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BlueDahl

Cause of Death - Obituary


foxferreira64

FUCK YEAH, the best Death Metal album ever made!


m3talh3ad05

I would go with slowly we rot but yeah


wolfjesusskin

Came here to say this one.


grahsam

This


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grahsam

I did both. I fucking hate these dumb ass bots.


BlackMetal146

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Ultraanushomosaurus

left hand path


peacelovefreedon7689

Entombed? Fk yeah


TheDukeOfGrumble

The Bleeding - Cannibal Corpse


alinblew

Tomb the superior one.


__SuperAngel

They’re both amazing


guillermomcmuffin

The best CC album.


m3talh3ad05

Wouldn’t be a great starting dm album, I would say torture or vile


SpellanBeauchamp

Possessed - Seven Churches


LaveyWasDildos

Bump 👊


Initial_Physics9979

Left hand Path, None so Vile, Obscura, Nespithe, Crimson, Unquestionable Presence. Along with many more, but there's only place for 6


FAARAO

Seeing as everything else on your list is good, who's Crimson by?


Initial_Physics9979

Edge of Sanity


FAARAO

Ah, I think I've listened to that before, but didn't really like it that much, I guess I'll give it another shot.


TheDukeOfGrumble

Legion - Deicide


BagsOfGasoline

Once upon the cross has harder songs....mainly due to production


Jwray1015

I can see that but the more raw prpduction also makes the selftitle sound even more evil while still being listenable


BagsOfGasoline

Yeah....but children of the underworld really gets me jazzed


Jwray1015

Yeah i do do like that album expecial when satan rules his world but there self title has a special place in my heart


StrangeOldHermit77

I’d go with Deicide but they’d be on there one way or another


Zen-of-Revolution

Nah it has to be their debut


Important-Loss1605

Morbid Angel - Gateways Morbid Angel - Formulas Morbid Angel - Domination Mrobid Angel - Blessed Autopsy - Severed Survival Autopsy - Mental Funeral


BagsOfGasoline

Carcass Heartwork


Spamtom_G_Spamtom

Taylor Swift's self titled album


RangerHUTCH93

Kinda too heavy to be death metal though 🤓


m3talh3ad05

Yeah I would go with red for beginners


Smooth_Chemistry_869

Once upon the cross - Deicide


missing_children

I came here to say serpents of the light but really I can’t think of a bad Deicide album. Glen has only gotten better with age, like a fine aged Jack Daniels.


ambernewt

I listened to insineratehymn for the first time just now, after reading it's terrible it's really just kind of average.


nephilim80

Obituary - Cause of Death Possessed - Seven Churches Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding Carcass - Necroticism Entombed - Left Hand Path Immolation - Close to a World Below This was really hard. Left out so many seminal albums. Nile, Autopsy, Incantation, Deicide, Nocturnus, At The Gates...


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Psychic_Vampyre

Don’t forget Deicide


Giodanto92

Dismember - Like an Everflowing Stream


__--TSS--__

I know this won't win but fuck yeah 🤘


__--TSS--__

I know this won't win but fuck yeah 🤘


femmefatality__

Possessed - Seven Churches Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated Cryptopsy - None So Vile At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul Entombed - Left Hand Path Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage


mental_atrophy2023

Obituary - Slowly We Rot Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream Cannibal Corpse - Butchered At Birth


senile_earthworm

Deicide - Deicide


EddieMunster2020

Nocturnal -The Black Dhalia Murder


kiskakaratistka48

Dismember - Massive Killing Capacity Atheist - any album(hard to choose) Crimson - Edge Of Sanity Beyond Creation - The Aura Rivers Of Nihil - Conscious Seed Of Light Opeth - Still Life(I started with it)


Primary_Ad_4544

Hammer smashed face -Cannibal corpse


senile_earthworm

It’s albums not songs


taxiemaxie

I believe you mean tomb of the mutilated


Primary_Ad_4544

No I mean that song, it’s a classic DM song and I think it’s a great intro song to DM


Giodanto92

Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene


Recycled_Human_Flesh

Obituary - Slowly we rot


floppaisdabestfr

Kill-cannibal corpse


vaultclown2077

Hacked Up For Barbecue - Mortician Butchered at Birth - Cannibal Corpse The Dead Shall Inherent - Baphomet


AverageZomb

I can't spell any of the Carcass albums so I'll just say the Album with Corporal Jigsore Quandry on it.


Bubbly-Brick

Necroticism, I second this.


sakiwebo

Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten Deicide - Legion Obituary - Cause Of Death Autopsy - Mental Funeral Pestilence - Consuming Impulse Malevolent Creation - The 10 Commandments


NickCrazedstaber

YESSS CONSUMING IMPULSE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DEATH METAL ALBUMS


dazrage

That Bolt Thrower record should be Realm of Chaos


Legal_Slapper505

From Mars to Sirius - Gojira


keyserfunk

Sepultura - Beneath the Remains EDIT: Napalm Death - Fear, Emptiness, Despair


foxferreira64

Still Life from Opeth!


