So here are some Brutal, Technical, Progressive and sometimes Atmospheric death metal works I enjoy or that I believe should be given a try because they're unique and interesting, almost an essentials…

1.Atheist - Piece Of Time

2.Nocturnus - The Key

3.Atrocity - Hallucinations

4.Death - Human

5.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

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As much as I love deathcore, I can not deny that the genre kinda sucks. A lot of it is generic, monotonous, and repetitive open-note chugging to create a background for a vocalists who are very talented…

1.Thy Art Is Murder - Holy War

2.Make Them Suffer - Neverbloom

3.Ovid's Withering - Scryers Of The Ibis

4.Black Tongue - The Unconquerable Dark

5.Fit For An Autopsy - Absolute Hope, Absolute Hell

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Note: Tool intentionally ommitted because they don't consider themselves metal. Otherwise you'd see their first 4 albums in top 25.

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1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Agalloch - The Mantle

3.Opeth - Blackwater Park

4.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

5.Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath

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All the 2018 albums I listened to this year. Just like last year I always added the specific genre/subgenre so you can get an idea what might be of interest to you.

1.Sunnata - Outlands

2.Crescent - The Order Of Amenti

3.IAH - ll

4.Rivers Of Nihil - Where Owls Know My Name

5.Riverside - Wasteland

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This is my top albums (only with those where I gave 8 or more). I will update the list now and then…

1.Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

2.Megadeth - Rust In Peace

3.Opeth - Ghost Reveries

4.Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?

5.Slipknot - Iowa

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1.Pain Of Salvation - In The Passing Light Of Day

2.Enslaved - E

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Urn

4.Kauan - Kaiho

5.Bell Witch - Mirror Reaper

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1.Mgła - Exercises In Futility

2.Insomnium - Winter's Gate

3.Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud

4.Vektor - Terminal Redux

5.Trees Of Eternity - Hour Of The Nightingale

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1.Warbringer - Woe To The Vanquished

2.The Faceless - In Becoming A Ghost

3.The Black Dahlia Murder - Nightbringers

4.Trivium - The Sin And The Sentence

5.Goatwhore - Vengeful Ascension

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1.Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun

2.Shadow Of Intent - Reclaimer

3.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

4.Ne Obliviscaris - Urn

5.Unleash The Archers - Apex

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Listed alphabetically by band name, with subgenres for easier browsing.
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1.Aeternam - Ruins Of Empires

2.Æther Realm - Tarot

3.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

4.Artificial Brain - Infrared Horizon

5.Benighted - Necrobreed

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1.TesseracT - Sonder

2.Primordial - Exile Amongst The Ruins

3.Shadow Of Intent - Reclaimer

4.Ilsa - Corpse Fortress

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1.Septicflesh - Codex Omega

2.Archspire - Relentless Mutation

3.The Great Old Ones - EOD: A Tale Of Dark Legacy

4.SikTh - The Future In Whose Eyes?

5.Enslaved - E

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1.Be'lakor - Of Breath And Bone

2.Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

3.Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I

4.Orphaned Land - Mabool

5.Protest The Hero - Fortress

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