Cianide - Gods of Death (2011)

2011, Hell's Headbangers

1.	Desecration Storm
2.	Forsaken Doom
3.	Rising of the Beast
4.	Dead and Rotting
5.	Idolator
6.	Terrorstrikes
7.	The One True Death
8.	Contained and Controlled

The heaviest band out of Chicago returns with their sixth LP, "Gods of Death". You should know what to expect - Venom/Celtic Frost inspired death metal at its finest.

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Nokturnel - Nothing But Hatred (1993)

1993, JL America

1.	Human Termite	04:00
2.	No 2nd Chance	04:33
3.	Sliding Down The Razor	02:45
4.	Global Suicide	04:08
5.	Skonopolator	02:29
6.	My Hell	03:31
7.	Final Punishment	03:38
8.	Target Planet	02:22
9.	Revenge of the Corpse	02:16
10.	Welcome to N.J.	03:52
11.	Poltergeist	02:37

Nokturnel is an American death metal band from the early 90's that often gets over looked. Formed by Tom Stevens after his former band Savage Death (one of the earlier pioneers of death metal) bit the dust, Nokturnel blends high speeds with technical riffs to create some really fucking savage songwriting. It reminds me of the first Deceased album, as it's full of Voivod-esque riffs and ridiculously fast drumming. Check this out, any fan of early 90's death metal will dig this.

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The Chasm - Farseeing The Paranormal Abysm (2009)

2009, Lux Inframundis

1.	Entering a Superior Dimension	08:23
2.	Callous Spectre/Vehement Opposition	08:27
3.	Fiery Rebirth	06:52
4.	Farseeing...	01:45
5.	Structure of the Seance	06:56
6.	Vault to the Voyage	11:13
7.	The Promised Ravage	06:38
8.	The Mission/Arrival to Hopeless Shores (Calling The Paranormal Abysm)	11:52

Most bands tend to lose direction and the original vision they had after three or so records. The Chasm, on the other hand, is one of those bands that has always stayed true to their sound, while at the same time writing music that's loaded with creative riffs, complex arrangements, and blistering speed. This is the band's seventh album, and in all honesty, I haven't stopped listening to it since I received it in the mail. Everything about this album is just pure metal - the riffs are pretty thrashy and quick with some pretty impressive finger work thrown throughout, not to mention some pretty bad ass solos. Neveyr heard The Chasm before? This is as good a place to start as any. The production is pretty clean without being polished, it sounds nice and big without anything being overpowering. Half the songs don't even have lyrics, but it doesn't even matter, the music says everything it needs too.

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Autopsy - Acts of the Unspeakable (1992)

1992, Peaceville

1.	Meat	02:37
2.	Necrocannibalistic Vomitorium	02:11
3.	Your Rotting Face	03:55
4.	Blackness Within	01:45
5.	An Act of the Unspeakable	02:25
6.	Frozen With Fear	00:31
7.	Spinal Extractions	00:21
8.	Death Twitch	02:13
9.	Skullptures	02:32
10.	Pus / Rot	04:01
11.	Battery Acid Enema	01:47
12.	Lobotomized	00:51
13.	Funereality	02:53
14.	Tortured Moans of Agony	00:46
15.	Ugliness and Secretions	01:09
16.	Orgy in Excrements	01:57
17.	Voices	02:07
18.	Walls of the Coffin	01:19

The third Autopsy album sees the band playing more with shorter song lengths and punkier influences in their doomy death metal. This album, like "Shitfun", has some of their most disturbing lyrical content, and much like that album, gets overlooked by many fans. Highly recommended death metal from the masters!

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Autopsy - Shitfun (1995)

1995, Peaceville

1.	Deathmask	02:49
2.	Humiliate Your Corpse	03:28
3.	Fuckdog	00:42
4.	Praise the Children	03:41
5.	The Birthing	02:12
6.	Shit Eater	02:33
7.	Formaldehigh	00:52
8.	I Sodomize Your Corpse	03:40
9.	Geek	04:07
10.	Brain Damage	01:17
11.	Blood Orgy	03:24
12.	No More Hate	02:02
13.	Grave Violators	04:47
14.	Maim Rape Kill Rape	05:04
15.	I Shit on Your Grave	00:42
16.	An End to the Misery	01:13
17.	The 24 Public Mutilations	03:10
18.	Bathe in Fire	01:42
19.	Bowel Ripper	01:11
20.	Burnt to a Fuck	03:46
21.	Excremental Ecstasy	03:16

Everyone always talks about the first two Autopsy full lengths, and often over look the last two the band put out before they originally broke up. Here we have their forth, and filthiest, album - "Shitfun". Here we see Autopsy wear their punk influences on their sleeve more than ever, while still retaining their death metal core with some doomy parts. Lyrically, this is probably the most disturbing Autopsy record, themed around sex, sadism, perversions, and death. Do not overlook this record! Personally, I feel Autopsy has never done a bad record, and this is no exception. Hail to one of the greatest death metal bands of all time!

