Hall of Fame

The Decibel Hall of Fame provides the definitive stories behind the making of extreme music’s most important albums. Each month the seven-page stories (upwards of 5,000 words) include interviews with every musician who performed on the inducted record.

Testament

The New Order

dB HoF No. 167

Label: Megaforce / Atlantic

Release date: May 5, 1988

Ripping Corpse

Dreaming with the Dead

dB HoF No. 166

Label: Kraze

Release date: June 1, 1991

Budgie

Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

dB HoF No. 165

Label: MCA

Release date: June 1973

Gojira

From Mars to Sirius

dB HoF No. 164

Label: Listenable

Release date: September 27, 2005

Exhorder

Slaughter in the Vatican

dB HoF No. 163

Label: R/C

Release date: October 23, 1990

Judas Priest

Stained Class

dB HoF No. 162

Label: CBS

Release date: February 10, 1978

Grief

Come to Grief

dB HoF No. 161

Label: Century Media

Release date: November 1, 1994

Enslaved

Below the Lights

dB HoF No. 160

Label: Osmose

Release date: April 14, 2003

Paradise Lost

Icon

dB HoF No. 159

Label: Music for Nations

Release date: September 23, 1993

Kreator

Pleasure to Kill

dB HoF No. 158

Label: Noise

Release date: November 1, 1986

Monster Magnet

Spine of God

dB HoF No. 157

Label: Caroline

Release date: 1992

Dream Death

Journey Into Mystery

dB HoF No. 156

Label: New Renaissance

Release date: October 16, 1987

Focus

Moving Waves

dB HoF No. 155

Label: Imperial

Release date: October 1971

Prong

Beg to Differ

dB HoF No. 154

Label: Epic

Release date: March 1990

Nuclear Assault

Game Over

dB HoF No. 153

Label: Under One Flag

Release date: October 1986

Tank

Filth Hounds of Hades

dB HoF No. 152

Label: Kamaflage

Release date: March 1982

Crowbar

Odd Fellows Rest

dB HoF No. 151

Label: Mayhem

Release date: July 6, 1998

Soundgarden

Ultramega OK

dB HoF No. 150

Label: SST

Release date: October 31, 1988

Cannibal Corpse

The Bleeding

dB HoF No. 149

Label: Metal Blade

Release date: April 12, 1994

Today is the Day

Temple of the Morning Star

dB HoF No. 148

Label: Relapse

Release date: September 23, 1997

Dimmu Borgir

Death Cult Armageddon

dB HoF No. 147

Label: Nuclear Blast

Release date: September 8, 2003

Saxon

Wheels of Steel

dB HoF No. 146

Label: Carrere

Release date: May 5, 1980

Hellhammer

Apocalyptic Raids

dB HoF No. 145

Label: Noise Records

Release date: March 7, 1984

Entombed

Clandestine

dB HoF No. 144

Label: Earache

Release date: November 12, 1991

The Locust

Plague Soundscapes

dB HoF No. 143

Label: Anti-

Release date: June 24, 2003

Neurosis

Times of Grace

dB HoF No. 142

Label: Relapse

Release date: May 4, 1999

Neurosis

Through Silver In Blood

dB HoF No. 141

Label: Relapse

Release date: April 2, 1996

Neurosis

Souls at Zero

dB HoF No. 140

Label: Alternative Tentacles

Release date: May 19, 1992

W.A.S.P.

W.A.S.P.

dB HoF No. 139

Label: Capitol Records

Release date: August 17, 1984

Dropdead

Dropdead

dB HoF No. 138

Label: Selfless

Release date: November 1993

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