Hall of Fame

Krallice – Krallice

November 20, 2024

Krallice‘s self-titled debut reset the course for USBM. Now it enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Crowbar – Crowbar

October 31, 2024

Crowbar‘s 1993 self-titled sludge metal masterpiece is granted a Hall of Fame induction.

Arch Enemy – Wages of Sin

October 8, 2024

Arch Enemy’s 2001 melodeath breakthrough Wages of Sin is our latest HOF inductee.

Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus

September 11, 2024

Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, the epic debut from Candlemass, gets its long overdue Hall of Fame induction.

Deathevokation – The Chalice of Ages

July 30, 2024

We raise a toast to Deathevokation‘s one-and-done classic, The Chalice of Ages.

Khanate – Khanate

July 3, 2024

Khanate’s unconventional and glacial approach to doom metal culminates in a Hall of Fame induction.

The Obsessed – Lunar Womb

June 4, 2024

The Obsessed’s “biker doom” classic Lunar Womb is welcomed into our hallowed Hall.

Exhumed – Gore Metal

April 24, 2024

In which we discuss the matter of splatter of Exhumed‘s Hall of Fame induction for Gore Metal.

Brujeria – Matando Güeros

April 8, 2024

Nothing seems right in cartels as Brujeria enters the Decibel Hall of Fame

Ludicra – The Tenant

February 28, 2024

The struggle was real for Ludicra on the now Hall of Fame-inducted The Tenant.

Breadwinner – The Burner

January 31, 2024

Instrumental Richmond math rock legends Breadwinner earn a Hall of Fame induction with The Burner.
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Bulldozer – The Day of Wrath

January 5, 2024

Primal Italian first-wave black metallers Bulldozer plough their way into our hallowed Hall.

Cathedral – The Ethereal Mirror

January 5, 2024

We celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cathedral‘s major label debut with a Hall of Fame re-induction.

Deafheaven – Sunbather

August 28, 2023

Deafheaven‘s blackgaze landmark, Sunbather, gets a Hall of Fame induction on its tenth anniversary.

Opeth “Still Life”

July 25, 2023

Opeth reveal how their groundbreaking fourth LP, Still Life, was nearly their last in this month’s Decibel Hall of Fame induction.

Anvil – Metal on Metal

June 26, 2023

Every aspect of it—from the band’s name to the cover image to the songs herein—screams metal, leaving little doubt that Anvil’s second album clearly belongs in our Hall of Fame.

Thorr’s Hammer – Dommedagsnatt

May 24, 2023

Thorr’s Hammer‘s extreme doom benchmark Dommedagsnatt is this month’s Decibel Hall of Fame inductee.

Fleurety – “Min tid skal komme”

April 24, 2023

Norwegian black metal’s “weirdification” delivers a genre landmark with Fleurety‘s debut LP, Min tid skal komme.

Macabre – ‘Sinister Slaughter’

March 28, 2023

Midwest murder metal mavericks Macabre paint portraits of serial killers on 1993’s Sinister Slaughter.

At the Gates – Terminal Spirit Disease

March 1, 2023

Swedish melodic death metal legends At the Gates walk through the hallowed gates of our Hall of Fame for the third time via Terminal Spirit Disease.

The Crown – Deathrace King

February 9, 2023

The Crown‘s 2000 death/thrash/speed classic is finally inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame

Dinosaur Jr. – You’re Living All Over Me

January 13, 2023

Dinosaur Jr.‘s freaky, noisy 1987 sophomore slugger You’re Living All Over Me gets its Hall of Fame induction.

Hammers of Misfortune – The Locust Years

December 14, 2022

Hammers of Misfortune enters the Decibel Hall of Fame via The Locust Years.

Strapping Young Lad – City

November 15, 2022

Devin Townsend’s industrial metal revolution on Strapping Young Lad‘s City gets the Hall of Fame treatment.

Scorn – Evanescence

November 15, 2022

Scorn‘s shadowy electronic landmark, Evanescence is granted a Decibel Hall of Fame induction.

Immolation – Unholy Cult

August 19, 2022

Decibel welcomes New York’s finest into the Hall of Fame, with the induction of Immolation‘s Unholy Cult on its 20th anniversary.

Sepultura – Schizophrenia

July 26, 2022

Sepultura‘s sophomore slasher Schizophrenia enters the Decibel Hall of Fame, as the band’s unprecedented fourth HOF induction

Cattle Decapitation – The Harvest Floor

July 1, 2022

We welcome Cattle Decapitation to the Hall of Fame with their 2009 game-changer The Harvest Floor.