A fact about Monstrosity : Millennium is that is was recorded at the same time and studio as VILE was. Corpsegrinder recorded his vocals simultaneously
Most of those were S-Tier for me. I put Opeth at A-tier, but after their 3 album run with Candlelight records, their next two Still Life and Blackwater Park are S-Tier.
I hope you cover the Japanese melodic death metal band Intestine Baalism’s debut record when you do the 1997 list, because it has very quickly become one of my favourite death metal albums of all time, despite the somewhat rickety production.
It feels relieving to see Grave's Hating Life, Sarcofago's The Worst & Massacre's Promises at least being ranked a little higher than Meh lol. I never thought any of those were as bad as people claimed of them to be, but also understand feelings of dissatisfaction when expecting a certain product from a fan's perspective. I remember reading about Massacre's Promises after just after buying the cassette at a record store the other day and honestly was kind've surprised of how much the band completely disowns the album. That being all said, nice to hear a pros/cons approach over just bashing something without fully understanding it. Appreciate the effort you put into these videos Metal Trenches! 🤘🏻
None so vile is the best death metal record of 96'. I love these videos,,& your content you're so down to Earth which as a ,47 yr old metal head I can appreciate
1996 was a better year I think for death metal than 1995. A lot of older bands were starting to get more creative and we also got debut albums from more well known bands. You left out Brutality’s In Mourning. That album would go in B-Tier. Here’s my ranking of these albums I’ve heard: S - Cryptopsy - None So Vile, Edge of Sanity - Crimson, Immolation - Here in After, Hypocrisy - Abducted, In Flames - The Jester Race A - Angelcorpse - Hammer of Gods, Cenotaph - Epic Rites (9 Epic Tales and Death Rites), Kataklysm - Temple of Knowledge, Opeth - Morningrise, Gates of Ishtar - A Bloodred Path, Vomitory - Raped in Their Own Blood, Quo Vadis - Forever, Jungle Rot - Skin the Living, The Chasm - From the Lost Years, Centinex - Malleus Maleficarum, Mystifier - The World Is So Good That Who Made It Doesn’t Live Here, Cannibal Corpse - Vile, Monstrosity - Millennium B - Mortician - Hacked Up for Barbecue, Asphyx - God Cries, Asphyx - Embrace the Death, Deeds of Flesh - Trading Pieces, Dying Fetus - Purification Through Violence, Arch Enemy - Black Earth, Carcass - Swansong C - Mortification - EnVision EvAngeline, Grave - Hating Life D - Sarcofago - The Worst, Massacre - Promise
Glad to see jungle rot in that list. Im 40 now from milwaukee, they were one of the first death metal bands I got into. Skin the living and slaughter the weak are classics in my book.
My brotha I can’t believe you mentioned down in the valley I fucking worship that album I own an original cd! Despite the length it is beautiful and makes such an interesting listen every time!!!
Mortician are quite possibly my least favourite Death Metal band of all time. I've never made it all the way through one of their albums. They're just so unbearably dull.
@@MetalTrenches Please dont dance. 50 albums is a lot, of course. Just thought you did not liked this fantastic album as you included older albums from Brutality in your previous ranked videos.
I've always really like how all over the place mixes are when you go back to this era. I don't love it, but I do agree that Swansong is hella underrated. The band themselves seems to be aware of its reputation and like to play that up. The one time I saw them Jeff said "We're going to play something off Swansong now. Please don't leave."
I honestly love the first 2 Kataklysm records, Sylvain sounds like a madman and the music's brutal but I understand why you don't like them, thanks for the video as usual, I always find new bands I like thanks to you
Glad to see people giving A Canorous Quintet some love. Also loved all the Swano projects (Edge and Pan). Surprised about Angelcorpse. It was one of my favorites that year. And that Gorefest release...geez...it was so bad. Other stuff I played a lot: Cryptopsy, In Flames, Hypocrisy, Dying Fetus, and Kataklysm. Never heard that Sadist release. Going to have to give it a spin, but that piece you played sounded like ass. :)
Pretty rich list, but for me, Gorefest and In Flames switch places for this one - I find Soul Survivor crystal sounding and very rock classic-inspired, meanwhile In Flames always felt really forced and generally more boring than other melodic bands. Also, very nice to see Avulsed and Jungle Rot so high!
For a long time Wikipedia classified Hypocrisy’s Abduction as blackened death metal. It’s really weird in retrospect. Cool to see that one included, as that was definitely a significant death metal album for me in my formative era with the genre for some reason.
Lol my country mates Gorefest get slapped hard. Personally i think Soul Survivor is still pretty listenable but it's a far cry from the greatness of False, i agree
I still consider Soul Survivor their best album, maybe rivaled by False, but still for me it was the pinnacle of how death 'n roll can sound smooth and eclectic.
