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America's first real extreme music magazine, Decibel, is founded upon a steadfast commitment to quality, cutting-edge coverage of every subgenre under the expanding umbrella of extreme music. Provides American metal, hardcore and estreme rock fans with interviews, reviews, news and more.
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America's first real extreme music magazine, Decibel, is founded upon a steadfast commitment to quality, cutting-edge coverage of every subgenre under the expanding umbrella of extreme music. Provides American metal, hardcore and estreme rock fans with interviews, reviews, news and more.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Subscription Term Name:1 year
This is my favorite magazine right now. This is the magazine that I always get excited about when it comes in the mail. Decibel is obviously written by people who are big music fans in general, but love extreme metal music. These are the people who can see a lot of music journalists for the wankers they are and that bands like Slayer, Carcass, Jesu, and Converge deserve as much, if not more respect than popular bands like Talking Heads, Nirvana, and Radiohead.
One of the best things about this magazine is how it covers all genres and eras. They'll do a profile of some obscure grindcore or doom metal band or a band that is just doing something entirely new. And they do cover stories on popular older bands like Iron Maiden, but then they'll do a cover story on bands that might not be that popular, but are still some of the best out there, like Pig Destroyer and Pelican. So they try to have something for everyone here. There's some good articles for people who aren't huge metalheads and plenty of stuff here for people that want to dig a little deeper. But what they don't do, at least not for a while now, is do cover stories on popular bands that just kinda suck. Their cover story on Trivium has become a joke among the magazine's readers and writers and doesn't look to be something that will be repeated.
Reviews are usually well written. They're not afraid to give out a couple of 9's to the albums that deserve them each month. These, as well as pretty much everything else in the magazine, are usually written with a lot of humor, but you can still tell these are people who genuinely love this music. Also they review a lot of different stuff. You might see Cannibal Corpse, Jesu, Queens of the Stone Age, and even really inventive heavy hip hop like Dalek in the same issue.
The magazine's most popular feature is probably the Hall of Fame. This is an article in each issue where they induct a classic album into their Hall of Fame by interviewing every band member involved in the making of it. The interviews are usually really informative and often include some funny anecdotes.
Another good article is Call and Response where they send seven mp3s labeled only by song title to a different musician and ask for their opinion on them. This usually leads to musicians just totally trashing other bands, sometimes bands they're friends with. Other times, it shows you just how insanely knowledgeable some of these guys are about these bands.
Anyway, this review is already going on pretty long, but there are so many things I like about this magazine. There's always some interesting articles and it's always turning me onto good music. And it's pretty funny too. Check it out.
One of the best things about this magazine is how it covers all genres and eras. They'll do a profile of some obscure grindcore or doom metal band or a band that is just doing something entirely new. And they do cover stories on popular older bands like Iron Maiden, but then they'll do a cover story on bands that might not be that popular, but are still some of the best out there, like Pig Destroyer and Pelican. So they try to have something for everyone here. There's some good articles for people who aren't huge metalheads and plenty of stuff here for people that want to dig a little deeper. But what they don't do, at least not for a while now, is do cover stories on popular bands that just kinda suck. Their cover story on Trivium has become a joke among the magazine's readers and writers and doesn't look to be something that will be repeated.
Reviews are usually well written. They're not afraid to give out a couple of 9's to the albums that deserve them each month. These, as well as pretty much everything else in the magazine, are usually written with a lot of humor, but you can still tell these are people who genuinely love this music. Also they review a lot of different stuff. You might see Cannibal Corpse, Jesu, Queens of the Stone Age, and even really inventive heavy hip hop like Dalek in the same issue.
The magazine's most popular feature is probably the Hall of Fame. This is an article in each issue where they induct a classic album into their Hall of Fame by interviewing every band member involved in the making of it. The interviews are usually really informative and often include some funny anecdotes.
Another good article is Call and Response where they send seven mp3s labeled only by song title to a different musician and ask for their opinion on them. This usually leads to musicians just totally trashing other bands, sometimes bands they're friends with. Other times, it shows you just how insanely knowledgeable some of these guys are about these bands.
Anyway, this review is already going on pretty long, but there are so many things I like about this magazine. There's always some interesting articles and it's always turning me onto good music. And it's pretty funny too. Check it out.
Subscription Term Name:1 year
I've been looking for a good music magazine for a long time and i've finally found it! Decibel features awesome bands on a monthly basis. Just been warned you won't find any Velvet revolver or slipknot in its contents, and that's a good thing! Decibel writes about bands worth finding more about and who aren't just the flavour of the week. It has good articles and it's also very well put together and visually pleasing. I eagerly await getting the new issues every month. If you're a music lover you need to buy a copy of decibel, because you won't be dissapointed.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Subscription Term Name:1 year
Decibel has made me believe in magazine again. I'm like a 3 year old that just got home from the toy store when my new issue of Decibel comes. I can't wait to read it and see what obscure bands I've never heard about will be in there, and also interested in the cover stories on some of the best in Metal. Along with in-depth interviews, Decibel Hall of Fame, reviews that are of great quality, and what seems to be an unstoppable writing output, I will subscribe to this magazine as long as its around.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Its competition is hardly daunting...
Credit Decibel for handling the mostly-ignored world of "extreme" music with some semblance of professionalism. Credit Decibel for copious and honest CD and live reviews. Read more
Published on December 8, 2005 by J.J.
The Best Heavy Metal Magazine Out There
I've been recieving Decibel Magazine for almost a year now, and it is the only music oriented magazine that has actually appealed to me. Read more
Published on June 29, 2005 by Coldsythe_911
Decibel Magazine is the sizzle...(Chris Freeman, BoozePig)
Ever since we got the first issue of decibel at my work, i've found it to be an informative and entertaining mag that somehow manages to cover a lot of my favorite bands and... Read more
Published on May 28, 2005 by lummber6
Decibel ..Very Good
Decibal magazines are very intresting nice and very entertaining the graphical look in the magazine and colour quality is worth enough to buy it..... i really love it
Published on May 26, 2005 by izzy stradlin
DECIBEL IS SO COOL!!!
I love Decibel Magazine. It gives you all the latest updates of many hard core bands. it is the best thing ever!!! I love the site where you can earn points to win prizes. Read more
Published on May 23, 2005 by georgeovdajungle007
Thank You
Finally a good metal No no no scratch that a BRILLIANT metal magazine from the US.
Many have tried and have made good attempts but not been consistant. Read more
Many have tried and have made good attempts but not been consistant. Read more
Published on May 21, 2005 by Lok W. Speekman
Decibal Rocks!!
This is a awesome magazine for learning about the greatest up-and-coming rock bands. It has great articles and is over-all very, very rad!! ROCK ON DECIBAL!!!
Published on May 15, 2005 by Amy Stokes
best metal mag
This is the best metal mag out there, i would highly recommend this to anyone out there wanting to find out more bands out there in the metal world!!!
Published on May 12, 2005 by shogunmark
It's about time....
that a real metal magazine has come out. This mag. actully has underground bands in it. Not just main stream stuff. Read more
Published on May 5, 2005 by Ben Clayton
Simply the Best
Are you tired of poser metal magazines? Decibel is for you. Decibel only covers the REAL metal bands. No wannabe's. No top 40. They cover everything from Grind to Black Metal. Read more
Published on April 20, 2005 by William S. Bridges
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