SMN TOP 50 DEATH METAL ALBUMS

[JohnnyJihad]

As voted by 62 participating members of the forum:


NUMBER ONE



Suffocation - "Effigy of the Forgotten" --- 564

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NUMBER TWO



Suffocation - "Pierced From Within" --- 550

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NUMBER THREE



Cynic - "Focus" --- 414

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NUMBER FOUR



Gorguts - "The Erosion of Sanity" --- 382

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NUMBER FIVE



Cryptopsy - "None so Vile" --- 295

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NUMBER SIX



Death - "Human" --- 292

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NUMBER SEVEN



Spawn of Possession - "Noctambulant" --- 248

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NUMBER EIGHT



Death - "Individual Thought Patterns" --- 242

[JohnnyJihad]

NUMBER NINE



Spawn of Possession - "Cabinet" --- 194

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NUMBER TEN



Lykathea Aflame - "Elvenefris" --- 186

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NUMBER ELEVEN



Immolation - "Here in After" --- 180

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NUMBER TWELVE



Cannibal Corpse - "Tomb of the Mutilated" --- 156

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NUMBER THIRTEEN



Disgorge - "Consume the Forsaken" --- 151

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NUMBER FOURTEEN



Psycroptic - "The Scepter of the Ancients" --- 149

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NUMBER FIFTEEN



Cannibal Corpse - "The Bleeding" --- 148

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[JohnnyJihad]

16. Morbid Angel - "Covenant" --- 146

16. Gorguts - "Considered Dead" --- 146

18. Gorguts - "Obscura" --- 142

19. Carcass - "Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious" --- 136

20. Origin - "Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas" --- 132

21. Defeated Sanity - "Psalms of the Moribund" --- 125

22. Death - "The Sound of Perseverance" --- 124

23. Immolation - "Close to a World Below" --- 121

24. Augury - "Concealed" --- 112

25. Death - "Symbolic" --- 109

26. Morbid Angel - "Blessed are the Sick" --- 105

27. Deicide - "Legion" --- 100

28. Immolation - "Failures for Gods" --- 94

29. Deicide - "Deicide" --- 92

30. Malevolent creation - "Retribution" --- 89

31. Morbid Angel - "Altars of Madness" --- 81

32. Cryptopsy - "Whisper Supremacy" --- 79

33. Atheist - "Unquestionable Presence" --- 76

34. Wormed - "Planesphaerium" --- 72

35. Obituary - "Cause of Death" --- 64

36. Carcass - "Heartwork" --- 60

36. Suffocation - "Despise the Sun" --- 60

38. Immolation - "Dawn of Possession" --- 58

38. Necrophagist - "Onset of Putrefaction" --- 58

38. Deicide - "Once upon the Cross" --- 58

41. Incantation - "Onward to Golgotha" --- 57

41. Iniquity - "Serenadium" --- 57

41. Cannibal Corpse - "Vile" --- 57

44. Carcass - "Symphonies of Sickness" --- 56

44. Death - "Leprosy" --- 56

44. Decrepit Birth - "...And Time Begins" --- 56

47. Autopsy - "mental Funeral" --- 55

48. Dismember - "Like an Everflowing Stream" --- 52

49. Morbid Angel - "Formulas Fatal to the Flesh" --- 54

50. Demilch - "Nesphithe" --- 49

50. Broken Hope - "Loathing" --- 49

[m138jewski]

wow some shockers in there

[m138jewski]

effigy being number 1 satisfies me

[shroudofimpurity]

not bad... a few in there are really surprising. But Death, Cynic, and Suffocation being so high on the list makes me happy!

[m138jewski]

glad to see that cannibal corpse lovin too

[ChAAPY]

pretty damn good actually. nice to see the classics way up there.

[JohnnyJihad]

Spawn of Possession landing TWO top ten spots really surprised me.

