What's the death metal golden era ?

[Bruticus]

If you could have icecream with any topping you wanted, ANY topping, which is the best period for Death Metal ? Chocolate chip, the late 80's/early 90's, or more ? How much more ? Ten thousand ?

 

[Phylactery]

1989 - 1993

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... yeah, what omni said.

 

[Bruticus]

1989 - 1993

why

 

[Phylactery]

why

Altars of Madness
Blessed are the Sick
Deicide
Legion
Resurrection Absurd
Mental Funeral
The Nocturnal Silence
Changes
Slumber of Sullen Eyes
The Red in the Sky is Ours
Realm of Chaos
Nespithe
Consuming Impulse
Final Holocaust
Enjoy the Violence
Unquestionable Presence
Longing for Death
Sumerian Cry
The Rack
Dawn of Possession
Onward to Golgotha
The Fragile Concept of Affection
Ashore the Celestial Burden
Descend into the Absurd
Beyond Sanctorum
...In Pains
The Karelian Isthmus
Screams of Anguish
The Winterlong

And about another 50 - 100 releases that are worthwhile.

 

[mutantllama]

Some time during the 1800's but it just wasn't called death metal back then

Fucking ahead of their time

 

[Satanstoenail]

1989 - 1993

/thread

 

[Bruticus]

Altars of Madness
Blessed are the Sick
Deicide
Legion
Resurrection Absurd
Mental Funeral
The Nocturnal Silence
Changes
Slumber of Sullen Eyes
The Red in the Sky is Ours
Realm of Chaos
Nespithe
Consuming Impulse
Final Holocaust
Enjoy the Violence
Unquestionable Presence
Longing for Death
Sumerian Cry
The Rack
Dawn of Possession
Onward to Golgotha
The Fragile Concept of Affection
Ashore the Celestial Burden
Descend into the Absurd
Beyond Sanctorum
...In Pains
The Karelian Isthmus
Screams of Anguish
The Winterlong

And about another 50 - 100 releases that are worthwhile.

you're seriously leaving Covenant out of that enormous list ?
If that's your only answer I'd say it's only half convincing (which surely, is at least half satisfying). Some superb music on there, no doubt, some which mere titles bring a tingling sensation to my clenched anus that is close to existential saturation. However: one could as easily put together a list for the 90's as a decade, or the late 90's/mid 2000's period. What is it about the first wave that is so special ?

 

[Satanstoenail]

Reign in Blood best death metal album

Fear Factory best death metal band

 

[Bruticus]

Reign in Blood best death metal album

Fear Factory best death metal band

Okay. So the best period would be... mid 80's to early 90's. Same as the opinion on this thread so far.

 

[jimmy101]

1989 - 1993

Yeah. I remember us all reaching a consensus on this a little while ago.

 

[Phylactery]

I like Covenant, but I like every album I listed more than it. I think it’s inconsistent actually, but it peaks pretty high.

Sure I could make a big list of other eras of death metal, but I don’t think it would be nearly as strong a list overall as that one. And that one isn’t even finished. As I said, there’s loads more. It’s become such an oversaturated genre these days that there’s a lot of crap.

 

[jimmy101]

Altars/Blessed >>> Covenant.

 

[CiG]

Blessed >>> Covenant

 

[jimmy101]

Hey, shut up a-your face. Blessed is possibly my favourite MA album.

 

[Krow]

Dunno what you’re laughing about. Pretty common opinion if you aren’t a scrub.

 

[CiG]

Dunno what you’re laughing about. Pretty common opinion if you aren’t a scrub.

 

[The Ozzman]

Covenant is the best Morbid Angel album by light years

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

both are great albums, but i've come to realize that Covenant is by far the better one.

 

[jimmy101]

They're all great. Everything up to & including Heretic.