Decibel

magazine, Hall of Fame, books, festival · Philadelphia

Founded

2004

City

Philadelphia

Status as of 5 September 2026

active

Connections

17 edges, 17 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.027 (rank 21 of 371) · people and production 0.000 (rank 349)

Confidence

High · sources: [W] [DHF] [DCF] [DHU] [GEH] [BHU] [DMF] (register)

Albert Mudrian's magazine, whose Hall of Fame inducts Altars of Madness (number 14), Tomb of the Mutilated (40), Focus (56), Left Hand Path, Slaughter of the Soul, Heartwork, Turn Loose the Swans, Destroy the Opposition and Rites of the Black Mass; publisher of The Scott Burns Sessions (2023) and Born Human (2025); runs the Metal and Beer Fest where Scott Burns appears in 2024. Mudrian's Choosing Death is the genre's standard history.

Connections

Labels, festivals, tours, collaborations

• collaborationChuck SchuldinerBorn Human, the biography2025
• collaborationMorbid AngelHall of Fame 14, Altars of Madness2006
• collaborationMike BrowningObituary by Albert Mudrian2026
• collaborationDeathHuman oral history, issue 772011
• collaborationScott BurnsThe Scott Burns Sessions; appearance at the 2024 fest2023 to 2024
• collaborationCarcassHall of Fame, Heartwork2013
• collaborationCynicHall of Fame 56, Focus2009
• collaborationCannibal CorpseHall of Fame 40, Tomb of the Mutilated; The Bleeding2008, 2017
• collaborationAcheronHall of Fame, Rites of the Black Mass2010s
• collaborationEntombedHall of Fame, Left Hand Path2005
• collaborationAt the GatesHall of Fame, Slaughter of the Soul2005
• collaborationMy Dying BrideHall of Fame, Turn Loose the Swans2006
• collaborationDying FetusHall of Fame, Destroy the Opposition2000s
• collaborationNocturnus ADFlexi disc2024
• collaborationInhuman ConditionFlexi disc, Burial State2025
• appearedCryptopsyNone So Vile at the Metal and Beer Fest, May 20262026
• appearedNecrot2026