A list of quality sophomore releases.

1. Agalloch - The Mantle

2. Alice In Chains - Dirt

3. Anthrax - Spreading the Disease

4. Asphyx - Last One On Earth

5. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

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1. Vader - Welcome To The Morbid Reich

2. Azarath - Blasphemers' Maledictions

3. Vital Remains - Icons Of Evil

4. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

5. Besatt - Black Mass

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1. Asphyx - Last One On Earth

2. Atheist - Piece Of Time

3. Autopsy - Mental Funeral

4. Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses

5. Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated

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1. Vital Remains - Icons of Evil

2. Vader - Revelations

3. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

4. Dissenter - Apocalypse of the Damned

5. Cannibal Corpse - Vile

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I know some of the albums are more thrash than death, but I added them anyway, because I guess they could appeal to death metal fans too. Many of the albums are not so well-known, but I prefer them over the classics. If you have any other suggestions of underground albums you think I could enjoy based on my choices, you can suggest me.

1. In Flames - Clayman

2. The Crown - Eternal Death

3. Sororicide - The Entity

4. Pestilence - Malleus Maleficarum

5. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

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1. Death - Human

2. Opeth - Still Life

3. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

4. Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

5. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

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1. Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos

2. Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding

3. Death - Symbolic

4. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

5. Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick

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My personal top 50 list.
(In no particular order)

1. Decrepit Birth - Polarity

2. Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Agorapocalypse

3. Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult

4. Joe Satriani - Time Machine

5. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull

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Bands listed alphabetically, One album per band (With the exception of Carcass and Napalm Death who appear in the Grind and Death Metal sections). Some bands may not be pure old school (Death / Thrash, Doom Death / Death Doom and early Brutal / Technical Death Included) I have also Included some of the more extreme Thrash releases that pre-dated the genre but undoubtedly help pave the way for things to come, I included these as I wish to give a general summary of the way Death Metal began and evolved throughout the 80's and 90's.

1. Old School Death Metal (Late 80's - 90's)

2. Abhorrence - Abhorrence [EP]

3. Acrostichon - Engraved in Black

4. Adramelech - Psychostasia

5. Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

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1. Death - Symbolic

2. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3. Desultory - Bitterness

4. Morgoth - Cursed

5. Death - Human

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1. Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction

2. Death - Leprosy

3. Cryptopsy - None So Vile

4. Nile - Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka

5. Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

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As a sequel to the last list. But au contraire. This list is over what I think are the scoldingly underrated peices of artwork concerning bands. They unfourtnately just didn't gain alot of recognition as works of artwork as I personally adore. Although not all of them very well-known I believe; I still could be wrong about their recognition. I find these to all be stashed emeralds in a abyss... in no particular order other then my rememberance.

1. Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2. Black Sabbath - Headless Cross

3. Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes

4. Iron Maiden - Purgatory

5. Metallica - Creeping Death

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My take on the greatest albums ever... (No, early 70s Black Sabbath is NOT metal, and neither is Led Zeppelin.)

1. Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

2. Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast

3. King Diamond - Abigail

4. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

5. Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Here's to the pioneers, the catalysts.

1. Death - Human

2. Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption

3. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

4. Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5. Deicide - Deicide

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1. Novembre - Wish I Could Dream It Again

2. Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness

3. Metallica - ...And Justice For All

4. Novembre - Arte Novecento

5. Metallica - Ride The Lightning

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