CiG
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Crazy year; Voivod, Pestilence, Obituary, Coroner, Morbid Angel, Autopsy, Sepultura, Sodom, Repulsion, Bolt Thrower, Candlemass, Carcass, Watchtower...
Gonna be sick!
Gonna be sick!
GMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1990
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There is Altars of Madness. THE defining death metal album. The one made thrash obsolete as a extreme metal genre. Probably it's the most groundbreaking album in all death metal. Gotta be the heaviest and darkest shit ever spawned in the 80's.
I still need some time for my 2018 list 
But i just rolled the dice, and after twelve rolls we finally hit a year we haven't done ...
2007 is next!
But i just rolled the dice, and after twelve rolls we finally hit a year we haven't done ...
2007 is next!
CiG
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I say we leave 2018 open until after 2007 is done with. Should give people enough time to finish the 2018 mixtape game too.
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CiG
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I also think the first 2 Death albums were just as definitive if not more so than Altars of Madness, that might be controversial though.
CiG
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Heaviness doesn't really mean much when talking about what is definitive to death metal. Not sure what the point is.
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CiG
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I mean, sure, but my point was to say that Death already gave death metal its defining albums before Altars of Madness or Severed Survival even existed.
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Altars provided a style of death metal that was the footprint for all things to come. The vast influence of that album in particular is undeniable.
Death never used blastbeats, neither Obituary. I don't remember if Severed Survival has any, I don't think so. The modern shift and overall evolution of death metal came basically from Altars.
I mean, this is MILES ahead those bands and its time in terms of style.
About thrash, many metalheads who were into Slayer, Dark Angel, Kreator and the like were looking into death metal as the next "most extreme" thing. Thrash stopped being the limit of violence and heaviness and, in my eyes, Altars provided a definite separation between both genres.
Death never used blastbeats, neither Obituary. I don't remember if Severed Survival has any, I don't think so. The modern shift and overall evolution of death metal came basically from Altars.
I mean, this is MILES ahead those bands and its time in terms of style.
About thrash, many metalheads who were into Slayer, Dark Angel, Kreator and the like were looking into death metal as the next "most extreme" thing. Thrash stopped being the limit of violence and heaviness and, in my eyes, Altars provided a definite separation between both genres.
Baroque
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This game is rank the albums how you like them, not how genre defining someone else thinks they are. SWR is one of my favorite OSDM albums and i prefer OSDM to modern DM by far, more thrash mixed with them is better in my opinion
SWR is a badass album, just dripping heaviness and dread, love the guitars and vocals on that, top notch
SWR is a badass album, just dripping heaviness and dread, love the guitars and vocals on that, top notch
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Just listened to Mental Vortex. Love the band's energy, heavy as fuck & the vocals have that punk edge to them. Top shelf thrash, dunno why I had never got around to listening to Coroner before.
fuck yes. They don't really have a weak album but Punishment for Decadence is my favorite.
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I'd go for No More Colour next, then work your way back. Check out Grin after you’re done with their tech thrash stuff. It was their last proper album and it's pretty laid back and different.
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