Scandinavian/Swedish Death Metal

[DeathRattle12]

i've come to enjoy them the most so far more or less, can anyone point me to some i may not have discovered yet, (i know hard to do if you don't know, just name some) myspace,underground, mainstream, whatever you got let me know

 

[youdontknowme]

Cemetary
Merciless
Demilich
Demigod

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Not ridiculously obscure but some lesser known gems...

Convulse - World Without God
Epitaph - Seeming Salvation
Belial - Wisdom of Darkness
Adramelech - Psychostasia
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Cadaver - ...In Pains
Carbonized - For the Security
Cartilage - The Fragile Concept of Affection
Cemetary - An Evil Shade of Grey
Crypt of Kerberos - The Macrodex of War
Purtenance - Member of Immortal Damnation

 

[DeathRattle12]

yeah it was kind of funny, i started thinking about all of the bands in the genre that stand out as favorites to me, and i realized they are basically all swedish/scandinavian, so i guess i found my niche in death metal.

 

[Krow]

*hops on the obvious boat*

Dismember
Grave ~ Into the Grave
Entombed ~ Left Hand Path/Clandestine
Ribspreader ~ Opus Ribcage
Bloodbath

Old school swedish death metal is always the shit.

 

[Avigrus]

Carnage - Dark Recollections

 

[DeathRattle12]

yeah Grave and Entombed are awesome

 

[DeathRattle12]

i love Hypocrisy too

 

[Slayed Necros]

God Macabre - The Winterlong
Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus
Sorcery - Bloodchilling Tales
Sentenced - Shadows of the Past
Excruciate - Passage of Life
Merciless - The Awakening
Gorement - The Ending Quest
Megaslaughter - Calls From the Beyond
Authorize - The Source of Dominion
Moondark - The Shadowpath

All this stuff has been reissued in one way or another and should be relatively easy to find, so buy it if you like it.

 

[OrchidForest]

Nightrage
Night in Gales - "Towards the Twilight"
Armageddon - "Crossing the Rubicon"
Gardenian
Soilwork
Wintersun
Sacrilege - project with In Flame's drummer

 

[Einherjar86]

Therion- Beyond Sanctorum, Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas

Also, Kristian Niemann (Therion's guitar player after they turned straight symphonic) has a death/thrash metal band called Demonoid:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=98721971

 

[Onder]

Vomiturition - A Leftover

 

[__Misanthrope__]

Don't forget...Unleashed.

 

[Krow]

Therion- Beyond Sanctorum, Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas

Needs moar Of Darkness...

 

[v2kv]

Demilich

Win.

 

[DeathRattle12]

Carnage - Dark Recollections

yeah its been bugging me, what the hell does the second logo in the last row say

 

[Freddekaddeth]

Check this band.
Old school fresh sounding swedeath.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DeathraceKings

https://soundcloud.com/deathrace-kings-band/deathrace-kings-1347-black

 

[ClichéUserName]

Rippikoulu

Darkified

Excruciate

Bloodstone

Gorement

Cardinal Sin

Death Breath

Tribulation

Nominon

Adramelech

Abhorrence

Chronic Decay

Cadaver

Uncanny

 

[ClichéUserName]

also Purtenance and Crematory (the swedish one)

 

[ClichéUserName]

and and Vomitory