25 YEARS OF DEATH METAL HISTORY.

Published on December 25, 2010 by madmetalgreek at madmetalgreek.wordpress.com

In 2005 Metal Side Webzine celebrated the 20 year history of Death Metal since the gods Possessed hit the metal scene in 1985 with their debut album ‘Seven Churches’ as the first death metal album in history. As part of observing this metallic milestone, Metal Side Webzine invited select death metallers from the worldwide true metal underground to send their lists of their top ten death metal albums & demos, & top death metal musicians for all time. These results can be viewed at www.deathmetalside.com

It’s now December 2010, & 25 years to the month since ‘Seven Churches’ hit the record stores – that’s right to the month – after all, being a 43 year old veteran of the metal scene, I was there at the time when ‘Seven Churches’ hit the record racks of the local metal record store in December ’85. Following the tradition of Metal Side Webzine, I am now observing the Quarter Century of Death Metal by ranking all time top death metal albums, demos, & musicians. True Death Metallers are invited to list their top Death Metal rankings as part of this observation of Death Metal History.


It should be noted that Possessed’s ‘Seven Churches’ album was not the first ever Death Metal recording – that honour should go to the first demo tape of Death [then called Mantas], ‘Death By Metal’. Rather, Possessed’s ‘Seven Churches’ album was the first Death Metal album of all time. To be exact, it was the first full length album of Death Metal History, because Sepultura, who themselves started as one of the first ever Death Metal bands, also unleashed their debut record, the legendary ‘Bestial Devastation’ mini album in ’85. What a historic year for Death Metal that was. True Death Metallers should celebrate this milestone of Death Metal History.

Following is a list of my best death metal albums / demos & musicians of all time. This is a list in the style of Metal Side Webzine [NOTE - I am not the editor of that zine, I am just following their example].



Best Death Metal albums of all time.

1. POSSESSED – ‘Seven Churches’ album.
2. DEATH – ‘Scream Bloody Gore’ album.
3. SEPULTURA – ‘Bestial Devastation’ mini album.
4. MORBID ANGEL – ‘Abominations Of Desolation’ album.
5. SARCOFAGO – ‘INRI’ album.
6. MORBID ANGEL - 'Altars Of Madness' album.
7. IMMOLATION - 'Dawn of Possession' album.
8. ENTOMBED - 'Left Hand Path' album.
9. DEICIDE - 'Deicide' album.
10. ACHERON - 'Rites Of The Black Mass' album.
11. SENTENCED - 'Shadows of The Past' album.
12. AUTOPSY - 'Severed Survival' album.
13. VULCANO - 'Bloody Vengeance' album.
14. VADER - 'The Ultimate Incantation' album
15. ASPHYX - 'Embrace The Death' album.
16. GRAVE - 'Into The Grave' album.
17. INCANTATION - 'Onward To Golgotha' album
18. VITAL REMAINS - 'Forever Underground' album.
19. MORTEM - 'Demon Tales' album.
20. SANCTIFIER - 'Awakened By Impurity Rites' album.



Best Death Metal demos of all time.

POSSESSED – Demo 1984.
MORBID ANGEL – ‘Thy Kingdom Come'.
DEATH – ‘Reign Of Terror’.
PENTAGRAM [Chile] – Demo II.
XECUTIONER [Obituary] – 1986 Demo.
MORBID ANGEL - 'Unholy Blasphemies'.
GRAVE - 'Sexual Mutilation'.
SARCOFAGO - 'Satanic Lust'.
GRAVE - 'Sick Disgust Eternal'.
NIHILIST [Sweden] - 'Only Shreds Remain'.



Best death metal musicians of all time.

Best Vocalist [Equal first] – Chuck Schuldiner; Jeff Beccera.

Best Guitarist – Chuck Schuldiner

Best Bassist – Steve DiGiorgio

Best Drummer – Pete Sandoval

 

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