15 Essential Deathcore Albums | Brand Of Sacrifice Reacts

Deathcore is no longer the new kid on the block, but a rich, multi-dimensional genre with sturdy institutional support, a loyal fanbase and nearly two decades of history to its name. Earlier this year, Revolver published a written list of 15 essential deathcore albums that ranged from pioneering classics (Suicide Silence, Whitechapel) to crucial selections from the genre’s new generation (AngelMaker, Shadow of Intent).
Then, we asked Kyle Anderson - frontman of the Canadian deathcore crushers Brand of Sacrifice, and an expert on the genre - to react to every album on the list, explain the impact each one had on the genre, and reveal the influence they had on his own music. See his reactions and thoughts above and let us know what you think in the comments!
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[@DarrenHeywood]

You can tell he really loves Deathcore and he's super nerdy about it, makes it so fun to watch. I think Immortal by Lorna Shore would've made for a good album on this list.

[@mynameislove1704]

Yeah of course man one of my favorite modern deathcore albums along with Melancholy by Shadow of Intent🤘🤘

[@krimsonmarksAU]

Lorna shore's immortal absolutley should be up there. Cj needed more recognition for the effort he put into that album. Tom was great but Cj just switched lorna's sound completely.

[@mynameislove1704]

@@krimsonmarksAU Man CJ is an awesome vocalist. Not everyone can be that good both high and low type of scream. No doubt he is my top 3 modern deathcore vocalist right over there with Ben Duerr and Will Ramos

[@krimsonmarksAU]

@@mynameislove1704 mannn thats a good top 3.. cant lie. good to see u appreciate both lorna shore vocalists.. it always seems to be one or the other with most people. although I love them both my top 3 in modern deathcore would have to be chelsea grin's tom barber (his lorna shore days were good but cj changed lorna for the better), oceano's adam warren and will ramos.

[@Messiahbolicalx]

@@krimsonmarksAU Tom is definitely a better fit in CG than in Lorna Shore. Although i love every album by LS, Immortal made them one of my all time favorites. Tom's never been one of my favs, mainly because imo his lows sound like kermit the frog lol. But on the other hand CJ is just an absolute monster.

[@DJ-pp4mt]

Shadow of Intent, Angelmaker, As Blood Runs Black, and Make Them Suffer are all so good🤘

[@dilloncooper1080]

As Blood Runs Black though 🤤

[@DJ-pp4mt]

@@dilloncooper1080 fuck yeah man. I remember playing the shit out of Allegiance in high school🤘

[@brunobeausse8877]

Shrine of Malice 🤘😈🤘

[@dilloncooper1080]

@@DJ-pp4mt Just recently learned a handful of songs on guitar from that album, good way to kill your wrist

[@quirkcore564]

Love the straight forward commentary and background / historical information. Swapping in Oceano, that's a pro move right there. If it were my list, I'd find a way to fit Veil of Maya The Common Man's Collapse on there and Born of Osiris the Discovery.

[@Underournorthernstar]

Don't listen to deathcore but I agree Oceano deserves to be on any list like this. Aversions Crown too

[@niccarney4463]

I don't think veil of Maya is deathcore

[@mynameislove1704]

@@niccarney4463 Their earlier stuff was deathcore imo

[@sblnwwl]

Gee I wonder if this guy is from Chicago...

[@quirkcore564]

@@sblnwwl Raleigh, actually.

[@Krawler14]

Kyle, you're a fucking bad ass and an existential presence on stage. Hope to see you and your band on stage in Wisconsin again soon. It was a pleasure and honor getting to shake your hand after the show. Bow

[@natepierce6642]

He definitely hit home for me with most of the bands and their albums on this list. Especially with the album The Cleansing by Suicide Silence. How he describes Mitch's vocals on that album as haunting, that gave me chills because he is absolutely right. I used to scour Myspace for hours back in the day, and most of the bands in the video were on my ranked friends list at one point, especially Suicide Silence. I had to listen to The Cleansing at least once every day in high school as well as Through the Eyes of the Deads album Bloodlust. I worked with a guitarist from Kingston Falls back then and one day on lunch he was like, " I have to play this album for you by TTEOTD, you've never heard anything like this before, I guarantee it." So Bloodlust was the very first Deathcore album I ever purchased and The Cleansing was my second. Two albums in my eyes that will always be dear to me and will never die. R.I.P The Legend Mitch Lucker

