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The Best of Death Metal

My favorite old school death metal bands highlighted with my favorite album. All classic lineup with few exceptions of newer bands.

1.Autopsy - Mental Funeral
2.Impetigo - Horror Of The Zombies
3.Death - Leprosy
4.Obituary - Cause Of Death
5.Possessed - Seven Churches

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Created by Obnoxious on 30.11.2018



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Death Metal I enjoy the most

Here's a little list displaying my personal favorite death metal albums, based on the same idea as my heavy metal list, thus stressing the raw and the genuine. For me death metal has to be crushing, then coloured with atmosphere. Some of my choices may seem exotic, considering the list overall, but it's what broadens it. Rules : one album per band, the order isn't strict (still bottom albums are weaker than their predecessors). Many good tbdm bands are lacking, mostly because of their unfitting sound. If you think some kick-ass piece are missing, don't hesitate to suggest them. Enjoy.

1.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
2.Suffocation - Pierced From Within
3.Cynic - Focus
4.Septicflesh - Εσοπτρον
5.Death - Symbolic

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Created by Ansercanagicus on 25.02.2016



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Death Is Only The Beginning (Of This List)

This is a list of all the death metal albums I have listened to that I thought were at all worth remembering. Like my other genre lists, this is just a record of my own listening experience that I use for personal organization, not a definitive account of the best or all of the death metal out there; there will probably be albums or bands that are not death metal in the strictest sense. You'll find some OSDM, melodeath, tech death, death-doom, maybe a bit of deathcore, I don't know. Maybe some non-death metal albums by death metal bands that I put in here just because.

1.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
2.Death - Symbolic
3.At The Gates - With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness
4.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
5.Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side

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Created by ScreamingSteelUS on 15.04.2022



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Club: Technical/progressive Music That Ain't Over The Top Wankery

this list is related to this forum thread, please check
this list is a collaborative one and will surely grow ; it is a proof of concept for a club feature, see here.

Hi people. I'd like to create a list of albums with the purpose of being as complete as possible. I'm looking for music that is technical or progressive, although I really don't like when things get out of hand, with crazy vocals in 4 different registers building tension and brutally stoping to yield it to a shredding solo in mixolydian helped by drums in 11/12 which try to imitate the synth syncopation in counterpoint, for ten seconds before jumping into something else.

1.Angra - Angels Cry
2.Angra - Holy Land
3.Angra - Fireworks
4.Angra - Rebirth
5.Angra - Temple Of Shadows

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Created by Ansercanagicus on 14.03.2019



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Top 30 Albums Of 1993

Updated 5/13/20

1.Demilich - Nespithe
2.Morbid Angel - Covenant
3.Sinister - Diabolical Summoning
4.Cynic - Focus
5.Atheist - Elements

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Created by Dangerboner on 02.03.2010



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Favorite Metal Albums Of All Time

1 album per band per subgenre
work in progress, updating as I go through the song-by-song ratings on RateYourMusic.com
I will typically update my black metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6924
and my death metal faves - https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6298
prior to updating this one

1.Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
2.King Diamond - Abigail
3.Voivod - Dimension Hatröss
4.Mastodon - Crack The Skye
5.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

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Created by sgtrobo on 14.07.2022



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DM Album rankings

jesus this is out of date, gotta take some time and update this....

1.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2.Immolation - Close To A World Below
3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
4.Cryptopsy - None So Vile
5.Suffocation - Pierced From Within

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Created by sgtrobo on 30.08.2020



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Death Metal Classics

The best death metal albums pre 2000, in alphabetical order.
Work in progress.

1.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus
2.Amorphis - Privilege Of Evil
3.Asphyx - The Rack
4.Asphyx - Last One On Earth
5.Asphyx - Embrace The Death

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Created by Obnoxious on 01.01.2019



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My Top Albums Of The Decade: 1990's (On Going)

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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Created by Red_Travis on 11.02.2012



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Top Death Metal Of All Time

1.Incantation - Onward To Golgotha
2.Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
3.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
4.Demilich - Nespithe
5.Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes

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Created by calebwhutch on 26.07.2023



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Velmoth: My Greatest Albums Of All Time

...Diving Into The Void...

1.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
2.Tool - Undertow
3.Metallica - Kill 'Em All
4.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5.Slayer - Reign In Blood

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Created by Human Waste on 07.06.2022



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1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Welcome to what I consider the "1001 Metal Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" or in other words, a list of records of various genres in the arrays of Metal and Hard Rock that I deem essential or at least very recommended to listeners of hard and heavy music. This may be a very overwhelming list but I essentially try to collect all albums in the History of Metal that strike me as worthwhile. May this be a guideline for people that seek for an entrance to a particular genre or certain bands. In no means I am saying, that this list is indisputable by any means. I consider these my personal picks for albums that should be listened to by die-hard metal fans at least once. Hopefully you can discover some new music or relate with my picks. If I missed something that you would include in such a list, please tell me in the form of a comment. Enjoy! \,,/

1.High Tide - Sea Shanties
2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
4.Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
5.Josefus - Dead Man

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Created by pandrstudios on 31.05.2022



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My Best Death Metal Albums

1.Faceless Burial - Speciation
2.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
3.Death - Symbolic
4.Entombed - Left Hand Path
5.Necrot - Blood Offerings

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Created by Xhall on 28.01.2021



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The Best Metal Albums* From A To # (D)

This list is meant to be an extensive, but by no means exhaustive, collection of the greatest (modern) metal albums and eps. Running the gamut from avant-garde to trve norweigan black metal. *As someone who is young in age, my tastes tend to revolve around the period of the 80s to the present.* Although certain metal albums from before will certainly be featured, the period of the 60s-70s will be under-represented. I refer you to this excellent list to gain a better appreciation for some of the best metal from that period: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/freis/martin_popoffs_the_top_500_heavy_metal_albums_of_all_time/

1.D.C. Cooper - D.C. Cooper
2.Dali's Dilemma - Manifesto For Futurism
3.Damim - The Difference Engine
4.Dämmerfarben - Im Abendrot
5.Damned Spirits' Dance - Weird Constellations

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Created by Uxküll on 28.10.2020



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My Favourite Albums Of All Time

Hello all, sitting in quarantine I decided to make a list of some of my favourite metal albums (not in any order). Recommendations are welcome!

1.Cult Of Fire - मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
3.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
4.Demilich - Nespithe
5.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

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Created by Spawdophonik on 08.04.2020