A lot of bands have great debut albums. Obviously this list is just a fraction of all the great debut albums out there, but it's a start. I'll keep expanding this list continuously, so all suggestions are welcome. My favourite genres are Doom, Black and Gothic Metal, but I also like Progressive, Thrash and Death Metal. All albums on this list are at least worth an 8/10 rating. I included genres of each album as well.

1. 40 Watt Sun - The Inside Room

2. Ablaze In Hatred - Deceptive Awareness

3. A Forest Of Stars - The Corpse Of Rebirth

4. After Forever - Prison Of Desire

5. Agalloch - Pale Folklore

      View entire list ››

1. Vital Remains - Icons of Evil

2. Vader - Revelations

3. Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka

4. Dissenter - Apocalypse of the Damned

5. Cannibal Corpse - Vile

      View entire list ››

1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

2. Emperor - Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise

3. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk

4. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane

5. Opeth - Still Life

      View entire list ››

1. Cryptopsy - None So Vile

2. Obscura - Cosmogenesis

3. Desecravity - Implicit Obedience

4. Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy

5. Lykathé - Elvenefris

      View entire list ››

1. Opeth - Blackwater Park

2. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

3. Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness

4. Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja

5. Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet

      View entire list ››

This list is half-assed. So half-assed that I do not care to update it.

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2. Ahab - The Call Of The Wretched Sea

3. Alchemist - Spiritech

4. Alcest - Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde

5. Alestorm - Black Sails At Midnight

      View entire list ››

Limited to one album for each band.

1. Kreator - Coma Of Souls

2. Vader - Litany

3. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From The Other Side

4. Apocalyptica - Reflections

5. Megadeth - Rust In Peace

      View entire list ››

So here are some Brutal, Technical and sometimes atmospheric death metal works I enjoy. Hope you'll all find something that suits your taste! The list is ordered by years. Feel free to comment and give recommendations! (To Be Updated)

-Guib-

Last Updated: November, 2, 2012

1. Atheist - Piece Of Time

2. Nocturnus - The Key

3. Death - Human

4. Suffocation - Effigy Of The Forgotten

5. Gorguts - Considered Dead

      View entire list ››

Bands listed alphabetically, One album per band (With the exception of Carcass and Napalm Death who appear in the Grind and Death Metal sections). Some bands may not be pure old school (Death / Thrash, Doom Death / Death Doom and early Brutal / Technical Death Included) I have also Included some of the more extreme Thrash releases that pre-dated the genre but undoubtedly help pave the way for things to come, I included these as I wish to give a general summary of the way Death Metal began and evolved throughout the 80's and 90's.

1. Old School Death Metal (Late 80's - 90's)

2. Abhorrence - Abhorrence [EP]

3. Acrostichon - Engraved in Black

4. Adramelech - Psychostasia

5. Afflicted - Prodigal Sun

      View entire list ››

Definitive Top Technical Death Metal.
MARVELS of human creation and imagination.
This list is subject to occasional additions and negations.
Includes slight deviations having progressive, jazz-rock, Avant-Garde influences but sticking to Technical Death in its core. This is MY OWN list. You could always make your own if you beg to disagree of the order.
Comments to include stuff welcome !
ORDER IN CHAOS - Technical Death Metal.

1. Decapitated - Winds Of Creation

2. Death - Human

3. Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

4. Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction

5. Martyr - Warp Zone

      View entire list ››

This is my manual for getting into one of the most complex, ridiculously insane genre there is: techdeth! Many albums featured here may borrow elements from other genres (prog, thrash, melodeath, grindcore, post, etc.), but the dominant stench of complexity-laden death metal is forever present, and so deserve to be mentioned here.

1. Decapitated - Winds Of Creation

2. Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

3. Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction

4. Obscura - Omnivium

5. Gorod - A Perfect Absolution

      View entire list ››

1. Agalloch - The Mantle

2. Windir - 1184

3. Summoning - Oath Bound

4. Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb

5. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1

      View entire list ››

This is not a typical "Best of the decade" list. To be more precise, it's a list about the top 20 albums of each year of the last decade, in my perspective of course. In this way, a lot of good albeit overlooked albums can get some exposure, in addition to covering more ground at the same time.

1. 2009

2. Sybreed - The Pulse Of Awakening

3. Ghost Brigade - Isolation Songs

4. Porcupine Tree - The Incident

      View entire list ››

Here are 11 of my favorite Technical Death Metal album.. ordered according to my preference.

1. Cryptopsy - None So Vile

2. Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant

3. Obscura - Cosmogenesis

4. Anata - The Conductor's Departure

5. Psycroptic - The Scepter Of The Ancients

      View entire list ››

I think the title is self explanitory. Not in order of preference as it would change daily and I can't be arsed changing it around all the time!:) it's a bit of a mixture of all the stuff I like so I'm reasonably sure alot of the picks won't be everyones cup of piss.

1. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain

2. Alcest - Souvenirs D'Un Autre Monde

3. Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt

4. Be'lakor - Stone's Reach

5. Between The Buried And Me - Colors

      View entire list ››