A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions…

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2.Aarni - Bathos

3.Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia

4.Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom

5.Sadness - Ames De Marbre

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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,…

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2.Abhorrence - Abhorrence [EP]

3.Acrostichon - Engraved In Black

4.Adramelech - PsychoStasia

5.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

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This alphabetical list presents bands that took the inspiration for their name from literature (novels, poems, plays, comics). The list shows the debut album cover along with the information of the corresponding…

1.A Dream Of Poe - The Mirror Of Deliverance

2.Abhoth - Abhoth

3.Abigail Williams - In The Shadow Of A Thousand Suns

4.Abramelin - Abramelin

5.Acrostichon - Engraved In Black

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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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In 90s one of the my beloved subgenre has started. This should be a compendium of all death doom old school albums featured on MS. If i miss something, you are free to suggest me something to be listed.

1.Winter - Into Darkness

2.Paradise Lost - Lost Paradise

3.Tiamat - The Astral Sleep

4.Paradise Lost - Gothic

5.Goatlord - Reflections Of The Solstice

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

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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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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Stuff that got me hooked in the course of the years, from my very first blurred memories as a toddler to the present day.
Lots of catchy tunes, some cheese, very few flowers.
Songs that had a big impact…

1.Queen - Jazz

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Dio - Holy Diver

4.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

5.Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch

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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.Paradise Lost - Gothic

2.Paradise Lost - Icon

3.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

4.Paradise Lost - Shades Of God

5.Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol

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Just a few recomendations to start your funeral / gothic doom collections…

1.Funeral - Tragedies

2.Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn

3.Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

4.Katatonia - For Funerals To Come

5.Lacrimosa - Inferno

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1.Ossian - A Rock Katonái

2.Pokolgép - Koncertlemez

3.Sanctuary - Into The Mirror Black

4.Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying

5.Judas Priest - Painkiller

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1.Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

2.Paradise Lost - Icon

3.Paradise Lost - Symbol Of Life

4.Paradise Lost - In Requiem

5.Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us

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