One of my all-time favorite albums.

I want to marry each one of you.

I thought of a few more that I haven't seen mentioned yet, unless I missed them.

Bloodstone - Hour of the Gate


Caducity - Whirler of Fate


Crystal Age - Far Beyond Divine Horizons


Demented Ted - Promises Impure


Drowned - Viscera Terræ


Krhoma Death - Grating Into Corpse

Badass old school Belgian death metal. I had not heard these guys. They have a new album out in 2009, too.

I'm going to go right ahead and post this album I just remembered:

Rudra - The Aryan Crusade

No, it's not NS, it's about the original definition of the word Aryan. This is Hindu stuff. Blackened death metal with a strong exotic and mystical tinge.

Thanks man, and yes I do own the original but it's one of those vinyls that I would prefer to keep in my collection forever.

Carnifex (Fin) - Decadence



They also released a split with Festerday which is also really solid.

Atrocity (US) - Infected



More death grind but shitloads of fun to listen to.

Damn right, man. Great record.

Seance - Fornever Laid to Rest
Mercyless - Abject Offerings
Betrayer - Calamity
Deceased - The Blueprints For Madness
Cadaver - In Pains
Infestdead - JesuSatan
Sorrow - Hatred And Disgust
Necrophilia - Necrotic Narcosis
Exruciate - Passage Of Life
Impaler - Charnel Deity
Luciferion - Demonication (The Manifest)
Disgrace - Grey Misery

And finally it's not really obscure but it is extremely overlooked:

Monstrosity's Millennium

The quality on the youtube video is much worse than the actual production. I don't know why it's so bad, I have the demo compilation and it's raw and heavy as hell without being screeching.

Morgoth- Resurrection Absurd


Morgoth- The Eternal Fall


Morgoth- Cursed


This German group may only be obscure to the younger generation these days, but I can't not mention them. The two Ep's above are almost essential 90's DM, absolutely fucking awesome. I used to have them on the one cassette, until my fucking car got stolen...... The songs Female Infanticide and Pits Of Utumno from The Eternal Fall are some of my favourite DM tunes. Really good dark metal. Same goes for the Cursed album. Sold Baptism and Opportunity Is Gone are truly excellent.

Serpent Obscene- s/t


I really like this one. It has an average rating on this site, but I think it's a bit unfair, as it has a unflinching old school approach. Anyway, this is kind of death/thrash and it breaks no new ground, but goddamn!! It makes me wanna bang my head! Songs like Evil Rites and Pestilent Seed(The Plague) just rip. Catchier than syphilis at one of Nero's toga parties too....

Maybe I've missed it here but it deserves another mention anyways in case I did, Serpens Aeon - Dawn Of Kouatl:

Fans of The Chasm must hear this.

I have a couple of them, although some might be less obscure than others:


Cianide - The Dying Truth (1992)
-These guys play some SLOOOOOOW, crushing death metal in the vein of Autopsy, but slower.


Fester - Winter of Sin (1992)
-One of the rare Norwegian death metal bands. The vocals are very similar to something you'd hear in black metal.


Mercyless - Coloured Funeral (1993)
-I believe Abject Offerings was already posted, so I figured this album should get a mention, too. This album sounds like Seance's first album with some Morgoth mixed in. Great stuff.


Paramæcium - Exhumed of the Earth (1993)
-Awesome death/doom from Australia. While they are a Christian band, most of their lyrics are deep and thoughful.


Wicked Innocence - Omnipotence (1995)
-As Falconsbane said "Fucked up, but awesome." Crazy, brutal, and something that the members of Demilich would be impressed with.

Expulser - The Unholy One

As Serenity Fades
Finnish death/doom from the early nineties.
Shades of early Amorphis and early Paradise Lost...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fL-Pht4ewM (demo track)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq72jFfUPmU (from Earthborn EP)

My favorite thing about this thread is looking at the album covers

For some reason, old looking album covers (80's or 90's) with artwork that was obviously done without a computer really appeal to me.

Murder Squad is basicly a Swedish Autopsy

I second this, admins. Please make this a sticky. This is an excellent thread. I don't want it to end!

Yes! There's something very organic about these covers. It fits with the old, dirty production most of the albums have.