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At the Gates - The Red In The Sky Is Ours (1991)

1991, Deaf Records

1.	The Red in the Sky Is Ours / The Season to Come	04:41
2.	Kingdom Gone	04:40
3.	Through Gardens of Grief	04:03
4.	Within	06:54
5.	Windows	03:53
6.	Claws of Laughter Dead	04:03
7.	Neverwhere	05:41
8.	The Scar	02:01
9.	Night Comes, Blood Black	05:16

Incredible death metal record from the early Swedish scene. These guys were radically different from many of their peers in the scene, making use of much more bizarre riffs and compositional approach. This is certainly their most complex offering, and a true classic. Many remember At The Gates for their last record, but this album is not as refined or as slick - it's brutal, ugly, and never tires.

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Begrime Exemioius - Impending Funeral of Man (2010)

2010, Dark Descent Records

"Begrime Exemious combines the best aspects of Demilich, Grand Belial's Key and even a little Argholsent to form their bulking brand of metal. The reason I think those bands are particularly apt as comparisons is because not only do they fit in terms of style and genre, but like those bands, Begrime Exemious is a unique, riff-first type of band. I am not sure about you, but when I think metal, my first thought is always the riffs - a surprisingly significant flaw of a lot of bands these days. But Begrime Exemious has riffs in abundance and a style that carefully balances subtle melody with hefty brutality and really sets them apart from a lot of other metal practitioners. " - DiabolicalConquest.com

"Begrime Exemious combine thrashy d-beat drumming with death metal rhythm guitar and tons of heavy metal/hard rock solos -- sounds crazy, but it works! The non-stop avalanche of riffs give this record plenty of impact, and the varied lead work helps to make each song memorable. There are even some doomy breaks here and there; the slow parts lend this album an extra dose of evil atmosphere, a la mid-period Morbid Angel. The vocals are great as well: they're quite catchy, and delivered with tons of range, yet they absolutely drip with sickness!" - vorfeed.net

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Fleshcrawl - Descend Into The Absurd

1992, Black Mark

1.	Between Shadows They Crawl	02:32
2.	Phrenetic Tendencies	05:32
3.	Perpetual Dawn	06:42
4.	Purulent Bowel Erosion	05:11
5.	Lost in a Grave	07:05
6.	Never to Die Again	07:30
7.	Festering Flesh	06:44
8.	Infected Subconscious	06:25
9.	Evoke the Excess	06:56

Germany has had a few big death metal releases in the past couple years, such as Necros Christos and Excoriate. However, Fleshcrawl had already covered quite a lot of territory back in 1992 with their debut release. High speed death metal and slow crushing riffs intertwine to create a pulverizing record.

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The Chasm - Procreation of the Inner Temple

1994, Belphegot Records

1.	Conqueror of the Mourningstar	05:50
2.	A Dream of an Astral Spectrum (To an Eternal Hate)	07:09
3.	Confessions and a Strange Anxiety	06:28
4.	Honoris Lux Infinitus (A Whisper of the Moon)	07:56
5.	The Day of Liberation	06:39
6.	The Lonely Walker (My Pride and My Wrath)	03:54
7.	The Cosmos Within *	05:21
8.	Stair to Aspirations *	05:40

The Chasm bring new meaning to the term "epic" with their unique brand of majestic death metal. Their debut shows much more of a doom influence than their later material would, and proves to be a desolate, eerie, and powerful album. The production is raw, but gives it some character, making it a bit more obvious that this is earlier in their career. They have always been noted for their involved songwriting and even here the songs have quite a lot going on in them. Give this well crafted album a listen.

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Portal/Rites of thy Degringolade - The Sweyy/Our Dreadful Sphere (Split)

2004, Ancient Darkness Productions

Rites of thy Degringolade
1.	Chronophobia	04:36
2.	Our Dreadful Sphere	06:26
3.	Dominions thrones and power	05:01
Portal
4.	The Sweyy	05:05
5.	Werships	06:11
6.	Doors	02:57

Split from Canada's Rites of thy Degringolade and Australia's Portal. Rites delivers some fast black metal with some of their most impressive guitar work in their discography, and Portal plays their bizarre brand of death metal. These bands really compliment each other with their different approaches to making demented metal. A classic!

