Best Death Metal Albums
2,017 albums
| Rank | Cover art | Artist / Album | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  | Preach Eternal Gospels (1993) [EP] | 71.7 | 3 | 1 |
| 1952 |  | Into the Pussymorgue (2012) | 71.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1953 |  | Sworn to a Great Divide (2007) | 64.1 | 17 | 2 |
| 1954 |  | Khaooohs (1993) | 70 | 4 | 1 |
| 1955 |  | Death Walks With Me (2013) | 70 | 4 | 0 |
| 1956 |  | Ride Forth (2016) | 69 | 5 | 0 |
| 1957 |  | 68.2 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1958 |  | Ravage & Conquer (2012) | 67.1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1959 |  | Psychromatic (2010) | 70.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1960 |  | Goatlord (1996) | 66.1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1961 |  | The Bud of Original Sin Schemed By God (2002) [EP] | 70.3 | 3 | 1 |
| 1962 |  | Inside the Torn Apart (1997) | 68.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 1963 |  | Lunar Manifesto (2014) | 68.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 1964 |  | Garbage Daze Re-Regurgitated (2005) | 70 | 3 | 0 |
| 1965 |  | Butcher Basement (2010) | 70 | 3 | 0 |
| 1966 |  | Unearthed (1995) | 70 | 3 | 0 |
| 1967 |  | Uprising (2013) | 70 | 3 | 0 |
| 1968 |  | Once Only Imagined (2007) | 64.3 | 11 | 0 |
| 1969 |  | Subconscious Release (1991) | 65 | 9 | 0 |
| 1970 |  | First Breath (1998) | 67 | 5 | 0 |
| 1971 |  | The Tokyo Showdown (2001) [Live] | 63.4 | 11 | 1 |
| 1972 |  | Liar in Wait (2012) | 67.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1973 |  | Heretic (2003) | 64.4 | 8 | 0 |
| 1974 |  | Asunder (2000) | 68.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1975 |  | Thousand Swords (2010) | 68.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1976 |  | Treats of Torture (2013) [EP] | 68.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | | From Crotch to Crown (2014) | 68.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 |  | Gastrointestinal Bleeding (2013) | 66 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 |  | Magwi (2004) | 65.8 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 |  | Killing for Revenge (2024) | 64.3 | 7 | 1 |
| 1981 |  | Metsutan - Songs of the Void (2016) | 66.3 | 4 | 2 |
| 1982 |  | Undying Light (2019) | 63.1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 |  | Obsideo (2013) | 65 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 |  | Hornets of the Pogrom (2008) | 66.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 |  | Fear Is the Mindkiller (1993) [EP] | 66.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 |  | 4 Shades of Me (2013) | 63.3 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 |  | If Emotions Still Burn (1996) | 62.1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 |  | The Legend (2018) | 62.5 | 6 | 1 |
| 1989 |  | Ultimo Mondo Cannibale (1990) | 63 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 |  | Ode to Quietus (2010) | 65 | 3 | 1 |
| 1991 |  | 65 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1992 |  | Crypt of the Devil (2015) | 65 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | | Nightmares of the Decomposed (2020) | 60 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 |  | Graveyard Classics (2000) | 58.3 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 |  | Twilight Symphony (2013) | 63.3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 |  | Who Are the True? (1988) | 61.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 |  | Grey Misery (1992) | 61.3 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 |  | Graveyard Classics III (2010) | 60 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 |  | Voracious Contempt (1995) | 61.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 |  | Raging Death (2013) | 61.7 | 3 | 0 |
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