[m138jewski]

Originally Posted by JohnnyJihad

Spawn of Possession landing TWO top ten spots really surprised me.

me too. thats a fail in my book but alot of people dig em

[God Made Filth]

No morbid angel in the top ten? thats fucking pathetic.

[shroudofimpurity]

damn... jewski, as much as i love SOP... and I do, you're kinda right!

[shroudofimpurity]

Originally Posted by God Made Filth

No morbid angel in the top ten? thats fucking pathetic.

holy shit! I didnt even notice that! I know BATS was on my top 10!

[Tomes of Deceit]

Definitely some surprises on the list. 8/10 of my picks made it on.
Effigy was number one...I knew it would be. :)

[m138jewski]

Originally Posted by shroudofimpurity

damn... jewski, as much as i love SOP... and I do, you're kinda right!

no disrespect to them, but top ten imo should be reserved strictly for the pioneers, i.e. deicide, cannibal, suffo, immo, death, and definately morbid angel

[JohnnyJihad]

No Morbid Angel, Dismember, Immolation, Incantation, or Deicide in the top 10, but two SOP. haha. SOP are indeed an awesome band but I certainly differ with the consensus on a bunch of things.

*Vigorously votes for Iniquity*

: )

[foreign10]

Broken Hope at 50 and Malevolent Creation at 30???



I knew Suffocation would be in the top 5 though. fuckin' knew it.

[Steve H.]

WHat the Fuck!!!. No Michael Buble?

[m138jewski]

cause of death should have been waaaay higher and no butchered at birth???

[JohnnyJihad]

Yeah man. I want to cite all of the lameness but I'm afraid people won't want me to do it again or won't submit their honest answers next time for fear of ridicule.

[foreign10]

where's Death's Spiritual Healing??? and what about Dreams of the Carrion Kind???

[JohnnyJihad]

Spiritual Healing got one vote total, and it was 9th on that person's list.

[tck!]

Post peoples list!

and Elvenefris at #10. I'll take it.

[Steve H.]

Originally Posted by JohnnyJihad

Spiritual Healing got one vote total, and it was 9th on that person's list.

What about Buble? "Call Me Irresponsible" Is a solid album.

[Faggycakes]

No offense to anyone who participated, but this list shows a lack of experience when it comes to death metal. The first 20 should be nothing but genre classics. The bands who paved the way for todays bands deserve the respect.

[shroudofimpurity]

Originally Posted by m138jewski

no disrespect to them, but top ten imo should be reserved strictly for the pioneers, i.e. deicide, cannibal, suffo, immo, death, and definately morbid angel

i definitely agree. SoP was not on my top 10.. but I love them.

[SHRED6STRING]

Originally Posted by Sea of Aberration

No offense to anyone who participated, but this list shows a lack of experience when it comes to death metal. The first 20 should be nothing but genre classics. The bands who paved the way for todays bands deserve the respect.

and they get that respect in my book,doesn't mean they're in my top 10 fav dm albums............some people tookk this list the wrong.should have been your favs strictly NOT what bands deserve the most recognition.otherwise my list would've been completely different!

[grotesquery]

Shocking, but at least Suffocation got #1 as it should, imo.

[JohnnyJihad]

At the same time I don't think we should be afraid for a newer album to legitimately be better than some or all of the classics. It IS possible.

That isn't what we saw here in my opinion though.. it was more of a "lack of experience" as Abby put it... although I feel and sound pompous saying that.

Bottom line is I'm glad everyone voted for exactly what they wanted to vote for.

I plan on posting everyone's lists but I may wait untill tomorrow as it's going to take a ton of copy and pasting and I have to do some shit before I bed for work tomorrow.

[Faggycakes]

Originally Posted by shroudofimpurity

i definitely agree. SoP was not on my top 10.. but I love them.

Same here, I'm a major SoP fan, but they would be nowhere near top 10 in my opinion. Great band, but the veterans of the genre should get their due respect.