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Kerasphorus - Cloven Hooves at the Holocaust Dawn

2010, Nuclear War Now! Productions

1.	The Abyssal Sanhedrin	05:30
2.	Aesoth Paradigm	04:32
3.	Disturb the Furthest Stars	03:38
4.	Swarm Intelligentsia	04:45

Kerasphorus is a new death/black metal band featuring the thunderous bass work and vile throat of Pete Helmkamp (Order From Chaos, Angelcorpse, Revenge), the militant drumming of James Read (Revenge, Conqueror, Axis of Advance, Cremation) and a guitarist who delivers some brutal riffs. Maniacs who want to hear the elements of the bands these other guys have been in thrown together with some death metal riffing, this will do the trick.

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Immolation - Majesty and Decay

2010, Nuclear Blast Records

1.	Intro	01:19
2.	The Purge	03:18
3.	A Token of Malice	02:41
4.	Majesty and Decay	04:29
5.	Divine Code	03:38
6.	In Human Form	04:04
7.	A Glorious Epoch	04:37
8.	Intro	02:04
9.	A Thunderous Consequence	03:58
10.	The Rapture of Ghosts	05:19
11.	Power and Shame	03:44
12.	The Comfort of Cowards	05:52

Immolation have been going hard with their unique brand of death metal since the mid 80's. Their latest offering proves to be one of their best records in years. Where many fans have critiqued "Harnessing Ruin" for it's simple song structures and "Shadows In The Light" for it's hollow/modern production, "Majesty and Decay" takes us back to the albums preceding those ones, both in the song writing department and production. Trademark Immolation riffs roll out with their unique sense of rhythm and bizarrely evil touch of melody.

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Grinning Death's Head - No Afterlife

2009, Youth Attack Records

1. Intro (3:10)
2. Mortal Coil (2:42)
3. Carrion (3:18)
4. Heir to the Throne (1:56)
5. Will to Die (2:57)
6. Affliction (1:59)
7. Everyday (2:31)
8. Ichor (1:54)
9. Endless Night (2:11)
10. High Hopes (2:59)
11. The Fold (3:14)
12. Six Feet (1:55)
13. God is Dead (4:14)

Jackboot Black Metal marching to war in a furious showdown. Brimming and violent haze of distorted warfare, oi-stylings and crack skull swamp beasts. Deranged and limited like the victories of old, a black metal siren of war.

Death is a sentient and responsive shadow. To stand in his presence one must be a willing empath for immersion in his essence. Those who seek shall find life and death merge in a continuity of purpose, like blue streaks in a black sky. Proceed: for beyond this converging twilight lies a profound remembrance of the things you have seen, the places you have been, the tears you have drowned in. It is easy to get caught up.
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Hooded Menace - Fulfill The Curse

2008, Razorback Records

1.	Rotting Rampage (Menace of the Skeletal Dead)	05:20
2.	Fulfill the Curse	06:55
3.	Grasp of the Beastwoman	06:41
4.	Laboratory of Nightmares	06:10
5.	Beauty and The Feast	07:01
6.	The Eyeless Horde	05:51
7.	The Love Song of Gotho, Hunchback of the Morgue	05:44
8.	Arcane Epitaph	05:43
9.	Theme From Manhattan Baby	03:07

This Finnish band has made waves with their debut album, and for good reason - it takes influence from early 90's death/doom greats like Winter, Autopsy, Paradise Lost, etc, and adds in a hint of Candlemass-esque melodies. The result is pretty astounding, and truly satisfying for any fan of old school death/doom!

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Necrony - Pathological Performances

1993, Poserslaughter Records

1.	Rigor Mortis Sets In	01:30
2.	Dexterous Embryectomy	04:42
3.	Submassive Necrosis Disgorgement	04:38
4.	Gynopathological Excav-Eater	03:54
5.	Accumulation Of Exudate	04:15
6.	Ocular Obliteration	06:11
7.	Pro-Rectal Carnage	03:50
8.	Excavated, Eviscerated And Emaciated	04:37
9.	Effervescing Discharge of Putrescent Corpulence	03:25
10.	The Squirming Worms	06:25
11.	Acute Pyencephalus And Cerebral Decomposure	07:08
12.	Funeral Ferocity	02:05

Necrony was a death metal band from Sweden, and featured members who would later form grind legends Nasum. Necrony displays more of the technical playing of these young Swedes, and is comparable to Carcass (Symphonies/Necroticism era) mixed with their peers in Swedish death metal (Carnage, Entombed, etc). Goregrind, technical death metal, and Nasum fans alike are urged to hear this if they haven't yet.

