CD-Charts Position 41
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Harmony of Corruption

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Napalm Death

Release Date April 30, 2002
Napalm Death's 3rd album Harmony Corruption remains a controversial album amongst the bands fans, as it represents a huge change in musical styles from the bands previous two albums. For the second time in their relatively short career this album marks an almost complete change in band personnel, with only drummer Mick Harris (now the only remaining member who actually played on Napalm's first album Scum) and bassist Shane Embury remaining, while out go vocalist Lee Dorian (who would go on to form Cathedral) and guitarist Bill Steer (who would go on to further success with Carcass) and in come new vocalist Barney Greenway and guitarists Jesse Pintado and Mitch Harris.

While the first huge line-up change in Napalm Death ranks saw ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 42
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Cause of Death

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Obituary

Release Date June 05, 2000
I love thrash because of the sound and the rhythm. This album glows with a warm, buzzing thrash guitar, and keeps a perfect groovy mid-paced step. The best-ever guitar solos joyously burst in, and the album explodes into double-base-drum heaven when you need it too, not to overwelm you, but to balance the whole machine.

The vocals are sublime - huge, skylike roars - but funny and articulate too.

It's a perfect, never-to-be-repeated, blend of the best thrash metal on one album.

CD-Charts Position 43
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Etern

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Malevolent Creation

Release Date October 01, 1999
The signs weren't looking good for Malevolent Creation's 4th album - their previous album Stillborn (some good songs but dire production) had taken a critical mauling, they'd parted ways with their record label Roadrunner (in common with every other decent death metal band after the genre was no longer trendy enough for the label in the mid '90's), and had lost the talents of vocalist Brett Hoffman and drummer Alex Marquez. Against the odds Eternal is one hell of a comeback album, and ranks up there as one of the best albums the band ever released.

First off the production is excellent, with searing guitars and powerful drums. This is the album where Malevolent Creation started piling on the blast-beats, and drummer Dave Culross is so good you've ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 44
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Reign of Light

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Samael

Release Date February 08, 2005
The signs weren't looking good for Malevolent Creation's 4th album - their previous album Stillborn (some good songs but dire production) had taken a critical mauling, they'd parted ways with their record label Roadrunner (in common with every other decent death metal band after the genre was no longer trendy enough for the label in the mid '90's), and had lost the talents of vocalist Brett Hoffman and drummer Alex Marquez. Against the odds Eternal is one hell of a comeback album, and ranks up there as one of the best albums the band ever released.

First off the production is excellent, with searing guitars and powerful drums. This is the album where Malevolent Creation started piling on the blast-beats, and drummer Dave Culross is so good you've ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 45
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Emperial Live Ceremony

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Emperor

Release Date June 06, 2000
The signs weren't looking good for Malevolent Creation's 4th album - their previous album Stillborn (some good songs but dire production) had taken a critical mauling, they'd parted ways with their record label Roadrunner (in common with every other decent death metal band after the genre was no longer trendy enough for the label in the mid '90's), and had lost the talents of vocalist Brett Hoffman and drummer Alex Marquez. Against the odds Eternal is one hell of a comeback album, and ranks up there as one of the best albums the band ever released.

First off the production is excellent, with searing guitars and powerful drums. This is the album where Malevolent Creation started piling on the blast-beats, and drummer Dave Culross is so good you've ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 46
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Death Shall Rise

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Cancer

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Death shall Rise is Cancer's second album. Its a marked improvement on "To the Gory End", mainly because of the production (Scott Burns at Morrisound).
The album kicks off with a ghostly death chime that blasts into "Hung Drawn & Quatered". Glen Benton of Deicide provides backing vocals and the peice is a good opener. The good thing about Cancer is that you can actually understand the lyrics, which helps.
"Tasteless Incest" chops and changes the tempo constantly. Its a pity that ex Death/Obituary guitarist James Murphy hasn't more to offer in the solos on this album, as all are perfection, but could have been plucked straight off Obituary's "Cause of death".
"Burning casket" is again a mid tempo song. I don't really like it coz of the basic ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 47
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Amok

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Sentenced

Release Date July 30, 2001
The whole album is a classy one, starting from, unsurprisingly, the theme of war, it flows into real classics such as 'New Age Messiah', and the now immortal 'Nepenthe'. There is still a rough edge to the sound which is never really tied up until Ville's arrival in 'Down'; but the outro instrumental is fantastic. Fans of the band will love it.

CD-Charts Position 48
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God Hates Us All: Collector's Edition

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Slayer

Release Date July 15, 2002
It has to be tough for slayer. This is the band who defined what a certain brand of metal sounded like, even what it could sound like. Reign in Blood was the record I wanted to hear in 1986. It was the yard stick by which I measured not just metal, but all extreme/noise music. I spent years trying to find another record that would give me that same hit. Now here is that record.

Nothing inbetween has offered that same visceral brutality. Like Reign in Blood this is an album that takes my breath away, I find myself listening to a track, then replaying it, just to relive the sensation. It somehow leaves me feeling clean, in the same way that you feel purged after a fist fight, not clever, but in touch with something elemental.

Maybe the involvement ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 49
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Words from the Exit Wound

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Napalm Death

Release Date March 09, 1999
It's pretty much common knowledge that Napalm Death went through something of a slump during the latter half of their time on Earache records, but 'Words From The Exit Wound' - their 8th and final studio album for Earache, sees the first glimmerings of a return to form. Granted, there is still rather too much emphasis on bouncy mid-pace groovy death metal fillers, but the album also features some immense riffs, and is practically worth the price for the opening three songs. Napalm Death wouldn't really rediscover their form until next album 'Enemy of the Music Business', but 'Words From the Exit Wound' is still a good solid album, and the best thing the Napalm boys had released for some years at this point.

CD-Charts Position 50
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Unreal Estate: Live at the Royal Opera Hall Stockholm 2002

CD-Charts > Music > Death Metal
by: Entombed

Release Date November 08, 2004
This release is a bit of an oddity.

Let me explain, this is the Entombed we all love playing live with the Royal Ballet, at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, Sweden. On CD.

It's an interesting idea, with various numbers from the 'Tomb back catalog (To Ride... onwards), specially re-arranged for Ballet, but this should have been a DVD release, as you're forced to try and imagine Ballet dancers moving to this music.

The booklet has plenty of photographs of the shows, but it's still very hard to imagine dancers more accustomed to being accompanied by 'The Nutcracker', flowing gracefully to 'Say It In Slugs'!