[@mrfuriousmother]

akeldama by the faceless is a MUST for me, was so mindblowing for the time and while they def shifted into tech death, akeldama laid out some of the heaviest most technical genre pushing riffs i ever heard

[@grimg0r]

as much as i love that album i wouldnt really call it a deathcore album. more like a tech death album with some deathcore moments

[@jaredgunderson6530]

Omg I was not expecting the little shoutout to Salt the Wound. That album is killer!

[@thenamelessking1]

Bringing in the heat with those additional albums.. Salt the Wound!!

[@dmambell]

The Acacia Strain - Wormwood (2010) All Shall Perish - The Price Of Existence (2006) Angel Maker - Dissentient (2016) As Blood Runs Black - Allegiance (2006) Bring Me The Horizon - Count Your Blessings (2006) Carniflex - Die Without Hope (2014) Chelsea Grin - Desolation Of Eden (2010) Despised Icon - The Healing Process (2002) Fit For An Autopsy - Absolute Hope Absolute Hell (2015) Job For a Cowboy - Doom (2005) Make Them Suffer - Neverbloom (2012) Shadow Of Intent - Primordial (2016) Suicide Silence - The Cleansing (2007) Thy Art Is Murder - Hate (2012) White Chapel - This Is Exile (2008) Substitutions: Carniflex - Dead In My Arms (2007) The Acacia Strain - The Dead Walk (2006) Despised Icon - The Healing Process (2005) Shadow Of Intent - Reclaimer (2017)

[@Stinkytheskunkyfan]

Whitechapel - The Somatic Defilement

[@antithesis_1]

Additions: Winds of Plague - Decimate The Weak (2008) Oceano - Depths (2009) Through The Eyes of the Dead - Bloodlust (2005) Impending Doom - The Serpent Servant (2009) Salt the Wound - Carnal Repercussions (2008)

[@Andres-ep7tb]

Other substitution Angelmaker - Angelmaker An added: Infant annihilator - The palpable leprosy of pollution

[@jaredwilkins4938]

No Impending Doom?

[@albany-saratogacomicmoviea4108]

Elysia's masochist

[@metalfreekz13]

YES FINALLY DIE WITHOUT HOPE. This is absolutely a criminally underrated deathcore album. Everyone always talks about Dead In My Arms and Hell Chose Me, but I think Die Without Hope is easily their best work to date. Would absolutely be my choice for Carnifex, as well. No bad songs. The whole album hits like a freight train. Hatred & Slaughter and Rotten Souls are absolute fkin bangers.

[@toasttoasted3492]

Carnifex = rip your throat out music

[@sethlolli2744]

YES, Through the Eyes of the Dead. Also, completely agree with switching out TAS for The Dead Walk album.

[@sadchristopher9518]

Great commentary. Would love to see this guy on BangerTV.

[@princealigorna7468]

All great choices. I personally would have put Ills of Modern Man for Despised Icon myself, but that's just me. They're a band that doesn't have bad albums. Even the newest one is fantastic. As for additions, I would add Clients by The Red Chord (very similar to early Despised Icon and All Shall Perish with the prevalent tech-grind elements. Has a twisted and fucked up sense of humor. Absolutely decimating album), We Are Gathered Here Today... by Glass Casket (nobody talks about this band anymore, but they had Blake Richardson from Between the Buried and Me on drums and a unique sound that bridges harder, more savage deathcore with the melodeathcore of As Blood Runs Black. "Between the Sheets" is an all time banger for the genre), Bloodlust by Through the Eyes of the Dead (it can't be understated how big "Two Inches From a Main Artery" was. I personally think they made even better albums late, those lean into more straight ahead death metal. This one though is early deathcore through and through), and Empires by Animosity (damn near the perfect middle ground of pure death metal and pure hardcore). Also, All Shall Perish's Hate.Malice.Revenge EP. The stuff they did with Eddie was better, but that ep was there very early on, even if it didn't get a stateside release until late and most of us first heard it through mp3 bootlegs because their original record deal was so fucking borked.

