''Decibel'' is a monthly heavy metal magazine published by the

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-based Red Flag Media since October 2004. Its sections include Upfront, Features, Reviews, Guest Columns and the Decibel Hall of Fame. The magazine's tag-line is currently "Extremely Extreme" (previously "The New Noise"); the editor-in-chief is Albert Mudrian.

Features

Hall of Fame

Each issue of ''Decibel'' features an article dubbed the Hall of Fame which pays tribute to a significant album in the history of heavy metal music. All contributing band members to the specific album must be alive at the time of interviewing. In 2009, 25 of the Hall of Fame entries were used as the basis for the book ''Precious Metal: Decibel Presents the Stories Behind 25 Extreme Metal Masterpieces'' released through

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. The book also includes previously unreleased interview questions that were left out of the magazine articles, and a full piece on

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'' that was never published in a magazine due to its length.

Flexi Series

In November 2010, the magazine announced the launch of the monthly ''Decibel Flexi Series''. Beginning with the January 2011 issue (#75), the magazine now includes a limited vinyl

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bound into the magazine each month available exclusively to its subscribers.

Tour

Beginning in 2012, ''Decibel'' puts on an annual tour in the US and

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. According to metal blo
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typically the tour is headlined by a seasoned

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band and includes three supporting acts: a "hard-touring band with a dependable legion of fans"; a "critical darling band in search of a wider audience, one that ''Decibel Magazine'' has put a lot of page space into supporting"; and a "pit-friendly band with connections to the metal underground, one early in their career and sporting a charismatic frontman". Some dates of the tour also include local openers.

References

External links

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The Decibel Magazine Tour website
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