Greatest Death Metal Release (no bullshit 'top ten' lists!)
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My choice would have to be Carcass - Heartwork.
Amazing songs, amazing riffs, amazing solos... and a pioneering work.
From the more brutal side of death I'd say Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh. I just love that album despite the few filler tracks. The songs, riffs and solos are amazing here as well. I'm also keen on the Cthulhu mythology and theme albums, so the consistent lyrical theme also suits me just fine.
Of course all the Opeth albums would be on par here, but I have to exclude them for being pretty obvious choices... or something like that
Amazing songs, amazing riffs, amazing solos... and a pioneering work.
From the more brutal side of death I'd say Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh. I just love that album despite the few filler tracks. The songs, riffs and solos are amazing here as well. I'm also keen on the Cthulhu mythology and theme albums, so the consistent lyrical theme also suits me just fine.
Of course all the Opeth albums would be on par here, but I have to exclude them for being pretty obvious choices... or something like that
Melkor66
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Frrom what I've heard (I'm only really getting into my proper death metal)
I would have to say either -
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Still Life
I would have to say either -
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Still Life
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Don Corleone
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All of Gojiras albums, they're all equal to me.
Great mood and groove in all of those.
As a runners up, I would say ATG - Slaughter of the soul.
Those songs never seem to get boring to me.
Great mood and groove in all of those.
As a runners up, I would say ATG - Slaughter of the soul.
Those songs never seem to get boring to me.
DivineMomentsofTruth
Forever Shpongled
Hard to choose, but it's definitely an Opeth album. Deliverance or Still Life. I can't quite decide...
stefan86
invariably off-topic
I'm torn here. Death has two sure contenders ("Human" and "Symbolic"), and Dismember's "Like An Everflowing Stream" also kills. I'd have to go with one of the Death cd's
So far, there have been three legit responses to this thread. If you don't know what death metal is or don't listen to it, why participate?
DivineMomentsofTruth
Forever Shpongled
Forgive me for being a clueless newbie here, but you seem to be quite an authority around here on this type of stuff. Mind enlightening me as to which responses were "legit", since apparently only you and 3 others in this thread meet the qualifications necessary to say what qualifies as death metal?
So far, the legit responses include:
The Red in the Sky is Ours
Like an Everflowing Stream
Deicide
The rest are either not death metal at all (Gojira?!! Does the fucker that posted that one even know what ears are?) or are mediocre recent albums from painfully generic bands (wake me up when Nile has an actual thought, please).
The Red in the Sky is Ours
Like an Everflowing Stream
Deicide
The rest are either not death metal at all (Gojira?!! Does the fucker that posted that one even know what ears are?) or are mediocre recent albums from painfully generic bands (wake me up when Nile has an actual thought, please).
DivineMomentsofTruth
Forever Shpongled
Well, I haven't heard quite a few of the bands listed in this thread, so I won't debate those, but since the thread poster himself said "Also, yes, progressive stuff like Opeth counts, as does melodeath, techdeath... any kind of death metal", I think that any response that listed Opeth is probably legit, at least. Even though they released lots of stuff that isn't metal at all, they are a progressive death metal band overall, no?
And what the fuck are Bloodbath and Death, if not death metal?
And yeah, how the fuck is Morbid Angel not death metal also?
And what the fuck are Bloodbath and Death, if not death metal?
And yeah, how the fuck is Morbid Angel not death metal also?
Sure they are, but Formulas Fatal to the Flesh is widely recognized as one of their weakest albums. A good case could be made for Altars of Madness or (especially) Blessed are the Sick (and Covenant at least wouldn't be an embarassing suggestion), but Formulas... aspires to be mediocre one day, though it hasn't yet reached that lofty plateau.
He can say whatever he wants: it doesn't make it so. You can give it a catchy name, but Opeth is not and never was death metal of any sort.
Death metal. Mediocre, generic, unoriginal death metal. The point here is that no actual death metal fans with any historical perspective at all even listen to this band, much less grant it legendary status.
The albums listed in this thread aren't even remotely close to being death metal records. Leprosy? Sure. Symbolic? It's about as close to 'death metal' as Avril Lavigne is to hardcore.
The thread starter specifically asked for DM albums that we love the most, not the ones that are "widely recognized" as classics. I just happen to like Formulas more than the albums you listed, even though they are extremely good as well. And fighting over opinions is a bit silly anyways.
stefan86
invariably off-topic
heh.. give up the damn elitism. sure.. gothenburg can't be classified as Death Metal, but Death and Bloodbath are legit answers. I do agree that Bloodbath is more of a novelty act (a very good one though!) than a legendary band.
He asked for the GREATEST albums. Not "albums you bought last week and have played several times."
Greatness, by definition, means something more than "Well, I really like it."
I've had Formulas since it was released in 1998, and it's my favourite death metal album (Obviously from your point of view Carcass doesn't count). I think that qualifies it as a valid entry by me.
