I've had some commentors and friends tell me that they would have liked to see some songs of Death/Brutal Death/Doom/Extreme Black genres in my 100 Greatest Metal Songs list. Now, please don't take this list of mine as a regret of any sort. I still stand by my list, and some of the comments have been overwhelming, esp. Adrian's. So, I'm obliged to do this list. The songs to be featured in this list are some of the most brutal and extreme forms of metal/music you can come accross. They are an acquired taste actually. Casual metal listeners are requested to refer to my Essential Power Metal Listening list and 'metalheads' enjoy this list and the previous post on Thrash Metal
ADVISORY: DO NOT TRY ANY OF THESE AT HOME:)
Here they are...songs 50-31. I'm gonna write a few lines about a band and their music when their name appears for the first time. After that I'm gonna just leave you with the songs(albums)
(50) Extreme Unction--Necrophagist(Onset Of Putrefaction)
Machine like speed, partly due to the fact that they used a drum machine on this album. But what makes this album special is that Muhammad Luicmez(Necrophagist frontman) recorded this whole thing by himself!!! n I mean everything!! Brutal technical death metal with neo-classical influences. Think of Yngwie Malmsteen meets Death.
(49) Concatenation--Meshuggah(Chaosphere)
Meshuggah are not classified as death metal. They are more like post-thrash or math-metal:). You'll witness the most unusual of time signatures in their music. They're definitely not heavy in the sense that Cryptopsy, Nile, Suffocation etc. are but the atonality of the guitar sound really hurts you sometimes and I dare you to say that you don't hear ting-tong-ting-tong in your head after listening to their stuff.
(48) Day Of Suffering--Morbid Angel(Blessed Are the Sick)
Morbid Angel are to Death Metal what Metallica are to Thrash. This sophomore release from these masters is one of the most genre defining releases of all time and one of the best too. This is classic Death Metal at it's best.
(47) Effigy Of The Forgotten--Suffocation(Effigy Of The Forgotten)
Suffocation are reponsible for giving birth to the term Brutal Death Metal. It won't sound so brutal today but back in 1991 this was as brutal as it could get. The guitar work found here is absolutely exemplary. Kick *** song this one.
(46) Death In Silence--Vader(The Art Of War EP)
Not as brutal as fellow Poles Decapitated but Vader pump out some insanely heavy and groovy Death Metal. This EP's only about 15 minutes but it packs some classic hard hitting songs and this is one of those.
(45) Soul Burn--Meshuggah(Destroy Erase Improve)
Meshuggah's most technical album, and it's a masterpiece. This song actually makes you concentrate and think!!(I don't mean the lyrics...go figure)
(44) Intestinal Incubation--Necrophagist(Onset Of Putrefaction)
This is Iron Maiden gone hyperspeed Death Metal!!
(43) Winds Of Creation--Decapitated(Winds Of Creation)
When Decapitated recorded this, their drummer was 14!! and the oldest band member was 19! One of the most sensational Death Metal debuts ever. The lack of finesse is evident in some parts(but that's nitpicking, c'mon the guys are so young), this is an excellent slab of ultra heavy technical Death Metal.
(42) Fleshless--Dismember(Indecent and Obscene)
These Swedes are the masters of Death Metal at any pace. Don't let that bother you though, coz this one's a blastorama of hyperspeed-hyperheavy death metal.
(41) The End Complete--Obituary(The End Complete)
The other grand daddy of Death Metal has cracked the list. Obituary, oh! Obituary..almost as important as Morbid Angel for the Death Metal genre. Though not their best effort, this was their most successful album. In fact this is the bestselling Death Metal album of all time(more than 500,000 copies worldwide). This is uber heavy mid paced Death Metal at it's finest.
(40) Cause Of Death--Obituary(Cause Of Death)
Two Obituary songs in a row...yeah. This was Obituary's classic and is still considered to be a seminal release in all of Death Metal. In some songs, they just use guttural noises instead of lyrics!! but they pull it off man. The truest form of classic Death metal this one.
(39) I Saw Them Die--Dismember(Massive Killing Capacity)
Heavy, bludgenoing song this one. the buzzsaw sound from the guitars is just awesome!!
(38) Eyes To See, Ears To Hear--Morbid Angel(Covenant)
A greatly overlooked Morbid Angel album. Not as chaotic and hypersonic as their previous works but really gut thumping music.