I seem to like Massacre's Promise more than other people do. In my opinion it's not that bad, it has lot of groove and I know that many like to throw the Pantera card around a lot because of the groove and this is not an exception. 😆 But I like it a lot even it is not clearly as amazing as the debut. Solid B-tier for me.
I love having Jungle Rot getting a decent rating, but Lunar Strain is always the only decent album by In Flames (in my opinnion). And yep, Swansong is okay and this is coming from a guy brought up on Symphonies.
Kataklysm's Temple of Knowledge is my favorite album of all time....any band.....any genre. I can understand why you don't like the vocals, but to me, Sylvain is brilliant with his phrasing. He writes these long passages with very odd vocal patterns that don't strictly follow the beat of the song, but still work. You said he sounds like a crazy person yelling at no one. He actually does suffer from a schizophrenia spectrum disorder which played a role in his dismissal from the band. I love the way these songs are put together. They're strong as stand alone cuts and work as an album. The drumming is great. I also like the post Sylvain stuff. I like Carcass' Swan Song. Keep on rotting in the free world is a great song. There's a riff in tomorrow belongs to nobody that I can't not head bang to.
A criminally underrated album from '96 is Christ Denied "Got What He Deserved". Surprised you missed it because Dave Rotten from Avulsed does vocals. Also Voluptuously Minced from the Cenotaph in Turkey.
Millenium is so fucking good. It’s my favorite death metal album. It’s not cool to like it though, the dm hipsters will say its shit but they are clueless. This is the first time i see a youtuber put it on S tier.
I still feel like you underrate Here In After, which actually won some large poll for the top Immolation record with fans, significantly, but overall it’s a pretty solid list. I don’t think albums like Gorguts’ Obscura would exist in the same way without Here In After laying the groundwork. I know it’s a matter of opinion, so I’m not meaning that as an attack. Just my $0.02.
I've never listened to almost any of these bands, but just listening to the clips, your taste and mine on the vocals are the exact opposite. I find the guttural pukey vocals unlistenable but I like the Emtombed style vocals, you seem to like the exact opposite. Different strokes. Any chance you can do a Death N Roll ranking?
I never get bored of these Tier lists from you. A chunk of bands I’ve never heard. I’m gonna agree with most of this. Swansong is very much a ok record. Vile…. It’s George’s debut and it’s got good songs but horrible production. Cryptopsy None So Vile being at Perfection, yes, correct
Thank you man! Loving these lists, even though you misranked Mortician 😂 Listening and adding a lot of these to my death metal playlist (check it out for those interested)
Kinda disappointed at your rating for the Sacrilege album, but the following album (The Fifth Season) definitely overshadows it, including but not limited to the vocal department
Calling Hacked up for Barbecue"s production “bad” is just straight up wrong. That album has incredible production compared to half the stuff on this list. The guitars and bass blend so smoothly, and thats the point.
Wow I can’t disagree enough with you opinion on Arch Enemy, the he original vocalist isn’t just better he is light years better then the other one. Burning Bridges is one of the best death metal albums ever.
@@MetalTrenches hey I absolutely agree, I didn’t mean that you aren’t entitled to you opinion I just don’t agree. Great videos btw I’ve gotten into a lot of death metal watching your videos.
@MetalTrenches didn't say it did mean that - I enjoy them too, but the "tech" of dying fetus is superficial and their music isn't half as complex and incredible as that early Suffo stuff
Sylvans a beast on vocals. Sometimes sounding like a man possessed is a good thing in dearh metal haha. Sorry i stand corrected.... its good ALL the time 😂😂😂😂😂
@MetalTrenches lol it's a joke, mate. Horval and many others overrate the fuck out of Mortician. And that's coming from someone who loves that album. But I agree with pretty much everything you said about it.
...except in this very list I praised Swansong. I don't know why people feel the need to make assumptions when it's easier to just recognize that people like different albums.
Well, I did own a lot of these albums, but not many of them came close to the classics from the early 90s for me. Sadist, Napalm Death, Asphyx, Mortician, Mystifier, Cryptopsy, Carcass, Immolation and CC were the favourites out of these. But it was not a great year for me when it comes to DM. I was not a fan of the more melodic DM either, like the Gothenburg-style. Nile was still to come, same with Morbid Angel’s Formulas Fatal to the Flesh. Come to think of it, at this point BM was far more interesting. 1995 with Dissection, Absu, Ulver, Dødheimsgard, Varathron, Gehenna, Necromantion and 1996 with B****m, Mysticum, Marduk, Dark Funeral +++ And being from Norway I got to see many great gigs with Emperor, Dissection, Mayhem, Darkthrone and many more.
@@MetalTrenches To me, it is similar to Wolverine Blues, a “death-n-roll” type thing where outside of the extreme vocals, it could pass for heavy alternative rock. A song like “Tomorrow Belongs To Nobody” musically sounds just like Quicksand or Helmet. It’s only Jeff’s vocals that distinguish it as kinda extreme, imo. I do think both those albums are highly underrated.
