Today is the Day’s boundary-smashing and influential 1997 album Temple of the Morning Star (deluxe reissue coming March 24 via The End Records) is a classic extreme metal album that has had an undeniable influence on much of extreme music since its release 20 years ago.
Temple of the Morning Star is the latest addition to Decibel’s Hall of Fame series. You can read the seven-page story about the making of the album in the Decibel Tour issue of Decibel (available here).
Decibel Hall of Fame junkies can find 25 more Hall of Fame stories in the new limited edition Decibel Hall of Fame Anthology Volume II, including:
Motörhead Ace of Spades
Killing Joke Killing Joke
Venom Welcome to Hell
Mercyful Fate Melissa
W.A.S.P. W.A.S.P.
Pentagram Relentless
Celtic Frost To Mega Therion
S.O.D. Speak English or Die
Agnostic Front Cause for Alarm
Sarcófago I.N.R.I.
Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime
Slayer South of Heaven
Sepultura Beneath the Remains
Megadeth Rust in Peace
Incantation Onward to Golgotha
Demilich Nespithe (previously unreleased HOF!)
Rotting Christ Thy Mighty Contract
Type O Negative Bloody Kisses
Melvins Stoner Witch
Fear Factory Demanufacture
Neurosis Through Silver in Blood
Immortal At the Heart of Winter
Discordance Axis The Inalienable Dreamless
Pig Destroyer Prowler in the Yard
Isis Oceanic
Limited to 1500 hand-numbered, hardcover copies, you can pick up your copy of the book here.
