Hall of Fame

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

American math/noise rock heroes Dazzling Killmen join the Decibel Hall of Fame via their swan song, Face of Collapse.

Wolves in the Throne Room‘s USBM pillar Two Hunters gets its Hall of Fame induction.

After over a decade of trying, we finally induct Dead Kennedys‘ landmark Frankenchrist into the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Texas cult heroes dead horse earn their first Hall of Fame induction with the eclectic Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers.

Arcturus‘ progressive black metal masterpiece Aspera Hiems Symfonia is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.

On the eve of their Metal & Beer Fest: L.A. full-album performance of the LP, we rank the songs on Cave In’s Until Your Heart Stops from least awesome to most awesome.

Flotsam and Jetsam’s Doomsday for the Deceiver debut is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.

Get hyped for Cave In‘s December 11 performance of Until Your Heart Stops at Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: LA with this Hall of Fame induction from 2007 of the metallic hardcore classic.

Warlock‘s 1987 session-musician rich swan song gets its Hall of Fame induction

We celebrate its 20th anniversary with a Hall of Fame induction of Candiria‘s 2001 game-changer 300 Percent Density.

Nachtmystium‘s USBM landmark, Instinct: Decay, gets a Decibel Hall of Fame induction

Ranking the songs on Lamb of God’s Hall of Fame-inducted Ashes of the Wake from least awesome to most awesome.

Frost and Satyr get medieval on your ass as we induct Satyricon‘s landmark Norwegian black metal debut Dark Medieval Times.

Ranking the songs on Black Sabbath’s Hall of Fame-inducted, Dio-led masterpiece Mob Rules from least awesome to most awesome.

We celebrate our 200th issue with an LP prominently featured waaaaaay back in issue No. 1, Lamb of God‘s massive major label debut Ashes of the Wake.