swedish death metal

~ED~

the silent one
Dec 18, 2006
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i only know a handful of death metal bands from sweden, would like to know more. not specifically looking for old school influenced bands or brutal DM, please suggest.
 
not melodic death, just plain simple death metal in the vein of vomitory/unleashed/aeon etc.
 
Here's a list of what I consider the best of Swedish Death Metal (sticking to the old-school), with the bare essentials highlighted.

Afflicted - Prodigal Sun
At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours
Authorize - The Source of Dominion
Bloodstone - Hour of the Gate
Carbonized - For the Security
Carnage - Dark Recollections
Cemetary - An Evil Shade of Grey
Crematory - Wrath From the Unknown
Crematory - Denial
Crypt of Kerberos - World Of Myths
Crypt of Kerberos - The Macrodex of War (probably the best compilation ever)
Desultory - Into Eternity
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
Dismember - Pieces
Edge of Sanity - Unorthodox
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Entombed - Clandestine

Epitaph - Seeming Salvation
Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
God Macabre - The Winterlong
Gorement - The Ending Quest
Grave - Into the Grave
Grave - You'll Never See...
Grotesque - In the Embrace of Evil
Liers in Wait - Spiritually Uncontrolled Art
Luciferion - Demonication (The Manifest)
Merciless - The Awakening
Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence

Nihilist - Demos
Runemagick - The Supreme Force of Eternity
Seance - Fornever Laid to Rest
Seance - Saltrubbed Eyes
Therion - ...Of Darkness
Therion - Beyond Sanctorum
Tiamat - The Astral Sleep

Unanimated - In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead
Unleashed - Where No Life Dwells
Unleashed - Shadows in the Deep


I've left out a lot of the more obscure, less important releases so as not to overwhelm you. If you want more, ask. ;)
 
alright, thanks fellas, this'll keep me busy for a while ^_^