Instrumental tracks on albums of vocal groups are often seen as filler material or as a possibility to show musical skills.
In contrast, the title track is often considered to be the central and defining…

1.Absu - Tara

2.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

3.Afterbirth - Four Dimensional Flesh

4.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

5.Angel Dust - Into The Dark Past

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Alphabetical Order. Categorized as OSBM based on the year of release and/or style of the music. Some minor gray area albums included.

1.Aeternus - Beyond The Wandering Moon

2.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

3.Amorphis - Tales From The Thousand Lakes

4.Autopsy - Mental Funeral

5.Baphomet - The Dead Shall Inherit

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It is not uncommon that album titles are chosen after the band`s name. However, song titles that include or are identical to the band`s name are relatively seldom found.
This is an alphabetical list…

1.(hed) p.e. - Broke

2.71TONMAN - 71TONMAN

3.Ænigmatum - ÆNIGMATUM

4.Æther Realm - One Chosen By The Gods

5.A Feast For Lampreys - Graveyard Abyss

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This list shows only my preferences in metal. These albums are not necessarily the best of the bands written by, but I return to them again and again. In my opinion, all this masterpieces confirm the variety…

1.Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

2.Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia

3.In Flames - Clayman

4.Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos

5.Gojira - From Mars To Sirius

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3 caveats
1. Death metal album (not just debut from band that became death metal, like Carcass)
2. Released calendar year 1999 or earlier
3. By a band with more than 1 album (1-album wonder list is…

1.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

2.Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence

3.Nocturnus - The Key

4.Sinister - Cross The Styx

5.Demigod - Slumber Of Sullen Eyes

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A little list series where I list my top 20 favorite metal albums every year starting from the year I was born in.

1991 and the early 1990's ware the golden age of old school death metal, where progressive…

1.Coroner - Mental Vortex

2.Fates Warning - Parallels

3.Death - Human

4.Bathory - Twilight Of The Gods

5.Armored Saint - Symbol Of Salvation

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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…

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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1.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

2.Benediction - Transcend The Rubicon

3.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

4.Carcass - Heartwork

5.Death - Leprosy

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The albums below is my definition of extreme metal music, regardless of their genre. Entire list is based only on my personal preferences in metal.
Rules:
1. One album per band
2. 305 groups/305 albums…

1.In Flames - Clayman

2.Metallica - ...And Justice For All

3.Chimaira - Chimaira

4.Death - Symbolic

5.Testament - The New Order

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Old school Death Metal albums…

1.Abscess - Seminal Vampires And Maggot Men

2.Acrostichon - Engraved In Black

3.Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus

4.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

5.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

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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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A (most probably incomplete) list of albums on which I really enjoy only a single song (in alphabetical order, excluding one-track albums).
They turn out to be albums that I rate a 6 or 7 overall -- with…

1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Amorphis - Far From The Sun

3.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire

4.Asphyx - The Rack

5.Bathory - Blood Fire Death

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"CALENDAR MADE OF METAL"
October = Death Metal
Listening to as many albums as possible in said genre during said month and listing them here as I go. Suggestions welcome.

1.Asphyx - Last One On Earth

2.Creeping Death - Wretched Illusions

3.Fetid - Steeping Corporeal Mess

4.Coffin Rot - A Monument To The Dead

5.Obituary - Cause Of Death

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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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1.Agalloch - Pale Folklore

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

4.Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

5.Ahab - The Boats Of The Glen Carrig

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