- 01Reek of PutrefactionIt was a watershed year for death metal and grindcore, with Carcass putting out Reek of Putrefaction and Napalm Death releasing From Enslavement to Obliteration, its hyperspeed follow-up to Scum.from the chapter
- 02From Enslavement to ObliterationIt was a watershed year for death metal and grindcore, with Carcass putting out Reek of Putrefaction and Napalm Death releasing From Enslavement to Obliteration, its hyperspeed follow-up to Scum.from the chapter
- 03ScumIt was a watershed year for death metal and grindcore, with Carcass putting out Reek of Putrefaction and Napalm Death releasing From Enslavement to Obliteration, its hyperspeed follow-up to Scum.from the chapter
- 04Gluey Porch TreatmentsI remember an album they did called Gluey Porch Treatments. It was so slow.from the chapter
- 05Lost ParadiseIn 1990, the group put out Lost Paradise through Peaceville Records, Paul Halmshaw’s label that would release albums that became the stone slabs upon which death-doom is based.from the chapter
- 06GothicParadise Lost followed the first album with another massively influential one in 1991, Gothic.from the chapter
- 07MedusaHaving remained active since its inception, Paradise Lost released what might be its heaviest record in 2017, Medusa, which goes far beyond the death-doom threshold, venturing into caverns that have never known light.from the chapter
- 08Into DarknessFormed the same year as Paradise Lost, New York’s Winter has seen nowhere near its critical due, especially considering that the group unveiled Into Darkness, what many see as the first proper death-doom record, in 1990.from the chapter
- 09Eternal FrostIn 1994, Winter released the Eternal Frost EP, which contains rerecorded (and more cleanly produced) versions of “Servants of the Warsmen” and “Eternal Frost” in addition to a few new tracks.from the chapter
- 10As the Flower WithersThat tone guides 1992’s As the Flower Withers, which was released by Peaceville.from the chapter
- 11Turn Loose the SwansTurn Loose the Swans of 1993, also released on Peaceville, hones key elements of As the Flower Withers—the symphonic layering, storm-battered riffage, and Stainthorpe’s bestial growls.from the chapter
- 12Jhva Elohim MethKatatonia officially began in 1991, recording and releasing its demo, Jhva Elohim Meth, in 1992.from the chapter
- 13Dance of December SoulsIn April of 1993, Katatonia tracked its heaviest album, Dance of December Souls, which No Fashion put out the same year.from the chapter
- 14For Funerals to ComeWith 1995’s For Funerals to Come, Katatonia moved to Avantgarde Music, who released Brave Murder Day one year later.from the chapter
- 15Brave Murder DayWith 1995’s For Funerals to Come, Katatonia moved to Avantgarde Music, who released Brave Murder Day one year later.from the chapter
- 16Discouraged OnesFollowing those two records, Renkse decided to perform only clean vocals for Katatonia, which aided the band in its quest to combine darkly catchy rock with sorrowful death metal on 1998’s Discouraged Ones.from the chapter
- 17Blood, Fire, DeathI think each of us was suffering from the kind of existential angst common to most teenagers everywhere…we were influenced by Bathory—especially Blood, Fire, Death and Hammerheart—Paradise Lost, Cathedral, Black Sabbath, Tiamat, Mana Mana, and obviously my lyrics were influenced by H.from the chapter
- 18HammerheartI think each of us was suffering from the kind of existential angst common to most teenagers everywhere…we were influenced by Bathory—especially Blood, Fire, Death and Hammerheart—Paradise Lost, Cathedral, Black Sabbath, Tiamat, Mana Mana, and obviously my lyrics were influenced by H.from the chapter
- 19Stream From the HeavensA vacuous and punishing recording, it caught the attention of Italian label Avantgarde, who released Thergothon’s Stream From the Heavens in 1994.from the chapter
- 20Earth 2The track was recorded a year before Earth 2 came out, which was Sunn O)))’s impetus.from the chapter
- 21Monoliths & DimensionsEven so, (a better-produced) “The Unknown Kadeth in the Cold Waste” would sound at home on 2009’s Monoliths & Dimensions.from the chapter