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1 week ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
German quartet Angel of Damnation have been a going concern since 2004, in which time they’ve released a couple full-lengths, an EP and a single, and appeared on some split records. That is to say, not a ton of work done in 21 years. But one glimpse at the members’—Avenger (guitars/bass/keyboards), Doomcult Messiah (vocals), Forcas (bass), Neudi (drums)—CVs on Metal Archives and you can see why.
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1 week ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
New Swedish occult rock quintet Skräcken aren’t exactly blazing new trails with their female fronted, ’70s-influenced hard rock, but on their debut full-length, Echoes From the Void, they separate themselves from the pack by setting a gloomy, haunting mood that’s uniquely their own.
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2 weeks ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
Let Bloomington, Indiana scum punk band Wenches introduce you to their favorite local dive bar, The Vid (aka the Video Saloon), in their latest video for the single, “Buzzkiller.” It’s four minutes of dirty riffs, raunchy vocals and nasty attitude with an equally sketchy drinking establishment as the backdrop. The track is the quartet’s—Jarod (guitar), Mike (bass), Brad (drums), James (vocals)—latest single from its second full-length, Stupid Sick.
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2 weeks ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
With members spread across Europe—Germany, The Netherlands and Greece—and with experience in outfits like Kamelot, Paul Di’Anno and Wastefall, Philosobia are a pan-Euro metal quintet with a variety of influences at play. On their latest single, “The Forgotten Part I,” you can definitely hear the prog metal side of their sound—complete with keyboard flourishes and strong, clear melodic vocals—but there’s an intense heaviness in their drop-tuned riff work, as well.
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3 weeks ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
Alice in Chains had its “Sea of Sorrow,” but Sheffield, UK, blackened post-metal outfit, Ba’al, are only dipping into a “Well of Sorrows” on their latest single from their upcoming sophomore effort, The Fine Line Between Heaven and Here.
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3 weeks ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
Dutch thrashers Mass Deception are taking us to the fabled crossroads in their new video and single, “Selling Souls! Buying Lies!,” which is pretty much exactly what you might imagine. Except it’s not, apparently. Nope, Satan doesn’t seem to be the bad guy here, unless the devil has taken on a very different physical form and resembles a robed alien.
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1 month ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
Grab an earful of the bewitching debut, Sorrows, from Scottish gothic doom outfit, Cwfen (pronounced “coven”). This female-fronted quartet—Agnes Alder (vocals/rhythm guitar), Guy DeNuit (lead guitar/backing vocals), Rös Ranquinn (drums), Mary Thomas Baker (bass)—has mined the sorrowful gloom of Type O Negative and swirled it together with some post-metal spaciousness and classic UK doom. Sorrows is at turns rage-filled, hypnotic and eternally dark. There’s a lot happening in a mere 10 tracks.
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1 month ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
To mark the first release on vinyl of Irish black metalers Horrenda‘s second full length, Díoltas, we’re streaming in full this blistering experimental black metal assault, and letting the band take us through a track-by-track discussion of the reissue.
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1 month ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
We’re going deep into the Peruvian metal underground to offer up a full stream from instrumental stoner-psych-doom trio, El Jefazo. Their fuzzed-out, down-tuned third album, Colision Brutal, is six tracks of experimental sludge with a definite psychedelic bent. Songs are peppered with sampled dialog and the guitars are fed through head-spinning effects, covering perfectly for the lack of vocals. There’s so much going on here, you never miss them.
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1 month ago | 
decibelmagazine.com | Adem Tepedelen
No tariffs have so far been levied against psyched-out Mexican stoner doom, so it continues to flow across the border into the U.S. unfettered. The latest import is a full-length debut, Demiurgo, from instrumental trio, Veljet, who rumble through eight fuzzed-out, sludgy head trips in a tight 45 minutes.
