Wow thanks for introducing me to this absolute gem! As for similar bands, i must say i haven't heard anything quite like this. Maybe Qrixquor and Aevangelist could indulge you as they have 20+ minute songs where a lot of shit is going on. Give it a try

Ok I wanted to post it in Melodeath thread first, but it doesn't really fit anywhere, so asking here. Here are some bands I liked, any recommendations? I know genres range in the list below, but the core similarity to all that bands is in that their music has "a lot of energy". I really hate songs which go too slow, too slack, too weak, too tensile. And I also don't like when bands go too fast, like in grindcore. That's to give you a clue about what I mean.

Zero Degree - Black Hole Illumination
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=O ... -ByGWxa9cY

Bloodshot Dawn - Demons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQ7-hJ ... ZW1vbnM%3D

MORDANT RAPTURE - The Abnegation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkT6spp ... VnYXRpb24g

Euphoreon - End Of The Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiq0ol ... J0aA%3D%3D

Tymfar - Renewal Through Purification (talking about the 'Rise of Chaos' song, because I didn't actually listen to the whole album)
https://tyrmfar.bandcamp.com/album/rene ... rification

Deathstruck - Momentary Lapse Of Sanity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OMbb4qyHZY

Knife - Knife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvU3TOQQbv0

SYMBOLIK - Emergence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eam8xEagZjI

EYE OF PURGATORY - The Lighthouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeLPum6gkvc

Death Angel - Humanicide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JHnvR7Djkc

Alustrim - The Monument To Silence (link to the favourite 'The Accuser' song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzHHM-jF1gU

Bloodmessiah - Denounce Your God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opdVNr1iYbw

As you see it's mainly Tech/Melodeath with some albums from Death and some even from Thrash. I'd say in terms of preference Tech and Melo stuff goes first, but albums like the 'Denounce Your God' or 'The Lighthouse' are really welcome. I could present more examples, but I already feel bad by going in Thrash zone in Death metal thread, the main reason for this is that I'm not Thrash metal fan and only liked very few albums from the genre, but if you by any chance know of something that sound similar, you are welcome.

You’ve probably heard of them but Revocation would probably be right up your alley.

hey, not sure if what im asking for is really a thing but ive for a while kinda been craving like "Raw Death metal", like how theres a lot of modern black metal with deliberately crunchy and noisy production. I keep trying to listen to 80s death metal demos and too many of them still sound somewhat clean and listenable, which of course is fun but doesnt scratch the itch.
Or is there even outright fusions of Death metal and noise? Some grind is of course too as long as its not outright noisegrind, which i do enjoy but its not what im looking for.
Im basically looking for death metal with a lot of hiss, crunchy distortion and everything being caked in a layer of noise.
The Demo recording for Carcass' symphony of sickness is like the closest ive found, which i do actually prefer to the fully recorded album.

I have 'The Outer Ones'. I listened to their other albums as well. Cannot put it in words to describe my exact feelings, but I sense their music is good and still don't enjoy it. At the same time I feel like I could listen to 'Demon King' (from The Artisan Era) twice a day.

Have you tried war metal?

Yea of course, Love me some of that stuff but honestly thats not quite the type of music i was looking for, Too much black metal influence and honestly most war metal ive heard still sounds too "Polished" or "produced" for what I am Looking for.
Basically what im asking for is Death metal with the production values of ildjarn or some LLN demos
Not to say im averse to War Metal recs as long as the Artists arent outright bigots or otherwise horrid folk.

Check out Spectral Voice and Ritual Chamber.

Spectral Voice


Ritual Chamber

Any new/obscure bands with that Florida OSDM sound? I'll lay out my preferences:

- Late 80s/90s Morrisound Recording-esque sound, production-wise at least. Morbid Angel's Blessed are the Sick, Death's Leprosy, and/or on the off chance someone can find something that sounds like it, I love how unique the production is on Deicide's Serpents of the Light compared to the rest of their discography. Generally, if it sounds like Scott Burns produced it in the 90s I'm probably going to love it.

- Vocals closer to Death's Chuck Schuldiner or Asphyx's Martin van Drunen, but I wouldn't mind something more adjacent to David Vincent, John Tardy, or Glen Benton. I generally prefer death metal vocals on the higher end or otherwise decipherable, as opposed to something of a more brutal effect like Corpsegrinder.

