10 Old-School Death Metal Albums It’s Impossible To Live Without!
We. Can. Not. Live. Without. These. Albums!
Obituary – Cause Of Death (1990)
As opposed to playing at lightning speed, Obituary were one of the few bands to slow down and still maintain death metal’s recognisable ferocity.
John Tardy’s vocals dominated as he belched, growled and summoned a legion of agonised sounds from his larynx to provide Obituary with their most unique feature. Not that the music on this old-school epic is anything but punishing, the arrival of guitar-legend James Murphy (for this one release only) perpetrated its own rewards as the band launched into a series of slowly decaying anthems.
“Chopped In Half” and “Find The Arise” bring the speed and “Dying” and the title-track often slow to a zombified crawl, the perfect juxtaposition of Obituary’s sound; one which embraces no light and a whole lot of shade.
Completely devoid of hope, Cause Of Death is a hauntingly bleak record which retains it’s ability to appall and enthral in equal measure.
Abramelin. Self Titled and Deadspeak albums. Check em out for ‘oldskool’.
Great albums!!
Deicide – Legion
Cannibal Corpse – The Bleeding
Benediction – Transcend the Rubicon
Pestilence – Testimony of the Ancients
Cynic – Focus
Edge of Sanity – Spectral Sorrows
Amorphis – Tales from the thousand lakes
Kataklysm – Sorcery
Gorefest – Erase
There are lots of old school albums in the genre I couldn’t live without. But I’m in total agreement with these. All genre defining masterpieces.