After seeing a similar post asking which people thought was the best death metal band, almost everyone responded "Death" So I'm wondering if Death was excluded, what would people pick instead.

It would be between Entombed or Dismember for me.... Most likely Dismember .. Both have a straight forward unpretentious no bullshit kinda of style which is what I look for most in Death metal (This statement applies to a lot of Swedish death metal but they are my favourites).

DEATH! - troll response that BitterCOld will likely appreciate - can MSers read?

In all seriousness, I'd go with any of the following three: Bolt Thrower, Immolation, Vader.

Bolt Thrower started out as a sort of death/grind band and worked their way up from there. They grew immensely over the years but never completely changed, similar to bands like Amon Amarth, where more of the same is pleasing to fans, even critical ones. + 1 for the chick keyboardist too, supposedly the first female extreme metal musician.

Immolation is an instant classic, and just about everything they've released is death metal gold. They don't release 50 compilation albums and singles, which adds to their professionalism and affirms fans that their focus is always on new material, which is always high quality stuff.

And Vader... well more of the same can be said about them, plus they have ties to Decapitated.

PS - if this is in the metal arena, you'll probably want to edit the thread to include a poll.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.04.2011 at 23:37

+ 1 for the chick keyboardist too, supposedly the first female extreme metal musician.

Do you mean Joe Bench? Wasn't she a bass player?

Written by @gent_-_orange on 28.04.2011 at 23:41

Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.04.2011 at 23:37

+ 1 for the chick keyboardist too, supposedly the first female extreme metal musician.

Do you mean Joe Bench? Wasn't she a bass player?

Did I put KEYBOARDIST? *facepalm*

Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.04.2011 at 23:42

Written by @gent_-_orange on 28.04.2011 at 23:41

Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.04.2011 at 23:37

+ 1 for the chick keyboardist too, supposedly the first female extreme metal musician.

Do you mean Joe Bench? Wasn't she a bass player?

Did I put KEYBOARDIST? *facepalm*

..Agree with you on Bolt Thrower Mind... A really awesome band, Very consistent with no bad albums (at least to me).
Same goes for Immolation, Cant really pick out any duds in their discography.
Also with Vader,You are right... Nothing really needs to be said, DM legends... Litany drum sound is Beefy as hell.

If tech death is included, I'd go with Decapitated or Psycroptic. For death death, I'll go with Morbid Angel.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 28.04.2011 at 23:37

+ 1 for the chick keyboardist too, supposedly the first female extreme metal musician.

as has been said she's the bass player
But it depends on how you define extreme metal though. She joined Bolt Thrower in 1987. Détente with Dawn Crosby had already released a couple of demos and a full-length (Recognize No Authority) by then. Same for Sentinel beast with Debbie Gunn on vocals.

Bloodbath

No seriously, I don't listen to that much death. But of the few bands I know, Bloodbath definitely win.

Morbid Angel is still my favorite death metal band, followed by Suffocation and Incantation.

Glad to see Death isn't an option here.

My favorite death metal album is definitely Tomb Of The Mutilated by Cannibal Corpse, but I don't really have a favorite band. Umm.. Does melodeath count? 'Cause I'm loving the shit out of that genre right now. It's still tough, but I can narrow it down to Dark Tranquillity, Opeth, At The Gates, Carcass, In Flames, and Into Eternity, and from there I can just put them all into a playlist and put the one that comes up first. And the winner is..

CARCASS!!!

Decapitated really isn't that technical, kool epic sound, sure. Not quite in a league with bands like Arsis and Mithras. I'll pick a few here, Misthrope for thier prog touches, Nocturnus for having one of the best DM albums eva, The Key. Mithras, 2 fold a some what unique sound and some techiness, and Unleashed for incorperating all the things acrossed DM that to me makes the genre what it is.

Mmm well without subgenres I would definitely say Cynic, they are excellent musicians and their work (even though it's few) is astonishing...I had the opportunity to see them live and their show was perfect, it gave me chills...

Written by Malphas on 29.04.2011 at 18:01

Brutal death: Krisiun...hate eternal...vomitory...

Wouldn't call Krisiun or Vomitory brutal death, and HE is only borderline.

Malevolent Creation. No gimick about them, just straightforward classic old school death metal.

Crytptopsy, Psycroptic and Meshuggah are all my favorites

Nile for me, followed by Vader, Suffocation, and Cannibal Corpse.

Suffocation, Bolt Thrower, Malevolent Creation, Autopsy, Monstrosity... Impossible to choose one.

Written by Guest on 06.07.2011 at 17:26

Suffocation, Bolt Thrower, Malevolent Creation, Autopsy, Monstrosity... Impossible to choose one.

Yeah tr00.

I would vote for Bolt thrower!

Can't believe no one mentioned Behemoth

Written by Guest on 04.08.2011 at 16:35

Written by Guest on 06.07.2011 at 17:26

Suffocation, Bolt Thrower, Malevolent Creation, Autopsy, Monstrosity... Impossible to choose one.

Yeah tr00.

Hahaha you agreed with your old deleted profile's post,

Written by Guest on 17.08.2011 at 15:49

Hahaha you agreed with your old deleted profile's post,

I know. But number 1 is Suffocation.

I'd have to say Opeth. I was drawn to them because of their progressive side, since i was already a fan of progressive rock before extreme metal, and they are the band that got me into death metal because of that.

Cannibal Corpse or Morbid Angel.

CYNIC

Written by DIRTYDANIII on 09.06.2012 at 03:56
CYNIC

Is it even appropriate to label them as a death metal band? I've always thought of them as a prog outfit before anything. :/

Nobody mentions Obituary? Their albums between 1990 and 1994 are great and death metal is not even my thing.

Entombed

Left Hand Path, Cladestine, even some of their new stuff is great!

Probably Bolt Thrower. I also love Vader, Decapitated, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Behemoth, Amon Amarth, and Nile.