1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

3.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss

4.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

5.Mastodon - Leviathan

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Here are the 90s albums that have stood out and made the largest impact on me. To be as transparent as possible, I've labelled albums as 'nostalgia bias' where my memories of the band give…

1.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

3.Opeth - Still Life

4.Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

5.Metallica - Metallica

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1.Death - Human

2.Autopsy - Mental Funeral

3.Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade

4.Cannibal Corpse - Tomb Of The Mutilated

5.Incantation - Onward To Golgotha

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1.Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

2.Obituary - Cause Of Death

3.Deicide - Legion

4.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness

5.Sepultura - Arise

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1.Obituary - Cause Of Death

2.Deicide - Deicide

3.Entombed - Left Hand Path

4.Death - Leprosy

5.Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

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I struggled to get into “pure” death metal when I first got into metal around 2005. Gradually over time I started listening to melodic death metal (Dark Tranquillity and In Flames) and progressive death…

1.Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh

2.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

3.Pestilence - Consuming Impulse

4.Vomitory - Blood Rapture

5.Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris

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1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium

3.Death - Spiritual Healing

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Blind Guardian - Tales From The Twilight World

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Great young blood full-length records made mostly by teens.

1.Death Angel - The Ultra-Violence

2.Possessed - Seven Churches

3.Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted

4.Sepultura - Morbid Visions

5.Kreator - Endless Pain

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My Top Metal 1990-1999…

1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Death - Human

4.Dream Theater - Images And Words

5.Faith No More - Angel Dust

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Hey Folks! It’s me… Again!

I’m coming back once more to explore the depths of a genre that arguably did not begin where you all thought it did! Yeah yeah… Alright, maybe Left Hand Path, Necroticism:…

1.Entombed - Left Hand Path

2.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

3.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

4.At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours

5.Carcass - Heartwork

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1.Death - Human

2.Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

3.Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious

5.Cynic - Focus

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So, past half a century old, with my best years behind me, and, frankly, after looking at a post-lockdown world with all our current shit, the possibly sensible decision was made to eschew the standard…

1.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

2.Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

3.Entombed - Left Hand Path

4.Skepticism - Alloy

5.No Mercy - Lay Down Sally

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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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The MS top 200 is supposed to represent the absolute peak of metal music, the timeless classics. I have been listening to metal for about 6 years now and would consider myself fairly knowledgeable about…

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3.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

4.Saturnus - Veronika Decides To Die

5.Ensiferum - Ensiferum

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1.Sepultura - Morbid Visions

2.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

3.Death - Leprosy

4.Autopsy - Severed Survival

5.Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness

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