Favorite/Notable Modern DM Pt. 4
After a fun week of community service and Sput being down, we're finally back with some more death metal! This will probably be the final part (for now at least), although I might make a list of some of my favorites among more "well-known" bands. Enjoy! |
| 1 |  | A Flock Named Murder
Incendiary Sanctum
Atmospheric black/death metal with some really compelling and rich songwriting/riffs. |
| 2 |  | Depravity (AUS)
Grand Malevolence
Vicious brutal/technical dm with tons of riffage. |
| 3 |  | Maze of Sothoth
Extirpated Light
Fast-paced with sick drumming and evil guitarwork. |
| 4 |  | Ukhel
Bred to Conquer
A really strong debut, very excited to see more from this group. |
| 5 |  | The Last of Lucy
Godform
I don't listen to much deathcore at all these days. However, when a group is able to put together such a beast of an album that draws from tech/brutal death metal and deathcore without being a boring chugfest, I'm more than down. |
| 6 |  | Nightbearer
Defiance
Sick old-school inspired melodeath with hints of black metal and perfect production. |
| 7 |  | Skaphos
Cult of Uzura
Toes the line between black and death metal while creating an unholy atmosphere. |
| 8 |  | Blasteroid
Crypts of Mind
Thrashy, technical death metal that reminds me of perhaps a mix of Revocation and Vektor? Sounds sick regardless. |
| 9 |  | Moss Upon The Skull
Quest For The Secret Fire
Strange, proggy DM with some really cool riffs, very interesting stuff! |
| 10 |  | Lvcifyre
The Broken Seal
Insanely potent blackened death metal. |
| 11 |  | Coffin Curse
The Continuous Nothing
Ripping OSDM that is sure to melt your facebrain. |
| 12 |  | Osserp
Els Nous Cants de la Sibil·la
Blast-filled, murky and malicious death metal. |
| 13 |  | Protosequence
Bestiary
Awesome stuff with varied riffs and vocals, always keeps you guessing. |
| 14 |  | Swampbeast
Offering of Chaos, Lamenting in the Blood of Man
Cavernous, murky, nasty OSDM. |
| 15 |  | Lie in Ruins
Floating in Timeless Streams
More great old-school inspired nasty death metal with some great fast-paced tremelo riffing. |
| 16 |  | Cephalotripsy
Epigenetic Neurogenesis
Potent, bone-crushing brutal DM. |
| 17 |  | Xoth
Interdimensional Invocations
I think this one is slightly better than their follow-up, if only because of the mixing/mastering. Thrashy, technical, and tons of fun. |
| 18 |  | Aenigmatum
Deconsecrate
Some epic riffs and plenty of momentum on this one. |
| 19 |  | Replicant
Infinite Mortality
I'll have to go back and check their previous work, because this album kicks ass. Heavy and wonky in all the best ways. |
| 20 |  | Adversarial
Solitude with the Eternal...
Blackened death metal with some very deep vocals and tons of great guitarwork. |
| 21 |  | Sallow Moth
Stasis Cocoon
Chaotic and strange with influences from all over the place. |
| 22 |  | Cuttered Flesh
Love at First Bite
Really sick brutal/technical death metal. |
| 23 |  | Wharflurch
Psychedelic Realms ov Hell
Psychedelic death/doom with some awesome leads/solos. |
| 24 |  | Sunless
Ylem
Skronky, dissonant DM with some fantastic, subtle drumming. |
| 25 |  | Serocs
The Phobos / Deimos Suite
One of my favorites in recent years, there aren't many death metal albums able to keep shoving riff after riff in your face like this. |
| 26 |  | Shadow in the Darkness
Erstwhile Befell
Super techy DM, without being too wanky or sweepy (although there's plenty of that to go around). |
| 27 |  | Nucleus (USA-IL)
Entity
Fun, almost bouncy DM with a lot of those wonky Finnish(?) riffs. |
| 28 |  | Goath
IV: Silencing the Prophets of Deceit
Damn, this is some relentless and heavy death metal right here. Tons of evil riffs. |
| 29 |  | Astralborne
Across the Aeons
Epic, fast-paced melodic death metal with a bit of black metal thrown in. |
| 30 |  | Carnosus
Visions of Infinihility
Badass melo/techdeath that will scratch your TBDM itch like few others can. |
| 31 |  | Question
Reflections of the Void
Varied, off-the-wall OSDM with great songwriting, riffs, and vocals. |
| 32 |  | Noxis
Violence Inherent In The System
More nasty OSDM with plenty of blast beats. |
| 33 |  | Execration (NOR)
Return to the Void
This group has shifted styles slightly over the years, but it's basically just weird OSDM that melts my neurons. |
| 34 |  | Unbirth
Fleshforged Columns of Deceit
Truly amazing technical/brutal death metal. I enjoyed their newest album too, but this takes the cake as one of the best in years. |
| 35 |  | Outer Heaven
Infinite Psychic Depths
I think this one made a splash around here, but I return to it often. Nasty, wild OSDM. |
| 36 |  | Devangelic
Xul
Brutal death metal with and Egyptian-esque atmospheric. I wouldn't call them a Nile copycat at all though. |
| 37 |  | Devoid of Thought
Outer World Graves
The album art first caught my eye, and the riffs kept me there. |
| 38 |  | Lunar Blood
Twilight Insurgency
Ripping OSDM, sure to please any fan of the genre. |
| 39 |  | Phobocosm
Foreordained
Dense, atmospheric, and doomy death metal. |
| 40 |  | Arkaik
Labyrinth of Hungry Ghosts
They've been a mixed bag over the years but this one is killer all the way through. |
| 41 |  | Uttertomb
Nebulas Of Self-Desecration
Fast-paced, cavernous OSDM. |
| 42 |  | Decaying Purity
Mass Extinction Of The Providential Ones
Technical, brutal and slightly raw with tons of blasts and great riffs. |
| 43 |  | Toxaemia
Rejected Souls of Kerberus
Makes that classic death metal sound fresh as hell. |
| 44 |  | Putrascension
Forever Below
Heavy, ethereal, and blackened in all the right places, with some great vocals. |
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