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Claws (fin) ; they are not oldschool but they play in that raw scandinavian style we all love!


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Fuck, what a thread!
I thought I may contribute some too.



Comecon - Megatrends in Brutality



Hetsheads - We Are The Possessed



Mastifcate - Desecration, got a bit of grind in there too but a real gem!

Molested - Blod-draum (1995)

Norse death metal.



Misery - Mystic (1993)

Doom death metal from Switzerland.

And of course...



Derkéta - Goddess of Death (compilation '91-'94)

US doom death metal.

AFFLICTED - Prodigal Sun - 1992
Weird technical Swedish Death Metal. Released on Nuclear Blast, but quite obscure.


DISABLED - Faith Ablation - 1997 MCD
Crushing mid-tempo Death Metal from France. Released on Craziness Musix.
Their '95 demo Here Lies Your God also deserves a mention.


CATACOMB - In the Maze of Kadath - 1993 demo/7"EP
French lovecraftian Doom/Death Metal. 7"EP on Drowned Productions, pro-tape on Phonoprodukt with 2 more tracks.
Avoid like plague their 2001 come-back MCD.


CEREMONY - Tyranny from Above - 1993
Excellent Death Metal from Holland, released by Cyber Music.

This is starting to stretch my memory, as most of these bands I have seen live only a couple of times a long time ago....

Abremelin(Aus)- Transgression From Acheron


This is some great DM from the 90's, has that unmistakable feel about it. Have not heard it in a long time. Should try and track some down again.

Misery(Aus)- A Necessary Evil


More well written and damn brutal Aussie DM from the 90's.

Crypt(Aus)- Crypt


Only seen these guys live once, around the time of this Mcd. What I can remember of it though, it was fairly technical brutal DM. Rather good too.

Bludgeoner(Aus)- Bludgeoner EP


Unashamed old-school brutal, stripped back DM. Put on a fucking awesome live show too. Tight and neck snappin'.

Anatomy(Aus)- Twisting Depths Of Horror


This is a personal favourite of my collection in relation to Aus DM.

Damn these Aussies have some really demonic vocalists

Edit: I'm really liking that Misery album, check it out!

Picked up this gem from CM Distro for 2 bucks:



Thick sound with some real catchy riffs. Not highly original but very enjoyable and worth tracking down. Thanks, PhantomOTO!

Misery are my city's best kept secret. Everyone knows Portal, but when it comes to Brisbane metal bands, few seem to remember Misery.

The whole Australian death metal scene seem to be a well kept secret. Shame, seem to be many buried gems there.

A really good Aussie DM band is Discarnated. They are Christian, and I know that can be an issue for people, but damn, it is some excellent old school DM. Rowan London from Virgin Black is the vocalist. Check out the track "Gutted and Skinned" on YouTube.

I wish I could find the album but it's nowhere to be found.

I think I found it. I can PM you a link if you want to.

If you like Misery, try The Dead. Same guitarist, or at least it was before he left them recently. Regardless, he played on their first album. A second one came out yesterday, I was at the launch gig.

This is ONE HELL of furious Swedish DeathThrash (with the exclamation mark on Thrash). In the same league as Merciless. A total blast.

I can only recommend one album:

God Macabre - The Winterlong, I dunno how "obscure" it is but it's probably, imo, the best, along with Necrophobic - Nocturnal Silence, Swedish death.

Cianide - A Descent Into Hell (Heaviest album ever)
Nuclear Death - Bride of Insect
Morbius - Alienchrist
Deceased - The Blueprints for Madness (Not exactly obscure these days, it was for awhile and is still overlooked. I guess it came out at the wrong time.)

Simply a bad rip. I have the Sarcasm demo in mp3 and the quality is much better.

man idk bout you guys but i love me old school polish death metal

CHECK THIS LINK!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUOxP8olitg

Just heard their EP. Quite good, even though the production kinda sucks. Definitely has got the melodic riffage of early Armorphis, that's cool.

I agree about the production on that one. The earlier demo actually has better, thicker sound, I think.

Agreed. Especially this album from Merciless.


This is a seriously good album.

A bit more on the death/doom side, but a classic release anyway...

Cemetery Earth - Here Rest Remains From Centuries of Demise