50 ESSENTIAL Death Metal Albums To Hear Before You Die

Tomb of the mutilated - CC
Leprosy - death
deicide - deicide
altars of madness - morbid angel
dawn of possession - immolation
onward to golgotha - incantation
consuming impulse - pestilence
war master - bolt thrower
annihilation of the wicked - nile
effigy of the forgotten - suffocation
cause of death - obituary
de prefundiis - vader
left hand path - entombed
seven churches - possessed
nihility - decapitated
mental funeral - autopsy
nightmares made flesh - bloodbath
cattle decap - monolith of inhumanity
cancer - death shall rise
benediction - transcend the rubicon
horrendous - ecdysis
dying fetus - reign supreme
asphyx - last one on earth
necrophagist - epitaph
mortician - hacked up for bbq
exhumed - gore metal
hypocrisy - abducted
six feet under - haunted
cryptopsy - none so vile
dismember - like an ever flowing stream
athiest - unquestionable prescence
gorguts - obscura
unleashed - where no life dwells
grave - into the grave
malevolent creation - retribution
massacre - from beyond
vital remains - let us pray
sinister - cross the styx
macabre - dahmer
demlicch - nespithe
monstrosity - millenium
nocturnus the key
arghoslent - incorrigible bigotry
intestine baalism - an anatomy of the beast
the chasm - procession to the infraworld
demigod - slumber off sullen eyes
brutality - screams of anguish
cenotaph - the gloomy refflections of our hidden sorrows
gorement - the ending quest
disma - towards the megalith
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[@zombiTrout]

Malevolent Creation is one of those bands that gets overlooked way too often.

[@exaquvmal]

Infester - To the Depths, in Degradation

[@leonscoretzka801]

surprised not to see Dark Recollections by Carnage on here. But what a killer list! Gave me a couple to check out that i had never heard, thanks!

[@Coleman98]

You should do essential death metal from 2010+, see what you think would be considered essential

[@mindful2864]

There’s lots of really great albums on this list and major props for including Intestine Baalism and the Chasm. Those bands are underrated and deserve lots of acclaim. Here’s more albums I would include: Deeds of Flesh - Reduced to Ashes Broken Hope - Swamped in Gore Shub Niggurath - The Kinglike Celebration (Final Aeon on Earth) Vehemence - God Was Created Septicflesh - The Great Mass

[@thehatefulraven]

Glad to see someone mention The Chasm, most underrated band ever.

[@paulwhite1109]

Nice. I'd have Carcass in this list too. If Heartwork is too melodic then Necrotiscism. I'd have Heartwork. 10 Commandments for me for Malevolent Creation.

[@yavuzdinc101]

Legendary list I listen to each one over and over again but my personal favorite 'demilich-nespite' its always finds something to surprise me all over again.

[@olli.tiainen]

Happy to see some finnish bands included. I would also add Rippikoulu - Musta Seremonia, one of the heaviest bands of all time.

[@joerazz91]

Keep this going! We need essential thrash, doom, and power metal albums!

[@bdawg3942]

Respect. Never really got into DM. Seance “ For never laid to rest “ was probably mine 👍

[@zacharyseibert6788]

Disincarnate - Dreams Of The Carrion Kind Suffocation - Pierced From Within

[@_Henrique66]

Blood Rapture from Vomitory is great too

[@PortugueseMACPOW]

Do a tier list on Glam Metal bands Questy! Rank Dokken and the other great Glam bands!

[@Guys_Home_Run]

Thx mate. My first ever listen to Death Metal was Slowly we Rot way back in 1989. Then got into ND, BT, MA, Deicide and CC. Then really missed a crap load until Spotify made it a bit easier. Now filling in the gap between then and now! Thx heaps, your taste is not too far off mine when it comes to Death Metal at least!

[@tomthorsett1433]

OPETH - Blackwater Park, Still Life, Deliverance

[@musicisajourney]

Still quite a few I don’t have. Damn it! Must buy more death metal soon!

[@Daniel-cu9wj]

Love to see Arghoslent on here! Sick album

[@aquacamel]

This deserves far more likes

[@darksideinferno3454]

Some Killer Stuff right here on your List Questy! There's only five i'm still missing in my Collection! The next day's i will go through and give all those Album's another Spin! 💀🤘💀🤘💀🤘

[@leomorax412]

Nice list, bit I'm missing Carcass

[@Questformetal]

They’ll be top of another list

[@beanman2206]

Excellent picks!!

[@Questformetal]

Well well if it isn’t the bean haha

[@iamablowfish8531]

Dragged into Sunlight - Hatred for Mankind Infester - To the Depths, in Degradation Paralysis - Patrons of the Dark

[@fjuczer667]

Seven Churches and Scream Bloody Gore.

