OK, now it's Death Metal fans' turn...

T-Roy wrote:

Pre 1995 eliminates most of the best in Christian death.

No it doesn't.

Crimson Thorn
Metanoia
Mortification

to name a few.

LIKE I SAID....MOST

Thanks guys...I'm compiling a list and will let you know how it goes...

This is cool, do this with every genre

I come bearing gifts.. (500th POST W00t!)


This one has an awesome Morbid Angel vibe to it...









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AND MY FAVORITE!!

Some of my favs:

Carcass - Heartwork (melodic death metal before it was trendy, but BRUTAL)

Bolt Thrower - anything up to "IVth Crusade" really

Napalm Death - Fear, Emptiness, Despair (the album title really epitomizes the sound of the disc, cold and distant, very stark & haunting)

Mortification - Scrolls of the Megilloth (brutal & heavy for it's time, still crushing today!)

Paramaecium - Exhumed of the Earth (ultra-heavy doom/death metal)

Pestilence - anything really, though their later tech-death album "Spheres" is my favorite

Crimson Thorn - Unearthed (BRUTAL!)

I also didn't see a mention of Gorguts, unless I missed it. That's another early band that you probably won't want to miss out on.

Oh, and you probably already know about Suffocation, but pretty much all death metal fans I know consider their early stuff to be essential. Plus, the guy who did the artwork for their first EP is a friend

MetalFRO wrote:

I also didn't see a mention of Gorguts, unless I missed it.

you did.

Mortification-Scrolls of the Megilloth
Metanoia-In Darkness In Light
Crimson Thorn-Unearthed
Obituary-Cause of Death
Death-Leprosy, Individual Thought Patterns

OK, so I am taste-testing:

Sinister - Cross The Styx
Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

We'll see how it goes...

S wrote:

OK, so I am taste-testing:

Sinister - Cross The Styx
Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

We'll see how it goes...

Dude, you need to get Mortification's Scrolls and Obituary's Cause of Death. Insane albums!

I used to own Scrolls...was a big Mort fan back in the day...good record.

Do you have "Cause of Death"?

No...its on the list though...

I think Scrolls isn't all that it's said to be. Post Momentary Affliction completely blows it away if you ask me.

I have to second Slaytanics nod to Massacre.Good stuff!

Dave the Boss wrote:

I think Scrolls isn't all that it's said to be. Post Momentary Affliction completely blows it away if you ask me.

That one is good too.

S wrote:

OK, so I am taste-testing:

Sinister - Cross The Styx
Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

We'll see how it goes...

Of these, I'm really liking the Sinister a lot so far...I have never heard them before and this is really good stuff. They're all good, and like the Black Metal bands I tried out, they're all fairly different from each other.

Jesusandmetal23 wrote:

Dave the Boss wrote:

I think Scrolls isn't all that it's said to be. Post Momentary Affliction completely blows it away if you ask me.

That one is good too.

Indeed, but then again, Post Momentary isn't a pure death metal album, whereas Scrolls is 100% death metal.

S wrote:

S wrote:

OK, so I am taste-testing:

Sinister - Cross The Styx
Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream

We'll see how it goes...

Of these, I'm really liking the Sinister a lot so far...I have never heard them before and this is really good stuff. They're all good, and like the Black Metal bands I tried out, they're all fairly different from each other.

SINISTER is one of my absolute favorites. I especially like their more recent stuff.
Like MONSTROSITY, they are criminally underrated.

I had SotM back when it came out new...I remember being surprised by how good I thought it was. Rowe's vocals were huge and Jayson Sherlock was amazing to me. I was a fan of the band from s/t thru PMA & the live album....then I lost interest. I may have to revisit SotM in my travels...

THERION- OF DARKNESS ( 1991 ) You must get this!

Some essential death metal IMHO (I actually have the entire discography of each band listed here).

Mortification - Scrolls
Suffocation - first 3 albums
Malevolent Creation - first 2
Bolt Thrower - any album from the second release onwards
Gorguts (1st two are more traditional sounding)
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
Death - first 4 albums.
Obituary - Slowly We Rot, Cause of Death, End Complete.
Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption

Thanks Grimmo!!

Wow, you guys got it all covered nicely.

Though they've been mentioned, my faves (pre-95 are):


Death - Spiritual Healing
Mortification - Scrolls of the Megilloth
Mortification - Mortification
Mortification - Post Momentary Affliction (not pure death, but close enough!)
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse

Allow me to revive this thread with some VENGEANCE!!


***NEW AEON*** (Tech / Brutal Death)



Some good stuff I've found on youtube

***Illdisposed : For the Record (Death metal with some more melodic hooks)



***Fleshgod Apocalypse : Thru Our Scars (Tech / Brutal Death)



*** Hour of Penance: Paradogma (Tech / Brutal Death)