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The Best Metal of 2018
Our metal sister site Invisible Oranges ran down the best albums of the year. Plus, see new lists from Thou, Outer Heaven, Evoken, The Obsessed, Khemmis, CHRCH, and other metal bands.
Mournful Congregation
Mournful Congregation
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Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2018
The first major list of the year's best metal albums is here.
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Panopticon releasing double album next week, playing fests
Their schedule includes the just-announced Fire In The Mountains festival, which is gradually revealing its lineup.
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Martyrdoom III lineup announced (Lycus, Prosanctus Inferi, Mournful Congregation, Sargeist, Behexen, Cult of Fire, more)
Mournful Congregation at Rites of Darkness 2011 (more by Fred Pessaro)
The lineup for Signature Riff's third annual Martyrdoom festival was just announced, and it's a doozy--Australian funeral doom masters Mournful Congregation are headlining along with international black metal-heavy top billings of Sargeist, Behexen, Cult of Fire and more...
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The Year in Heavy (BBG’s favorite records & shows of 2011)
Midnight at Rites of Darkness (more by BBG)
2011 was a year that I spent delving deep into record bins, in the pit at shows, and searching for the most brutal of the brutal at festivals across the country including Maryland Deathfest, Chaos in Tejas, Rites of Darkness, SXSW, the A389 Anniversary show, California Discord Fest, and many others...
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Rites of Darkness 2011 — Day 3 pics & review
Rites of Darkness 2011 closed out on Sunday 12/11 with a somber and powerful set from melodic death-doomers Mournful Congregation (we premiered a song from their new LP) who toured the West Coast with the like-minded Aldebaran and Anhedonist...
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Rites of Darkness 2011 still on despite heavy cancellations UPDATED
Inquisition at MDF (more by BBG)"This is Danny, the promoter for Rites of Darkness. I understand people have been getting frustrated with lack of news so I personally apologize for that...
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listen to a Mournful Congregation song from their new studio LP; rarities comp & other streams too
There's no tougher sell to a non-metalhead than to make them understand that the entire genre isn't about out-evil-ing, out-drinking or out-riffing the next guy...
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Inquisition & Mortuary Drape playing NYC w/ Negative Plane before Rites of Darkness 3 (lineup & dates)
Inquisition at Maryland Deathfest (more by BBG)
NYC's Studio at Webster Hall will soon host a trifecta of black metal greatness! Inquisition will headline the venue on December 2nd with a rare appearance from Mortuary Drape and Negative Plane...
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Decibel’s Top 40 Metal Albums of 2009
Baroness @ Bowery Ballroom - 11/20/2009 (more by Tim Griffin)
BBG will publish his own list of the best metal albums of 2009, but in the meantime here's what Decibel Magazine had to say: