More Metal With Mettle
Furthering my commitment to un-pussifying Sputnik's music libraries. If you don't like these, I guess there's always post-hardcore. |
| 1 | | Thrash
gon have riffs, gon be fast, gon thrash |
| 2 |  | Venom
Welcome to Hell
Way better than Black Metal. This thrashes hard to the max. |
| 3 |  | Metal Church
Metal Church
Seriously, an absolute fucking classic. Awesome riffs and awesome wailing vocals. You need this. |
| 4 |  | Razor
Evil Invaders
Raw, early thrash with tight riffs and some cool shrieks. |
| 5 |  | Hirax
Raging Violence
Makes me wanna rock the ripped jeans and high-tops. |
| 6 |  | Exumer
Possessed by Fire
What can I say? German thrash slays the rest. Sodom, Destruction, and Kreator might be a bit more well-known, but this is one of the absolute best. |
| 7 |  | Vio-Lence
Eternal Nightmare
Fast and awesome. But you'll probably complain about the vocals 'cause you're not a true thrasher. |
| 8 |  | Forbidden
Forbidden Evil
Pretty fast and technical shit with awesome vocals. |
| 9 |  | Evildead
Annihilation of Civilization
A long-forgotten gem that pummels the weak and impure. |
| 10 |  | Demolition Hammer
Tortured Existence
Awesome riffage and awesome vocals. Bang that head. |
| 11 |  | Morbid Saint
Spectrum of Death
I'm pretty sure I've used this album on a ton of lists, but with good reason. It's got to be one of my top three thrash albums ever. I'd almost say these guys are like the American version of Kreator. Wish they had released another full-length. |
| 12 | | Death Metal
br00tal |
| 13 |  | Sorcery
Bloodchilling Tales
Death metal with keys. Not nearly as gay as it sounds. |
| 14 |  | The Dead
Ritual Executions
Sludgy death metal not unlike Coffins or if Church of Misery played death metal. I'd suggest getting the re-release of this. The remastered production is a bit more suited for their sound. |
| 15 |  | Chemical Breath
Fatal Exposure
An under-appreciated little gem that crushes hard. |
| 16 |  | Sororicide
The Entity
Icelandic death metal pretty heavily influenced by the Swedish scene and also a bit by doom. |
| 17 |  | Morbius
The Shades Below
An underrated act from the US, Morbius have a wide range of influences and interesting fluctuations of tempo and style. Awesome drumming too. |
| 18 |  | Excavation
Gravemouth
An awesome demo out of the Netherlands that actually boasts a pretty earnest play-time of about thirty minutes. An awesome thirty minutes at that. |
| 19 | | Disgrace
Inside the Labyrinth
Crushing down-tempo stuff from one of Finland's oldest death metal acts. |
| 20 |  | Torchure
Beyond the Veil
One of the best (if not the best) death metal albums to come out of Germany. Great tempo shifts and sparing use of keys. |
| 21 |  | Hetsheads
We Hail the Possessed...
A compilation from one of Sweden's oldest and most overlooked death metal bands. There?s a prevalent hardcore sound to these guys since they previously played hardcore under a different name. |
| 22 |  | Desecrator
Subconscious Release
One of the UK's finest contribution's to the genre. Rips. |
| 23 | | Black Metal
kvlt |
| 24 |  | Burial Hex
Initiations
Awesome ambient/industrial black metal with tortured shrieks and wails. |
| 25 |  | Raven Dark
Berustet av Kriegsdronnet
Raw pagan black metal from Russia. |
| 26 |  | Nargaroth
Herbstleyd
Something old-school that doesn't get enough recognition. |
| 27 |  | Raate
Sielu, Linna
Atmospheric black metal pretty heavy on the Burzum influence. But I wouldn't call it a carbon copy. I would call it an awesome album, though. |
| 28 |  | Goatmoon
Death Before Dishonour
Aside from the album cover, this is a pretty good release. |
| 29 |  | Vegas Martyrs
Vancouver Missing Women
Awesome noise black metal from the mastermind behind Prurient and Ash Pool. |
| 30 |  | Krieg
Destruction Ritual
Exactly as the name implies. |
| 31 |  | Auspicium
Death Will Claim Us All
Awesome depressive black metal. |
| 32 |  | Menace Ruine
The Die Is Cast
Industrial black metal at its very best. |
| 33 |  | Basilisk
Vintyrhell
One-man project from the UK that's pretty grim. |
| 34 | | Doom
low and slow |
| 35 |  | The Slow Death
The Slow Death
Very nice death doom complete with pretty female vox. |
| 36 |  | Forest of Shadows
Under the Dying Sun
Beautiful doom from Sweden with vocals that sort of oscillate between black and death metal and violin that makes for quite the melancholic atmosphere. |
| 37 |  | Shape of Despair
Angels of Distress
Dark and brooding atmospheric doom. |
| 38 |  | Sempiternal Deathreign
The Spooky Gloom
An early death doom gem that's a must. Seminal album. |
| 39 |  | Cathedral
Forest of Equilibrium
Formed by Lee Dorian after leaving Napalm Death, Cathedral are pretty heavily influenced by Sabbath and Pentagram, but offer a fairly unique brand of doom with some nice melodies. |
| 40 |  | Funeralium
Funeralium
French funeral doom with some pretty tormented vocals. |
| 41 |  | Doomshine
Thy Kingdoom Come
Doom with a nice groove to it and equally nice sung vocals. |
| 42 |  | Rapture
Futile
Beautiful melodic doom from Finland. |
| 43 |  | Process of Guilt
Renounce
Portuguese death doom with great dynamics and head-banging grooves. |
| 44 |  | While Heaven Wept
Sorrow of the Angels
Great epic doom with dramatic clean vocals a la Candlemass. |
| 45 | | How many hipsters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Some obscure number you've never heard of. |
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