Well I decided after taking a sweep through my album collection, to try and raise the profile of some of my favourite and less vaunted death metal albums. My first choice is Hate Eternal's
Conquering the Throne, the debut album from Erik Rutan and his horde. I have read a number of reviews saying that it suffers from a level of sameyness throughout, but personally I feel the album shows off a promising start for a band which would later release one of my favourite death albums
I, Monarch. It thunders along, propelled by a rain of blastbeats and Rutan's bellowing growl. There are some great guitar interplay sections and Nailed to Obscurity is probably
the best track. Up next would have to be
Into Cold Darkness from Vital Remains. This was one of the early VR albums, well before they were dragged into the limelight by the infamous bark of Glen Benton, and outside the opening track most are of a shorter length than the later albums which would occasionally slip into the 'a few minutes too long' category.
Into Cold Darkness is a great album, where the band began to develop their epic leads, but appear to have left a lot of their slower, more mid pace material. The album's name is also suited to the music, as inputs of keyboards at crucial moments to create an icy cold atmosphere.
Sweden's Grave is our third band, with their
Into the Grave debut from 1991. It contains the traditional Swedish guitar sound, a thundering buzz with the same technique and style as we can see from Entombed and Dismember.
Into the Grave is a great debut, its raw, its filthy, its violent, and it's classic early 90s death metal. Finally, I chose Vader's
Litany. These Polish death metal veterans have rarely disappointed me since I first heard
Xeper a few years ago. Like their countrymen Decapitated, Vader provide a powerful, bass drum heavy attack and propulsive riffs that I simply love.
Xeper still reigns as one of the catchy death metal tracks I have
heard, and definitely in my top ten. So there you have, any more unsung death metal classics out there?
Well I decided after taking a sweep through my album collection, to try and raise the profile of some of my favourite and less vaunted death metal albums. My first choice is Hate Eternal's Conquering the Throne, the debut album from Erik Rutan and his horde. I have read a number of reviews saying that it suffers from a level of sameyness throughout, but personally I feel the album shows off a promising start for a band which would later release one of my favourite death albums I, Monarch. It thunders along, propelled by a rain of blastbeats and Rutan's bellowing growl. There are some great guitar interplay sections and Nailed to Obscurity is probably
the best track. Up next would have to be Into Cold Darkness from Vital Remains. This was one of the early VR albums, well before they were dragged into the limelight by the infamous bark of Glen Benton, and outside the opening track most are of a shorter length than the later albums which would occasionally slip into the 'a few minutes too long' category. Into Cold Darkness is a great album, where the band began to develop their epic leads, but appear to have left a lot of their slower, more mid pace material. The album's name is also suited to the music, as inputs of keyboards at crucial moments to create an icy cold atmosphere. 
Sweden's Grave is our third band, with their Into the Grave debut from 1991. It contains the traditional Swedish guitar sound, a thundering buzz with the same technique and style as we can see from Entombed and Dismember. Into the Grave is a great debut, its raw, its filthy, its violent, and it's classic early 90s death metal. Finally, I chose Vader's Litany. These Polish death metal veterans have rarely disappointed me since I first heard Xeper a few years ago. Like their countrymen Decapitated, Vader provide a powerful, bass drum heavy attack and propulsive riffs that I simply love. Xeper still reigns as one of the catchy death metal tracks I have 
heard, and definitely in my top ten. So there you have, any more unsung death metal classics out there?
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