![]() ![]() ![]() Every crunchy beat and riff drips with heaviness. When you listen to any given song off of Slowly We Rot, a sense of decay is present. The band’s brand of crossover death metal isn’t just ferociously fast and mean-sounding, the music has a texture to it that reeks. Similar in a way to Morbid Angel, Obituary carries forth the sort of spirit you would expect to hear in something like Anthrax and other thrash acts, except Obituary sounds much nastier. Among their records, Nocturnal is by far the most iconic of them, and it has helped to cement The Black Dahlia Murder as one of the most important gateway bands in death metal. Along with carrying forth the torch of melodic death metal, their late frontman (the incredible Trevor Strnad) always brought tremendous energy to his vocal and live performances. With their formation in 2001, The Black Dahlia Murder would go on to cement themselves as one of the strongest and most captivating bands to come from a younger generation of death metalheads. None So Vile stands as their most exhilarating work, featuring some of the band’s most haunting and gross lyricism, alongside technical performances that are nothing short of masterful. ![]() The shock and awe of Cryptosy has worked its way into more modern bands as well, such as Sanguisugabogg. Death metal is no stranger to shocking and grotesque lyricism, but Cryptopsy’s lyrics make for some next-level brutality. Though Cryptopsy is yet another important band in the history of tech death, one could also argue that they are also an important band in spawning the brutal slam scene (alongside such bands as Cannibal Corpse). This gritty, ultra-heavy sound has become a pillar within the scene, lending inspiration to everyone from Knocked Loose to Undeath. Their debut album Left Hand Path offered a captivating new sound that would go on to ripple throughout death metal. While their countrymen would eventually kickstart the melodeath genre, Entombed was there from the beginning. It’s not a stretch to say that Entombed is Sweden’s greatest cultural export. Carcass has gone on to create some amazing records but the stand-out album for them is Heartwork, which displays not just frenetic goregrind but also showcases that intensity through incredible technical performances that allow for each song to sound unique (catching listeners by surprise). At the time the band first started releasing music, their implementation of grindcore allowed them to create music that sounded far more abrasive than anything else happening in death metal, which in turn offered a whole new intriguing side to the genre. Without a doubt, goregrind stands as one of metal’s most repulsive and ferocious-sounding subgenres, and you can thank Carcass for that. It has gone on to influence a great number of bands like Frozen Soul, who take a frost-bitten approach to the genre. The atmosphere of Altars makes it one of death metal’s seminal albums, immediately setting a tone for what’s possible in the genre. Altars of Madness displays a thrilling range of technically intricate compositions, with killer, speedy riffs taking on startling time signature shifts and unleashing an array of exciting and ominous-sounding tones. ![]() Looking back on that nearly half a century-long existence, there are a lot of amazing death metal albums however, of all those records, there are 10 death metal albums that truly stand the test of time and can be considered the genre’s strongest achievements.įrankly, Morbid Angel is all the things people love about Slayer, but cranked up to 12 (well, at least early Morbid Angel). And let alone that so many amazing new metal bands have come out in the past 20 years, but in the past few years specifically, there has been an incredible new wave of bands who are bringing back the old-school death metal sound. While the likes of Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden provided their own brand of intensity, death metal proved to be an even greater form of sonic madness (only rivaled by that of black metal).įor almost 40 years, a tremendous amount of death metal bands have been formed, with many not only building upon and reinventing the metal genre but also pushing the boundaries of extreme horror in art. Since its inception in the mid-80s, death metal has remained one of heavy metal’s most prominent powerhouses. ![]()
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