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. One hundred of them are anthologized over four hardcover, limited edtion Decibel Hall of Fame books available here.

Refused

The Shape of Punk to Come

dB HoF No. 67

Label: Burning Heart

Release date: 1998

Dismember

Like an Ever Flowing Stream

dB HoF No. 66

Label: Nuclear Blast

Release date: May 29, 1991

Type O Negative

Bloody Kisses

dB HoF No. 65

Label: Roadrunner

Release date: 1993

Pentagram

Relentless

dB HoF No. 64

Label: Pentagram; reissue label: Peaceville

Release date: 1985; reissued: 1993

Motörhead

Ace of Spades

dB HoF No. 63

Label: Bronze

Release date: November 1980

Dark Tranquillity

The Gallery

dB HoF No. 62

Label: Osmose Productions

Release date: November 27, 1995

Saint Vitus

Born Too Late

dB HoF No. 61

Label: SST

Release date: 1987

Enslaved

Frost

dB HoF No. 60

Label: Osmose

Release date: 1994

Watchtower

Control and Resistance

dB HoF No. 59

Label: Noise

Release date: November 1989

Trouble

Psalm 9

dB HoF No. 58

Label: Metal Blade

Release date: 1984

Accept

Restless and Wild

dB HoF No. 57

Label: Brain

Release date: October 1982

Cynic

Focus

dB HoF No. 56

Label: Roadrunner

Release date: 1993

D.R.I.

Dealing With It

dB HoF No. 55

Label: Death/Metal Blade

Release date: March 1985

Judge

Bringin’ It Down

dB HoF No. 54

Label: Revelation

Release date: 1989

S.O.D.

Speak English or Die

dB HoF No. 53

Label: Megaforce

Release date: December 1985

Nile

Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

dB HoF No. 52

Label: Relapse

Release date: 1998

Suffocation

Effigy of the Forgotten

dB HoF No. 51

Label: Roadrunner

Release date: 1991

Autopsy

Mental Funeral

dB HoF No. 50

Label: Peaceville

Release date: 1991

Discordance Axis

The Inalienable Dreamless

dB HoF No. 49

Label: Hydra Head

Release date: August 2000

Incantation

Onward to Golgotha

dB HoF No. 48

Label: Hydra Head

Release date: August 2000

Candlemass

Nightfall

dB HoF No. 47

Label: Active

Release date: November 1987

Metallica

… And Justice for All

dB HoF No. 46

Label: Elektra

Release date: August 25, 1988

Kyuss

Welcome to Sky Valley

dB HoF No. 45

Label: Elektra

Release date: June 1994

Testament

The Legacy

dB HoF No. 44

Label: Megaforce

Release date: 1987

Black Sabbath

Heaven and Hell

dB HoF No. 43

Label: Warner Bros.

Release date: April 25, 1980

Repulsion

Horrified

dB HoF No. 42

Label: Necrosis

Release date: 1989

Down

NOLA

dB HoF No. 41

Label: East West

Release date: Sept. 19, 1995

Cannibal Corpse

Tomb of the Mutilated

dB HoF No. 40

Label: Metal Blade

Release date: September 1992

Napalm Death

Scum

dB HoF No. 39

Label: Earache

Release date: July 1, 1987

Mastodon

Remission

dB HoF No. 38

Label: Relapse

Release date: May 2002

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