Best Death Metal Albums
234 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist | Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Cause of Death (1990) | 92.4 | 71 | 4 | |
| 2 |  |
Altars of Madness (1989) | 92.8 | 52 | 2 | |
| 3 |  |
Legion (1992) | 92.2 | 52 | 2 | |
| 4 |  |
Leprosy (1988) | 93.2 | 36 | 2 | |
| 5 |  |
Deicide (1990) | 91.4 | 52 | 3 | |
| 6 |  |
Spiritual Healing (1990) | 92.6 | 39 | 4 | |
| 7 |  |
Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) | 94.4 | 22 | 1 | |
| 8 |  |
Schizophrenia (1987) | 90.9 | 39 | 3 | |
| 9 |  |
Mental Funeral (1991) | 93.6 | 20 | 2 | |
| 10 |  |
Slumber of Sullen Eyes (1992) | 89.6 | 47 | 2 | |
| 11 |  |
In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) | 92.6 | 23 | 2 | |
| 12 |  |
Ritual of Infinity (1992) | 95.9 | 10 | 0 | |
| 13 |  |
91.5 | 27 | 1 | ||
| 14 |  |
Demigod (2004) | 89.7 | 40 | 4 | |
| 15 |  |
Dechristianize (2003) | 92.2 | 22 | 0 | |
| 16 |  |
95 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 17 |  |
89.5 | 39 | 3 | ||
| 18 |  |
Symphonies of Sickness (1989) | 90.5 | 29 | 4 | |
| 19 |  |
Cultivate the Apostate (2014) | 94.4 | 11 | 0 | |
| 20 |  |
95 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  |
Starspawn (2016) | 94.4 | 10 | 0 | |
| 22 |  |
Once upon the Cross (1995) | 89 | 33 | 2 | |
| 23 |  |
Dawn of Possession (1991) | 91.5 | 17 | 3 | |
| 24 |  |
December Moon (2000) [EP] | 94.2 | 9 | 1 | |
| 25 |  |
Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) | 90.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| 26 |  |
Communion (2008) | 89.9 | 24 | 2 | |
| 27 |  |
Nuclear Empire of Apocalypse (2008) | 95.8 | 6 | 1 | |
| 28 |  |
The Scythe of Cosmic Chaos (2018) | 95.8 | 6 | 2 | |
| 29 |  |
The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] | 95 | 7 | 0 | |
| 30 |  |
91.4 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 31 |  |
Screams of Anguish (1993) | 93 | 11 | 0 | |
| 32 |  |
천문 (Astronomical Phenomena) (2000) | 87.8 | 36 | 1 | |
| 33 |  |
Slowly We Rot (1989) | 89.7 | 23 | 1 | |
| 34 |  |
92.1 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 35 |  |
Scream Bloody Gore (1987) | 86.5 | 43 | 3 | |
| 36 |  |
Covenant (1993) | 89 | 24 | 2 | |
| 37 |  |
Diabolical Conquest (1998) | 94.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 38 |  |
Darkness Death Doom (2003) | 90.7 | 16 | 1 | |
| 39 |  |
90.7 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 40 |  |
Severed Survival (1989) | 92.2 | 11 | 0 |
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