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Top 100 Death metal albums


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    Top 100 Death metal albums

    1 Death
    Symbolic (1995)
    9.26
    2541
    2 Edge Of Sanity
    Crimson (1996)
    9.13
    1006
    3 Dissection
    9.08
    1237
    4 Be'lakor
    8.95
    1249
    5 Death
    Human (1991)
    8.94
    1772
    6 Sepultura
    Arise (1991)
    8.93
    1454
    7 Gojira
    8.92
    1251
    8 Septicflesh
    Communion (2008)
    8.88
    1081
    9 Sepultura
    8.88
    1281
    10 Morbid Angel
    8.84
    1016
    11 Bolt Thrower
    8.84
    658
    12 Insomnium
    8.84
    922
    13 Carcass
    Heartwork (1993)
    8.82
    1201
    14 Insomnium
    8.8
    1015
    15 Death
    8.79
    1631
    16 Edge Of Sanity
    Crimson II (2003)
    8.79
    532
    17 Amorphis
    8.77
    1071
    18 Amorphis
    8.75
    1095
    19 Atheist
    8.74
    601
    20 Cynic
    Focus (1993)
    8.73
    782
    21 Amon Amarth
    8.73
    1794
    22 Cryptopsy
    None So Vile (1996)
    8.72
    565
    23 Swallow The Sun
    8.71
    684
    24 Nile
    8.7
    863
    25 Amorphis
    8.68
    926
    26 Kartikeya
    Mahayuga (2011)
    8.67
    33
    27 Iotunn
    Kinship (2024)
    8.67
    415
    28 Be'lakor
    8.66
    1126
    29 Carcass
    8.65
    763
    30 Suffocation
    8.65
    409
    31 Entombed
    8.65
    640
    32 Suffocation
    8.65
    410
    33 Bloodbath
    8.65
    757
    34 Necrophagist
    8.65
    431
    35 Necrophagist
    Epitaph (2004)
    8.65
    564
    36 Obituary
    8.65
    632
    37 Blood Incantation
    8.65
    517
    38 Fulci
    Tropical Sun (2019)
    8.64
    33
    39 Morbid Angel
    Covenant (1993)
    8.64
    750
    40 Dismember
    8.64
    466
    41 Bolt Thrower
    8.64
    449
    42 Swallow The Sun
    New Moon (2009)
    8.64
    622
    43 Amon Amarth
    8.64
    1882
    44 Nile
    8.63
    610
    45 Eternal Tears Of Sorrow
    8.63
    530
    46 Dissection
    8.63
    715
    47 Edge Of Sanity
    8.63
    438
    48 Nocturnus
    The Key (1990)
    8.63
    298
    49 Pestilence
    8.62
    335
    50 Immolation
    8.62
    330
    51 Dawn
    8.62
    165
    52 In Mourning
    8.62
    477
    53 Pestilence
    8.61
    329
    54 Mors Principium Est
    The Unborn (2005)
    8.61
    380
    55 Gojira
    8.61
    919
    56 Quo Vadis
    8.6
    224
    57 Shylmagoghnar
    Emergence (2014)
    8.6
    255
    58 Obscura
    Cosmogenesis (2009)
    8.6
    601
    59 Be'lakor
    Vessels (2016)
    8.6
    797
    60 Septicflesh
    8.6
    549
    61 Vital Remains
    8.6
    246
    62 Garden Of Shadows
    Oracle Moon (2000)
    8.59
    111
    63 Godgory
    Way Beyond (2001)
    8.59
    58
    64 Slugdge
    8.59
    360
    65 Omnium Gatherum
    8.58
    711
    66 Omnium Gatherum
    Beyond (2013)
    8.58
    639
    67 Daylight Dies
    8.58
    180
    68 Persefone
    8.58
    484
    69 Kalisia
    Cybion (2009)
    8.58
    417
    70 Quo Vadis
    8.57
    272
    71 Kalmah
    Swampsong (2003)
    8.57
    557
    72 Death
    Leprosy (1988)
    8.56
    1339
    73 Dragged Into Sunlight
    8.56
    130
    74 Rapture
    Futile (1999)
    8.56
    163
    75 Gorguts
    Obscura (1998)
    8.56
    333
    76 Lykathea Aflame
    Elvenefris (2000)
    8.56
    200
    77 The Chasm
    8.56
    36
    78 Necrophobic
    8.55
    213
    79 Cattle Decapitation
    8.55
    387
    80 Bolt Thrower
    8.55
    433
    81 Kalmah
    Swamplord (2000)
    8.55
    553
    82 Swallow The Sun
    8.55
    492
    83 Scar Symmetry
    8.55
    537
    84 Vader
    Litany (2000)
    8.54
    419
    85 Morbid Angel
    8.54
    699
    86 In Vain
    Ænigma (2013)
    8.54
    336
    87 Martyr
    8.54
    84
    88 The Monolith Deathcult
    Trivmvirate (2008)
    8.54
    125
    89 Beyond Creation
    The Aura (2011)
    8.54
    318
    90 Nile
    8.54
    665
    91 Persefone
    Core (2006)
    8.53
    241
    92 Decapitated
    8.53
    377
    93 Entombed
    Clandestine (1991)
    8.53
    420
    94 Witherscape
    8.53
    320
    95 Amorphis
    Skyforger (2009)
    8.53
    1107
    96 Deicide
    Deicide (1990)
    8.53
    537
    97 Obscura
    Omnivium (2011)
    8.53
    622
    98 Mercenary
    11 Dreams (2004)
    8.53
    215
    99 Sepultura
    Chaos A.D. (1993)
    8.52
    1156
    100 The Faceless
    8.52
    290