The 40 Essential Death Metal albums

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Death - Leprosy
Death - Spiritual Healing
Death - Symbolic
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Suffocation - Pierced from Within
Gorguts - Considered Dead
Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity
Gorguts - Obscura

Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Obituary - Cause of Death
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream
Asphyx - The Rack
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
Immolation - Here in After
Decapitated - Winds of Creation
Arghoslent - Incorrigible Bigotry
Possessed - Seven Churches
Obscura - Cosmogenesis
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Spawn of Possession - Cabinet
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
Brutality - Screams of Anguish
Vader - De Profundis
Gorod - Leading Vision
Demilich - Nesphite
Runemagick - Enter the Realm of Death
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
The Chasm - Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm
Master - Slaves to Society
Spawn of Possession - Noctambulent

edit: dont know why i had Litany up there instead of De Profundis.

 

[Spiderchrist]

Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Death - Leprosy
Death - Spiritual Healing
Death - Symbolic
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Suffocation - Pierced from Within
Gorguts - Considered Dead
Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity
Gorguts - Obscura

Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Obituary - Cause of Death
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream
Asphyx - The Rack
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
Immolation - Here in After
Decapitated - Winds of Creation
Arghoslent - Incorrigible Bigotry
Possessed - Seven Churches
Obscura - Cosmogenesis
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Spawn of Possession - Cabinet
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
Brutality - Screams of Anguish
Vader - Litany
Gorod - Leading Vision
Demilich - Nesphite
Runemagick - Enter the Realm of Death
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
The Chasm - Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm
Master - Slaves to Society
Spawn of Possession - Noctambulent

Not too bad...in my opinion, as long as the list has None So Vile, Symbolic/Leprosy, Elvenefris, Nespithe, Slumber of Sullen Eyes, Obscura, Consuming Impulse, and Effigy of the Forgotten, it's pretty much set to be a solid list.

 

[KafkaX]

Woah, really? Mercenary over Realm of Chaos, For Victory, or The IVth Crusade?

God damn there were a lot of typos in my list...But yeah, I picked Mercenary...Its a nostalgic favorite of mine. I dont think you can go wrong with ANY of their albums tbh. I agree with Bitencourt, their whole discography is awesome.

^ It shows how great Bolt Thrower is. Ask 10 people what their favourite album is and you'll get a lot of different answers. I've always loved the IVth Crusade. Warmaster would come second. Their discography is awesome.

THIS.

All of these lists need NONE SO VILE. God damn.

Mine wouldve had it, if I wasnt limited to 40 albums.

 

[Bitencourt29]

God damn there were a lot of typos in my list...But yeah, I picked Mercenary...Its a nostalgic favorite of mine. I dont think you can go wrong with ANY of their albums tbh. I agree with Bitencourt, their whole discography is awesome.

Yes Sir, you can't go wrong with any of their albums. Just pick any Bolt Thrower album and have a great time. None so Vile is a good album, but it wouldn't make my top 40 DM albums list, I'd certainly mention some others before it.

 

[Spiderchrist]

I also have a soft spot for mercenary actually. No guts, no glory is the first bolt thrower song i ever heard.

 

[Rumpole]

Possessed - Seven Churches
Master - Unreleased 1985 Album
Slaughter - Strappado
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Pestilence - Maleus Maleficarum and Consuming Impulse
Atheist - Piece of Time and Unquestionable Presence
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Carcass - First Three Albums
Repulsion - Horrified
Darkthrone - Demos and Soulside Journey
Deceased - Luck of the Corpse
Massacre - Demos and From Beyond
Necrovore - Divus De Mortuus
Poison - Demos
Sentenced - Shadows of the Past
Nocturnus - The Key

I honestly could not care less about anything else.

 

[MasterpieceMesias]

Here's my list. Partially from myself, partially from pre-existing lists I used to have to not look through my cds.

No particular order at all, narrowing it down to 40 albums was a pain enough.

Cancer - Death Shall Rise
Obituary - Cause of Death
Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick
At The Gates - The Red In the Sky Is Ours
Cadaver - ...In Pains
Immolation - Dawn of Possession
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity
Impetigo - Horror of the Zombies
Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes
Master - S/T
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
Atheist - Piece of Time
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated
Cianide - The Dying Truth
Nocturnus - The Key
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Carnage - Dark Recollections
Dismember - Like An Everflowing Stream
Possessed - Seven Churches
Darkthrone - Soulside Journey
Asphyx - Last One on Earth
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Suffocation - Effigy of The Forgotten
The Chasm - Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph
Demilich - Nespithe
Deicide - S/T
Devourment - Molesting the Decapitated
Purtenance - Member of Immortal Damnation
Pungent Stench - Been Caught Buttering
Unleashed - Shadows in the Deep
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Fleshcrawl - Descend Into The Absurd
Grave - Into the Grave
Macabre - Gloom
Massacre - From Beyond
Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments
Therion - Of Darkness....

