Full Album Stream: Necrovorous – “Plains of Decay”

Necrovorous operate on what may be the filthiest possible level when it comes to playing old school death metal. Rife with headbang-worthy riffs and just enough slower, suffocating moments, their sophomore…

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Demo:listen: Deathwomb

Welcome to Demo:listen, your weekly peek into the future of underground extreme metal. Whether it’s death, black, doom, sludge, grind, thrash, -core, heavy, speed, punk-, stoner, etc., we’re here to…

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Video Premiere: Erdve – ‘Atraja’

It’s one thing to have a studio record capture a band’s sound and another thing entirely to capture that same magic live. Lithuanian dark hardcore quartet Erdve achieve both, and on their…

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Split Premiere: Bloodmoon / Trapped Within Burning Machinery

Bloodmoon aren’t being secretive about their outlook. One half of a split with Trapped Within Burning Machinery, their contribution is titled “Nothing Is Special, Nobody Cares.” Bloodmoon’s unusual fusion of progressive, black…

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The Devaluation of Opinion in Metal

Another beautiful 2017 day, another fucking trash fire in the world of metal. By now you may have seen images floating around of a tape with a generic spooky logo…

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Angrier and Faster: An Interview with Corrupt Moral Altar

UK grind maniacs Corrupt Moral Altar boast an impressive ability to write blistering grindcore, as their new album, Eunoia, attests. Decibel caught up with guitarist John Cooke—who you might recognize from bands like Napalm Death—to…

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Full Album Stream: WORWS – “Truth to Power”

Portland hardcore punk/grindcore outfit WORWS are reacting to the environment around them: drug abuse, gentrification in the city they call home and general social wrongs. The end result is their new album, Truth…

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Full album stream: Acephalix return after five years with “Decreation”

Acephalix have been away for five years, but the San Francisco death metal band haven’t missed a beat, following up 2012’s Deathless Master with Decreation, an album that is so…

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Track Premiere: Nullingroots – ‘Subsistence’

With a band name like Nullingroots—explained by founding member and guitarist/vocalist Cameron Boesch as “to commit suicide, to nullify one’s identity, their roots as a person”—the music needs to reach into…

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Cannibal Corpse Defile the Cover of the November Decibel

Death metal legends Cannibal Corpse make their fifth appearance on Decibel’s cover to usher in the release of their much-anticipated new album, Red Before Black, out via Metal Blade in November. Our…

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