[@chapter_black3234]

Glad to see at least someone shout out the Red Chord in the comments, even if a differing album choice

[@imbrudedsoul]

Holy shit glass casket… you gotta be from NC!

[@Vastatio]

It’s nice hearing the opinion of someone from the early days of the deathcore scene, I thought there were none of us left. I was fortunate enough to see All Shall Perish when they were touring for Hate.Malice.Revenge. The crowd consisted of me and 2 others 🤣

[@princealigorna7468]

@@Vastatio Yeah, that's what sucks. Like, I think that EP original dropped in '03? But we didn't get it until like '05 or '06, around the time Eddie joined and just before Price of Existence dropped, because the original record deal was with a Japanese label that only released in Japan. So when they first toured for it...no one knew who they were. At least, until the merch started selling. That's really what led me to find them, was seeing a bunch of kids in my school wearing the hoodie with the logo on it. I'm pretty sure that was in '04 or '05 that it really took off. And then picking up the Alone in the Dark soundtrack and actually hearing "Deconstruction". Fucking blew my mind! That album actually is really important to helping me find a lot of bands. The movie is barnacles under the barrel terrible (it's not even entertaining bad like most Uwe Boll movies. It's just bad bad), but that soundtrack is the best extreme metal compilation ever released!

[@JB-zu5gb]

Glass Casket ruled. I remember jamming their first album all the time and wishing they'd made more. Through the Eyes of the Dead was also awesome in the early days. I think another that falls into that group was The Breathing Process.

[@MullilluM]

Quality list of someone who's been around long enough to see the different phases. Super agree with This is Exile as number 1

[@jml8238]

FTR: Despised Icon's "The Healing Process" was released in 2005. Their 1st album, "Consumed by your Poison" was released in 2002.

[@DJOLSON45]

The Doom EP is why I got into this music. I'd say its the best thing the genre ever put out.

[@Blaze77717]

I'm glad he put the Doom EP on his list. Shit is the pinnacle of deathcore

[@williamsummerson1204]

Couldn't have picked a better host then kyle. I love when bands and artists talk about there genre of music, and you can tell that Kyle really loves deathcore. He is also one of my favorite vocalists in all of metal and the band is phenomenal. Thank you to kyle and revolver for an amazing video.🤘😊

[@grimeyshred]

great list, you mentioned almost all of the essentials. These bands take me back but also still inspire me to this day.

[@ptbempire]

My boy knows how to freaking pick em brilliant video brother can't wait for more music!

[@Minstrel2009]

Lets agree, we all waited for Whitechapel on number 1 and when It came, we all smiled a bit!

[@jamesstreet910]

Damn Kyle.. A1 job my man. You need your own show! So spot on on most of your thoughts. That ABRB still kills me.

[@dustinlong1087]

Hell yeah awesome list, and love the add ons! especially Salt The Wound!...man do I wish they were still around.

[@UncleDamfee]

Here Comes The Kraken was one of my goto bands, along with Job For A Cowboy.

[@Stinkytheskunkyfan]

I'm surprised that winds of plague - decimate the weak wasn't on this list. I'm glad he gave it the honorable mention.

[@rxstarscream]

Fantastic analysis. So many bangers on that list, and the substitutes and additions were really good choices as well.

[@cookingman8709]

Cool ass dude! Love how thorough and passionate he is about the music

[@BaalofSouls]

Kyle talking deathcore in a purple rain shirt hahaha I love it

[@juliantorres8818]

I remember all these bands in my high school years. Still listen to them till this day. Great bands! 🤘

[@paulpulverspools1940]

Awesome review!!!! 🤘 despised icon has been on my play list for the last 20 years. And it really doesn’t get any better the Exile.

[@ArkaeaFCL3]

Man, a lot of those bands were on my ipod back in the day. I'd usually find out about these bands through friends in my high school band. Suicide silence, jobforacowboy, whitechapel, and iwrestedabearonce were all on repeat back in those days. Classics!

