Best Death Metal Album of all time...

buck65

Ok guys just to start a new thread here : will alll death fans vote for their A) Favourite death metal album and Runner up , see what we can dig up.

A) Blessed Are the Sick - Morbid Angel
Oceanic - Isis

Karl Hungus

buck65 wrote:

see what we can dig up.

A completely pointless thread, because there's no such thing as best, and nothing is ever definitive?

buck65

Karl did you leave your happy hat at home today ?
If you're not interested go and comment on something you are interested in.

Karl Hungus

You know what, might aswell see how this turns out...

My vote:

A) Cynic - Focus
Death - Individual Tought Patterns

Den_M

A) At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Sacramentum - Far Away From the Sun / In Flames - Jester Race

neGev

It's impossibly difficult to narrow it down to even 2 choices.

In no particular order:
Grave - Into The Grave
Immolation - Close To A World Below
Dismember - Like An Everflowing Stream
Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
Death - Human
Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

Frankly it was a struggle to keep it down to 6.

Patricide

Im going to get slated for theese choices but to me:

Nile - Anhialation of the wicked
Decapitated - Nihility

It wasn't me!

In either order, and just two random favourites of mine:

Nile-In Their Darkened Shrines
Opeth-My Arms, Your Hearse

cournioni

Morbid Angel - Covenant
Decapitated - Winds of Creation.

Can't be beaten!

Treebeard

I haven't been listening to Death Metal all that long but favourites would be

1 Morbid Angel: Covenant or Blessed are the Sick

2 Suffocation: Effigy of the Forgotten

Prezatch

1) Obituary - Cause of Death
2) Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction

I also like Patricide's choices. As for At The Gates having the greatest death metal album of all time...dunno about that son

Morf

buck65 wrote:

Oceanic - Isis

Isis is death metal? Have i missed something?

Isis evolved from hardcore sphere of influence and progressed far from their origin but that has never been anything near death metal. . .

1 Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
2 Death - Individual Thought Patterns

John

Isis are definitely not death metal in my opinion. Uh-oh, genre war!

1. Atheist - Piece of Time
2. Death - Human

Den_M

JoeyD wrote:

As for At The Gates having the greatest death metal album of all time...dunno about that son

The album just kills me every time I put it on. Each song is full of riffs that make me want to attack passers-by. The vocals are great also, harsh but very listenable, and Tomas gets away with just going 'aaaaoohhhhh!' a few times over the riffs because they sound so good. Lots of great choices here mind, albums by Morbid Angel, Decapitated and Death would be in my top 10 should I ever make one.

Just listen to the riff in Suicide Nation at 2:21 - If that doesn't get you going you must already be dead!

Pugsley

JoeyD, the thing about "greatest xxx evar!11!!" threads is you cant be wrong, its purely opinion, however if it was most influential, then you would have a point.

As for myself:
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris
In Flames - Whoracle


Surprised noone has mention Whoracle or Jester Race yet, despite what In Flames have become, them 2 albums are nothing short of masterpiece's.

gline

bloodthorn - genocide
necrophagist - epitah
or
morbid angel - gateways to annihilation

also a big fan of at the gates - the red in the sky is ours

Patricide

Pugsley wrote:

JoeyD, the thing about "greatest xxx evar!11!!" threads is you cant be wrong, its purely opinion, however if it was most influential, then you would have a point.

As for myself:
Lykathea Aflame - Elvenfris
In Flames - Whoracle


Surprised noone has mention Whoracle or Jester Race yet, despite what In Flames have become, them 2 albums are nothing short of masterpiece's.

As much as i love those two albums i wouldnt really class them as death metal in the usual sense. But hey thats just my opinion.

Zombienosh

A) Vital Remains - Dechristianize

Deicide - Serpents of the light

Den_M

Pugsley wrote:

Surprised noone has mention Whoracle or Jester Race yet

earlier in the thread..

Den_M wrote:

In Flames - Jester Race

Great album. Gline, I love 'The Red in the Sky Is Ours' too, much rawer and bleaker than their later stuff. Although my favourite ATG track is Primal Breath from 'With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness'. When that variation on the main riff first kicks in later in the song I nearly shat myself, it's so good!

gline

Den_M wrote:

Great album. Gline, I love 'The Red in the Sky Is Ours' too, much rawer and bleaker than their later stuff. Although my favourite ATG track is Primal Breath from 'With Fear I Kiss the Burning Darkness'. When that variation on the main riff first kicks in later in the song I nearly shat myself, it's so good!

tbh i havent got around to getting all their stuff, ive been meaning to jst never got around to it

neGev

Quick tally so far:

With two votes
Death - Human
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

Morf

dont you mean?

neGev wrote:

Quick tally so far:

With two votes
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Death - Human
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are The Sick
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines

neGev

Right you are Morf!

I think it was the fact that there's a Nile album in the running that made me temporarily lose the run of myself.

CyberWaste

Mine is:

Cynic: Focus
Morbid Angel: Covenant
Death: Leprosy
Death: Symbolic (sure its more technical, But still death metal)
Bloodbath: Nightmares Made Flesh
Decapitated: Negation
Nechrophagist: Epitaph

MAYPOP

1. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
2. Carcass - Necroticism

Alucard II

Karl Hungus wrote:

You know what, might aswell see how this turns out...

