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.

Black Sabbath

Mob Rules

dB HoF No. 197

Label: Warner Bros.

Release date: November 4, 1981

My Dying Bride

The Angel and the Dark River

dB HoF No. 196

Label: Peaceville

Release date: May 22, 1995

Fudge Tunnel

Hate Songs in E Minor

dB HoF No. 195

Label: Earache

Release date: August 20, 1991

King Diamond

“Them”

dB HoF No. 194

Label: Roadrunner

Release date: September 13, 1988

Judas Priest

Painkiller

dB HoF No. 193

Label: Columbia

Release date: September 3, 1990

Swans

Children of God

dB HoF No. 192

Label: Caroline/Mute

Release date: October 19, 1987

Die Kreuzen

October File

dB HoF No. 191

Label: Touch and Go

Release date: May 1986

Baroness

Red Album

dB HoF No. 190

Label: Relapse

Release date: September 4, 2007

Slint

Spiderland

dB HoF No. 189

Label: Touch and Go

Release date: March 27, 1991

Municipal Waste

The Art of Partying

dB HoF No. 188

Label: Earache

Release date: June 11, 2007

Earth Crisis

Destroy the Machines

dB HoF No. 187

Label: Victory

Release date: May 25, 1995

Ved Buens Ende

Written In Waters

dB HoF No. 186

Label: Misanthropy

Release date: October 1995

Clutch

Blast Tyrant

dB HoF No. 185

Label: DRT Entertainment

Release date: March 23, 2004

Shai Hulud

Hearts Once Nourished With Hope and Compassion

dB HoF No. 184

Label: Crisis

Release date: November 4, 1997

Mare

Mare

dB HoF No. 183

Label: Hydra Head

Release date: October 5, 2004

Behemoth

Demigod

dB HoF No. 182

Label: Regain/Olympic Recordings

Release date: October 25, 2004

Madball

Set It Off

dB HoF No. 181

Label: Roadrunner

Release date: July 26, 1994

Sacrilege

Behind the Realms of Madness

dB HoF No. 180

Label: Pusmort

Release date: July 19, 1985

Armored Saint

Symbol of Salvation

dB HoF No. 179

Label: Metal Blade

Release date: May 14, 1991

Tormentor

Anno Domini

dB HoF No. 178

Label: Self-released

Release date: 1989

The Darkness

Permission to Land

dB HoF No. 177

Label: Atlantic

Release date: July 7, 2003

Anthrax

Fistful of Metal

dB HoF No. 176

Label: Megaforce

Release date: January 1984

Avail

Over the James

dB HoF No. 175

Label: Lookout!

Release date: April 7, 1998

Varathron

His Majesty at the Swamp

dB HoF No. 174

Label: Cyber Music

Release date: August 1993

The Accüsed

More Fun Than an Open Casket Funeral!

dB HoF No. 173

Label: Combat

Release date: May 5, 1987

Michael Schenker Group

Assault Attack

dB HoF No. 172

Label: Chrysalis

Release date: October 1982

Emperor/Enslaved

Emperor/Hordanes Land

dB HoF No. 171

Label: Candlelight

Release date: June 1993

Carcass

Symphonies of Sickness

dB HoF No. 170

Label: Earache

Release date: November 4, 1989

Watain

Casus Luciferi

dB HoF No. 169

Label: Drakkar Productions

Release date: November 2003

Asphyx

The Rack

dB HoF No. 168

Label: Century Media

Release date: April 13, 1991

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