I don't see how you can put DoP over Close to a World Below. Also, I don't see how you can put Deicide's S/T over Legion. You forgot None So Vile, also.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

CtaWB is pretty overrated, i think their first two and Unholy Cult are much better albums.

 

[Lateralus14]

^ this. I might prefer Failures For Gods too even.

 

[KafkaX]

I don't see how you can put DoP over Close to a World Below. Also, I don't see how you can put Deicide's S/T over Legion. You forgot None So Vile, also.

Its almost as if he has his own opinion...

CtaWB is pretty overrated, i think their first two and Unholy Cult are much better albums.

^ this. I might prefer Failures For Gods too even.

Immolation has a fucking great discography. Easily one of my favorite death metal bands.

 

[Spiderchrist]

I don't see how you can put DoP over Close to a World Below. Also, I don't see how you can put Deicide's S/T over Legion. You forgot None So Vile, also.

FUCKING THANK YOU.

 

[Krow]

Can you fucking talk about anything but that album or elvenfris?

 

[Spiderchrist]

Can you fucking talk about anything but that album or elvenfris?

FUCK NO. I've been engaged since yesterday at 8:51 PM. There ya go.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

No order. Just my opinion considering the classics and matter of taste

so far..

Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Immolation - Close to a World Below
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Possessed - Seven Churches
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
Dismember - Like an Everflowing Stream
Asphyx - Last One on Earth
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Grave - Into the Grave
Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated
Demilich - Nespithe
Carnage - Dark Recollections
Malevolent Creation - Retribution
Darkthrone - Soulside Journey
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Demigod - Slumber of the Sullen Eyes
Death - Symbolic
Obituary - Cause of Death
Deicide - Deicide
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Cryptopsy - None so Vile
Gorguts - Obscura
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Dead Congregation - Graves of the Archangels
The Chasm - Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

 

[KafkaX]

At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

I dont count this as an essential death metal album...Hell, I dont even classify it as Death Metal...

 

[Spiderchrist]

I dont count this as an essential death metal album...Hell, I dont even classify it as Death Metal...

It sounds like Melodic Thrash/Death if that makes any sense. The Red In The Sky Is Ours is a great album, but it isn't very essential. I'm not exactly sure why I put it in my list...I'll have to revise it.

 

[Spiderchrist]

1. Altars of Madness- Morbid Angel
2. Nespithe- Demilich
3. Deathcult For Eternity- The Chasm
4. Slumber of Sullen Eyes- Demigod
5. Tomb of the Mutilated- Cannibal Corpse
6. Effigy of the Forgotten- Suffocation
7. Onward to Golgotha- Incantation
8. Obscura- Gorguts
9. Left Hand Path- Entombed
10. Leprosy- Death
11. Consuming Impulse- Pestilence
12. Seven Churches- Possessed
13. Mental Funeral- Autopsy
14. Legion- Deicide
15. Unquestionable Presence- Atheist
16. None So Vile- Cryptopsy
17. Close To A World Below- Immolation
18. The IVth Crusade- Bolt Thrower
19. Winds Of Creation- Decapitated
20. Elvenefris- Lykathea Aflame
21. The Key- Nocturnus
22. Soulside Journey- Darkthrone
23. Cause Of Death- Obituary
24. Annihilation of the Wicked- Nile
25. Like An Everflowing Stream- Dismember
26. The Rack- Asphyx
27. Master- Master
28. Dreams of The Carrion Kind- Disincarnate
29. World Without God- Convulse
30. To the Depths...in Degradation- Infester
31. Dreaming with the Dead- Ripping Corpse
32. Psychostasia- Adramelech
33. Cursed- Morgoth
34. Where No Life Dwells- Unleashed
35. Screams of Anguish- Brutality
36. Death Shall Rise- Cancer
37. Jesus, Intense Weeping- Calvary Death
38. Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious- Carcass
39. Changes- Miasma
40. Ritual Of Infinity- Morpheus Descends