NAPALM DEATH Scum
Napalm Death Scum is another one of those albums I heard in say 1990 and thought to myself “What is this crap?”. Again having only just heard Slayer, Sodom etc…
POSSESSED
The Birth of Possessed: Forging the Path for Death Metal In the early 1980s, when heavy metal was becoming more extreme, a group of teenagers from the San Francisco Bay…
OBITUARY Slowly We Rot
Oh dear, what to say about this album. Obituary Slowly We Rot. I was a bit young when this one came out and as a result was unable to comprehend…
MORBID ANGEL Altars of Madness
Morbid Angel Altars of Madness (released in 1989) has for a long time been considered the greatest of death metal albums by many respected magazines around the world. I’d have…
NOCTURNUS The Key
Well this is certainly something special. This band has for a long time held a special place in the cavity where my heart should be. Nocturnus The Key was released…
DEATH Scream Bloody Gore
Depending on where you stand you have right here the birth of Death Metal as we know it today. Some would say its Possessed with their “Seven Churches” album others…
SODOM
Introduction Sodom is one of the more influential bands in the thrash and extreme metal genres (especially in the underground). Hailing from Germany, they played a key role in shaping…