Call me crazy, but these days I go with Heartwork. It just sounds so unique. Like the absolute perfect version of a death metal band playing heavy metal.

Personally I prefer Necrotism by a hair. But this one is a close second.

This thread is too good to be so far down the list, hell even the power metal thread gets more hits than this;)

The first two Arch Enemy albums are something special with the riffs of the Amott brothers and the vocals of John Liiva. The debut is superb but Stigmata even better, can't believe they got rid of John Liva, but then again they steered into a melo-death direction and his voice was less suited to that.

http://www.cmdistro.com/images/xlarge/10360.jpg

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Not an expert in death metal, but check out Asleigh Stake - Another Fall Alone

They are classified as death metal on websites

Have to give a quick shout out to one of my fav bands, Disembowelment. More death/doom than straight up death metal, but whereas most death/doom bands are doom bands with death metal aesthetics, Disembowelment perfectly combine the two without sacrificing either heaviness or brutality. Too bad they only ever released one album, but it's a classic.

Disembowelment - The Tree of Life and Death

Everyone should get around to checking the newest Grave Miasma album, it's siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick.


Grave Miasma-Ovation To A Thousand Lost Reveries - YouTube

Well, someone actually posted here. I forgot about this one.

Okay. Sold!

Nice to see this thread active again. :)

oof new Gorguts is one of my fav death metal albums of the year. How is it possible that they havent missed a beat in like 12 years since their last album

What I've been digging:

Antediluvian
Evil, dissonant death metal music, evil, raw, black metal production. If you're truly kvlt, Through the Cervix of Hawaah is in your collection.
Antediluvian - ...Through The Cervix Of Hawaah [HQ] - YouTube

Disma
Assuming you love Incantation, and you prefer your death metal heavy and crushing as all ****, this band's sole full length, Towards the Megalith, is for you.
Disma - Towards the Megalith (Full Album) - YouTube

Grave Miasma
Like Antediluvian, a sweet band that takes some evil sounding death metal and black metalifies it. Their first full length, Odori Sepulcrorum, came out earlier this year.
Grave Miasma-Ovation To A Thousand Lost Reveries - YouTube

Timeghoul
Old school off-kilter death metal, very original. Both of their demos have been compiled together in a discography release.
Timeghoul - Rain Wound - YouTube

Infester
This band plays a style kind of similar to Antediluvian as well, but in a much more old school, much more death metal way. The production is similar, but Infester is much more....filthy and murky sounding.
Infester-To the Depths (In Degradation) - YouTube