Forum
  Classifieds
  News
  Localband
  Shows
  Show Pics
  Polls

  OT Threads
  Other News
  Movies
  VideoGames
  Videos
  TV
  Sports
  Gear
  /r/
  Food

  New Thread
  New Poll

E-mail

New site? Maybe some day.

Username:

SPAM Filter: re-type this

(values are 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E, or F)

Message:

UBB enabled. HTML disabled Spam Filtering enabledIcons: (click image to insert) Show All - pop

b i u add: url image video(?)

:	post by demondave at 2010-05-16 20:28:03

11. Disciples of Mockery - Prelude To Apocalypse

An Incantation splinter group, formed by 3/4 of the Onward to Golgotha lineup, minus John McEntee. Disciples of Mockery's one album was head and shoulders above everything Incantation ever released. The sound is superficially very similar, but the compositions are much crisper and bear a prominent martial industrial influence.
See also: Split w/ Womb

12. God Macabre - The Winterlong

Reissuing this album was one of the best things Relapse ever did. Unfortunately, it wasn't exactly a priority release, even though it definitely should've been. One of the finest old-school Swedeath albums ever, despite its brevity.

13. Infester - To the Depths... In Degradation

Ugliness and filth. This album can only be described as 'sadistic'. The lyrics bear some unfortunate racist overtones, but the music is just hideous, twisted American death metal with some pretty unexpected twists. One of the most evil albums I've ever heard, despite the rather subdued production.

14. Spasme - Deep Inside

A relatively short-lived band, best known for being fronted by one-time Cryptopsy vocalist Martin LaCroix. Guy certainly fits this style a lot better than he did Cryptopsy's. This is still fairly technical death metal, but more rooted in the Danish and Polish schools of DM than the übertechnical Quebec style. Recommended for fans of Iniquity and early Sinister.

15. Misery - A Necessary Evil

Not unlike their compatriots and contemporaries Abramelin, Misery did a fine job of bridging the gap between the European and American schools of death metal riffing in the early 90s. Nifty thrashiness to a lot of these songs, too.

16. Carbonized - For the Security

Another of the more quirky early Swedish bands, in the same vein as Afflicted and Pan.Thy.Monium. This band actually featured some pretty prominent musicians from the Stockholm Scene [Matti Kärki of Dismember, Christoffer Johnsson of Therion and Lars Rosenberg of Entombed]. For the Security was Carbonized's first and most traditional DM album, though still very much experimental for its time. They gradually moved to a more avantgarde sound on Disharmonization and Screaming Machines.

17. Loudblast - Sublime Dementia

A grossly underappreciated French album that featured a deceptively melodic and technical brand of death metal that was clearly inspired by Human-era Death and Atheist. If you enjoy the more technical elements [no pun intended] of Floridian DM, definitely give this one a listen.

18. Mortem - Demon Tales

Thrashy South American death that bears an unsurprising resemblance to both early Sepultura and Sarcofago. Of course, this stuff is a lot more 'grown-up', but that same unholy flame that brought INRI and Bestial Devastation to life also burns here.

19. Funebrarum - Beneath the Columns of Abandoned Gods

If members of Evoken are involved, you know it's gonna be heavy. And this shit is so scooped and downtuned that it virtually registers on the Richter scale. True old-school Finnish style DM with more than a hint of doom influence. The production and guitar tone does make it a little tough to listen to without at least a midrange boost. But the songwriting is pretty exceptional.

20. Mercyless - Abject Offerings

Finally, there's this French album that is pretty heavily influenced by Autopsy. The riffing style is pretty unique and memorable. Song structures are a bit on the abstract side, though, so it might not immediately click. Well worth the effort, though.
See also: Coloured Funeral

[default homepage]

[print][

3:12:48am Apr 28,2024
load time 0.01254 secs/10 queries]

[search]

[refresh page]