- Thematically, I'm tired of Gore and Satan, something more mystical or mythological in focus like Morbid Angel or Nile would be preferable but I wouldn't mind something thematically vague but abstract like Death's mid-to-later period. You might find the point of caring about themes in death metal silly if all you listen to is Slam where they just go "urgghh grrr" all the time, but personally I find that there's an appeal to how the elements of a song can add up to a package. Something about feeling like an ancient mummy with a rapsy voice is screaming about "Ra, God of the Sun" over a mystical-sounding riff just sounds so much more interesting to me than just mindless groove, and it feels like couldn't think of anything to gargle about other than gore and murder. Gimme Lovecraftian lore, not Cannibal Corpse. I'd prefer my zombies rising from ancient necromantic magic, thank you.

- Also, thematically, for the love of God please no lyrics about sexual assault. I'd take the edgy boring Gore and Satan shit over lyrics about r*pe any day. Or lyrics about hating marginalized people in general, if it shits on women, jewish people or muslims I don't want it. Call me an "SJW" if you want, I just don't want that sort of thing screamed in my ear, I just want a good riff without any of that unnecessary shit. Anti-Christianity stuff is fine though, that stuff doesn't bother me. If you ask why some anti-religious stuff bothers me but anti-Christianity doesn't, I'm not going to elaborate and that discussion would be better in DMs than on this forum.

- Riffing, more similar to Morbid Angel or Death's first two albums (I love all of Death but I'm asking for a specific sound). Nothing too fast or too slow, mid-paced stuff preferable. Nothing prog-sounding like Atheist or later Death, I fucking love that kinda stuff but that's not what I'm looking for right now.

- Pure Death Metal, preferably having nothing to do with Swedish Melodeath or Brutal Death Metal or Slam.

That's all the preferences I can remember at the moment, I'll lay out some lesser known bands or albums for recommendations if anyone's looking for similar stuff, assuming y'all know stuff like Sinister, Nile, Benediction, Darkthrone's death metal debut, or Blood Incantation.

"Todessehnsucht" from Atrocity, "Shadows of the Past" from Sentenced, "Forever Advancing... Legions" from Mithras, "Paramnesia" from Altars, "In the Flesh" from Nader Sadek, "Pharoah of Gods" from Necronomicon, "Blinding the Masses" from Scarab, "Lex Talionis" from Acheron, "Buried in Time" from Mortuary Drape (oddball in their discography, imo), "Angel of the Eastern Gate" and "Sumerian Promises" both from Sijjin, "Edict of the Antichrist Elect" from Perdition Temple, "God of Creation, Death & Afterlife" from Coffin Texts.

Need pure death metal albums that sound unique and fresh. No fusions like blackened death, death/doom, death/thrash, et cetera. Subgenres like tech, melo, and progressive death are acceptable as long as they’re more death than other things. Basically I just want more death metal but most of the bands I’m finding sound unoriginal or uninteresting.

Examples of what I’m looking for are Goat and Hell’s Holy Fire by Nunslaughter, Grim Death Awaits by Vorum, most Undergang, Holocausto De La Morte by Necrophagia, even oldies like Demilich and Timeghoul. They’re all unequivocally death metal, but you can’t really mistake them for anyone else.

Try Mefitis - especially the new album might be what you're looking for.

Wasn’t looking for blackened death but these guys do sound pretty fresh. Noted for later

Dr. Shrinker - The Eponym
Disgrace - Inside the Labyrinth of Depression
Human Remains - Admirations Most Deep and Foul
Strigaskór Nr. 42 - Continuation (songs on the "Apocalypse" split)
Korpse - Demonstration Tape

Good stuff. Should’ve checked out Disgrace a while ago, must’ve slipped through the cracks

I should have mentioned the differences between the two albums. The first one has quite a bit of Necrophobic in it, but the new one is more of a sophisticated death metal record (with the exception of one track which does sound like a blackened death metal tune).

EDIT: a list of unique death metal bands you may not have heard of

At The Gates (First demo and full length album only).
Afflicted (first album only - duh!)
Septic Flesh (First two albums only).
Scum from Finland
Tiamat (first album only).
Uncanny

Also since you like Timeghoul, you might like The Chasm's debut (the second album is my favorite; but it features more of a subtle blend of doom and black metal elements).

