Extremism Before 1992, Community Participation Requested

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**** man. We need more posts for these dm pioneers.

Mondo Bungle said this in thread on "Death", and I agree - however, I think limiting it to death metal is a bit strange, as the various subgenres had yet to branch out enough to where there were obvious & distinct differences.

Now, we can argue about whether these earlier bands and albums are still relevant or as good as current releases, but the fact is these groups tend to be forgotten. As metal websites tend to focus on reviewing new releases, and as most metal fans aren't as fortunate as Jackhammer to have been there when it happened, we tend to be myopic and focus on the recent past and the new. So, I think the community coming together and discussing these earlier groups would be helpful, and just a little bit of fun.

So, what I'd like to do is ask that people post their top 10 favorite "extreme" releases from up until 1992 (so, releases from 1992 are ok, but none later). They can be from any of the "extreme" genres, whether crossover, death metal, thrash, black metal, harcore, grindcore, whatever - if you think it qualifies as extreme, it can be put in your list.

The concept is simple; a week from today (July 22nd), I'll tally up the lists. Lists are going to be weighted in a simplistic manner, a #1 is worth "10 points", a #"10" worth 1 point, and so on. The ten albums that get the most points will be put together in a sort of super list, to serve future newbs and genre explorers on this site.

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So, the last chance to participate has already come and gone. But, if you're curious about the results, I've put them in this post for ease of browsing. The rest of the thread is neat, too, what with people carrying on the great metal tradition of **** talking others lists.

Results

1. Slayer (Reign in Blood, then Hell Awaits)
2. Celtic Frost (To Megatherion, then Into the Pandemonium, & lastly Morbid Tales)
3. Sepultura (Arise, then Beneath the Remains)
4. Bathory (Blood Fire Death, then S/T, & lastly Under the Sign of the Black Mark)
5. Morbid Angel (Covenant, which is '93, but then Altars of Madness)
6. Carcass (Symphonies of Sickness)
7. Godflesh (Streetcleaner)
8. Mercyful Fate (Melissa)
9. Napalm Death (Scum)
TIE FOR 10:
Discharge - Hear Nothing....
Repulsion - Horrified
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I did compile this after getting back from the bar, but I'm confident in my math. Here's the lists everyone submitted:

1. Master of Puppets- Metallica
2. To Mega Therion- Celtic Frost
3. Reign in Blood- Slayer
4. Covenant- Morbid Angel (93' I know, I feel its their best album. Whether or not you count it is up to you)
5. Arise - Sepultura
6. Cowboys From Hell- Pantera
7. The Age of Quarrel- Cro-Mags
8. Obedience Thru Suffering- Crowbar
9. Unquestionable Presence- Atheist
10. Transylvanian Hunger- Darkthrone

1. Repulsion - Horrified
2. Discharge - Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
3. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
4. Slayer - Reign in Blood
5. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
6. Deicide - Legion
7. Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
8. Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
9. Master - Master
10. Sarco***o - INRI

Morbid Angel - Covenant
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark
Sepultura - Beneath the Remain
Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
Immolation - Dawn of Possession
Massacra - Enjoy the Violence
Possessed - Seven Churches
Therion - Beyond Sanctorum

Death- Leprosy (4)
Morbid Angel- Covenant (3)
Celtic Frost- Morbid Tales (6)
Bathory- Blood Fire Death (8)
Sepultura- Arise (1)
Slayer- Reign in Blood (2)
Atheist- Unquestionable Presence (7)
Kreator- Coma of Souls (5)
Possessed- Seven Churches (10)
Obituary- Slowly We Rot (9)

1. Slayer - Reign In Blood
2. Slayer - Hell Awaits
3. Carcass - Necrotism: Descanting the Insalubrious
4. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
5. Celtic Frost - Into the Pandemonium
6. Bathory - Bathory
7. Obituary - Cause of Death
8. Sepultura - Arise
9. Venom - Black Metal
10. Napalm Death - Utopia Banished

1. Autopsy - Mental Funeral (1991)
2. Convulse - World Without God (1991)
3. Carnage - Dark Recollections (1990)
4. Pestilence - Consuming Impulse (1989)
5. Aspyhx - The Rack (1991)
6. Massacra - Enjoy the Violence (1991)
7. Gorguts - Considered Dead (1991)
8. Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments (1991)
9. Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness (1989)
10. Deicide - Deicide (1990)

1. Slayer - Hell Awaits
2. Celtic frost - To Mega Therion
3. Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
4. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
5. Void - S/T
6. Autopsy - Severed Survival
7. Entombed - Wolverine Blues
8. Stormtroopers of Death - Speak English or Die
9. Kreator - Terrible Certainty
10. Suicidal Tendencies - S/T

1. PRO-PAIN - The Foul Taste Of Freedom
2. Ministry - The Mind Is A errible Thing To Taste'
3. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
4. Amebix - Arise!
5. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
6. Winter - Into Darkness
7. M.O.D. - USA For M.O.D.
8. Venom - Welcome To Hell
9. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
10. Infest - Slave

1. Napalm Death - S.C.U.M.
2. Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness
3. Slayer - Reign in Blood
4. Sepultura - Arise
5. OLD - OLD
6. Terrorizer - World Downfall
7. Voivod - Dimension Hattross
8. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
9. Obituary - The End Complete
10. Intense Degree - Intense Degree

1. Celtic Frost - Into The Pandemonium
2. Infest - Slave
3. D.R.I - Crossover
4. Voivod - Killing Technology
5. Death - Scream Bloody Gore
6. Discharge - Hear Nothing...
7. Napalm Death - Scum
8. Repulsion - Horrified
9. Venom - Black Metal
10. Killing Joke - S.T debut.