Top 5 essential death metal albums

[SonOfNun]

Sounds like its time to check out The Chasm.

Here's some random albums that rule.

Suffocation-Effigy of the Forgotten
Decapitated-Winds of Creation
Anata-Under a Stone with No Inscription
Pestilence-Testimony of the Ancients
Vital Remains-Dechristianize

For some reason Bloodbath doesn't spring to mind when I think death metal, despite the fact that they rule. Just something different about them.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Sounds like its time to check out The Chasm.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=1560

Bloodbath is pretty derivative of the old Swedish bands like Entombed.

 

[J.]

The Chasm rule, but for some reason a lot of folks didn't like Deathcult. I'll admit it's not my favorite, but it's still pretty good.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Deathcult... is their most sophisticated and complex release, which is probably why many people can't get their heads round it.

 

[Under a Stone]

They'll probably like Conjuration of The Spectal Empire as an alternative.

Why on earth no one's mentioned Necrophagist's Onset of Putrefaction?

 

[no country for old wainds]

Although I've heard great things about it, I was always under the impression that I'd be annoyed by it, so other albums took priority.

 

[SonOfNun]

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=1560

Bloodbath is pretty derivative of the old Swedish bands like Entombed.

Remember when we interacted 18 years ago?

Well, I'm checking out The Chasm now.

 

[SonOfNun]

For ME, I'd say:

Crimson Thorn - Unearthed
Obituary - Slowly We Rot
Death - Scream Bloody Gore
Malevolent Creation - Stillborn
Six Feet Under - Haunted

Though five isn't nearly enough to cover all the bases.

If I were recommending a well-rounded group to others:

Death - Leprosy
Obituary - Cause of Death
In Flames - The Jester Race
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

 

[no country for old wainds]

Remember when we interacted 18 years ago?

Well, I'm checking out The Chasm now.

i wonder what happened to the dude who posted the bottom deathcult review on MA, he was a poster here and i used to talk to him on MSN

 

[SonOfNun]

i wonder what happened to the dude who posted the bottom deathcult review on MA, he was a poster here and i used to talk to him on MSN

Blade_Golem? I don't remember anyone with that handle. Did he have a different one on UM?