Netherlands
Track Premiere: The Gathering – “Stonegarden” (Remix)
February 28, 2024 Chris Dick
Burning World Records celebrates the 30th Anniversary Edition of The Gathering‘s critical debut album, Always…. Streaming “Stonegarden” now only at Decibel!
Track Premiere: The Sombre “The Mourning Gloom”
July 18, 2022 Chris Dick
Gnaw Their Tongues mastermind Maurice de Jong falls before draconian times on new The Sombre elegy “The Mourning Gloom.” Streaming in slow motion now!
Track Premiere: Netherlands – “So Sick”
July 7, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the sick new track from Netherlands—the band, not the country—from their upcoming Three One G release.
Track Premiere: Am Himmel – “The Patience And Silence of a Saint’s Death”
June 6, 2022 Chris Dick
Netherlands-based shoegaze black metal outfit Am Himmel unfurls new spectral track “The Patience And Silence Of A Saint’s Death.”
Video Premiere: Bloodphemy – “Bloodborne”
June 22, 2021 J. Andrew
Check out the new video from Dutch death-dealers Bloodphemy: “Bloodborne,” from their new album, Blood Sacrifice.
Q&A: Eric Daniels & Twan van Geel (Soulburn) Rewrite Flood Myths Anew On “Noa’s D’ark”
February 1, 2021 Chris Dick
Eric Daniels and Twan van Geel of Soulburn fame open the flood gates to a new era on Noa’s D’ark. Hail Dutch death metal!
Track Premiere: Kjeld – “Betsjoend”
January 4, 2021 Chris Dick
Dutch black metallers Kjeld spear the light with new track “Betsjoend” off their upcoming full-length Ôfstân Darkness only at Decibel!
Track Premiere: Sagenland “Bladval”
December 28, 2020 Chris Dick
Dutch black metal duo Sagenland premiere new track “Bladval” from their upcoming debut album Oale Groond. Only at Decibel!
Album Premiere: Cryptae – ‘Nightmare Traversal’
October 1, 2020 Dutch Pearce
A full stream of their new album Nightmare Traversal plus an interview with The Netherlands’ two-headed horror Cryptae.
Track Premiere: Verval – “Een leven tussen één en nul”
June 30, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Dutch architects of atmospheric black metal Verval return with a single from their radiant, upcoming EP, Beeldenstorm.
Track Premiere: Dodenbezweerder – “Als het vuur van mijn toorn is ontstoken zal het branden tot in het diepste dodenrijk”
February 25, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Dutch duo Dodenbezweerder conjure ritual black ambience on their debut full length.
Track Premiere: Hellehond – ‘Over De Kling’
November 1, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out a track from new Dutch first wave black metallers Hellehond, featuring members of Asphyx and Wederganger.
Anthony Kaoteon (Death Tribe, Kaoteon) Offers Studio/Lyric Videos & Interview
October 31, 2019 Chris Dick
The cultural, social, and geographic impasse has fueled the music of both Kaoteon and Death Tribe, who are currently ensconced in the studio working on the follow-up to this year’s Beyond Pain and Pleasure: A Desert Experiment.
Bob Bagchus (Hellehond, Infidel Reich, Beast Of Revelation & Siege Of Power) Lists Top Five Venom Songs
August 12, 2019 Chris Dick
Bob Bagchus, of Hellehond, Infidel Reich, Beast Of Revelation & Siege Of Power fame, Lists His Top Five Venom Songs.
Track Premiere: Sammath – ‘Bitter fighting amongst the dead’
July 30, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Dutch black death warmongers launch a warning missile to signal their forthcoming new album.
Utrecht-based Black Metal duo Nevel unveil their new album
July 26, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive premiere of the Dutch black metal/noise artists’ sophomore album.
Track Premiere: Burial Remains – ‘Crucifixion of the Vanquished’
May 20, 2019 Emily Bellino
Worship crusty death with Burial Remains.
Track Premiere: Verwoed – ‘De Kwelling van het Bestaan’
April 19, 2019 Emily Bellino
Hear a new offering from Dutch black metal horde entity Verwoed.
Full Album Stream: Cirith Gorgor – “Sovereign”
April 1, 2019 Emily Bellino
Stream the new album from long-running Dutch black metal unit Cirith Gorgor.
Full Album Stream: Suffering Quota – “Life in Disgust”
November 2, 2018 Emily Bellino
Hear Life in Disgust from Dutch grinders Suffering Quota.
Track Premiere: Lucifericon – ‘Zsin-Niaq-Sa’
August 31, 2018 Dutch Pearce
Check out this exclusive track off the debut album from Dutch occult death metal band, Lucifericon.
Video Premiere: Apophys – ‘Matters Unresolved’
January 24, 2018 Emily Bellino
Watch a new video from Dutch death dealers Apophys right now.
Track Premiere: Cryptae – ‘Ventrum’
December 4, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream a devastating new track from Netherlands-based death machine Cryptae right now.
Full Album Stream: Neocaesar “11:11”
November 27, 2017 Chris Dick
Dutch death metallers Neocaesar invoke the old gods on new album 11:11.
Streaming: The Monolith Deathcult – ‘Versus’
May 11, 2017 Emily Bellino
Stream the full sixth album from Dutch powerhouse The Monolith Deathcult.
Track Premiere: Enslaved – ‘Isa (Live at Roadburn)’
May 9, 2017 Emily Bellino
Roadburn Live is Enslaved‘s first live record, recorded at Roadburn Festival in 2015.
Track Premiere: Carach Angren – ‘Song For The Dead’
March 15, 2017 Emily Bellino
A new Carach Angren album is on the way! Listen to first track, “Song for the Dead” now.
The Many Facets of Tilburg’s Dodecahedron (Interview)
March 7, 2017 Daniel Lake
Next week we get Dodecahedron’s brand new exercise in high-concept dissonance via Kwintessens, due out March 17 on Season of Mist. We conducted a little Q&A with guitarist/songwriter Michel Nienhuis and vocalist Michiel Eikenaar, much of which can be found in issue #150 (Decibel Tour cover), but you can read the remainder of the interview here.
Video Premiere: Tarnkappe – “Winterwaker”
October 31, 2016 Emily Bellino
We hope you brought your hat and gloves today…. you’ll be needing them for this Tarnkappe premiere, in which hypothermia abounds.
Izah Stream New Album: Sistere
February 13, 2015 Daniel Lake
Later this month, Dutch sextet Izah will release their first full-length document of sludgy aggression through the always dependable Nordvis Produktion. It represents a major step in a very long road for the band, and its four gargantuan tracks make that point crystal clear. But these aren’t the sprawling teases that some bands employ in…