(37) Crown Of Horns--Cryptopsy(None So Vile)
These Canadians sure know how to hammer your head, and this album is the be all and end all of brutality. It just rams into your head like a bulldozer, and might even put you off at first due to the sheer heaviness!!! It scares me too, but it's fun to listen to once in a blue moon.
(36) Lead Us--Vader(The Art Of War EP)
Another great headbanger with a catchy!!??? chorus from Vader.
(35) Puritana--Dimmu Borgir(Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia)
Dimmu Borgir represent the cream of extreme Norwegian Black Metal. Their use of orchestral arrangements in the songs leaves you in a state of shock!! This was the first Dimmu Borgir song that I heard and has stood the test of time.
(34) Bleak--Opeth(Blackwater Park)
Opeth are widely regarded as the best death/doom metal band in the world today. I disagree, in fact I even disagree on calling them death/doom metal. 60% acoustic stuff in an album hardly qualifies as metal(please don't kill me Opeth lovers). I do, however, agree that they are a very talented band; something that is evident in their arrangements and layers of music in a single track. Anyway, this is one song, which I think is a masterpiece.
(33) Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten--Nile(Annihilation Of The Wicked)
I hope I got the spelling right;). Well well well..Nile have finally cracked the list. With the exception of Death(RIP Chuck Schuldiner), Nile are the most progressive and talented Death Metal band to ever walk the planet. Listen to this almost 1o minute epic to find out what I mean. I hope you know what Nile are; egyptian intros/interludes, machine like drumming, heavy as hell guitars and blistering harmonising solos too!! Now isn't that a DEATHly combination:)
(32) Trail Of The Dead--Dismember(The God That Never Was)
Another fine example of what Iron Maiden would sound like if they were Death Metal.
(31) Circle Of Tyrants--Obituary(Cause Of Death)
Another classic off a classic album.
Well....that's about it for now. I'll catch you later with 30-11 sometime soon. Adios
ADVISORY: DO NOT TRY ANY OF THESE AT HOME:)
Here they are...songs 50-31. I'm gonna write a few lines about a band and their music when their name appears for the first time. After that I'm gonna just leave you with the songs(albums)
(50) Extreme Unction--Necrophagist(Onset Of Putrefaction)
Machine like speed, partly due to the fact that they used a drum machine on this album. But what makes this album special is that Muhammad Luicmez(Necrophagist frontman) recorded this whole thing by himself!!! n I mean everything!! Brutal technical death metal with neo-classical influences. Think of Yngwie Malmsteen meets Death.
(49) Concatenation--Meshuggah(Chaosphere)
Meshuggah are not classified as death metal. They are more like post-thrash or math-metal:). You'll witness the most unusual of time signatures in their music. They're definitely not heavy in the sense that Cryptopsy, Nile, Suffocation etc. are but the atonality of the guitar sound really hurts you sometimes and I dare you to say that you don't hear ting-tong-ting-tong in your head after listening to their stuff.
(48) Day Of Suffering--Morbid Angel(Blessed Are the Sick)
Morbid Angel are to Death Metal what Metallica are to Thrash. This sophomore release from these masters is one of the most genre defining releases of all time and one of the best too. This is classic Death Metal at it's best.
(47) Effigy Of The Forgotten--Suffocation(Effigy Of The Forgotten)
Suffocation are reponsible for giving birth to the term Brutal Death Metal. It won't sound so brutal today but back in 1991 this was as brutal as it could get. The guitar work found here is absolutely exemplary. Kick *** song this one.
(46) Death In Silence--Vader(The Art Of War EP)
Not as brutal as fellow Poles Decapitated but Vader pump out some insanely heavy and groovy Death Metal. This EP's only about 15 minutes but it packs some classic hard hitting songs and this is one of those.
(45) Soul Burn--Meshuggah(Destroy Erase Improve)
Meshuggah's most technical album, and it's a masterpiece. This song actually makes you concentrate and think!!(I don't mean the lyrics...go figure)
(44) Intestinal Incubation--Necrophagist(Onset Of Putrefaction)
This is Iron Maiden gone hyperspeed Death Metal!!
(43) Winds Of Creation--Decapitated(Winds Of Creation)
When Decapitated recorded this, their drummer was 14!! and the oldest band member was 19! One of the most sensational Death Metal debuts ever. The lack of finesse is evident in some parts(but that's nitpicking, c'mon the guys are so young), this is an excellent slab of ultra heavy technical Death Metal.
