top 5 death metal albums of all time?

[Hail The Wizard!]

 

[metal_wrath]

1. Death - Scream Bloody Gore

 

[no country for old wainds]

at the gates - the red in the sky is ours
at the gates - with fear i kiss the burning darkness
the chasm - deathcult for eternity: the triumph
demigod - slumber of sullen eyes
darkthrone - soulside journey

no order

 

[Mr. Bungle]

Death-The Sound of Perseverance
Morbid Angel-Covenant
Suffocation-Pierced from Within
Atheist-Elements
Asphyx-Asphyx

Just kinda threw that together without thinking about it, playing favorites is tough.

 

[mutantllama]

Morbid Angel-Altars of Madness
Bolt Thrower-Realms of Chaos
Atheist-Unquestionable Presence
At The Gates-The Red in the Sky is Ours
Death-Leprosy

 

[Onder]

We've already done this million times and I even remember counting the fucking votes. Demilich won btw.

 

[Jimmy... Dead.]

Too many to list, here are some options tho.

Death - Individual Thought Patterns and Symbolic
Morbid Angel - Covenant and Alters of Madness
Cynic - Focus
Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream
Autopsy – Severed Survival
Entombed - Left Hand Path
Darkthrone – Soulside Journey
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Immolation - Dawn of Possession
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

...and IMHO the most under rated album of all time : The Crown - Crowned in Terror

 

[Krow]

1. Death - Scream Bloody Gore

How is a glorified thrash metal album the best death metal album of all time?

 

[Hail The Wizard!]

oh sorry if its already been done before, but i would agree with death's sound of perserverance

 

[FJChaos]

In no order...


Death - Leprosy
At The Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours
In Flames - The Jester Race
Amorphis - Tales Of The Thousand Lakes
Obituary - Cause Of Death

 

[Koude Haat]

Autopsy - Severed Survival
Incantation - Upon The Throne Of Apocalypse
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream
Asphyx - The Rack
Immolation - Dawn of Possession

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Atheist - Elements
Death - Leprosy
Death - Symbolic
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse

 

[Death Aflame]

Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours
Asphyx - The Rack
Atrocity - Todessehnsucht
Molested - Blod Draum

 

[Mort Divine]

1. At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours
2. The Chasm - Deathcult For Eternity: The Triumph
3. Eucharist - A Velvet Creation
4. Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
5. Tie between Therion - Beyond Sanctorum, Adramelech - Psychostasia, and Cenotaph - The Gloomy Reflection of Our Hidden Sorrows

 

[Manic Ferocity]

How is a glorified thrash metal album the best death metal album of all time?

Because that album is death metal.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Amorphis - The Karelian Isthmus
Merciless - The Awakening
Therion - Beyond Sanctorum
Demilich - Nespithe

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I dont think I have a top 5. because I have no fucking clue

 

[Lateralus14]

Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Cynic - Focus (not that deathy but other people seem to think so, so w/e)
Carcass - Necroticism
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
Death - Symbolic

 

[cannibal corpse]

Impossible to rate them, but here are some of my favorites:

Demilich - Nespithe
Disincarnate - Dreams of the Carrion Kind
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Death - Symbolic
Autopsy - Mental Funeral

 

[Burnout]

Immolation - Here in After
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence
Demilich - Nespithe
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity