Cannabis Corpse- The Weeding

Artist: Cannabis Corpse
Album: The Weeding
Genre: Death Metal
Year: 2009
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: CANNIBAL CORPSE, MONSTROSITY, DEICIDE, VITAL REMAINS

Cannabis Corpse is more than just a parody of Cannibal Corpse. They are one of the best bands around playing old school US death metal (Cannibal Corpse, Monstrosity, Malevolent Creation, Suffocation, etc.) I have played the shit out of Tube Of The Resinated since it came out so I've been really excited for this new EP, and it didn't let me down.

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Fall of the Bastards/Book of Black Earth Split

Artists: Fall of the Bastards/Book of Black Earth
Album: Split
Genre: Blackened Melodic Death Metal
Year: 2005
Website: Myspace / Myspace

FOR FANS OF: DAWN, DISSECTION, THE FUNERAL PYRE, BELPHEGOR

I put this split up mainly for the three Fall of the Bastards songs. The Book of Black Earth side is good, but the Fall of the Bastards side blows it away. Both bands play have a blackened death metal sound but Fall of the Bastards have much more catchy melodic guitar riffs and an overall epic vibe. This is Book of Black Earth's first official release after their demo and Fall of the Bastards' final release.

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Blood Freak- Multiplex Massacre

Artist: Blood Freak
Album: Multiplex Massacre
Genre: Old School Death Metal/Grindcore
Year: 2007
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: CARCASS, IMPALED, ENGORGED, HAEMORRHAGE

Razorback Records is one of the premier labels for newer bands paying tribute to old school death metal. Blood Freak is one of the many awesome bands on the roster. Like most of the other bands on the label, Blood Freak play a catchy brand of thrashing death metal with horror b-movie subject matter.

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Marduk- Dark Endless

Artist: Marduk
Album: Dark Endless
Genre: Old-School Swedish Death/Black Metal
Year: 1992
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: BOLT THROWER, CREMATORY, CARCASS, HYPOCRISY

Before Marduk turned into the blast beat black metal machine that they are today, they played thick, riff-heavy death metal with hints of black metal. This album is comparable to Darkthrone's pre-black metal album, Soulside Journey. The slow, doomy, death metal groove parts set this album apart from later Marduk albums.


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Crematory- Denial EP

Artist: Crematory
Album: Denial EP
Genre: Old-School Death Metal
Year: 1992
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: GRAVE, DEATH, CARNAGE, CARBONIZED, CARCASS

Crematory were a Swedish death metal band in the early 90's who incorporated some British and American death metal styles into the classic Swedish sound. You've got the fuzzy guitars, deep growling vocals, and catchy-as-hell riffs with just the right amount of blast beats. If Carcass was from Sweden, this is probably what they would have sounded like.

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Claws- Absorbed In The Nethervoid

Artist: Claws
Album: Absorbed In The Nethervoid
Genre: Old-School Death Metal
Year: 2009
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: CREMATORY, NIHILIST/ENTOMBED, GRAVE, UNLEASHED

There is no denying my obsession for the old-school death metal sound. Razorback records have unleashed their newest band, Claws, who could have easily came from Sweden in the early 90's. This band is yet another project from the man who brought you Acid Witch, Hooded Menace, and Vacant Coffin. This album must have for any fan of the raw and primitive old-school death metal sound!

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Demonical- Hellsworn

Artist: Demonical
Album: Hellsworn
Genre: Swedish Death Metal
Year: 2009
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: DISMEMBER, HAIL OF BULLETS, UNLEASHED, ENTOMBED

Demonical play old-school Swedish Death Metal with a slightly modern edge. If you dig the style, then you'll dig this album. Enough said.

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Vital Remains- Dechristianize

Artist: Vital Remains
Album: Dechristianize
Genre: Death Metal
Year: 2003
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: DEICIDE, CANNIBAL CORPSE, NECROPHAGIST, MORBID ANGEL

This album was recently recommended to me, and now I am recommending it to you. Ridiculously fast drumming, super melodic guitar riffs, brutal vocals courtesy of Glen Benton (Deicide), and interesting song structures make this album an A+ in my book.

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Volturyon- Blood Cure

Artist: Volturyon
Album: Blood Cure
Genre: Death Metal
Year: 2008
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: DECAPITATED, BLOODBATH, CANNIBAL CORPSE, SUFFOCATION

Volturyon play some technical death metal that is super catchy while still maintaining its brutality. The riffs are killer and the drumming is razor sharp. It's hard to believe that this is their debut album. This is another example of a modern band doing brutal death metal the right way. Thanks to The_Hive for bringing this album to my attention.

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Cadaver- In Pains

Artist: Cadaver
Album: In Pains
Genre: Death Metal
Year: 1992
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: CARCASS, DEATH, PESTILENCE, ATHEIST

This is some technical, thrashy death metal that was released on Earache in 1992. Members of this band would later go on to play in many Norwegian Black Metal bands such as Immortal and Satyricon. The vocalist/guitarist, Apollyon, now fronts the awesome black thrash band Aura Noir.

