Hall of Fame
Krallice – Krallice
November 20, 2024 Decibel Magazine
Krallice‘s self-titled debut reset the course for USBM. Now it enters the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Crowbar – Crowbar
October 31, 2024 José Carlos Santos
Crowbar‘s 1993 self-titled sludge metal masterpiece is granted a Hall of Fame induction.
Arch Enemy – Wages of Sin
October 8, 2024 Joseph Schafer
Arch Enemy’s 2001 melodeath breakthrough Wages of Sin is our latest HOF inductee.
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September 20, 2024 Albert Mudrian
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Candlemass – Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
September 11, 2024 José Carlos Santos
Epicus Doomicus Metallicus, the epic debut from Candlemass, gets its long overdue Hall of Fame induction.
Deathevokation – The Chalice of Ages
July 30, 2024 Chris Dick
We raise a toast to Deathevokation‘s one-and-done classic, The Chalice of Ages.
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July 19, 2024 Decibel Magazine
The definitive behind-the-scenes histories of 50 of the greatest miracles of metal creation now immortalized in Volume I and Volume IV of Decibel Hall of Fame Anthologies.
Khanate – Khanate
July 3, 2024 Nick Green
Khanate’s unconventional and glacial approach to doom metal culminates in a Hall of Fame induction.
The Obsessed – Lunar Womb
June 4, 2024 Nick Green
The Obsessed’s “biker doom” classic Lunar Womb is welcomed into our hallowed Hall.
Exhumed – Gore Metal
April 24, 2024 Greg Pratt
In which we discuss the matter of splatter of Exhumed‘s Hall of Fame induction for Gore Metal.
Brujeria – Matando Güeros
April 8, 2024 José Carlos Santos
Nothing seems right in cartels as Brujeria enters the Decibel Hall of Fame
Ludicra – The Tenant
February 28, 2024 Joseph Schafer
The struggle was real for Ludicra on the now Hall of Fame-inducted The Tenant.
Breadwinner – The Burner
January 31, 2024 Nick Green
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 Adem Tepedelen
Primal Italian first-wave black metallers Bulldozer plough their way into our hallowed Hall.
Cathedral – The Ethereal Mirror
January 5, 2024 Chris Dick
We celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cathedral‘s major label debut with a Hall of Fame re-induction.
Deafheaven – Sunbather
August 28, 2023 Nick Green
Deafheaven‘s blackgaze landmark, Sunbather, gets a Hall of Fame induction on its tenth anniversary.
Opeth “Still Life”
July 25, 2023 Joseph Schafer
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 Adem Tepedelen
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 Dutch Pearce
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 Jon Rosenthal
Norwegian black metal’s “weirdification” delivers a genre landmark with Fleurety‘s debut LP, Min tid skal komme.
Macabre – ‘Sinister Slaughter’
March 28, 2023 Decibel Magazine
Midwest murder metal mavericks Macabre paint portraits of serial killers on 1993’s Sinister Slaughter.
At the Gates – Terminal Spirit Disease
March 1, 2023 Chris Dick
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 Joseph Schafer
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 Nick Green
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 Justin Norton
Hammers of Misfortune enters the Decibel Hall of Fame via The Locust Years.
Strapping Young Lad – City
November 15, 2022 Jeff Treppel
Devin Townsend’s industrial metal revolution on Strapping Young Lad‘s City gets the Hall of Fame treatment.
Scorn – Evanescence
November 15, 2022 Nick Green
Scorn‘s shadowy electronic landmark, Evanescence is granted a Decibel Hall of Fame induction.
Immolation – Unholy Cult
August 19, 2022 Chris Dick
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 Kevin Stewart-Panko
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 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We welcome Cattle Decapitation to the Hall of Fame with their 2009 game-changer The Harvest Floor.