Decibel Hall of Fame book giveaway

For many, the best part of Decibel is the “Hall of Fame.” This column explores a classic record in depth by interviewing the band members who made it. The result is nerdiness of the highest order. Decibel editor Albert Mudrian has compiled and expanded 25 of these beasts into a book, Precious Metal, on Da Capo Press. It comes out on July 15, a week from today, but Amazon is already selling it. The Amazon page lists the albums covered. Included are two of my favorite HoF features, Kyuss’ Welcome to Sky Valley and Sleep’s Jerusalem. I don’t even like these records that much, but their HoF’s are just great.

I’m giving away one copy of this book, a “silver metal” cover first edition. (Later editions will have a black cover.) For a chance to win it, email invisibleoranges at gmail dot com by midnight EST on Friday, July 10, with the subject header “Hall of Fame giveaway” and your full name and address. I will choose a winner randomly.

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What albums should Decibel feature in its Hall of Fame?

Keep in mind that the requirement of interviewing all relevant band members precludes albums by deceased musicians. Thus, no Pantera, Voivod, or Death. Also, no Faith No More, because Jim Martin isn’t up for it; no Neurosis, because the band isn’t up for it; and no Helmet, because the rest of the band hates Page Hamilton’s guts.

Below is the list of inducted albums to date.

Anthrax – Among the Living
At the Gates – Slaughter of the Soul
Atheist – Unquestionable Presence
Autopsy – Mental Funeral
Bad Brains – Bad Brains
Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell
Botch – We Are the Romans
Brutal Truth – Need to Control
Candlemass – Nightfall
Cannibal Corpse – Tomb of the Mutilated
Carcass – Necroticism: Descanting…
Cathedral – Forest of Equilibrium
Cave In – Until Your Heart Stops
Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales
Coalesce – 0:12 Revolution…
Converge – Jane Doe
Cryptic Slaughter – Money Talks
Darkthrone – A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Deadguy – Fixation on a Coworker
Diamond Head – Lightning to the Nations
Dillinger Escape Plan – Calculating Infinity
Discordance Axis – The Inalienable…
Down – NOLA
Electric Wizard -Dopethrone
Emperor – In the Nightside Eclipse
Entombed – Left Hand Path
Eyehategod – Take as Needed for Pain
Immortal – At the Heart of Winter
Incantation – Onward to Golgotha
Judge – Bringin’ It Down
Katatonia – Brave Murder Day
Kyuss – Welcome to Sky Valley
Life of Agony – River Runs Red
Mastodon – Remission
Meshuggah – Destroy Erase Improve
Metallica – …And Justice for All
Monster Magnet – Dopes to Infinity
Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness
My Dying Bride – Turn Loose the Swans
Napalm Death – Scum
Nile – Amongst the Catacombs…
Obituary – Cause of Death
Only Living Witness – Prone Mortal Form
Opeth – Orchid
Quicksand – Slip
Paradise Lost – Gothic
Repulsion – Horrified
Rollins Band – The End of Silence
Sepultura – Roots
Slayer – Reign in Blood
Sleep – Jerusalem
S.O.D. – Speak English or Die
Suffocation – Effigy of the Forgotten
Testament – The Legacy

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