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Audio Kollaps- Panzer

Artist: Audio Kollaps
Albums: Panzer
Year: 2008
Genre: Death Metal/Crust/Grind
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: NAPALM DEATH, BOLT THROWER, REPULSION, SKITSYSTEM

These Germans play a Death Metal/Grind/Crust Punk hybrid, and they do it just right.

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Stagnation- S/T EP

Artist: Stagnation
Album: Self-Titled EP
Genre: Old-School Death Metal
Year: 2008
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: GRAVE, CARNAGE, ENTOMBED, REPULSION, STORMCROW

Stagnation, from my home state of Arizona, play a crusty version of old-school death metal. Sadly, I never got to see them play live, but they are definitely one of my favorite bands to ever come out of AZ.

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Death Breath

Artist: Death Breath
Genre: Old School Death Metal
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: ENTOMBED/NIHILIST, AUTOPSY, DEATH, GRAVE, REPULSION

I can't believe I haven't put these up yet. Death Braeth are an awesome old school sounding death metal band created by Nicke Andersson (Entomed/The Hellacopters). If you like late 80's-early 90's, Autopsy style death metal, you'll eat this shit up.

STINKING UP THE NIGHT (2006)

LET IT STINK (2007)

General Surgery- Corpus In Extremis: Analysing Necrocriticism

Artist: General Surgery
Album: Corpus In Extremis - Analysing Necrocriticism
Genre: Grind/Death Metal
Year: 2009
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: CARCASS, IMPALED, THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS

I love Carcass and so do these Swedes, they are credited as being the first of the many "Carcass Clones". They mostly draw from Pre-Heartwork era , but theres a little death'n'rollin' going on here. You gotta love the clever song titles like "Necrocriticism" and "Necronomics".

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Dismember- Massive Killing Capacity

Artist: Dismember
Album: Massive Killing Capacity
Genre: Death Metal
Year: 1995
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: ENTOMBED, AUTOPSY, UNLEASHED, CARCASS, IRON MAIDEN

I love Dismember. Plain and simple. They are one of the few of the original death metal bands that are still around today with the same sound and still putting out good albums. This is their third album, it shows off more of their mid-paced songs and is packed with memorable riffs. This album contains many of my favorite Dismember songs, "On Frozen Fields", "Crime Divine", and "Casket Garden". If you want a death metal album to do some sweet air guitar to, this is it.

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Classic Death Metal Mega Post

Here is a few of my favorite death metal records from the early 90's and late 80's. Enjoy!

FOR FANS OF: DEATH, AUTOPSY, ENTOMBED, REPULSION, DEICIDE

Immolation- Dawn Of Possession





Seance- Fornever Laid To Rest





Morbid Angel- Blessed Are The Sick





Carnage- Dark Recollections





Darkthrone- Soulside Journey





Dismember- Like An Ever Flowing Stream





Comecon- Megatrends In Brutality





Carcass- Symphonies Of Sickness





Death- Human





Obituary- Slowly We Rot






Unleashed- Where No Life Dwells






Pestilence- Consuming Inpulse

Misery Index- Discordia

Artist: Misery Index
Album: Discordia
Genre: Death Metal/Grind
Year: 2006
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: DYING FETUS, NAPALM DEATH, MORBID ANGEL, PIG DESTROYER

Misery Index is fucking awesome. Death Metal and Grind with a overall hardcore punk feel. Ex members of Dying Fetus. They are playing here in Phoenix with Landmine Marathon, get your ass there. This is for my fellow bash brother.

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Dissection- The Somberlain

Artist: Dissection
Album: The Somberlain
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Year: 1993
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: DAWN, DARKTHRONE, IMMORTAL, THE FUNERAL PYRE

Dissection were just one of the many awesome bands coming out of Sweden in the early 90's. They combined the darkness and cold hearted lead tremolo picking of black metal and the raw and powerful force of death metal to create an amazing sound. Dissection was reborn in 2004 and released the very rock'n'roll influenced album, Reinkaos, and shortly after, their vocalist/guitarist Jon Nödtveidt committed suicide in the middle of a candle lit pentagram in what was believed to be some sort or occult ritual. If you like a little bit of death in your black metal, or you like your death metal painted black, you can't go wrong with The Somberlain.


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(Link from Black Metal Share)

Cannibal Corpse

FOR FANS OF: DEICIDE, SUFFOCATION, MORBID ANGEL, DEATH

In anticipation for their new album, Evisceration Plague, to be released, I present to you my three favorite Cannibal Corpse albums. Get down on this shit.

Eaten Back To Life (1990)
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Bloodthirst (1999)
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Kill (2006)
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Grave- Into The Grave

Artist: Grave
Album: Into The Grave
Genre: Swedish Death Metal
Year: 1991
Website: Myspace

FOR FANS OF: ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, UNLEASHED, AUTOPSY

Grave, along with Entombed and Dismember, are three main bands that made Sweden such a legendary spot for Death Metal in the early 90's. This album is a perfect example of pure Swedish Death Metal in all its glory. It has the Sunlight production, the catchy song structures, and the bad ass riffs. This is a must have!

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