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The @gents Old School Death Metal / Not So Old School Grindcore List

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, Doom Death / Death Doom and early Brutal / Technical Death Included) I have also Included some of the more extreme Thrash releases that pre-dated the genre but undoubtedly help pave the way for things to come, I included these as I wish to give a general summary of the way Death Metal began and evolved throughout the 80's and 90's.

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2.Abhorrence - Abhorrence [EP]
3.Acrostichon - Engraved In Black
4.Adramelech - PsychoStasia
5.Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

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Created by @gent_-_orange on 18.09.2011



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Essential Death Metal

1.Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos
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3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
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5.Pestilence - Consuming Impulse

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Created by Green Slime on 22.03.2010



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The Top Of Death's Crystal Mountain (150 Greatest Death Metal Albums)

*** MAX 3 ALBUMS PER ARTIST!!! (Except Death) Also... While extra weight will be given to classic death metal albums, this list will also include exceptional examples of melodic death, death-grind, technical/progressive death, death-thrash, and blackened death. LPs ONLY. *** /\ UNDER CONSTRUCTION /\

1.Cryptopsy - None So Vile
2.Death - Symbolic
3.Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
4.Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting The Insalubrious
5.Death - Human

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Created by saw_you_drown on 08.04.2015



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Top 25 Awesome Debut Albums In Death Metal

1.Obituary - Slowly We Rot
2.Entombed - Left Hand Path
3.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
4.Asphyx - The Rack
5.Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back To Life

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Created by Hugoj33 on 09.05.2011



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"The Golden Years Of Death Metal"

1.Adramelech - PsychoStasia
2.Armageddon - Crossing The Rubicon
3.Asphyx - Last One On Earth
4.At The Gates - Terminal Spirit Disease
5.Atheist - Piece Of Time

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Created by gnimas on 16.09.2012



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Classic Death Metal Top 100

1.Carcass - Heartwork
2.Entombed - Clandestine
3.Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption
4.Pestilence - Testimony Of The Ancients
5.Gorefest - False

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Created by Alexbridger on 14.03.2011



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Song Titles With The Band`s Name

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 of song titles with the (entire) band name / band names after (their own) song titles.

Please feel free to suggest further titles/bands.



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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Created by Plattner on 12.02.2023



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Albums By Vocal Groups Where The Title Track Is An Instrumental

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 part of an album, suggesting that the corresponding lyrics may contain important key information to the understanding of the album. Therefore, it may seem surprising that several albums of vocal groups exhibit an instrumental as title track.

This alphabetical list presents albums by vocal groups where the title track is an instrumental. This concerns purely instrumental songs but may also include songs where melody lines without lyrics are vocalised.

Please feel free to suggest more examples of unusual title tracks by regular vocal groups that are purely instrumental or where the lead singer does not sing lyrics.



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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Created by Plattner on 08.02.2024



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One-Hit Albums

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 few exceptions.
The songs mentioned though are all-time favourites, which I would rate at 9 or 10.
I only listed albums on which I found exactly one such song.

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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Created by Redel on 09.01.2020



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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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Top 25 Classic Death Metal Debuts

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 elsewhere)

Yes, there are a few bands conspicuous in their absence. For whatever reason, I just never really got into them.
I don't dislike them, but I don't regard them as highly as most folks do

EDIT - I stayed away from death/thrash combo albums, more for convenience's sake. So Malleus Maleficarum, Illusions, Seven Churches, Serpent Temptation, etc are not on this list, but they'll be on the next list I make (top 25 Brutal thrash/death-thrash albums)

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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Created by sgtrobo on 30.07.2022



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Top Metal Albums Each Year I Have Been Alive, 1991

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 metal stars to kik more gear, the mayhem of the second wave/Norwegian black metal starts, And of course 1991 is the year where Grung killed Glam metal

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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Created by Handala on 27.06.2022



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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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THE BEST DEATH METAL ALBUM

1.Death - Symbolic
2.Edge Of Sanity - Crimson
3.Desultory - Bitterness
4.Morgoth - Cursed
5.Death - Human

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Created by buber on 13.07.2011



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Top Death Metal Old School (No Order)

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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Created by Apovlitus on 29.10.2021