Favorite Death Metal Album

[swizzlenuts]

I listen to my fair share of old school DM - Death, Possessed, Cancer, Demigod, Crypt of Kerberos, etc.

None of it is better than Gorod.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? How so, please explain...

 

[Killbot]

It's not complex or particularly interesting, but it's solid, straightforward bludgeoning Death fucking Metal the way it should be played.

Exactly, a band doesn't have to blow me away with complex song structure or technical ability for me to enjoy it.

 

[Killbot]

(Crimson also wins award for ugliest album cover I've ever seen)

No way! That album cover is immense!

 

[Carcassian]

Exactly, a band doesn't have to blow me away with complex song structure or technical ability for me to enjoy it.

Exactly (i.e. Obituary )

 

[Mort Divine]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? How so, please explain...

Alright, it may be a bit ... hard for you to understand, but I just happen to like it more.

 

[Killbot]

Exactly (i.e. Obituary )

exactly. That's why I put Cause of Death as my favourite death metal album.

 

[Dee Snarl]

My picks:

Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Obituary - Slowly We Rot
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Carcass - Necroticism
Entombed - Clandestine

edited to add - Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness, Covenant
Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst, Gallery of Suicide, Tomb of the Mutilated, Vile, The Bleeding
Deicide - Once Upon The Cross, Deicide, Legion
Obituary - Cause of Death
Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus, Tales from 1000 Lakes
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Immolation - Here In After
Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy

Any on the above list would qualify as "the best".

I like the way you think!

 

[swizzlenuts]

Alright, it may be a bit ... hard for you to understand, but I just happen to like it more.

FINE!

 

[Carcassian]

I like the way you think!

I don't. He has ignored Carcass.

 

[Crimson Velvet]

My favourites:

At the Gates - With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness
Carcass - Necroticism
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery (If I may take the liberty of including this melodeath-gem)
Death - Leprosy
Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Possessed - Seven Churches
Sepultura - Morbid Visions
The Chasm - Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph

 

[MasterOLightning]

No mentions of Athiest?

UP slipped my mind. That's right up there with Altars and Human for me.

 

[VampyrRose]

Personally I perfer death metal with a more brutal and 'extreme' approach to the genre, and with killer production. I'm not very fond of the typical death metal acts, and the bland NY scene in which most bands try to emulate Suffocation. Hence I prefer these albums

Panzerchrist "Roomservice"
Belphegor "Goatreich - Fleshcult"
Behemoth "Demigod"
Nile "In Their Darkened Shrines"

 

[Necro Joe]

Well I agree with response #6 as to the overall champion but two great albums I've not seen mentioned yet (though I've not exactly read the thread carefully) are Mental Funeral and Close to a World Below.

 

[Saparmurat_Niyazov]

You left out Blessed are the Sick, and included 5 Cannibal Corpse albums. I almost pity you.

Lick my balls.

I like the way you think!

Lick my balls? (j/k)

I don't. He has ignored Carcass.

That's because I would have picked Heartwork as my favorite, and I'm too much of a pussy to suffer the backlash from such a comment.

 

[Carcassian]

That's because I would have picked Heartwork as my favorite, and I'm too much of a pussy to suffer the backlash from such a comment.

Have courage! Heartwork is a brilliant album. Who cares what the underground mafia think?

 

[BigJim]

Fave death metal album......it's a tough one! My top 3 in no particular order would be:

Death - Human
Disincarnate - Dreams of the Carrion Kind
Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

It's not complex or particularly interesting, but it's solid, straightforward bludgeoning Death fucking Metal the way it should be played.

feh.

 

[skeptik]

feh ur mum

 

[WNxScythe]

Gorguts - Obscura