(42) Fleshless--Dismember(Indecent and Obscene)
These Swedes are the masters of Death Metal at any pace. Don't let that bother you though, coz this one's a blastorama of hyperspeed-hyperheavy death metal.
(41) The End Complete--Obituary(The End Complete)
The other grand daddy of Death Metal has cracked the list. Obituary, oh! Obituary..almost as important as Morbid Angel for the Death Metal genre. Though not their best effort, this was their most successful album. In fact this is the bestselling Death Metal album of all time(more than 500,000 copies worldwide). This is uber heavy mid paced Death Metal at it's finest.
(40) Cause Of Death--Obituary(Cause Of Death)
Two Obituary songs in a row...yeah. This was Obituary's classic and is still considered to be a seminal release in all of Death Metal. In some songs, they just use guttural noises instead of lyrics!! but they pull it off man. The truest form of classic Death metal this one.
(39) I Saw Them Die--Dismember(Massive Killing Capacity)
Heavy, bludgenoing song this one. the buzzsaw sound from the guitars is just awesome!!
(38) Eyes To See, Ears To Hear--Morbid Angel(Covenant)
A greatly overlooked Morbid Angel album. Not as chaotic and hypersonic as their previous works but really gut thumping music.
(37) Crown Of Horns--Cryptopsy(None So Vile)
These Canadians sure know how to hammer your head, and this album is the be all and end all of brutality. It just rams into your head like a bulldozer, and might even put you off at first due to the sheer heaviness!!! It scares me too, but it's fun to listen to once in a blue moon.
(36) Lead Us--Vader(The Art Of War EP)
Another great headbanger with a catchy!!??? chorus from Vader.
(35) Puritana--Dimmu Borgir(Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia)
Dimmu Borgir represent the cream of extreme Norwegian Black Metal. Their use of orchestral arrangements in the songs leaves you in a state of shock!! This was the first Dimmu Borgir song that I heard and has stood the test of time.
(34) Bleak--Opeth(Blackwater Park)
Opeth are widely regarded as the best death/doom metal band in the world today. I disagree, in fact I even disagree on calling them death/doom metal. 60% acoustic stuff in an album hardly qualifies as metal(please don't kill me Opeth lovers). I do, however, agree that they are a very talented band; something that is evident in their arrangements and layers of music in a single track. Anyway, this is one song, which I think is a masterpiece.
(33) Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten--Nile(Annihilation Of The Wicked)
I hope I got the spelling right;). Well well well..Nile have finally cracked the list. With the exception of Death(RIP Chuck Schuldiner), Nile are the most progressive and talented Death Metal band to ever walk the planet. Listen to this almost 1o minute epic to find out what I mean. I hope you know what Nile are; egyptian intros/interludes, machine like drumming, heavy as hell guitars and blistering harmonising solos too!! Now isn't that a DEATHly combination:)
(32) Trail Of The Dead--Dismember(The God That Never Was)
Another fine example of what Iron Maiden would sound like if they were Death Metal.
(31) Circle Of Tyrants--Obituary(Cause Of Death)
Another classic off a classic album.
Well....that's about it for now. I'll catch you later with 30-11 sometime soon. Adios
6 comments:
I have to admit my death metal and black metal collections are pretty sparse. Of the bands here, I have discographies of Nile (love these guys - Von Unaussprechlichen Kulten is incredible - looking forward to their new album); Opeth (maybe more progressive than extreme - but hey, it's always good to see opeth making a best of list and bleak is one of their best); Dimmu Borgir (kind of listen to them now and then - but they've never really grabbed me). I've been mulling over getting one or two of these bands. I'll wait till your list is done.
I'll finish it up asap:)
You created a list of Greatest Extreme Metal songs and I have yet to see a Death, Napalm Death, or Emperor song yet. Scream Bloody Gore can be looked at as the template that all other Death Metal albums are worked off for composition.
Opeth are one of the best bands I have ever heard they are still a Death Metal band, but they work off the Melodic subgenre.
dracnye:--I had included Death in my 100 greatest metal songs list already. Emperor IS in the list, dunno how you missed it, as for Napalm Death, you'll see in one of comments that I have never ever heard a Napalm Death album, so..that's why. :)
Vader are not as heavy as FELLOW POLES SUFFOCATION?
Suffocation are the quintessential death metal band...from New York!
haha
Anonymous---Are you blind????
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