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RYM's Top 500 Death Metal Albums of the 80s & 90s

The top 500 death metal albums from the genre's beginnings in the 1980s through to 1999 according to the Rate Your Music chart (accessed May 2025).
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Death - Symbolic (1995)
Death - Symbolic (1995)
1
Death - Human (1991)
Death - Human (1991)
2
Cryptopsy - None So Vile (1996)
Cryptopsy - None So Vile (1996)
3
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
Death - The Sound of Perseverance (1998)
4
Gorguts - Obscura (1998)
Gorguts - Obscura (1998)
5
Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993)
Death - Individual Thought Patterns (1993)
6
Death - Leprosy (1988)
Death - Leprosy (1988)
7
Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream (1991)
Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream (1991)
8
Suffocation - Pierced From Within (1995)
Suffocation - Pierced From Within (1995)
9
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness (1989)
10
Demilich - Nespithe
Demilich - Nespithe
11
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten
12
Autopsy - Mental Funeral (1991)
Autopsy - Mental Funeral (1991)
13
Edge of Sanity - Crimson (1996)
Edge of Sanity - Crimson (1996)
14
Incantation - Diabolical Conquest
Incantation - Diabolical Conquest
15
Bolt Thrower - The Ivth Crusade (1992)
Bolt Thrower - The Ivth Crusade (1992)
16
Left Hand Path - Entombed
Left Hand Path - Entombed
17
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
Incantation - Onward to Golgotha
18
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Morbid Angel - Covenant
19
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence (1991)
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence (1991)
20
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse (1998)
21
Immolation - Here in After
Immolation - Here in After
22
Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory (1994)
Bolt Thrower - ...For Victory (1994)
23
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse (1989)
Pestilence - Consuming Impulse (1989)
24
Autopsy - Severed Survival
Autopsy - Severed Survival
25
Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
26
Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious
Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious
27
Intestine Baalism - An Anatomy of the Beast
Intestine Baalism - An Anatomy of the Beast
28
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos (1989)
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos (1989)
29
Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene (1994)
Incantation - Mortal Throne of Nazarene (1994)
30
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
Demigod - Slumber of Sullen Eyes
31
Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
Necrophobic - The Nocturnal Silence
32
Entombed - Clandestine
Entombed - Clandestine
33
Carcass - Heartwork (1993)
Carcass - Heartwork (1993)
34
Molested - Blod-Draum
Molested - Blod-Draum
35
Terrorizer - World Downfall
Terrorizer - World Downfall
36
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick (1991)
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick (1991)
37
Iniquity - Serenadium
Iniquity - Serenadium
38
Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
Edge of Sanity - Purgatory Afterglow
39
Brutality - Screams of Anguish
Brutality - Screams of Anguish
40
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