Back in 2018, two members of Finnish death metal battalion Decaying formed a new doom-focused project. Featuring Matias Nastolin’s riffs and mighty bellow and Olli Törrönen behind the drum kit, the collaboration emerged as Desolate Realm. Their Unleash the Storm EP revealed a downcast heavy metal band that invokes the forlorn majesty of Solitude Aeternus and Candlemass. The band’s self-titled debut LP retained that edge of classic metal and indulged some faster tempos while remaining entrenched in traditional doom. Now Desolate Realm prepares to unleash their newest album, Legions. Join Decibe ..read more

Greg Mackintosh is the man—an icon, if you will. From his foundational work in U.K. doom lords Paradise Lost to the crusty death metal of short-lived, but long-impactful, crusty death metal project Vallenfyre, everything dude touches brilliantly withers and dies! His recent band Strigoi takes an even doomier path, exemplified by last year’s fantastic Viscera LP. Lucky for all of us, Greg can’t slow down, especially on the new 90-second Frosty blaster, “The Construct of Misery,” which is the latest edition to the vaunted Decibel Flexi Series! Stream killer new tune below and ..read more

Southern Lord has cracked open the vault for a rare reissue of their doomed beginnings! Dommedagsnatt (aka Sunn1) from fleeting Seattle progenitors Thorr’s Hammer is being reissued on vinyl for the first time in over a decade and Decibel is honored to have an exclusive edition on Translucent Blue wax, limited to just 200 copies! Originally recorded in June of 1995, Dommedagsnatt has been honored as one of Decibel’s Top 100 Doom Metal Albums of All Time, and features label founders Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))) on guitars, Run ..read more

English doom crew Godthrymm are in the midst of recording one of Decibel‘s Top 20 Most Anticipated Albums of 2023, the follow-up to their 2020 Decibel Top 40-cracking debut Reflections. Naturally we’re too excited to wait for them to finish, so today we’re premiering “In Perpetuum,” a brand new track that will not appear on Godthrymm album #2, but will appear as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Stream killer new tune featuring ex-My Dying Bride members Hamish Glencross and Shaun Taylor-Steele below, and then head off to the dB store where we have an extremely limited amount of the i ..read more

Greg Mackintosh is the man—an icon, if you will. From his foundational work in U.K. doom lords Paradise Lost to the crusty death metal of short-lived but long-impactful crusty death metal project Vallenfyre, everything dude touches brilliantly withers and dies! His recent band Strigoi takes an even doomier path, exemplified by last year’s fantastic Viscera LP. Lucky for all of us, Greg can’t slow down, especially on the new 90-second Frosty blaster, “The Construct of Misery,” which is the latest edition to the vaunted Decibel Flexi Series! The only way to ensure your copy is by signing up for ..read more

By Jesse Heikkinen (The Abbey) It was the year of lockdown in 2021. I was laying on the floor in my messy apartment, hungover and depressed, trying to figure out what to do with my rotten life. Everything felt pointless and bland when suddenly a friend texted me and asked if I wanted to do guest vocals for their upcoming doom metal-ish album. My eyes brightened up and I said yes without any hesitation! That started a series of events that led me to form a new band called The Abbey. Now, one and a half years later, the world has opened up and my rotten life seems a bit clearer. The Abbey is jus ..read more

U.K. doom disciples Godthrymm, featuring ex-My Dying Bride members Hamish Glencross and Shaun Taylor-Steele, quickly became dB favorites off the back of their 2020 debut Reflections. As we wait patiently for their sophomore release, the downbeat veterans have supplied an exclusive new song, titled “In Perpetuum,” that we’re making available to our readership courtesy of the Decibel Flexi Series. The only way to ensure your copy is by signing up for a deluxe Decibel subscription by Tuesday, December 6 at noon ET. Doom may be eternal, but this offer is not. Sign up today! The post GODTHRYMM to ..read more

What’s up? It’s your old boy Waldo here, to inform you about some new and upcoming releases, good, bad, or otherwise. Remember, I’m not an elitist, you just have terrible taste. Sweet merciful crap, funeral doomsters Candlemass are back with Sweet Evil Sun. First to note, this sounds pretty good. The one problem I have, and this is a small gripe, is there are a couple of “rockin’’ tunes which end up making these guys sound a lot older than they are. Also present is the sound the band is known for, dirgeful funeral style doom. Singer Johan Langquist’s ever present voice is here, loud, like WAY ..read more

Back in 2016, members of Lotus Thief, Botanist and Kayo Dot collaborated on a new project. Named Forlesen, the band blends elements of doom, drone, goth-tinged ambient, and atmospheric black metal. Originally based in San Francisco, they have since migrated up the coast to Portland after the release of their debut album, Hierophant Violent. Now the band returns with their heavier and even more diversely textured sophomore record, Black Terrain. Although it’s officially out on Friday (October 28th), you can listen to it a few days early, courtesy of I, Voidhanger Records. No stranger to song ru ..read more

Legendary doom prophets Type O Negative have announced they are reissuing their long-out-of-print 2007 masterpiece Dead Again, and Decibel has locked down 100 copies on limited edition longbox double CD! Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Mike Marciano in 2006 in Brooklyn, NY Dead Again has been infamously OOP and unavailable on streaming. The album marked their last recording before the untimely passing of bassist/vocalist Peter Steele and was their seventh and final studio release. Finally back in print, our special Decibel longbox edition comes packed with a sticker, button AND a bonus CD ..read more