Metal

Imagine how dark and cold it is in Sweden right now. While you’re mulling that frigidness over, have a listen to the new single, “Trenches,” from sludgy Swedish  post-metal trio, Kazea, who offer up a chilly, bleak musical landscape, punctuated by tense guitar thrum and understated vocals. The band—Rasmus Lindblom (bass/synth), Jonas Mattsson (vocals/guitar), Daniel Olsson
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TÓMARÚM (Photo by Vizions of Mize) Progressive black metal duo Tómarúm have never shied away from pushing their sound—or themselves—to the limit. Their 2022 debut, Ash in Realms of Stone Icons, was a dizzying display of technicality and catharsis, but with their newly announced album, Beyond Obsidian Euphoria, the band sets out on an even
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Italian black metal outfit Sakahiter have existed for more than 20 years in the underground but Samnite Black Metal is their first full-length album in that time, coming after a series of demos and EPs (plus a 17-year break). As the album title suggests, Sakahiter explore the history of the Samnites, an ancient Italic people who were later subjugated
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We’re just two months away from the return of Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly—the world’s loudest, heaviest, headbangingest, two-day craft beer event—so it’s time to make those Spring weekend plans NOW! Swedish death metal legends Dismember will headline the first night with an exclusive performance of their 1991 landmark album, Like an Ever Flowing Stream (plus other choice
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Chicago blackened death metal outfit Marrowomb is the brainchild of one Frank Lato, who handles the guitar, bass, synth and vocal duties in the band alongside session drummer Kevin Paradis (Benighted). The resulting product is Phisenomie, Marrowomb’s debut album, a potent concoction that walks the line between technical, symphonic and classic death metal. Though Phisenomie doesn’t come out until
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Philadelphia’s own old-school death/thrashers Spesimin are back with a brand spankin’ new EP full of ghoulish twists and turns sure to make any scuz rocker happy. The new EP entitled Skull Worship features five brand new songs from the malicious trio and simultaneous to it’s release the band is releasing a self-titled compilation of their
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Greetings, Decibel readers! I sure hope you like death metal. Although there are lots of new releases this week, there’s a conspicuous glut of blood-soaked death that demands our attention. The coolest part is that all the releases below are from lesser-known acts, which means new pathways for listeners to explore. Don’t get me wrong,
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Photo courtesy of Lunar Lunar’s new record Tempora Mutantur drops via Saibot Reigns Records as of January 31. Before it goes live, check it out with us first.  Tempora Mutantur by Lunar “We’re very excited to present our new album Tempora Mutantur to the world,” the band say about the record. “This album is more thematic rather
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Sometimes you know a band kicks ass within the first minute of listening. That’s pretty much what happened when I started listening to “Fiends,” the first song off the new EP from Dejecter. God damn, those vocals are deep and devastating, and those riffs are so catchy! There’s a lot going on here sonically, as
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Without the ubiquitous “Dis” in front of their moniker, it would be easy to overlook the fact that Industrial Puke are just as crusty as any of their Swedish compatriots in the genre. Yep, this fivesome—Erik Harald (bass), Mattias Rasmusson (drums), Marko Partanen (lead guitar), Jens Ekelin (guitar), Linus Jägerskog (vocals)—ride a furious D-beat on
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Maceration (Photo Credit: Anna Vibeke Johansson – Nation North) For fans of Entombed, Bloodbath, and Invocator, Maceration delivers the crushing sound of Danish death metal like no other. Following their triumphant comeback in 2022 with It Never Ends…, the band is set to unleash their third album, Serpent Devourment, on January 31, 2025, via Emanzipation
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We last checked in with Columbus stoner doom quartet Weed Demon in 2018, when they were promoting their debut album, Astrological Passages. Fast forward a few years and Weed Demon have grown as musicians, fleshing their core Sleep-influenced sound out with death-thrash and dungeon synth tendencies. Enter their new, third album, The Doom Scroll, which you can stream
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Photo by Anne DePena With their approaching 40th(!) anniversary, SoCal thrash legends Hirax, led by iconic vocalist Katon W. DePena, are set to release their sixth full-length studio album, Faster Than Death. So we’re thrilled to be premiering the influential outfit’s latest single from said album, “Worlds End.” The closing track on the new long-player, “Worlds End” is
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