[@gilbertovega9981]

Massacra - Enjoy the Violence

[@Amannus2.0]

Love the video Questy :) Don't wanna be "that guy," but saying Nihility is Decapitated's "most technical" suggests you might not have played any of their stuff on guitar(not meaning to be rude). Winds of Creation is infinitely more technical, especially Blessed and Human's Dust and The First Damned

[@Poser_Metal_Records]

I prefer the homeboy album Organic Hallucinosis. Get your sideward cap and baggy pants out because we're going homeboy!

[@Amannus2.0]

@@Poser_Metal_Records Yeah I wasn't saying which I prefer, I was purely speaking on the technical side of Decap. They peaked with their debut in that regard, Vogg's riffs are a nightmare and I say this as someone who can play most Necrophagist songs from Epitaph

[@proggydoggie]

Great, comprehensive list. I would go for Resurrection Through Carnage as Bloodbath's essential album. I prefer Akerfeldt's vocals and the old school buzz saw guitars.

[@somethingelse04]

next doom metal please!

[@mightyravendark932]

Edge of Sanity ffs:)

[@Questformetal]

Didn’t want to do melodeath or progressive death or else opeth and belakor and other stuff like edge of sanity would occupy the list. Dw I’ll do a separate list for them

[@robertaltena4293]

Yes ur the only one

[@HEADBANGEREN]

The list is missing: Carcass Napalm Death Sepultura These should be top 25 Then there's: Seance Baphomet Brujeria that could be essential 50 Also, regarding Hypocrisy, fans would definitely choose Penetralia or Obsculum as their essential. Otherwise, fucking awesome list

[@marcussoto4645]

Unrelated but you should check out vanaheim with their newest album it is epic and fun and i think you will love it.

[@FalseNi9e]

Cancer is so damn underrated and you can't listen to DM and not listen to The Chasm

[@Schenker01]

I missed: -Opeth "Deliverance" -Cynic "Focus" -Carcass "Heartwork" -At The Gates "Slaughter of the soul"

[@Zogblaster14]

I agree on the autopsy take 😂

[@fabril2673]

0:58 Those vocals are actually really solid

[@VultureLivesAgain]

Cool to see Macabre on here. But I'd go with Sinister Slaughter over Dahmer.

[@tomasjonsson7141]

Got some CD shoping to do on ebay gota chatch em all🐐🐐🐐

[@FreezingMoon77]

Good list. I would add Portal to it 🙂

[@evird.]

good list, but im missing Devourment and some more brutal stuff

[@edsonfranca1977]

Pungent Stench - For God Your Soul...For Me Your Flesh (1990)

[@tjallepaulus]

Intestine Baalism, ultimate instinct.

[@aaroncoroner5915]

Mostly great but just one Glaring Omission. Necrotiscism - Descanting the Insalubrious! How can you have an essential DM list without Carcass??? As a Canadian I was disappointed not to see Obliveon on here, and at least one Amon Amarth album should make it, take your pick. And for me personally, North From Here by Sentenced is totally kick-ass essential before they turned into Radio Rock. Cheers!

[@edsonfranca1977]

Master - Master (1990)

[@lt8400]

Sounds 1986 to me

[@KeimpeJ]

You should demand a DNA test from James Hetfield.

[@petterstolt8792]

Dawg catching strays 😂

[@basti4875]

I absolutely would've picked Dechristianize for Vital Remains, maybe Icons of Evil... They're much better than Let Us Pray in my opinion. Still great list though!

[@johnbad1000]

Dead Congregation should have been here. But solid list nonetheless

[@alpeshsrivastava]

Lmao the Homelander’s son reference got me dying 😂

[@vgmastercleveland]

50 essential doom metal albums? 🥺 👉👈

[@edsonfranca1977]

Gorefest - False (1992)

[@bdawg3942]

That opening song 👍

[@GAFFA-BASSER]

What about "making your own list" by NORMALLY-I-JUST-WRITE-IN-THE-COMMENTS?

[@joecadec4101]

What about hate eternal

[@bradipodaguerra8760]

I'm the only one who like Six Feet Under, and even the more recent stuff?😅😅😅

[@agamersdiary1622]

Yes

[@robertaltena4293]

Yup

[@bradipodaguerra8760]

@@robertaltena4293 😭😭😭😭

[@b-retrogamer2324]

Yes

[@tomasjonsson7141]

Brother ewwwww

[@tonyeckman4822]

Witch Vomit-Funeral Sanctum

[@unleashthebloodthirst69420]

NEW OPETH IS HERE!!!!!!