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Full Album Stream: Steve Austin – “Marked Cards and Loaded Dice”
April 27, 2026 Emily Bellino
Today is the Day frontman Steve Austin returns to his roots with his debut outlaw country record, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice. Hear the album early and read an interview with him now.
Split Premiere: Nixil / Drouth – Toward Dead Temples
April 22, 2026 Tim Mudd
Hear Toward Dead Temples, the forthcoming split release from Baltimore black metallers Nixil, and Portland black/death metal quartet Drouth
Full EP Stream: Mortuary – “Great Black Earth”
April 21, 2026 Emily Bellino
Mexican death-thrash OGs Mortuary haven’t lost a step on their first release in 14 years.
NO/MÁS Premiere Exclusive Cover of Bad Brains’ “Banned in D.C.” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
April 21, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from capital grinders NO/MÁS before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
Full Album Stream: Toxikull – “Turbulence”
April 20, 2026 Emily Bellino
Speed demons Toxikull turn personal struggle into heavy metal anthems on their new album, Turbulence.
Video Premiere: Infestuous – “Inexorable Oblivion”
April 15, 2026 J. Andrew
The new video from two-man supergroup Infestuous (featuring members of the Black Dahlia Murder and Doctor Smoke) is a satisfying slice of cosmic Armageddon for tech-death fanatics.
Full Stream: Ordh – Blind in Abyssal Realms
April 15, 2026 Tim Mudd
Progressive death metal still carries a certain baggage—either a promise of something transcendent or an excuse to disappear into excess. On Blind In Abyssal Realms, Ordh don’t bother arguing with either side.
Full Album Stream: Vomito Mortuorio – “Dentro del Sarcófago”
April 14, 2026 Emily Bellino
Salvadoran death dealers Vomito Mortuorio deliver primitive old-school death metal on their debut album.
Full Album Stream: Abrams – “Loon”
April 13, 2026 Emily Bellino
Stream the latest from Denver sludge crew Abrams.
Full Album Stream: Evil Warriors – “Evil Warriors”
April 10, 2026 J. Andrew
The new album from Germany’s Evil Warriors burns like a ferocious blaze of all-consuming black metal fire.
Track Premiere: Eveale – “Enter the Woodland Realm”
April 8, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the melodic, folk-inspired black metal rage of Eveale on the title track, “Enter the Woodland Realm,” from their upcoming debut full-length.
Video Premiere: Kilter – ‘Weather Cycle’
April 8, 2026 Tim Mudd
Taken from the upcoming Ten Billion Years, Kilter’s “Weather Cycle” forms a crucial moment in the album’s sweeping conceptual arc, which traces the birth and death of our solar system through the journey of a single water droplet.
Video Premiere: Old Moon – ‘Home to Nowhere’
April 7, 2026 Emily Bellino
Portland melodic black metal trio Old Moon reveal the title track and accompanying video to their new album.
Full Album Stream: Caustic – “Inner Deflagration”
April 6, 2026 Emily Bellino
Caustic unleash a torrent of savage death metal on their first album in 11 years.
Streaming: Lysergic’s EP Towering Altars of Misanthropy
April 6, 2026 Justin Norton
Hear former Wake frontman Kyle Ball explore even darker sounds with his new black/death/noise project Lysergic.
Album Premiere: Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy – ‘Fugue Gnawed from the Scabbed God Cerebrum’
April 2, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Apocalyptic brutal slamming death metal entity Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (OxE) are premiering their LP Fugue Gnawed from the Scabbed God Cerebrum ahead of its official release on April 3 through Stillbirth/Gore House Productions.
Lyric Video Premiere: Moon Pussy – “Diet of Dirt”
April 2, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Denver noise rockers Moon Pussy exist on a “Diet of Dirt” ahead of their forthcoming album, At The Pace of Outrage, out April 24 via The Ghost Is Clear Records.
Full Album Stream: Splendidula –Absentia
April 1, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Belgian atmospheric black metal outfit Splendidula are born to touch your feelings on new full-length, Absentia.
Video Premiere: Sleepbomb – ‘A Gift of Crom’
March 31, 2026 Emily Bellino
San Fran doom crew Sleepbomb recall the story of Conan the Barbarian on their new track and album.
Full Album Stream: Sweat –Tear it on Down
March 30, 2026 Adem Tepedelen
Move to the beat of L.A. hardcore punk ’n rollers, Sweat, featuring members of Graf Orlock, Dangers, Dogteeth and Ghostlimb.
Track Premiere: Belexum – “Master of Masks”
March 30, 2026 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Black/death whirlwind Belexum present their new track “Master of Masks” ahead of their forthcoming, self-titled, debut album, out this year.
Track Premiere: Panopticon – “White Cedars”
March 25, 2026 Tim Mudd
Panopticon‘s new single “The White Cedars” feels especially evocative; a piece that races across mist-shrouded melancholy and rises to spiritual suspension. Hear it now.
Track Premiere: Boneripper – “Damnation”
March 24, 2026 Emily Bellino
“Peace sells, but who’s buying?” ask Boneripper on their new tune.
Full Album Stream: Zerre – “Rotting on a Golden Throne”
March 23, 2026 J. Andrew
Zerre delivers all the essentials for thrash metal maniacs: solid and scorching vocals, muscular riffs, and relentless bass and drums.
Album Stream: Everyone Loves Metal Covers of ’80s Hits, Especially Iron Savior!
March 19, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to Iron Savior take on the ’80s via their new covers album Awesome Anthems of the Galaxy.
Video Premiere: Korrosive – “Khaos Unbound”
March 18, 2026 Tim Mudd
Toronto thrashers Korrosive don’t do subtlety. On “Khaos Unbound,” taken from their latest album Katastrophic Creation, the band delivers a full-speed assault.
Video Premiere: Antihælix – ‘Snorting the Ashes of Dead Planets’
March 17, 2026 Emily Bellino
Get high on the remains of dead planets with black metal duo Antihælix.
Full Album Stream: Backfire! – “The Last Confession”
March 16, 2026 Emily Bellino
’90s Dutch hardcore heroes Backfire! stream their final release before hanging their boots up later this year.
Track Premiere: Side Over – “Sorry”
March 12, 2026 Albert Mudrian
Reunited Wilkes-Barre, PA melodic hardcore heroes Side Over re-emerge and re-imagine some of their best early ’90s material.
Father Befouled Premiere Exclusive Recording, “Rotting Godless Throne,” via the Decibel Flexi Series!
March 11, 2026 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this exclusive new flexi disc single from Hotlanta death dealers Father Befouled before the issue containing discs are sold out for good!
