Rippikoulu - Musta Seremonia (1993)

Genre: Death Metal
Country: Finland

A Finnish death metal classic.

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Adversarial - Prophetic Plain Of Abyssal Revelation (2011)

Genre: Black/Death Metal
Country: Canada

This year's latest EP from Canadian black/death metal band Adversarial (the same who released the fantastic 2010 album All Idols Fall Before The Hammer, also known as dat snare) is a fusion of their 2008 demo Thralls and some new material consisting of one brand new song and an Archgoat and Incantation cover. All in all it rules, so check it.

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Portal - Seepia (2003)

Genre: Death/Black Metal
Country: Australia

Today's post is of a band most of you have (hopefully) heard already, but fuck it. Australia's Portal plays some mind-bendingly technical death metal with massive atmosphere. Here's their superb debut Seepia along with a live video of the opening track "Glumurphonel" complete with its 8-string guitar riffing that will make your pants full of rampant boners.

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Excommunion - Superion (2001)

Genre: Death Metal
Country: United States

This is sort of an extension to the last post, which featured two tracks from this American death metal act. Superion is an intense album, there's no two ways about it. The riffing is fast and visceral, the vocals guttural (yet switch to black metal-esque rasps occasionally) and the drums chaotic. Basically, it's everything awesome about death metal so if there's any more need to sell you on this there's just no help for you at all.

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Excommunion/Bellum/Rhune/Nightbringer - Horde Of Darkenwood (2001)

Genre: Black Metal/Death Metal
Country: United States

This is essentially a black metal split with a touch of death metal thrown in by Excommunion (whose two tracks are from their LP Superion), who rule this split alongside Nightbringer. Regardless, Horde Of Darkenwood is an enjoyable split that will please fans of any of the bands (if Bellum of Rhune have been noticed enough to gather them).

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Horror Of Horrors - Sounds Of Eerie (1994)

Genre: Death Metal

Country: United States

Horror of Horrors is a death metal band from Silver Spring, Maryland. Their 1994 debut, which I also find to be their best, Sounds of Eerie, is an amalgamation of crushing and shredding guitar work, very thick and tussled vocals and frantic outbursts of drumming including some extremely fast blast-beats, yet never going too overboard. Any fan of death metal should enjoy this.

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Necroccultus - Encircling The Mysterious Necrorevelation (2005)

Genre: Death Metal

Country: Mexico

Don't you just love that album title? Anyway, this hell-hash of slicing riffs, bowel-churning vocals and tornadic drumming from Irapuato, Mexico will put you in your place. This album also carries a very dark vibe with it, which at times seems to conjure the mood of Finnish death metal.

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