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Wintersun hasn’t released an album since 2017’s The Forest Seasons. Dimmu Borgir hasn’t issued anything new of note since 2018’s Eonian. That year also happens to be the same one in which Vesania broke up. Emperor are “touring” the US later this year and have teased about the possibility of new material, but I’ll believe

Streaming, Track Premiere Caligari, Cronos Compulsion, death metal, premiere. Death metal is at its finest when the songs are about cutting shit into bits and pieces. Such is the case with “Sacred Butchery,” the latest offering from Denver trio Cronos Compulsion. At a lean 3:16, Cronos Compulsion keep things moving briskly. There are traces of

Though they’ll be spending a lot of time on the road supporting Disturbed during their Take Back Your Life Tour, Ukranian metal band Jinjer will be breaking out from the lineup on off days for some headlining gigs throughout the U.S. A total of eight shows have been added in between their commitments with the

Photo Credit: gorphotographic UK black metal stormbringers Gyrdleah formed as a solo-member project by Satanic mastermind Flagrum. Based in Birmingham, Gyrdleah released an introductory EP (Passage into the Night) before hibernating through some turbulent times. But this Friday the silence officially shatters with the black magic and blasphemy of a new LP. Spellbinder is a

Detroit-based melodic power-thrashers Among These Ashes have unleashed a new video for “The Enemy In I.” Jayson Cessna of Astralborne created the video for “The Enemy In I,” which will be released on April 21, packaged with B-side track “Sirens,” a cover of the classic Savatage track. “A year after releasing our debut album, Dominion

“The problem is, with this interview, I’m just gonna go on and on.” Katie Davies, vocalist and guitarist for up-and-coming mathcore/blackgaze amalgam Pupil Slicer, has a sense of excitement in their voice, and they certainly have a lot to be excited about. After the release of their breakout debut Mirrors in 2021, the group have

Earlier today, Twitching Tongues posted a video on their Twitter account that could be suggesting that we’ll get some new material from them soon. In the tweet, an alarm clock is shown going off at 4:26 on the dial until someone smashes it with their boot. Accompanying the video is an upside down statement that

New Jersey grindcore titans Bayht Lahm are back with a brand new full length album, Widening Autonomy, dropping later this week. The sludge/grind duo return with the same snarling ferocity that has allowed them to quickly rise the ranks of the east coast grind scene into major player territory in a rather short span. The

Photo by Tomas Gidén We’re counting down to the publication date of Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel’s upcoming book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records with a new exclusive excerpt from the tome. This week, we present a portion of the chapter “In Search Of,” which features Scandinavian death metal

For three decades, Danish metal stalwarts Saturnus have enveloped the globe with bitter swaths of melancholic and atmospheric death-soaked doom. Their output may have waned in recent years, though their punch and ability to walk the jagged edge between the calm and the chaotic, the beautiful and the desolate has only sharpened. Never has this

Pacific Northwestern doom metal monolith Bell Witch emerge with their new double LP Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine Gate, and Decibel has conjured an exclusive edition via Profound Lore on ethereal Red with Black Galaxy swirled vinyl, limited to just 200 copies! Like 2017’s much-lauded Mirror Reaper, this album is presented as a single 83-minute track, the first

Years after falling off the face of the Earth due to financial issues, Jason Newsted’s heavy metal project aptly named Newsted is back. In a surprise announcement earlier today, the short-lived band was revealed as having a gig on Saturday, May 20 at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Dubbed “An Evening with Newsted,” the

An agreement between Chris Cornell’s widow Vicky and the surviving members of Soundgarden have come to an agreement over the eventual release of the final songs the late vocalist recorded with the band. According to a prepared statement by the band, the two sides opted to settle the matter outside of court, rather than drag

Earlier this year, Decibel caught up with Hellripper architect James McBain to discuss the band’s new album, Warlocks Grim and Withered Hags. His third album under the moniker, Warlocks Grim takes Hellripper’s music in a more melodic—but no less evil—direction. Dedicated Decibel subscribers already got the scoop on the process of making the new record, but there was plenty left from the nearly

This week on the MetalSucks Podcast, we’ve got the one and only Dani Filth, frontman of the irreplaceable Cradle of Filth as our guest this week! During our chat, we discuss their new live album Trouble and Their Double Lives, what it was like going through hours of tape to put together the tracklist, and

Classic death metal godfathers Atheist rereleased their entire discography earlier this year, and last week, physical copies were officially announced. The band are taking this year to reissue the four albums they released over their 30-year career. They already put the out on digital formats, and now, they will also be available on CD and

Exmortus recently announced their signing to Nuclear Blast Records, and now, they’ve announced a new record, Necrophony, out August 25. The record is available for preorder now and will be the band’s sixth studio album. Guitarist and vocalist Conan says about the forthcoming record:  “Necrophony was an album title idea for as long as I can remember.

Vulvodynia, hailing from South Africa, just dropped a new single, “Eulogy of Ashes,” which is a tribute to The Black Dahlia Murder‘s late Trevor Strnad. Fittingly for a Trevor tribute, the song is more melodic than a lot of the band’s work. They usually have a more brutal, slamming sound. The song also explores themes

Femme-led rockers Halestorm just announced they are going on tour this summer with Danish band Volbeat. The bands will be touring both the U.S. and Canada. The tour stars July 12 in Toronto and runs through August. Tickets go on sale April 21 at 10 a.m. local time. Halestorm will be touring in support of

Weirdo metalers Cynic just announced a remixed and remastered version of their debut album Focus, and shared a video for “Veil of Maya” from the record. Their debut Focus, originally out in 1993, put the band on the map as a heavy, experimental powerhouse. ReFocus was remixed by Warren Riker, who has mixed most of