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Note: So far as I know, Marduk aren't associated with Nazism. I'm assuming they took their name from the Sumerian god Marduk, and there also happened to be a Panzer Division Marduk in WWII.


Many black metal purists don't like this album, as A.) it's heavy influenced by death metal, and B.) it has relatively clean production. These people suck, as this is quite possibly the most intense black metal album I've ever heard, and it gives even the most brutal of death metal bands a run for their money. I'd call this war metal, but whereas most of those bands have pretty muddy production, this album has a much fuller sound, which really lets the aural assault hit you with full force. All the songs sound the same, but who the **** cares?

Extra points for the greatest song name in all of music: "Christraping Black Metal". Honorable mention: "Fist****ing God's Planet".

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Imagine if Hellhammer had recorded an entire demo of those slow, doomy songs like "Satanic Rites" that they would explore with more skill in Celtic Frost. That's pretty much what Necro Schizma did. Ultra-heavy and primitive, but without being droney, these dudes are the sound of first-wave black metal played at a snail's pace, with the brutality updated to be on par with late-eighties death metal. Quite possibly the first true death/doom band, and one of the few to never play with any speed even approaching mid-pace.

Another thing I love about these guys is that their abrasive, lo-fi production gives their music the evil atmospheric vibe of black metal. However, unlike black metal, the slow pace of the songs allows for that atmosphere to really descend into the spaces between notes like the fetid stench of the grave. This is a truly fugly, low-rent recording, only to be listened to by those who love death/doom with a passion. I'd say too bad they never released an actual album, but I doubt they could have built on this sound without ruining it to some extent.

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83. PANTERA-Reinventing the Steel-2000




Vulgar piss Metal beer and anger and just straight to the point no melodies lots of hooks n bending grooves and streamlined solos that's what this album is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPvb8VOCFg

Norg

84. KORN-S/t (1994)




Korn.... you would ask your self hey this is metal Korn isn't metal there not and they would tell u that themselfs. BUT and this moment in time and this album they were pretty heavy. The sound of this album could best be described has a mix of alot of stuff. To me it sounds like tribal rhythmatic hip hop drums Dual down tuned Guitars and alot of Click Bass.

fav track Predictable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06mX3555UjE

Norg

85. BRUJERIA-Matando Güeros (1993)





Mexican Metal Terrorist IMO could really best describe this band of lunatics. Matando Güeros or Güero" is a Mexican-Spanish slang term for a white or light skinned/haired person. The album talks mostly about killing white Americans and border crossing. SO yeahhhh this album is relentless non stop thrash rif***e from beginning to end . I really liked this band when i was young cus this was like the first Spanish speaking band that i discovered.

fav track Misas Negras (Sacrificio III)

this vid was great the rip up some talk show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRgax0BNsok

Norg

86. (Devo)lved-Calculated (2004)



A tech death metal band from the LAND DOWN under. I admit i dont no much about the Personal lives or the ever changing history and band members of this band or what there fav beer or color is butt ehhh whatever i do know alot about dis album

They kinda sound like a heaiver version of Fear factory very industrial metal if u will. The drummer is obvs the most talented and thats why he is the last reaming member of the band or the one thats keeping it going.

the one thing i like about this album was well i wouldnt say they were the first but like many other Tech bands they sprinkled in electronics on there songs just to highlight the Heavy more IMO

this video is so killer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJgkIFRuYyM



fav track Hybrid

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Before they soiled their reputation with bland alternative metal, In Flames were a mighty force in realm of melodic death metal, being the most popular of the famous Gothenburg trio that innovated the style in the early 1990s. In Flames combined the aggression and atmosphere of extreme metal with the accessibility of melodic heavy metal more seamlessly than any band before them. Some scorned the band for "polluting" death metal with their damned melodic sensibility and sugary hooks, but what they started on this album could not be stopped. The Jester Race, along with Slaughter of the Soul, inspired legions of imitators over the next decade, but THIS album was the original - and remains a work of unique inspiration and quality. This is the crown jewel of the In Flames discography and perhaps of the entire Gothenburg scene.

Aside from the gorgeously sinister artwork (which is what originally drew me to the album back when I was a metal noob in 2010), the songwriting here is absolutely top-notch. Even In Flames' most ardent detractors cannot deny that the band had a knack for beautiful melodies. This shows up in the acoustic passages (Moonshield, Jester's Dance), the guitar riffs (Dead Eternity, December Flower) and solos (Wayfaerer, Dead God In Me). During In Flames' five-year heyday (Subterranean through Whoracle), literally every melody they crafted was solid gold. And even though Anders Friden probably isn't as talented as Subterranean vocalist Henke Forss, he sounds better on this album than he ever has since. He actually has a low register with some legitimately powerful death growls on this one! Jesper Stromblad is one of my favorite guitarists and he is consistently great on this disc as well. The band is going at full force here and you can really tell they were just enjoying writing and playing this music together. The production isn't as pristine and polished as on successor albums, which I enjoy. It lends the music a sort of mystique they would lose later, though I love the next few albums as well.

Moonshield is one of the best album intros ever with its folky acoustic passage and how it transitions into the sorrowful melodic riffing. The lyrics and vocal performance are heartfelt. And when the acoustic and electric guitars come together at the end, it's pure beauty. Other highlights include December Flower with its heavy tremolo riffing and blast beats, the winding guitar instrumental Wayfaerer, the haunting Dead Eternity, the twin guitar melodies of Artifacts of the Black Rain, and Dead God In Me, which is just epic throughout. In truth, every song here is catchy as hell and could be listed as a highlight, which is why this album is a must-listen. It may not have the progressive ambition of The Gallery, but it's unrelentingly fun - an enticing listen at any time, place or mood. The Jester Race was pivotal in the development of death metal, but it's also a true classic of the entire heavy metal tree.

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Building on what Venom started, and adding a heavy hardcore punk influence, Hellhammer were a primitive early black metal band whose influence far outstripped their abilities; pretty much every black metal band on the planet can trace at least some of their sound back to this band.

There's not much here other than a band incompetently blasting away with as much speed, energy, and unmelodic noise as they can muster, but in 1983, this was a revelation (of doom). Slayer may have been more polished, but they couldn't touch Hellhammer as far as abrasiveness. They only ever officially released one EP before breaking up, but this demo--which is longer than many albums--is really their definitive release.

After the band's demise, several members (most notably Tom Warrior) would further develop this sound in Celtic Frost; but until the experimentalism of Into the Pandemonium really set them apart from their early thrashing, I think their refinement of what Hellhammer laid down never quite justified that loss of primitive energy.

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It's weird, I'm a big Tom Warrior fan but I had never listened to Hellhammer before now.

Good inclusion.

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