It’s mercilessly brutal and unsettling, organic-sounding as fuck, and the same time very catchy and melodic. “Like an Everflowing Stream” is the ultimate Swedish death metal album. Dismember – Like an Everflowing Stream (1991) The self-titled debut features hits like “Dead by Dawn” and “Sacrificial Suicide”, sing-along staples good enough for any death metal house-party. Whatever you personally think of the band, Deicide and their anti-god antics always have a place in lists like this, as countless bands have been influenced by them. It’s very refined and cleanly produced, which might turn some extreme metal fans off, but the songwriting and musicianship is 10/10. “Symbolic” sees Death going even more progressive and melodic, and the result is a fantastic metal album, shock-filled with classic songs and riffs. Three? Well, shoot me, because this one is also awesome and in a different style. This is album is as simple and bare-bones as it is genius and historically important. ![]() “Scream Bloody Gore” is the ultimate early death metal album, truly bridging the chasm between thrash metal and death metal. Including two albums by the same band feels a bit lame, but Death is just such a central band to the evolution of the style. Of course, the addition of two musical geniuses from Cynic was a big part, but also Chuck Schuldiner’s growth as a composer. It saw Death move from their early brutality to a combination of virtuoso musicianship and well-calculated aggression. “Human” is a progressive death metal masterpiece that I’ve spun an unbelievably amount of times. ![]() I mean, can cheesy 80’s synths really go together with old school death metal growls? Hell yes! The result is a unique and interesting album. And it’s definitely a unique side of death metal that deserves to be checked out. With “Moontower”, Dan Swanö proved that old school progressive music does have a place in death metal. Elitists may despise this album I still think it’s damn good. But it was still pretty damn energetic and intense. I was thinking long and hard on how to have a small touch of melodic death metal in this list, and maybe “Heartwork” is the best way? The album saw Carcass go from groove goregrind forefathers to super-catchy melodeath. It’s not my personal favorite from the band, but probably the most important. Most of the classics are placed on 1992’s “Tomb of the Mutilated”. It’s the most famous death metal band, and it has resulted in gruesome classics like “Hammer Smashed Face”, “Stripped, Raped and Strangled” and “A Skull Full of Maggots”. You can’t really exclude Cannibal Corpse from a list like this. Cannibal Corpse – Tomb of the Mutilated (1992) Debut “Resurrection through Carnage” has some of the nastiest chainsaw guitars ever put to tape, and one of Mikael Åkerfeldt’s best vocal performances. Bloodbath is also the prime and most famous example of the new old school death metal revival. Still, the band has written some of the best songs in the entire death metal genre. Bloodbath? But they’re like an old school tribute band and not a real one? Yeah, fairly true. Bloodbath – Resurrection through Carnage (2002) No progressive stuff, no innovation – just loud-ass, cocky death metal carnage. It’s a record that turns everything about the genre to 11. 2005’s “Altered Genesis” is filled with catchy gallop riffs, well-timed breakdowns and macho death metal aggression. The power of the riff is really important in death metal and no band knows that as well as Blood Red Throne. ![]() Buying Soliloquium music and merch is the best way to support me as a musician and content creator. My progressive death/doom metal band, for fans of Katatonia, Swallow the Sun, Daylight Dies and more. If these 25 essential death metal albums aren’t enough for you, please have a listen!īandcamp| Spotify | YouTube Listen to Soliloquium My old school death metal band, for fans of Morbid Angel, Immolation, Vader and more. Member of Desolator, Soliloquium and several other projects.If you want more background on the music style and its sub-genres, head over to my full death metal genre guide. To me, this is a true essential death metal list, mixing styles, regions, eras and levels of brutality. These are the classics, combined with a few newer, sub-genre-topping efforts. After realizing this annoyed some people, and that they were mostly right, I decided to create this: a list of essential death metal albums that gives you a good death metal education. I used to call my list of best death metal albums “essential death metal albums”.
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