[@piffi9431]

It allways amazes me how pasionate and knowledgable people can be about something. I don't get to deep into metal trivia, I've just loved it since I was a baby boy but I can still enjoyed watching this guy sharing his love for the music gerne as a whole!

[@pablosald1644]

Right on point brotha.. I recall Allegiance album in my Jr year!! All these tracks paved the way

[@gigabud3814]

I'm going to listen to all of these. Saw Brand of Sacrifice live recently and their energy was amazing, fantastic performance. Moshed to them for my first time ever hitting the pit, and got to meet Kyle at the merch table afterwards. Stoked to listen to his inspirations.

[@wrektem240]

Just hearing him talk about these amazing throwbacks, it just takes me back! Feels like I’m sitting down with friends from high school and discussing great bangers! Fuck yeah dude.

[@Schoobs31]

Man I don't even like much deathcore anymore but that was really fun to revisit some of these albums. Totally forgot about some of these songs and albums.

[@patrickcullen8875]

I'd throw Molotov Solution in there. But solid list I agree. Kyle is awesome.

[@YouthPotential]

The Harbinger album or Injustice for all?

[@jerryhill8281]

@@YouthPotential Harbinger would def be in my top 15.

[@soilent9618]

Can't forget The Faceless as well.

[@jerryhill8281]

@@soilent9618 Would you consider the faceless deathcore though? I'd think they're more tech deathmetal. Idk there's a million and a quarter subgenres anymore lol

[@soilent9618]

@@jerryhill8281 absolutely. Particularly Akeldama. It's basically straight death metal + breakdowns, which is exactly what deathcore is. Plus they're just a great band ha.

[@nn-NeuralNetwork]

I don’t know why but I feel like if Kyle lifted he’d be MASSIVE

[@Open6er]

Hahahaha, it’s such a weirdly astute observation.

[@XanderVapulaBuehrer]

Loved the list (even more so with Kyle's substitutions) but would've loved to have seen Clients by The Red Chord, Nightmare on Providence Street by Blind Witness, and The Resting Sonata by Rose Funeral!

[@browny1490]

Love Neverbloom. Stoked to see it included

[@javiergimenez7539]

Such a great list kyle!

[@YvensReboucas]

This video gave me shivers. Damn! So many amazing albums.

[@daywalker0082]

I've seen you with Chelsea grin I've seen you with shadow of intent and I've seen you with angel maker so I had a feeling of see then here. Love the bring me call out definitely deserving. Shadow of intent is my favorite of all time. Suicide silence the cleansing is definitely what got me into the heavier stuff.

[@THE_BASED_GOD]

This dude knows his shit, those substitutions fixed a lot of the issues i had with the picks for albums.

[@deadbod9306]

Glad to see Doom and Price of existence made the list ..such good albums. I remember hearing those albums back in high school and was blown away. I was like “wtf is this!!!”

[@YouthPotential]

Feels like ancient history now😅 Price of existence is one of the best

[@ocaradometal]

Cool! I would also add some infant annihilator

[@Dnll88]

Amazing list.

[@xpureheartedx]

Nice personal additions to the list. WOP and ID are amazing

[@bdavid1789]

Bloodlust - Through the eyes of the dead and the renovation by My Bitter End are two underrated death core albums that I loved in high school

[@shawnriffninjareacts7316]

Kyle, I knew those pig squeals sounded familiar!!!! All Shall Perish is still my favorite, can't wait for the new album! Awesome list!

[@gwagb27]

Through the eyes of the dead is my go to death core band. Everything they put out is great.

[@alincheraru8078]

Just checked them out. Holy shit. One of my favorites now.

[@blackcraft3465]

The old stuff yes

[@brotherhoodtf]

Before they blew up sure. Then like most every other band in this category…they sold out for mass appeal 👀🤷🏽‍♂️ #changemymind

[@gwagb27]

@@brotherhoodtf they got a new singer on the last 2 albums which are still bangers, if you don’t like it then that’s your loss. It is different but still great.