Ohhh interesting, thanks for clarifying. Maybe I will have to check that out today.

Thanks for that list as well. Don't think I've heard any of those actually, completely forgot to ever try At The Gates

I love that album and all, but the "Wanderland" demo buries it.



Really??!! Also try Liers in Wait and Decollation from the same era...

Does anyone have any death metal recommendations for classic rock fans, including subgenres, that immediately stands out and grabs their attention, and is enjoyable for them on the first listen?

I recently showed my classic rockhead dad the Obscura album by Gorguts. I had already explained to him that it was a VERY avant-garde death metal album from Canada, and it’s fairly complex at first. I had already showed him a lot of complex, avant-garde, technical, melodic death metal, death/thrash, prog metal, deathcore and all, like early At The Gates, Demilich, In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Dissection, Unanimated, Sentenced, Amorphis, Carcass, Fatal, Cemetary, The Chasm, and early Septicflesh, so he was expecting some VERY weird sounds.

But surprisingly enough, my dad liked it on first listen, reasons being that the guitar playing reminded him a lot of blues, and the growling vocals of Luc Lemay had a “very clean” howl-like sound to it.

With this in mind, anyone have some good recommendations of death metal bands and artists (from any subgenre) that my classic rockhead dad would PROBABLY like?

^ One of my friends (he listened stuff from Def Leppard to Deep Purple, and Anthrax to Lynyrd Skynyrd) never wanted to hear death metal or growled vocals, but when I bought Dismember's 'Massive Killing Capacity', he immediately enjoyed listening to it. Why? I really do not know, but it's not complex music. So, maybe rocking in a way...

Not that I am a fan of this record, but Necropolis (UK) "The End of the Line" is the first thing that comes to mind.

^^ How the heck didn't Gorefest come to my mind at first?!?! They did some real death 'n' roll after mid-90's, and two last albums have megalithic groove in them.

Check out "...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye" by Chapel of Disease, it has a significant amount of influence from both classic heavy metal and 70's rock, plus the vocals aren't that guttural.

Death metal bands with good backing vocals? Any subgenre. Really like early Dying Fetus with Jason on bass doing backing vox.

Maybe it has something to do with Mindloss ; - )

Might have some. Might not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=madD7ybSlBI

Vomitory - Redemption

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J97ldYJkPVw

Vacuous - Katabasis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdtjTs63g7o

Obliteration - Cenotaph Obscure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC77i159bJw

Drowned - Viscera Terræ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u2niz1i3OU

Cadaveric Fumes - Macabre Exaltation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c75oP_wOXPI

Denial - Catacombs of the Grotesque

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qyH8JO6UsQ

R'lyeh - In The Infernal Moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5D244Nu1xw

Encabulos - Exhumed Abomination (demo comp)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSu_t6jxq1U

Exhumation - Eleventh Formulae

etc, etc, etc...

Hell yeah. I'll check these out

In addition to Crushed Revelation's list some of my favorites:


Black Curse

Degial (guitarist of Vorum is a member)

Concrete Winds (the rest of Vorum became this band)

Beyond

Ambevilence / Omegavortex

Venenum

Excoriate


Given some of the bands you mentioned I would also recommend going through Sepulchral Voice Records band list as well.

Good ones. Recognize a few there. Been forgetting to check out Venenum particularly.

Which death metal albums made you say something like "Holy shit this is heavy"? It happened to me when I listened to the Devourment discography for the first time. And one Cannibal Corpse song, named Scourge of Iron.

^ Mortician ain't trebly, huh?!

I've got two requests:

I would love to receive recommendations of death metal in the vein of early Nocturnus (with the use of keyboards), Luciferion is a band with keyboards that I really like

Bands in the vein of Mortician

Thank you!

Incinerated?

This is a hard one, I love "The Key" but there aren't many records that sound too similar to it ("Thresholds" being an awful record).
I thought Browning did a decent job of resurrecting the vibe on "Paradox", but in terms of contemporary comparisons you could try the following:

Decollation - Cursed Lands EP
Eternal Dirge - Morbus Ascendit