Best Death Metal Albums
220 albums
| Rank | cover art | Artist name | Album title | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Cause of Death (1990) | 92.1 | 68 | 4 | |
| 2 |  |
Altars of Madness (1989) | 92.7 | 50 | 1 | |
| 3 |  |
Leprosy (1988) | 93.3 | 35 | 1 | |
| 4 |  |
Legion (1992) | 91.9 | 47 | 1 | |
| 5 |  |
Deicide (1990) | 90.9 | 49 | 3 | |
| 6 |  |
Mystic Places of Dawn (1994) | 94.4 | 21 | 1 | |
| 7 |  |
Schizophrenia (1987) | 91.4 | 38 | 3 | |
| 8 |  |
Spiritual Healing (1990) | 91.7 | 33 | 1 | |
| 9 |  |
Ritual of Infinity (1992) | 96.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| 10 |  |
Slumber of Sullen Eyes (1992) | 89.8 | 45 | 2 | |
| 11 |  |
In Their Darkened Shrines (2002) | 92.2 | 22 | 2 | |
| 12 |  |
Dechristianize (2003) | 92.2 | 22 | 0 | |
| 13 |  |
90.8 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 14 |  |
Mental Funeral (1991) | 93.3 | 15 | 2 | |
| 15 |  |
95 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 16 |  |
Demigod (2004) | 88.9 | 37 | 4 | |
| 17 |  |
88.9 | 34 | 3 | ||
| 18 |  |
Dawn of Possession (1991) | 91.9 | 17 | 2 | |
| 19 |  |
Once upon the Cross (1995) | 89.2 | 30 | 2 | |
| 20 |  |
Skullfucking Armageddon (1999) | 91.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| 21 |  |
95.8 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 22 |  |
92.1 | 13 | 1 | ||
| 23 |  |
Symphonies of Sickness (1989) | 89.4 | 24 | 3 | |
| 24 |  |
The Great Mass (2011) | 90.4 | 18 | 2 | |
| 25 |  |
93.3 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 26 |  |
Screams of Anguish (1993) | 92.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| 27 |  |
91.3 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 28 |  |
Onward to Golgotha (1992) | 89.6 | 20 | 1 | |
| 29 |  |
Darkness Death Doom (2003) | 90.8 | 15 | 1 | |
| 30 |  |
천문 (Astronomical Phenomena) (2000) | 87.3 | 33 | 1 | |
| 31 |  |
Communion (2008) | 89 | 22 | 2 | |
| 32 |  |
91.7 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 33 |  |
Scream Bloody Gore (1987) | 86.2 | 39 | 1 | |
| 34 |  |
Slowly We Rot (1989) | 88.8 | 21 | 1 | |
| 35 |  |
Diabolical Conquest (1998) | 94.2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 36 |  |
The Wacken Carnage (2008) [Live] | 94.2 | 6 | 0 | |
| 37 |  |
Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) | 88 | 25 | 0 | |
| 38 |  |
To the Gory End (1990) | 90.2 | 15 | 0 | |
| 39 |  |
De Profundis (1995) | 89.4 | 18 | 3 | |
| 40 |  |
The Ending Quest (1994) | 91.8 | 10 | 1 | |
| 41 |  |
PsychoStasia (1996) | 94 | 6 | 0 | |
| 42 |  |
The Spell of Retribution (2004) | 93.3 | 7 | 0 | |
| 43 |  |
Covenant (1993) | 88.3 | 22 | 1 | |
| 44 |  |
The Nocturnal Silence (1993) | 90.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| 45 |  |
Nightmares Made Flesh (2004) | 87.8 | 24 | 1 | |
| 46 |  |
Consuming Impulse (1989) | 89.8 | 15 | 0 | |
| 47 |  |
Severed Survival (1989) | 92.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| 48 |  |
88.6 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 49 |  |
90.5 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 50 |  |
93.3 | 6 | 0 |