*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive death, death-thrash, and blackened death. LPs ONLY. *** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\

1.Cryptopsy - None So Vile

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5.Death - Human

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1.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

2.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

3.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

4.Arch Enemy - Burning Bridges

5.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

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From Favorite to least favorite

1.Death - Leprosy

2.Death - Symbolic

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Death - Spiritual Healing

5.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

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1.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

2.Theatre Of Tragedy - Theatre Of Tragedy

3.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

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An entirely subjective list of my all-time favourite metal albums, well lets better say albums/genres featured on MS, since not all here is precisely metal.
Objective quality is not a criteria here, just how much I like the album. Ordered by preference, top down.

1.Anathema - The Silent Enigma

2.Opeth - Morningrise

3.Estatic Fear - Somnium Obmutum

4.My Dying Bride - Turn Loose The Swans

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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1.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Entombed - Left Hand Path

4.Death - Spiritual Healing

5.Obituary - Cause Of Death

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1.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2.Death - Leprosy

3.Death - Spiritual Healing

4.Fear Factory - Demanufacture

5.Ghost B.C. - Opus Eponymous

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1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Death - Spiritual Healing

3.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

4.Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments

5.Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

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If I could only listen to ten albums for the rest of my life, I would choose these ten.

1.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

2.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

3.Death - Spiritual Healing

4.Opeth - Blackwater Park

5.The Faceless - Autotheism

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This list includes the death metal albums I enjoyed listening to the most. It will be frequently updated with new albums. Descriptions will probably be added soon.
Ordered alphabetically.

1.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

2.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

3.Autopsy - Mental Funeral

4.Benighted - Asylum Cave

5.Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade

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My personal top of Death albums.

1.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

2.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Death - Human

5.Death - Spiritual Healing

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RANKING CRITERIA :

- Originality
- Songwriting
- Performance

Neither the popularity among the fans nor the commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums were taken into account in the selection.

1.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

4.Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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The choice of the albums was made according to aesthetic criteria, taking into account only the musical merits of the recordings. Neither the popularity among the fans nor the commercial success (or unsuccess) of the albums were taken into account in the selection.

1.Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

4.Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

5.Death - Symbolic

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This my opinion on the best to worst Death albums (subject to change).

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

2.Death - Human

3.Death - Symbolic

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Death - Individual Thought Patterns

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1.Devil Doll - Eliogabalus

2.Judas Priest - Painkiller

3.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

4.Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying

5.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

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