The King Of Heavy Metal
Yeah, that's me |
1 | | Addaura Addaura
Their first and best release in my opinion. My favorite aspect is female vocalist
Chantal who conveys incredible emotion |
2 | | Aethyrvorous Demo
Unfortunately broken up, Aethyrvorous is born of the same blackened cesspool that
spawned Portal and is equally as good in their own dark way. |
3 | | Aguynguerran Perverting the Nazarene Cult
These guys are like Dissection on steroids - very confident melodic blackened
death metal. |
4 | | Anagnorisis Overton Trees
Before he decimated black metal, A. Lundr was part of this excellent blackened
death metal unit with very clear Opeth influences. |
5 | | Angelcorpse Exterminate
Unfortunately underrated around these parts, Angelcorpse one of best and most
influential blackened death metal bands ever. Their focus on speed, Pete
Helmkamp's vocals, and Gene Palubicki fucking awesome, awesome riffage is what
makes them go. Seriously, riffs. |
6 | | Backyard Mortuary Lure of the Occult
One of the best metal releases of this year, Backyard Mortuary play an old school
style of death/doom that doesn't innovate but still kicks ass. |
7 | | Baphomet The Dead Shall Inherit
Baphomet have always been a little less known than their contemporaries but still
play super mean old school death metal. |
8 | | Beheaded Perpetual Mockery
One of my all time favorite death metal albums, Perpetual Mockery combines osdm
with brutal death metal with some melody. Damn. |
9 | | Blood Revolt Indoctrine
A very awesome and unexpected blackened death metal collaboration featuring
two key members of Axis of Advance, Sacramentary Abolishment and Revenge
(James Reed and Chris Ross) and then A.A. Nemtheanga from Primordial.
Unexpected, but awesome. |
10 | | Burial Invocation Rituals of the Grotesque
Ridiculously awesome death metal from Turkey. |
11 | | Cancer To the Gory End
Old school death metal that excels during its more mid-paced sections |
12 | | Carcass Swansong
Most people rag on this album but it's actually amazing... Instead of selling out and
doing what the label or the fans wanted they created one of the first and best
rot'n'roll albums. Bill Steer's riffs are still fucking awesome, the production is great
and overall it's a catchy but still heavy album. Totally underrated. |
13 | | Cauteror They Fell
Obscure melodic death/doom from the guy who now is the brains behind Gnaw
Their Tongues. Really great and underrated stuff. |
14 | | Clandestine Blaze Falling Monuments
Mikko Aspa is one of black metal's greatest musicians and with the most recent
Clandestine Blaze combines the freezing atmosphere of classic black metal with
some really awesome melody. The organ embellishments in closing track
"Discordant Howls of Tormented" are just spine-tingling. |
15 | | Circle of Ouroborus Armon Keitaalla
Still very post-punk influenced, Armon Keitaalla features amazing melodies in a
black metal aesthetic. |
16 | | Coffinworm When All Became None
Super awesome blackened sludge doom. |
17 | | Consolation Stahlplaat
Fucking awesome and underrated old school death metal from the Netherlands. |
18 | | Darkthrone Sardonic Wrath
My favorite mid-period Darkthrone. |
19 | | Deceased Surreal Overdose
One of my favorite death metal bands, who combine thrash and progressive very
well. |
20 | | Desolate Shrine Tenebrous Towers
Super atmospheric blackened death metal from last year. One of the best albums. |
21 | | Devil's Dung Devil's Dung
Really great raw black metal courtesy of Mark McCoy (of Arts and Charles Bronson)
and DOminick Fernow (of Ash Pool and Prurient amongst others) |
22 | | Electrocution Inside the Unreal
Old school technical death metal. Wowza that is some good riffs |
23 | | Encoffination O Hell, Shine In Thy Whited Sepulchres
Most times I find with kind of stuff you forget about it and stop listening after about
a week but thanks to the wonderful atmosphere and songwriting, I still listen to this
amazing funeral doom albums quite a bit. |
24 | | Engraved Before the Tales
Swedish death metal that is melodic, this is one of my favorite all time death metal
release of the old school. Also super underrated. Now go listen to it |
25 | | Entrails The Tomb Awaits
Super solid swedish death metal from last year |
26 | | Exhorder Slaughter in the Vatican
NUFF SAID |
27 | | Execration Odes of the Occult
Really weird almost avant-garde death metal from Norway. Really fucking good |
28 | | Fallen Christ Abduction Ritual
Amazing blackened death with slight grind influences |
29 | | Father Befouled Revulsion of Seraphic Grace
ONe of the best death metal bands going today. Heavily Incantation influenced, but
hey, when has that ever been an issue? |
30 | | Fell Voices Untitled
One of the best modern black metal bands. Just so absorbing. |
31 | | Forgotten Spell Desecrated, Decayed and Still Holy
Riff Heavy and satisfying black metal. |
32 | | Funebrarum The Sleep of Morbid Dreams
Death metal superground with members of Disma, Assuck and many others. |
33 | | Gaunt Demo
ONe of the best black metal releases this year. |
34 | | Heresiarch Hammer of Intransigence
Killer blackened death metal from New Zealand featuring members of Diocletian
and Witchrist. |
35 | | Hexis XI
Blackened post-hardcore that is absolutely unrelenting |
36 | | Idylls Farewell All Joy
Grind/Mathcore/Sludge omg omg omg great |
37 | | Immolation Dawn of Possession
My personal favorite Immolation release ... combines their super unique approach
to death metal with more traditional values. |
38 | | Kathaaria The Complex Void of Negativity
Technical black metal. THis may sound weird but it's actually quite incredible. THe
riffs are so fucking good and everything is just super refreshing . |
39 | | Krabathor Cool Mortification
One of the first death metal bands hailing from the Czech Republic. Czech them
out.... haha... |
40 | | Martire Martire
One of the first extreme metal bands from Australia playing blackened death metal.
This release is raw, fast and will fuck you up. |
41 | | Miserere Luminis Miserere Luminis
One of the best and most original bands combining black metal and shoegaze |
42 | | Muknal CN-22
Blackened death doom. One of the better Crepsculo Negro releases from this year. |
43 | | Nembrionic Psycho One Hundred
Fantastic death/grind from the Netherlands |
44 | | Odz Manouk Odz Manouk
Another black metal band making great waves in the underground scene. The riffs
are just so fucking awesome an overall this has just great style. |
45 | | Obliti Devoravit Obliti Devoravit
Fantastic, fantastic black metal with extremely unorthodox riffage. |
46 | | Pathologist Putrefactive and Cadaverous Odes About Necroticism
When Carcass created goregrind, they influenced a ridiculous number of bands...
Pathologist is one of them... This album is basically Symphonies of Sickness Pt.II
and I love exvery second of it. |
47 | | Plainwords OVergrow to Overthrow
Another incredible A. Lundr project combining post-rock, crust, black metal and
sludge. Definitely recommended. |
48 | | Portal Swarth
The most dense and my personal favorite of Portal's three full-length albums. |
49 | | Reka I
Absolutely superb post-metal/screamo hybrid. Super pretty and super atmospheric. |
50 | | Summoning Stronghold
Summoning is one of the most consistent black metal band as their is no weak
album is their discography. However, there is a best album, and this is it. |
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