – ‘Meat and Bone’
October 30, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Jersey doom crew Vessel of Light‘s razor-sharp doom attack cuts through meat and bone.
‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’ To Be Published via Decibel Books! Pre-Orders Available NOW!
October 11, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Pre-order a copy of ‘No Celebration: The Official Story of Paradise Lost’ hardcover, strictly limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.
Runemagick Opens the Dead Gates
October 4, 2019 J. Andrew
The Swedish masters of slow, plodding and crushing death-doom return with “The Opening of Dead Gates” off their new album due out on October 25.
10 Great Albums for Autumn
September 20, 2019 J. Andrew
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: Witch Mountain – ‘Priceless Pain’
September 20, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Portland’s Witch Mountain doom cult premiere their brand new banger, “Priceless Pain.”
Demo:listen: Turin Horse
September 20, 2019 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen introduces our readers to enigmatic German black doom sludgesmiths Turin Horse.
Video Premiere: Glacier – “O World! I Remain No Longer Here.”
September 11, 2019 Sean Frasier
Boston doom quintet Glacier bring their heavy post-metal freeze to a sweltering temple in their video for album opener “O World! I Remain No Longer Here.”
Full Album Stream: Crypt Sermon – ‘The Ruins of Fading Light’
September 3, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear Crypt Sermon‘s four-years-in-the-making doom metal juggernaut The Ruins of Fading Light in full.
Track Premiere: Cain – ‘Crucify’
August 30, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Don’t “crucify” yourself for sleeping on cult doom heroes Cain when they were around in early ’90s. Rise Above has you covered with an essential new reissue.
Track Premiere: Workshed – ‘Safety Behaviours’
August 30, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Hear ex-Cathedral members Adam Lehan and Mark Ramsay Wharton resurface in crushing new doom band.
Track Premiere: Vokonis – “AntlerQueen”
August 28, 2019 Sean Frasier
Swedish psychedelic spellcasters Vokonis worship at the riff-adorned throne of the “AntlerQueen.”
Lyric Video Premiere: WRVTH- “Furrows of a Dying Tree”
August 23, 2019 J. Andrew
On their new song and album, WRVTH moves away from the tech and into the haze of atmospheric black metal, doom and post-rock.