[@MySpaceDxC_Suffo_AtTheGates]

One of the best ever bands.

[@bigsway7062]

Continent from the acacia strain is what got me into deathcore and I’m super impressed with this list. Each band is fantastic and those albums are amazing.

[@carlospena426]

Finna see what Kyles band is all about. Use to jam most of the bands he listed all during High School. Tbh I don’t even know how I came across this video but I’m glad I did.

[@patryksg]

Kyle, and Band Of Sacrifice, are fucking amazing! Great video, thanks for this!

[@leannasty]

Good list. Allegiance will always be a favourite. On my list though at number one would be Through The Eyes Of The Dead - Malice. Such a pioneering album of the genre.

[@MikeDunne]

1. suicide silence - no time to bleed 2. as blood runs back - instinct 3. within the ruins - invade 4. thy art is murder - hate 5. fit for an autopsy - absolute hope absolute hell 6. lorna shore - flesh coffin 7. whitechapel - selftitled 8. chelsea grin - ashes to ashes 9. make them suffer - how to survive a funeral 10. impending doom - the sin and doom, vol. 2 11. rings of saturn - gidim 12. oceano - revalation 13. infant annhilator - the battle of yaldabaoth 14. slaughter to prevail - kostovol 15. signs of the swarm - absolvre these are the records that defined deathcore for me.

[@Tiptronic89]

So well spoken! 👍🏽

[@IDrop76]

thank you for shouting out "dead in my arms" i was thinking that the whole time the discussion was about Carnifex

[@allesrachtsichirgendwannlu1893]

This is legitimate commentary. I enjoyed everything about this. Absolutely informative for those who don't know... 😌 This man knows his shit hands down.....fight me bout it!!!🤤🤣

[@BlastBeatBreakdown]

This is a pretty dope list!

[@ExiledVessel]

For me Hester Prynne's The Goswell Divorce (sadly not on spotify anymore) was the best album of 2009. Also slice the cake's cleansed followed by the man with no face were addicting albums.

[@Fureth32]

100% it was an awesome record

[@SteelBalla]

One of my most played deathcore albums at the time!

[@tylermathews1953]

Dude nice call outs!

[@Coolldown]

Do I have good news for you. The heater prynne album is on Spotify now

[@DJOLSON45]

I loved that album top to bottom!

[@spaceriot23]

Animosity - Shut it down, probably the most essential deathcore album on my list. anyway solid list right there!

[@mutantofficial8021]

A lot of recognizable albums. Didn't start listening to death core till I was 14. Now I'm 16. Trying to work on my vocals.

[@arthurd9592]

100% agree with every choice. Personally I'd sub out 2 or 3, but a SOLID list

[@DeathcoreHusky]

Winds of plague is so underrated !! Thanks for adding decimate the weak!! 🤘🤘

[@osmandc4293]

Awesome list, I should've added I declare War as well

[@dayofdisarray]

Sick list! Whats the track playing in the background throughout?

[@razorrawb]

I'd also throw molotov solution, rose funeral & also animosity!! Other than that you hit everything, all my hs days as well!!! Oh & also suffokate!

[@brucenatelee]

6:50 I swear I included one of their songs on my "Songs For... Gojira Fans" playlist for a reason. I always prefer groove with my heavy music, and FFAA's album The Great Collapse was just insane for this reason.

[@chapter_black3234]

Sort of hoped that I would see The Red Chord’s “Fed Through the Teeth Machine” on this list, but I am not an expert on deathcore anyway

[@sataniccannibal]

It totally should have been

[@garrett4299]

Or clients

[@AW-qz4kk]

Same and that eighteen visions lifeless should have been on here too

[@greglane334]

It's so much more than straight up deathcore,but I would have definitely put something of theirs on the list

[@ChimairaGod]

I like his utilization of the word utilize.

[@maxmax4182]

Some of my favorite albums in the list 👌👌

[@alexandergilaguero7157]

Yo no se si alguien leera esto y lo entendera pero en el momento en q hace el paralelismo entre Fit For An Autopsy y Gojira fue como x dios x fin alguien lo dice cojone todos los cabezas de pinga de mis amistades dicen q no, q no han evolucionado a un sonido parecido al de Gojira Graciassssss!!!!!