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Deceased - Luck of the Corpse

1991, Relapse Records

1.	Fading Survival	02:59
2.	The Cemetary's Full	03:03
3.	Experimenting With Failure	02:25
4.	Futuristic Doom	03:20
5.	Haunted Cerebellum	02:55
6.	Decrepit Coma	03:07
7.	Shrieks From The Hearse	03:24
8.	Psychedelic Warriors	05:15
9.	Feasting On Skulls	03:39
10.	Birth By Radiation	04:20
11.	Gutwrench	01:59

Here is Deceased's first full length offering, and their most death metal oriented release, before they started adding more heavy metal elements to their music. This album is really barbaric and blunt, but contains some really great songs that have punk-esque hooks that are sure to remain in your head (see: "Haunted Cerebellum").

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diSEMBOWELMENT - diSEMBOWELMENT (Compilation)

2005, Relapse Records

Disc 1
1.	The Tree of Life and Death	10:25
2.	Your Prophetic Throne of Ivory	07:40
3.	Excoriate	04:44
4.	Nightside of Eden	02:39
5.	A Burial at Ornans	14:38
6.	The Spirits of the Tall Hills	09:22
7.	Cerulean Transience of All My Imagined Shores	10:06
Disc 2
1.	The Tree of Life and Death	09:21
2.	A Burial at Ornans	12:03
3.	Cerulean Transience of All My Imagined Shores	08:29
4.	Extracted Nails	03:49
5.	Intro - Mourning September	02:00
6.	Impoverished Filth	06:49
7.	Extracted Nails	03:18
8.	Thou Messiah	08:26
9.	Outro	01:55

This is a 2CD compilation outlining the career of Australia's diSEMBOWELMENT. Along with Thergothon and Winter, diSEMBOWELMENT were at the forefront of the extreme death/doom scene in the early 90's. Unlike their peers, diSEMBOWELMENT wrote really dynamic songs, ranging from blasting grindcore, slow crawls, and even vocal chants. Disc 1 contains their 1993 full length "Transcending Into The Peripheral", while disc 2 contains EP and demo material. This is essential!

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Convulse - World Without God

1992, Thrash Records

1.	Introduction	00:49
2.	World Without God	04:55
3.	Putrid Intercourse	03:22
4.	Incantation of Restoration	03:45
5.	Blasphemous Verses	04:28
6.	False Religion	04:46
7.	Resuscitation of Evilness	03:45
8.	Infernal End	03:34
9.	Godless Truth	03:00
10.	Powerstruggle of Belief	04:01

For the third installment of my Finnish death metal craze comes Convulse. Simply put, these guys are fucking brutal. Relapse Records is reissuing this CD next month, so if you haven't heard this classic, hear it now, and then buy the damned thing!

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Disciples of Power - Powertrap

1989, Fringe Records

1.	Shades of Grey	04:40
2.	Powertrap	04:16
3.	Ice Demons	04:04
4.	Slave to No One	03:18
5.	Protector	03:17
6.	Night of the Priest	03:24
7.	Crisis	04:53
8.	Hidden Worlds	03:08

Disciples of Power was one of the first, if not the first extreme metal band to come out of Edmonton. Their debut, "Powertrap", is a fine display of technical thrash metal. They got a lot more death metal oriented and increased their technical prowess on later records, but it all starts here. This upload also includes two bonus tracks, "Disciples of Power", and one of my favourite songs, "Bitch of Doom".

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Demilich - Nespithe

1993, Necropolis

1.	When the Sun Drank the Weight of Water	03:43
2.	The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)	03:29
3.	Inherited Bowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort	03:22
4.	The Echo (Replacement)	04:27
5.	The Putrefying Road in the Nineteenth Extremity (...Somewhere Inside the Bowels of Endlessness...)	02:40
6.	(Within) The Chamber of Whispering Eyes	04:12
7.	And You'll Remain... (In Pieces in Nothingness)	03:12
8.	Erecshyrinol	03:17
9.	The Planet That Once Used to Absorb Flesh in Order to Achieve Divinity and Immortality (Suffocated to the Flesh That It Desired...)	03:17
10.	The Cry	03:42
11.	Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep	03:42

More Finnish death metal, this time from the great Demilich. If you've ever read about technical death metal, this album is sure to pop up. Their only full length to be recorded, Demilich uses a lot of weird rhythms and phrasings in their riffs, as well Carcass-esque low end vocals.

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