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Mulyfication - Swamped in Forlorn Misery Ukrainian death metal https://bldmgk.bandcamp.com/album/swamped-in-forlorn-misery-lp

Asgard- In the Ancient Days

Attacker - Battle At Helm's Deep

Abattoir- Vicious Attack

I'd say that's probably more a case of: a) where my mind tends to go first, as those bands are fresher in my memory b) the fact that genres weren't always super well defined back in the 80's, with speed metal being especially hard to pin down since it tends to often overlap with traditional heavy metal, thrash, and power metal. c) a lot of those 80's speed metal bands tended to fade out after only an album or two If you're looking for older bands though...I can't believe I forgot to mention either Acid! or Helstar who are both absolutely mandatory. After that try: Angel Dust Warfare Agent Steel Avenger Griffin Rage

Stälker - Black Majik Terror

Surprisingly...the first couple of Blind Guardian albums Vanik Baphomet's Blood Chapel Speedwolf Chevalier Demona Exorcist Raven Evil Invaders Bulldozer Midnight Nuke Ranger (stick with the EPs) Vulture Seax Stalker KAT (first album) Bat Bewitcher Black Viper

Aphelium Aeternum - Dark Interstellar Mysteries Pure Emperor worship

In Obscurity Revealed (Mexico) - Demo 2023

This is just about the right amount of prog/tech for me to enjoy in my death metal

No...he's right to avoid it. With respect to those of you who are enjoying it, they've clearly climbed up their own ass with this one. A buddy of mine just described it as too much Anata, not enough Autopsy, annd he isn't wrong Ulamog - The Hungriest Of The Old Ones They're calling this crossover thrash, but I'm not really hearing the crossover. Sounds like regular thrash to me...solid though https://ulamogva.bandcamp.com/album/the-hungriest-of-the-old-ones

No man, crust is mainly a mix of the late 70's/early 80's hardcore/anarcho punk sound and the rougher sounding, early 80's speed metal/1st wave black metal bands. Depending on if you want to set the mark with Amebix and Antisect or with stuff like Hellbastard and Doom, it could either be considered to predate death metal by a few years or to have developed side-by-side with it, but either way it exists independent of it

Imperial Crystalline Entombment - Ancient Glacial Resurgence Reactivated side project of Ron Vento from Aurora Borealis https://imperialcrystallineentombment.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-glacial-resurgence

Only stuff they ever did that I personally thought was worth a damn was their early death metal demos. NP: Feldgrau - In Stahlgewittern Black metal about WWI...music is pretty good, but I'm not sure about the vocals. Think they may be a bit too forward in the mix or something...still, this definitely has potential. https://feldgrau-official.bandcamp.com/album/in-stahlgewittern

Sulphur Aeon - Seven Crowns and Seven Seals October 13th, 2023

Commuted - The Obsession with Lessening Death U.S. blackened death...flirts a bit with war metal at times https://commuted666.bandcamp.com/album/the-obsession-with-lessening-death Fuck...this ain't half-bad.

Valravn - The Awakening https://primitivereaction.bandcamp.com/album/the-awakening Finnish black metal...Seems a bit more melodic than their debut album a couple years back, or maybe they just improved the production. Still a pretty solid release

Predates all but Falkenbach (if we're including demos) by several years...Folk metal goes back to at least '91 with the band Skyclad, though I personally always found the singers vocals kind of hard to tolerate. Cruachan is in there somewhere too

These kinds of bands are usually lumped together since they tend to share a lot of thematic overlap Windir, Bran Barr, Manegarm, Ensiferum, Arkona (the Russian one), Skálmöld, Heidevolk, Primordial, Mael Mordha, early Enslaved, Falkenbach, Folkvang, Forefather, Graveland, Summoning, Moonsorrow, Murg, Nechochwen, Nornir, Norrhem, Obscurity, Panphage (highly recommended), Runespell, Finntroll, Thyrfing, Thrudvangar, Vintersorg, Waylander, Winterfylleth, Ygg

Doom, Disfear, Wolfbrigade, Nausea, Stormcrow, Extreme Noise Terror ...since we're at t-minus 10 seconds until Macabre Eternal nukes this thread because I'm sure someone somewhere once made a similar thread 40 years ago...can I request the Mods at least link to the old thread before closing the replies

I surprised myself with that album considering it runs pretty far outside my usual wheelhouse for death metal, but it was actually pretty good.

Weald and Woe - For The Good of The Realm Legit surprise...I wasn't expecting to enjoy that as much as I did NP: Osculum Serpentis - Maleficia

Artistic license aside, it was actually a real helmet