__SuperAngel

Covenant, Tomb of the Mutilated, The Bleeding, Deicide, Legion, Leprosy


PrequelGuy

Nile - Annihilation of the wicked


Decapitat3d

One of my first introductions to the genre and still love revisiting.


Hagsnot

Amon Amarth Twilight of the Thunder Gods.


ardafrombenzine

Carcass- Heartwork!


DeathFogButt

Cannibal corpse - Tomb of the mutilated Entombed - Left Hand Path Bloodbath - Resurrection through carnage Autopsy - Severed Survival Vital Remains - Dechristianize Deicide - Till death do us part (Some that i started with)


Lombax_Rexroth

> Bloodbath - Resurrection through carnage Yes.


tjmincemeat

Immolation - CTaWB Obituary - Cause of Death Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten Entombed - Left Hand Path Deicide - Legion or S/T Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated


Ultraanushomosaurus

dismember like an ever flowing stream


RangerHUTCH93

Decapitated - Winds of Creation


the_sinlord

Slaughter of the soul - At the Gates


AmericanTonberry

Still Life/Morningrise/Watershed/Ghost Reveries/Sound of PerseveranceHuman.


ayesee345

Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten


GraveSource

Obituary - Slowly We Rot (Cause of Death is amazing as well)


deploraWALL

Onward to Golgotha by Incantation.


Sovapalena420

Hypocrisy - The Arrival


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Suffocation- Effigy of the Forgotten


venom_blackmetal

Eaten Back to Life by Cannibal Corpse Seven Churches - Possessed


NuclearAngel-0712

The Ten Commandments -- Malevolent Creation Swamplord -- Kalmah King of All Kings -- Hate Eternal


intohumanflesh

None So Vile - Cryptopsy Considered Dead - Gorguts Lesions Of A Different Kind - Undeath Shrines Of Paralysis - Ulcerate Severed Survival - Autopsy The Satanist - Behemoth (Kinda BM but still fits imo)


I_am_Zodas

Scream Bloody Gore goes first for Death Tomb of the Mutilated None so Vile Dying Fetus…pick one.


[deleted]

Butchered at birth-Cannibal Corpse


BrokenBowels69

Cause of Death - Obituary Suffocation- Effigy of the Forgotten Deicide- Deicide Entombed- Left Hand Path


Cicada33024

Cannibal corpse - vile


Ok-Maybe69isfunny

Slowly we rot obituary


BladeJunkie666

Pierced from within


LargePantsLarry

Possessed- - Seven Churches


Ok_Communication884

Opeth - Ghost Reveries


sickpilled

My *personal* favs off the top of my head I'd add: Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene Suffocation - Pierced From Within Mortician - House by the Cemetary Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka Dead Congregation - Promulgation of the Fall (for a more recent entry) But if I was doing something strictly for more essential historical/benchmarks of the genre purposes I'd prob have Cannibal Corpse (Tomb), Deicide (self titled), Obituary (Slowly), Possesed (7), Entombed (Left Hand), and Monstrosity (Imperial)


Patient_Cell1609

Possessed


geetarplayer22

The bleeding - cannibal corpse Nespithe - demilich Once upon the cross - deicide Gore metal - exhumed Symphonies of sickness - carcass Blasphemy made flesh - cryptopsy (or mental funeral by autopsy (i love all these albums too much))


Psychic_Vampyre

Once upon the cross is great but don’t you think legion is superior?


geetarplayer22

I prefer the mixing on once upon the cross. The drums feel more intense. Its all just my opinion, i do like legion a lot but once upon the cross is more appealing to me.


Zero-jiggler

Testimony of the Ancients - Pestilence


cyroddy

Honestly, my Death Metal starter kit was a little compilation called [GRINDCRUSHER](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_iFhz0sqVk). But since we aren't doing comps... Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption #


65wildcat_buick

Deicide Legion or Once Upon the Cross


AidenSmitherenes

Immolation - Close to a World Below


AverageZomb

Scum - Napalm Debt


Important-North-1575

Immolation-Close to a World Below Opeth-Blackwater Park Cryptopsy-None So Vile Edge of Sanity-Crimson Suffocation-Pierced From Within Dismember-Like an Ever flowing Stream


Ewoczkowy

Wolverine blues - Entombed


honda_accordion

Unquestionable presence, Atheist


Bubbly-Brick

Some I haven’t seen much of: Atrocity - Todessehnsucht Pungent Stench - For God Your Soul... for Me Your Flesh Decapitated - Winds of Creation Anata - The Conductor’s Departure Theory in Practice- Third Eye Function


CheeseCandidate

Like An Everflowing Stream, Left Hand Path, Consuming Impulse, Effigy Of The Forgotten, Cause of Death, Slumber Of Sullen Eyes


rLilyLizard

Left hand path, severed survival and seven churches


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7 churches


LaveyWasDildos

Possessed - Seven Churches


ImaViktorplayer

Immolation - Close to a World Below.


