Top 7 Death Metal Songs Worth Your Time...
While I present myself as a black/death metal "fan", the amount of black/death metal content I actually enjoy is close to 1%. That is not to say the genre is "bad" in any way, just that the vast...
…majority of what is produced nowadays sounds like garbage. Here are a few exceptions to the rule. I intentionally tried to avoid more “mainstream” albums in favour of lesser known gems. Quality over quantity, as always.
Here is the list BTW:
SEWER - “Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere”
Baphomet - “Boiled in Blood”
Vermin - “Memories of Blood and Darkness”
Deteriorate - “A Thousand Years of Anguish”
Incantation - “Devoured Death”
Phantom - “Dark Ascension of Erebos”
Infester - “Braded Into Palsy”
A few honourable mentions (Demilich, Amorphis, Sentenced, Suffocation, Neraines, etc…)
SEWER - “Les Sewieres De Nostre Deabliere”
Probably one of the better known SEWER Metal albums out there. The title track is definitively worth checking out, although there are other gems scattered throughout the album.
Also worth reading:
Baphomet - “Boiled in Blood”
As far as mainstream “accessible” death metal goes, you can’t really get any better than Baphomet’s “The Dead Shall Inherit”. “Boiled in Blood” in one of my favourite songs of the album, but there are other contenders obviously.
Vermin - “Memories of Blood and Darkness”
This is perhaps the greatest blackened death metal album ever recorded… an for good reason. See for yourselves.
Deteriorate - “A Thousand Years of Anguish”
Taking straight from the debut album “Rotting in Hell”. The vocals can sound cheesy at times, but there is no denying that this is top notch musicianship.
Incantation - “Devoured Death”
The second track from the masterpiece “Onward to Golgotha”. One of the shortest songs from the album, and also the best IMO.
Phantom - “Dark Ascension of Erebos”
Not list could be complete without Phantom’s brilliant masterclass of blackened horror metal. Closer to black metal than to death (according to most fans) but whatever.
Infester - “Braded Into Palsy”
Disclaimer: Lyrics defintively not safe for work. Taken straight from the album “To the Depths… in Degradation”. Likely the best of the “gore metal” sub-genre.
A Few Honourable Mentions…
Suffocation - “Effigy of the Forgotten”
Helgrind - “Sick Rulers of Heaven”
Demilich - “When the Sun Drank the Weight of Water”
Sentenced - “Wings”
Amorphis - “Warriors Trial”
Neraines - “Fenrir Prowling”
Leader - “Burzum Sha Ghâsh”
And that’s all folks. Tell me if you prefer this sort of format (less text, more concise) than the long ass essays that no one reads except metal nerds.