lol, nobody mentions Amon Amarth in this thread? I consider them death metal as I do Vehemence and Kataklsym and other bands of that similar ilk.
I most prefer the oldschool Swedish stuff though... early Entombed, Dismember, Nirvana 2002... anything recorded at Sunlight Studios basically haha! I also like the more quirky avant garde death metal bands like Atheist, Lykathea Aflame, !T.O.O.H.!, etc. Oh and the French-Canadian scene is phenominal too... Martyr, Quo Vadis, Augury, Unexpect (not death metal but whatever.. lol), fucking GORGUTS...
Grind is also amazing... Rotten Sound, General Surgery, oldschool Carcass, Nasum, Trap Them, Antigama, The Berzerker, Birdflesh, Jig- Ai... others..
Would have killed to have seen this show ^^^ so damn intense..