Decibel’s Hall of Fame
Decibel Magazine has begun making a “Hall of Fame” list of landmark metal releases. Overall it’s hard to find fault with the choices they have so far, and the fact that it’s an unordered work-in-progress rather than an absolute top 50 or something means they can always make up for mistakes later. For example, I might’ve chosen Incantation’s “Mortal Throne of the Nazarene” and Emperor’s “Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk” instead of “Onward To Golgotha” and “In The Nightside Eclipse,” but maybe those will appear on the list later, who knows?
Right now the list is at 48 albums and counting, and they’ve already included several classic albums and personal favorites of mine: Katatonia’s “Brave Murder Day”, My Dying Bride’s “Turn Loose the Swans,” Botch’s “We Are The Romans,” Brutal Truth’s “Need To Control,” The Dillinger Escape Plan’s “Calculating Infinity,” Meshuggah’s “Destroy Erase Improve,” Opeth’s “Orchid” and Mastodon’s “Remission”, among others.
I’m sure the selection of Metallica’s “…And Justice For All” over “Master of Puppets” is going to piss a lot of people off, but then it’s almost impossible to make any sort of metal album list without angering somebody. Overall I think they’ve done a great job of selecting a good variety of albums to make most metal fans happy. This would be a great list to give to someone who is just starting to get into extreme metal.
