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“THE BEST OF 2009″ (Really?!)
The latest issue of Decibel magazine arrived in my mail on Friday. Big photo of Mastodon staring me in the face. Says on the cover that it’s the January 2010 issue. My calendar says that Friday was...
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DECIBEL’S TOP 40
A couple days ago, we reported on Decibel magazine’s (premature) publication of its “Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2009” and gave you the list of 40. Many more “Best of 2009” metal lists will soon be...
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DECIBEL SEES THE FUTURE
Those gun-jumpers at Decibel magazine are at it again. Not content to select their list of the Top 40 albums of 2009 in about October (see our previous post about that), the issue that just hit my...
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LISTMANIA (Part 5,357)
So you thought we had finally reached the end of year-end “best of” lists for 2009, right? Nope. Yesterday was metal mag day here at NCS. Not only did we find the new issue of Decibel in the mailbox...
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CHRISTMAS DAY RECAP
Yesterday was a banner day at NCS. More posts in a single day than we’ve managed before. In the category of listmania, we reported about Decibel‘s list of The Top 25 Most Anticipated Records of 2009...
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KEYBOARD WARRIORS: ALBERT MUDRIAN
(Shortly before The Number of the Blog met its sad demise, TNOTB began publishing an interview series called “Keyboard Warriors” written by a relatively new TNOTB staffer who called himself Rev....
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LISTMANIA 2014: THE DECIBEL TOP 40
Above is the cover of the January 2015 issue of DECIBEL Magazine. It includes DECIBEL’s list of the Top 40 Albums of 2014. I haven’t received my copy yet, and for all I know, it hasn’t been mailed...
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TOURISM: THE DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR 2016 — ABBATH, HIGH ON FIRE,...
We just received the announcement of the line-up for the 2016 edition of THE DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR, and it’s a blockbuster: Running from mid-March to mid-April next year, the fifth installment of...
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LISTMANIA 2015 BEGINS: DECIBEL MAGAZINE’S TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2015
Every year our Listmania series of posts includes not only lists of the year’s best releases as compiled by our staff, invited guests, and our esteemed readers, but also lists assembled by what we...
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DECIBEL ANNOUNCES SIXTH ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
A bit earlier today DECIBEL magazine announced its sixth annual North American tour, which will run from mid-March to mid-April of 2017. As you can see from the flyer up there, these are the touring...
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LISTMANIA BEGINS: THE DECIBEL TOP 40 FOR 2017
Every year our LISTMANIA series of posts includes not only lists of the year’s best releases as compiled by our staff, invited guests, and our esteemed readers, but also lists assembled by what we...
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LISTMANIA BEGINS: THE DECIBEL TOP 40 FOR 2018
It has become an annual tradition at our putrid site to launch our year-end LISTMANIA orgy with the appearance of DECIBEL mag’s Top 40 list. It has become a tradition in part because, in my humble...
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