[@TimothyLeeClark]

Great list, and love the addition of impending doom and oceano. The only one I would add is Proprioception by And hell followed with. It never got the shine it deserved.

[@iskanderkhalmurzaev7111]

Awww man,what a list !

[@bdown_hbunz]

8:41 I WAS AT THIS SHOW AND THEY STILL KILLED IT!! Hell all 4 bands killed it that night!

[@svelle37]

There's an interview somewhere on youtube from that night. Ben sounds absolutely terrible in there (not the show) I'm amazed he could even bring out a single sound during the show.

[@JT-dw2bg]

TTEOTD is the best addition, that album blew my mind in high school.

[@meaninglessvalue7778]

The price if existence and hate malice revenge are legendary! Angelmaker is sick but I can't get into them for some reason, but their song abysmal is absolutely nutty!

[@Abrasuculo]

Agree with the substitutions and additions

[@wild6child6]

Doom is my number one still. I was 15 when I heard it and it absolutely blew my mind

[@patrickstar6247]

That double bass in “My fears have become phobias” blew my mind when I first heard it. The album is sick.

[@climbtheskyspine5748]

And according to the band, is completely real drum sound. As in, just an acoustic drum, a mic or two on the kick and some EQ. Which is still hard to believe, because of how fast and powerful it is.

[@zombne]

First heard This is Exile in a friends minivan. Blew my mind. I had been listening to OG Thy Art, Chelsea, Carnifex, JFAC, amazed me. Honestly Kyle's list was basically perfect to me at the end minus Acacia who I'd sub Continent for.

[@HoldenSXE]

1. Job for a cowboy 2. Carnifex 3. Thy art is murder 4. Whitechapel 5.The acacia strain 6. Lorna shore 7. All shall perish 8. Oceano 9. Unfathomable ruination 10. Angelmaker 11. Within destruction 12. Suicide silence 13. Slaughter to prevail 14. Shadow of intent 15. Upon a burning body No particular order

[@theoutsider1140]

Man, i just love Kyle ! 🖤

[@darnfrick3354]

I'm not a giant fan of his band (don't dislike them though) however this guy is super on point with his influences and I respect carrying the torch. It's good seeing younger Deathcore bands being this passionate about the genre. This will solidify deathcore in history as death metal and black metal are

[@jdfurlong9199]

Bro, this list made my fucking day..

[@alextaylor417]

Allegiance by ABRB is still so fresh

[@ryang3225]

Hellbound will always be my favorite ffa album though. Switch that up with absolute hope absolute hell and it’s chillinn

[@connorking1414]

This list is literally my teen years. All heaters!

[@DJOLSON45]

Good callback to Salt the Wound. I havent listened to them in forever.

[@stevekesedakisstormchasing7031]

What a great list

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

I had an RCA mp3 player too!! It was like a usb drive, you could flip the usb piece out and plug it directly into your pc! It was pretty efficient!! And it took a single aaa battery!! I just realized how ridiculous all that sounded, but i loved it!!

[@nathanmalone4302]

My dude snuck in Salt the Wound. Heck yeah.

[@voxextremos22]

Kyle is a very soft spoken and articulate

[@bigwills53]

any and all Oceano love is always a welcome sight. Adam Warren is a fucking monster. Depths was formative in me loving any extreme music whatsoever. An absolute classic

[@amyad0rable]

its always pray for plagues ahahah, myspace days were such a good time for finding music.

[@carterdeatherage8606]

Kyle Anderson had an interesting 11th grade year is what I gathered from this video

[@medusa6491]

We all had a school year in which Deathcore hitted us straight in the nuts !

[@THORSMEOWMEOW]

Through The Eyes of the Dead 🤘

[@dschlopes4321]

All Shall Perish and Shadow of Intent 🤯🤯

[@SaurianKing_]

BROOOOO! This mans voice just threw me completely, sounds a polar opposite to the noises he makes for BoS hahahahaha