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FatherAlabaster Grand Master

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We have a well-stocked recommendation thread stickied to the top of this section. There's stuff in there to suit every taste. Edit - I see Macabre beat me to it.

Looks like you're into the chunkier and more aggressive side of things. If you want more 80s/90s aggression, check out debut albums from Brutality, Nocturnus, Atheist, Necrophobic, Grave, Ripping Corpse, the self-titled Solstice album, Monstrosity's "Millennium", Incantation's "Diabolical Conquest", Suffocation, maybe Broken Hope's "Bowels Of Repugnance". If you're feeling a little more grindy, I strongly recommend Assück's "Anticapital". I'm a fan of a bunch of newer stuff as well: Dead Congregation, Grave Miasma, Disma, Funebrarum, Cruciamentum, all of which might be too doomy for your taste, and more atmospheric and experimental albums from Gorguts, Ad Nauseam, Ulcerate, Mitochondrion. I'm probably forgetting a few things I love because I'm bad at lists. 

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The old school is almost always the best school, or at the very least, it's the time frame that has the highest percentage of quality releases. I would definitely recommend checking out the bands that founded the genre first and work your way forward, but I can also give you some specific recommendations based on the bands that you listed, as they are a more varied lot than you may initially think. Cattle Decapitation is death/grind, and for some similar artists, I would recommend Cephalic Carnage, Pig Destroyer (grindcore), and Impaled. Decapitated is technical death metal, so for similar artists, I would go for Nile, Suffocation, and Cryptopsy (avoid The Unspoken King at all costs). Cannibal Corpse is meat and potatoes Florida death metal, so you could check out Malevolent Creation (especially Retribution), Blood Red Throne (first 3 albums), and Vomitory. Six Feet Under is groovy mid-paced death metal, so I would suggest listening to Obituary, Jungle Rot, and Benediction if you want more like that. Deicide is that kind of relentless and blasphemous death metal that is comparable to bands like Sinister, Krisiun, and Vader. Morbid Angel were the pioneers of convoluted and speedy variety of death metal, and some bands that have followed in their footsteps would include Angelcorpse, Centurian, and Hate Eternal (stick to older releases). This doesn't even touch on many of the other sides of death metal, like dissonant/avant-garde death metal, progressive death metal, atmospheric death metal, melodic death metal, doom/death metal, death/thrash, death/black metal, Swedish death metal, Finnish death metal, primal/proto death metal, brutal death metal, slam death metal, and a number of other regional sounds and styles. Needless to say, it's a much bigger and more complex genre than many give it credit for.

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You'll find yourself pretty well catered for with those 2 threads. The melodic death metal thread also has some lists to peruse. Almost everything I would recommend has already been covered in those threads so just go nuts.

 

I'll throw Behemoth's The Satanist out there though. It's technically Black/Thrash but is the only album of theirs I've been able to get into. Well worth checking out. Actually I'll also add Atten Ash's The Hourglass. It's melodic doom/death executed very well. Mournful melodies and a slower tempo that really works well because of their excellent compositions.

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41 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said:

I do dig it, so I'll try to make some time for it to clear my head.

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I might have a couple of bands that haven't been covered in the doom thread to add. Don't recall seeing Colosseum or Monolithe in there.

1 minute ago, Niall said:

Thanks for the replies guys. Plenty to keep me going

You could also look into the melodic death metal thread. Start on page 3 for the actual recs. Some links may be broken but I'm in the process of fixing that.

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41 minutes ago, BlutAusNerd said: I do dig it, so I'll try to make some time for it to clear my head.

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I might have a couple of bands that haven't been covered in the doom thread to add. Don't recall seeing Colosseum or Monolithe in there.

1 minute ago, Niall said: Thanks for the replies guys. Plenty to keep me going

You could also look into the melodic death metal thread. Start on page 3 for the actual recs. Some links may be broken but I'm in the process of fixing that.

I don't think I've ever gotten around to picking up their albums, so feel free.

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