Decibel (magazine)

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Decibel
Editor Albert Mudrian
Categories Music
Frequency Monthly
First issue 2004
Company Red Flag Media
Country United States
Website Decibel magazine

Decibel is a monthly extreme music magazine published by the Philadelphia-based Red Flag Media. Since October 2004, Decibel Magazine has featured up-and-coming and underground artists of extreme music on its cover. Of the many feature sections of the magazine, including Up Front, Features, Reviews and guest columns, the Decibel "Hall of Fame" is the most well-known section. The magazine's recurring Hall of Fame feature documents landmark metal albums via interviews with every participating band member. Because the Decibel Hall of Fame has attracted many readers over the years, Editor-in-Chief Albert Mudrian compiled 25 of the more spectacular Hall of Fame inductees into a book titled Precious Metal-25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces, released summer 2009. Mudrian is also the author of the book Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore. The magazine's tag-line is currently "Extremely Extreme" (previously "The New Noise").

An excerpt from Decibel Magazine's mission statement reads,

"Decibel Magazine is founded upon a steadfast commitment to quality, cutting-edge coverage of every subgenre under the expanding umbrella of extreme music. Examining the topic from the same professional perspective that Spin and Rolling Stone provide for mainstream rock music, Decibel has assembled the finest professional extreme music journalists in the world. The glossy full-color monthly will rival any of its European counterparts, providing American metal, hardcore and extreme rock fans with insightful interviews, reviews, news, and a myriad of special features they won't find anywhere else."

Contributing writers include J. Bennett, Joe Gross, Nick Terry, Zena Tsarfin, Kevin Stewart-Panko, Carcass frontman Jeffrey Walker, and Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle.

Though the magazine is fairly young and operates in a genre which receives relatively little exposure in the mainstream media, Decibel is often enough cited as authoritative by some media outlets, including National Public Radio[1], the Boston Globe[2], and the San Antonio Express-News.[3]

Contents

[edit] Decibel Hall of Fame

[edit] 2004

[edit] 2005

[edit] 2006

December 2006 with Converge.

[edit] 2007

[edit] 2008

[edit] 2009

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Kicking and Screaming, Metal Back in Music Spotlight". All Things Considered. 2007-02-11. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7350342. 
  2. ^ Parker, James (2005-12-18). "The scream of the crop: In a new DVD, a voice coach teaches heavy metal stars the art of roaring". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/12/18/the_scream_of_the_crop/. Retrieved on 2009-03-01. 
  3. ^ Saldana, Hector (2005-02-04). "Morbid Angel still has its metal edge". San Antonio Express-News. 

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