| Decadent | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | U.D.O. |
| Cover: | UDO_decadent.png |
| Recorded: | 2014 |
| Genre: | Heavy metal |
| Length: | 59:21 |
| Label: | AFM |
| Producer: | Udo Dirkschneider, Fitty Weinhold |
| Prev Title: | Steelhammer |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Steelfactory |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
Decadent is the 15th studio album by German heavy metal band U.D.O. It was released on 23 January 2015 in Europe and 3 February 2015 in the United States through AFM Records.[1] On 12 December 2014, "Decadent" was released as the first single.[2] It is the last album to feature drummer Francesco Jovino[3] as well as guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen.[4]
Jimmy Martin of Terrorizer gave the album a moderate rating, and wrote, "True to form, 'Decadent' [...] is chock full of the man's trademark bluster, which has essentially remained stylistically frozen in 'Metal Heart'/'Screaming For Vengeance' formation. [...] Gloriously oblivious to all or any developments elsewhere in metal, 'Decadent' [...] is possessed of a vim, vigour and strident joie-de-vivre that proves very hard to resist."