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.

Coalesce

0:12 Revolution in Just Listening

dB HoF No. 37

Label: Relapse

Release date: September 1999

Opeth

Orchid

dB HoF No. 36

Label: Candlelight

Release date: May 1995

Converge

Jane Doe

dB HoF No. 35

Label: Equal Vision

Release date: 2001

Diamond Head

Lightning to the Nations

dB HoF No. 34

Label: Happy Face

Release date: 1980

Katatonia

Brave Murder Day

dB HoF No. 33

Label: Avantgarde

Release date: July 1996

Immortal

At the Heart of Winter

dB HoF No. 32

Label: Osmose

Release date: 1999

Electric Wizard

Dopethrone

dB HoF No. 31

Label: Rise Above

Release date: 2000

Bad Brains

Bad Brains

dB HoF No. 30

Label: ROIR

Release date: February 1982

Cave In

Until Your Heart Stops

dB HoF No. 29

Label: Hydra Head

Release date: 1998

Quicksand

Slip

dB HoF No. 28

Label: Polydor

Release date: February 9, 1993

Obituary

Cause of Death

dB HoF No.

Label: Roadrunner

Release date: September 19, 1990

Cryptic Slaughter

Money Talks

dB HoF No. 26

Label: Death

Release date: 1987

Darkthrone

A Blaze in the Northern Sky

dB HoF No. 25

Label: Peaceville

Release date: 1991

Celtic Frost

Morbid Tales

dB HoF No. 24

Label: Noise

Release date: 1984

Only Living Witness

Prone Mortal Form

dB HoF No. 23

Label: Century Media

Release date: June 1993

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Calculating Infinity

dB HoF No. 22

Label: Relapse

Release date: Sept. 28, 1999

Meshuggah

Destroy Erase Improve

dB HoF No. 21

Label: Nuclear Blast

Release date: July 25, 1995

Monster Magnet

Dopes to Infinity

dB HoF No. 20

Label: A&M

Release date: March 21, 1995

Rollins Band

The End of Silence

dB HoF No. 19

Label: Imago

Release date: February 25, 1992

Brutal Truth

Need to Control

dB HoF No. 18

Label: Earache

Release date: October 25, 1994

Deadguy

Fixation on a Coworker

dB HoF No. 17

Label: Victory

Release date: 1995

Eyehategod

Take as Needed for Pain

dB HoF No. 16

Label: Century Media

Release date: 1993

My Dying Bride

Turn Loose the Swans

dB HoF No. 15

Label: Peaceville

Release date: 1993

Morbid Angel

Altars of Madness

dB HoF No. 14

Label: Earache

Release date: 1989

Sleep

Jerusalem

dB HoF No. 13

Label: The Music Cartel

Release date: 1998

Cathedral

Forest of Equilibrium

dB HoF No. 12

Label: Earache

Release date: 1991

Emperor

In the Nightside Eclipse

dB HoF No. 11

Label: Candlelight

Release date: 1995

Botch

We Are the Romans

dB HoF No. 10

Label: Hydra Head

Release date: 1999

Atheist

Unquestionable Presence

dB HoF No. 9

Label: Metal Blade

Release date: 1991

Carcass

Necrotocism

dB HoF No. 8

Label: Earache

Release date: 1991

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