TOP 10

DEATH METAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

These top 10 Death Metal lists are the result of a vote that we had in my Discord server. So if you want to vote for future lists, make sure to join the discord via my patreon page. In this article I'll rank the top 10 death metal albums from the birth of the genre back in the 80's up until 1996.

Rules:

No EP's, singles, compilations, live albums, demo tapes or anything shorter than a full length studio album. Only thrash m

1980's

I did a combined vote for the whole 1980's simply because there wasn't enough Death Metal albums released to make a yearly top 10 until perhaps in 1989. So this is a vote for the best Death Metal albums of the eighties.

1. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)

2. Death - Leprosy (1988)

3. Autopsy - Severed Survival (1989)

4. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse (1989)

5. Obituary - Slowly We Rot (1989)

6. Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness (1989)

7. Death - Scream Bloody Gore (1987)

8. Possessed - Seven Churches (1985)

9. Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness (1989)

10. Terrorizer - World Downfall (1989)

1990

1990 was obviously a strong year with tons of classic albums released this year. Sweden's Entombed won but Deicide, Obituary, Atheist and Death released some strong albums this year.

1. Entombed - Left Hand Path

2. Deicide - Deicide

3. Atheist - Piece of Time

4.Obituary - Cause of Death

5. Nocturnus - The Key

6. Death - Spiritual Healing

7.Carnage - Dark Recollections

8. Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption

9. Cannibal Corpse - Eaten Back to Life

10. Merciless - The Awakening

1991

1991 Death Metal was at the peak of it's popularity here with some strong albums from bands like Suffocation, Death, Bolt Thrower and Dismember.

1. Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten

2. Death - Human

3. Bolt Thrower - War Master

4. Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream

5. Morbid Angel - Blessed are the Sick

6. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

7. Autopsy - Mental Funeral

8. Immolation - Dawn of Possession

9. Carcass - Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious

10. Entombed - Clandestine

1992

Deicide, Bolt Thrower, Incantation and Obituary are still going strong. At The Gates released their debut in 1992.

1. Deicide - Legion

2. Bolt Thrower - The IVth Crusade

3. Incantation - Onward to Golgatha

4. Asphyx - Onward to Golgatha

5. At The Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours

6. Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated

7. Malevolent Creation - Retribution

8. Obituary - The End Complete

9. Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes

10. Dark Millennium - Ashore the Celestial Burden

1993

In 1993 we started to see more melodic (Heartwork) and more progressive death metal albums (Focus).

1. Morbid Angel - Covenant

2. Demelich - Nespithe

3. Carcass - Heartwork

4. Gorguts - The Erosion of Sanity

5. Death - Individual Thougth Patterns

6. Suffocation - Breeding the Spawn

7. Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence

8. Dissection - The Somberlain

9. Cynic - Focus

10. Edge of Sanity - The Spectral Sorrows

1994

Itn 1994 we had new albums from bands like Cryptopsy, Bolt Thrower, Amorphis and Edge of Sanity.

1. Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh

2. Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory

3. Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene

4. Infester - To the Depths in Degradation

5. Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding

6. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes

7. Gorement - The Ending Quest

8. Phlebotomized - Immense Intense Suspense

9. Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow

10. Obituary - World Demise

1995

Suffocation with their second win (They won 1991 with Effigy of the Forgotten). Opeth gets into the top 10 with their debut album Orchid. Death released Symbolic and At The Gates released their classic Slaughter of the Soul album.

1. Suffocation - Pierced From Within

2. Molested - Blod-Draum

3. Death - Symbolic

4. Vader - De Profundis

5. At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

6. Deicide - Once Upon a Cross

7. Dismember - Massive Killing Capacity

8. Kataklysm - Sorcery

9. Malevolent Creation - Eternal

10. Opeth - Orchid