Swedish black metal
Full Album Premiere: Netherbird ‘Arete’
July 29, 2021 Chris Dick
Long-standing Swedish melodic black/death metallers Netherbird stream new album Arete at Decibel! Only melodic death is real!
Goth Gorgon’s Top 5 Life Events After Mörk Gryning Disbanded
October 12, 2020 Chris Dick
Mörk Gryning mastermind Goth Gorgon reveals the Top 5 things he did after he and co-conspirator Draakh Kimera split from their black metal beast in 2004.
Rejoice! A New Naglfar Album Is on the Way!
March 20, 2020 J. Andrew
Naglfar remains consistent in the best possible way: they just keep on making great blackened death metal packed with riff after riff.
Track Premiere: Kvaen – “Septem Peccata Mortalia”
January 27, 2020 J. Andrew
For those of you devoted to the power of the unholy riff, Sweden’s Kvaen strikes just the right balance of melody, glory and aggression.
Track Premiere: Avslut “Underjordens Apostlar”
October 28, 2019 Chris Dick
Swedish violent black metallers Avslut summon the dark on new track “Underjordens Apostlar,” their first off new album, Tyranni.
Track Premiere: MURG – ‘Altaret’
April 1, 2019 Chris Dick
Swedish black metal duo MURG premiere haunting new song ‘Altaret’ off new album, “Strävan,” out April 26th on Nordvis Produktion.
Full Album Stream: Ultra Silvam – “The Spearwound Salvation”
March 21, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Two years after their demo and their Demo:listen feature, Swedish youngbloods Ultra Silvam return with a debut full length of lean, tough, and highly combustible black metal. Check it out now.
Full Album Stream: Malakhim – “II”
March 5, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Hear the new EP from Swedish black metal flamethrowers Malakhim.
Track Premiere: Murdryck – ‘Sea Spirit of the Night’
March 1, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Hear a brand new song from Swedish black metallers Murdryck off their forthcoming full length.
Album Stream: Perverticon: “Wounds of Divinity”
January 21, 2019 Chris Dick
Swedish black metal icons Perverticon will have a new album, Wounds of Divinity, out January 25th, 2019 on Iron Bonehead. Reign in death!
Demo:listen: Serpents
October 26, 2018 Dutch Pearce
This week’s Demo:listen features the decapitative and strident black metal of Sweden’s Serpents.
Track Premiere: Blood of Serpents – ‘Devil’s Tongue’
July 31, 2018 Emily Bellino
Swedish black metal outfit Blood of Serpents reinvent their sound for “Devil’s Tongue.”
Demo:listen: Malakhim
October 27, 2017 Dutch Pearce
This week’s Demo:listen is consumed by the black flames of Sweden’s Malakhim.
Demo:listen: Khem
July 14, 2017 Dutch Pearce
On this week’s Demo:listen we gaze into the curling flames of Sweden’s Khem.
Track Premiere: Jordablod deliver “Chants for the Black One”
April 26, 2017 Dutch Pearce
Check out “Chants for the Black One” by Malmö’s Jordablod from their debut album, Upon My Cremation Pyre.