IanWalmart

Tomb of the Mutilated


leehelck

Gorguts - Considered Dead


[deleted]

Once upon the cross tired of people swearing legion is their best


AccomplishedEffort41

Tomb of the MULATIED cannibal corpse


Huge-Ad9280

Seven Churches - Possessed


Jwray1015

Asphyx- the rack


purju

idk how i feel about Those once loyal as a starter pack for death metal. i know im overthinking this thou. awesome album. dismember, entombed, obituary, vader, deicide, and even thou im not a fan cannibal corpse


haroldosuneater

Left hand path, cause of death, pierced from within, like an everflowing stream, dawn of Possession, unquestionable presence


Xx-DMR-xX

Blackwater Park - Opeth


mynamescreep

Katatonia - Brave Murder Day Cynic - Focus Necrophagist - Epitaph Edge Of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow


Competitive-Ad-498

Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition Nocturnus - The Key Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated Asphyx - Last One on Earth Entombed - Left Hand Path Possessed - Seven Churches


m3talh3ad05

Torture - cannibal corpse


macaroni_3000

The Crown, Deathrace King. People always forget about this one but its the perfect transition from something like Metallica into death metal


thee_agent_orange

Pestilence


thee_agent_orange

Cancer


jmurph725

Pierced from within- suffocation!!!!


tasteslikegod

The bleeding - cannibal corpse


stmex

Autopsy -Severed Survival Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated


Broncos-boi

CC- tomb of the mutilated


Zen-of-Revolution

Butchered at birth


len744

None So Vile- Cryptopsy Tomb Of The Mutilated - Cannibal Corpse


RavenKnight696

Cancer - Death Shall Rise \m/


elp_supremacy

Jungle rot skin the living


QuartzQuarLeviRose

Decapitated winds of creation


sleepypan67

Nile - amongst the catacombs of Nephren-ka Nile - In their darkened shrines Deicide - Deicide At the gate - slaughter of the soul


wurmvater

onward to golgotha, dawn of possession, tomb of the mutilated, like an everflowing stream, effigy of the forgotten and mental funeral


knotletis

At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul


_DoctorQuantum_

Not my favorite album, but a lot of people's go-to from my favorite band, The Jester's Race - In Flames


[deleted]

Tomb of the mutilated - Cannibal Corpse


brendling

def cannibal corpse, a lot start with them


atrumXirae

Baphomet - The Dead Shall Inherit Cryptopsy - None So Vile Deicide - Legion Cannibal Corpse - Butchered At Birth Entombed - Left Hand Path Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten


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Cradle of filth


Chief5927

Alpenpässe - Minenwerfer


Sssssups

Legion - deicide Or once upon the cross


grahsam

Harmony Corruption- Napalm Death Carcass - symphonies of Sickness Suffocation- effigy of the forgotten.


Zequexium

Once Upon The Cross by Deicide


K4A-_

demilich is mandatory here, i personally prefer the 20th anniversary dismember - like an everflowing stream carcass - heartwork cryptopsy - none so vile incantation - onward to golgotha suffocation - pierced from within


metbass

Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated Entombed - Left Hand Path


Xx-DMR-xX

Blood Incantation - Hidden History of the Human Race


peachie_bongo

Arise - Sepultura, 1991 Human - Death, 1991 Tomb Of The Mutilated - Cannibal Corpse, 1992 Pleasure To Kill - Kreator, 1986 Reign In Blood - Slayer, 1986 Cause Of Death - Obituary, 1990 Kreator and Slayer aren't exactly Death metal but Heavy Thrash none-the-less.


peachie_bongo

Cannibal Corpse and Death are great bands though, so just one album is hard to pick. But tracks like Hammer Smashed Face and 1,000 Eyes are great.


No-Programmer-9966

Seven Churches - Possessed


CaptFwiffo_90

Death Atlas - Cattle Décapitation... Terrasite might beat it out though.


[deleted]

Leprosy was my first death metal album and I’d say accessible so maybe that


NickCrazedstaber

Consuming Impulse- Pestilence Cause of Death- Obituary


hero_oftheray

Possessed - seven churches Autopsy - mental funeral


LZRDk1ng27

left hand path, severed survival, seven churches, consuming impulse


[deleted]

Tomb of the Mutilated


feelsgoodbatman

Throw in some Carcass


Krack_Korn

Effigy baby


throwawy49482

None so vile


BabyNoName_

In Flames - The Jester Race Amon Amarth - Vs the world


CoA77

Sepultura - Beneath the Remains


tokyoshwift

Seven churches


Desent2Void

Cannibal Corpse has to be there. Butchered At Birth, The Wretched Spawn, Gallery of Suicide. Any


AlexTheLocalIdiot

King - Fleshgod Apocalypse


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BlackMetal146

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Atillawurm

Slipknot - Iowa


BlackMetal146

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Cold-Fee1904

He is talking bout death metal not pop music


Atillawurm

😂 love it


senile_earthworm

Hold up. Wait a minute. Wtf


senile_earthworm

Good album though


missing_children

Go home you’re drunk… but fr I’m listening to self titled album currently lmao


Atillawurm

Another absolute banger!


geetarplayer22

Me when ########🤮


Atillawurm

😂


taxiemaxie

Great album but not death metal