My vote:

A) Cynic - Focus
Death - Individual Tought Patterns

i love you.

eh...in a non gay way!
tho i prefer The Sound of Perseverance to ITP. Focus is an unbelievably awesome album

CyberWaste wrote:

Death: Symbolic (sure its more technical, But still death metal)

i find it hard to believe that you've never heard of tech death metal, especially considering the fact that you listed Necrophagist in your answer

neGev wrote:

I think it was the fact that there's a Nile album in the running that made me temporarily lose the run of myself.

as long as its not Black Seeds of Vengeance, everything is ok

PlatonicDisease

These threads are always the most maddeningly toughest ones to post on ...I'm such a passionate DM fan with dozens of fave records. What the heck, before I get all confused and frustrated from thinking too long about my own 'best' and 'runner-up', lemme just quickly name two that instantly spring to mind:

winner: Pierced from Within---Suffocation
runner-up: The End Complete----Obituary

but hey, I notice some of you guys have reeled off a bunch of names anyway...how about if I also mention the following in my permanently prized personal picks:

Slowly We Rot----Obituary
Individual Thought Patterns----Death
Legion---Deicide
Effigy of the Forgotten----Suffocation
Altars of Madness

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Morbid Angel
Retribution

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Malevolent Creation
None So Vile----Cryptopsy

no, I must stop before I get carried away and ruin this thread...;)

Gyre

As said above, Isis are most definitely not Death Metal. Get the facts right.

cournioni

I am absolutely astonished by the lack of mentions for Winds of Creation by Decapitated. It is a death metal masterpiece imo.

Shiminay

I was just about to post Winds of Creation Pornapster! It's a savage album, easily one of the most impressive Death Metal albums.

I also think the afore mentioned None So Vile, Effigy of the Forgotten, Serpernts of the Light.

What about (my old favourite, controversial maybe) Molesting the Decapitated from Devourment

Undergod

Er...

Death - Human
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

Cynic and Atheist coming pretty high as well

empirix

Since i am still on a metal buzz from talking to that clown

Carcass - Necroticism
Entombed - Clandestine

Beekay

hmmm...
Gojira - From Mars To Sirus
Opeth - Blackwater Park

Froot

buck65 wrote:

Ok guys just to start a new thread here : will alll death fans vote for their A) Favourite death metal album and Runner up , see what we can dig up.

A) Blessed Are the Sick - Morbid Angel
Oceanic - Isis

Oceanic is a great album either way but Isis aren't death metal are they?

buck65

ok guys relax with the Isis thing!!!
I will pick another album so...

Terrorizer - World downfall

buck65

http://www.terrorizer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=479&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Morf

buck65 wrote:

http://www.terrorizer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=479&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

i have most of them, looking to pick up the ones i dont at the moment

Karl Hungus

Seems like Morbid Angel and Death are winning.

buck65

Yes Karl, by my tally in the clear joint lead is Human by Death and Covenant by Morbid Angel.
Followed closely by Blessed are the sick, Individual thought patterns, In their darkened shrines, Necrotism, Focus, Winds of Creation.

Was actually a little surprised by some of the placings in the Terrorizer list,
no problems with Altars at no 1, Deicide at 2? come on its decent but childish I think, I reckon Leprosy is there because of its Influence but its not their best album.
Delighted to see Mental Funeral in there but surely not no . 9!! when Cause of Death is 29!! and 2 Nile albums is excessive.
Sepultura shouldnt even be there and if they were it should be Morbid Visions as everything after that was absolutely Thrash.
Cannibal Corpse at 12!!
WTF
anyway end of rant I reckon there is alot of good stuff in that list

Karl Hungus

buck65 wrote:

Was actually a little surprised by some of the placings in the Terrorizer list

Ah, lists are always pointless ventures. Nothing is ever definitive, and everyone will disagree.

buck65

Just listening to an oldie but Goldie last night- Dreams of the Carrion Kind by Disincarnate l- James Murphy's band and it is fantastic some great stuff on there!!
See from his website that he underwent eye surgery and has lost feeling in some of his fingers as a side effect temporarily but is due to release a 2nd Disincarnate album this year.
A great guitarist.

HashSlinging

Are any of these albums more than 5 years old?

Morbid visions would have to be up there yet it dosent get a mention. :eek:

buck65

Morbid Visions is a great death metal record all right, Sepultura definitely became more thrashier in Beneath..onwards.
Back to your question the frontrunners Morbid Angel and Death are all from the early to mid 90s, as is Athiest, Suffocation, Disincarnate as well as some modern bands Nile Opeth etc.

Gabriel

Morbid Angel - Blessed are the sicks
Deicide -Legion
:cool:

buck65

That makes Blessed are the sick and Covenant by Morbid Angel along with Human by Death as our frontrunners.

Sam Hain

Obituary 'Slowly we rot'
Paradise Lost 'lost paradise'

scubagit

Ok, so here's my two cents!!
Actually I'm having real problems putting these things in order as I love em all for different reasons. They all represent a much simpler time before kids and mortgages and car trouble!!
Anyway (wiping away tears).....
Emtombed - Clandestine
Carcass - Necroticism....
Deicide- Legion
Death - Spiritual Healing
Terrorizer - World Downfall (technically grind I know but a timeless classic)
Obituary - Cause of Death
Dismenber - Like an ever flowing stream
Napalm Death - Harmony corruption
Brutal truth - Extreme Conditions.. (see terrorizer)

By the way, anyone going to Brutal truth?? (FEB 8th)

buck65

Where are they playing?

scubagit

VooDoo!! Should be a cracker.

Den_M

To be honest I can't undersand why albums by Deicide and Morbid Angel are regarded as such classics of the genre. I appreciate the fact that they were innovative at the time etc but when i try to listen to it I find it impossible to warm to. Theres no melody to speak of at all. Even the heaviest bands can have melody, however basic, but a band like Deicide just sounds like a drumkit and few guitars getting kicked around a room. I like a song to have one or more of of a few different things - perhaps a great riff or melody, solid musicianship or maybe something new that i havent really heard before.

I now expect a good shouting at!

buck65

no need to shout at anyone
just vote for your favourite death metal albums!
In fairness it youre looking for melody this might not be the thread...apart from the Swedes like Opeth maybe.