Extreme Metal Gold Standard List
The greatest albums of Extreme, Death, Black and Doom Metal.
Most or all songs in these albums have the characteristics of brilliant music. They are memorable, catchy, rich, sophisticated, unique in their instrumentation, coherent and clear in their powerful emotional message and story and entertaining for the intelligent mind.
| Artist (45) | Album (59) | 1989-1997 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigor | Nachthymnen | 1995 | |
| Anathema | Serenades | 1993 | |
| Arcturus | Aspera Hiems Symfonia | 1996 | |
| At The Gates | The Red In The Sky Is Ours | 1992 | |
| At The Gates | Terminal Spirit Disease | 1994 | |
| Beherit | Drawing Down the Moon | 1993 | |
| Cancer | Death Shall Rise | 1991 | |
| Cannibal Corpse | Tomb Of The Mutilated | 1992 | |
| Carcass | Heartwork | 1993 | |
| Carcass | Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious | 1991 | |
| Cradle Of Filth | The Principle Of Evil Made Flesh | 1994 | |
| Death | Spiritual Healing | 1990 | |
| Deicide | Deicide | 1990 | |
| Deicide | Legion | 1992 | |
| Diabolos Rising | 666 | 1994 | |
| Dimmu Borgir | For all tid | 1995 | |
| Emperor | In The Nightside Eclipse | 1994 | |
| Eyehategod | Take As Needed for Pain | 1993 | |
| Fleurety | Min Tid Skal Komme | 1995 | |
| Immortal | Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism | 1992 | |
| Immortal | Pure Holocaust | 1993 | |
| Isengard | Vinterskugge | 1994 | |
| Katatonia | Dance Of December Souls | 1993 | |
| Kaviar Kavalier | +Klinik+ | 1996 | |
| Korova | A Kiss in the Charnel Fields | 1995 | |
| Macabre | Sinister Slaughter | 1993 | |
| Mayhem | De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas | 1994 | |
| Mortuary Drape | All the Witches Dance | 1994 | |
| Necromantia | Crossing The Fiery Path | 1993 | |
| Nightfall | Parade Into Centuries | 1992 | |
| Nightingale | The Breathing Shadow | 1995 | |
| Obituary | Cause of Death | 1990 | |
| Opeth | Orchid | 1995 | |
| Pantera | Vulgar Display of Power | 1992 | |
| Pantera | Far Beyond Driven | 1994 | |
| Paradise Lost | Gothic | 1991 | |
| Paradise Lost | Shades Of God | 1992 | |
| Paradise Lost | Icon | 1993 | |
| Phlebotomized | Immense Intense Suspense | 1994 | |
| Rotting Christ | Thy Mighty Contract | 1993 | |
| Sadness | Ames de Marbre | 1993 | |
| Samael | Blood Ritual | 1992 | |
| Satyricon | Dark Medieval Times | 1993 | |
| Septicflesh | Mystic Places of Dawn | 1994 | |
| Septicflesh | ΕΣΟΠΤΡΟΝ | 1995 | |
| Sepultura | Beneath the Remains | 1989 | |
| Sepultura | Chaos A.D. | 1993 | |
| Sepultura | Arise | 1991 | |
| The Gathering | Almost a Dance | 1993 | |
| The Gathering | Always... | 1992 | |
| The Third And The Mortal | Tears Laid in Earth | 1994 | |
| The Third And The Mortal | Painting on Glass | 1996 | |
| The Third And The Mortal | In This Room | 1997 | |
| Tristitia | One with Darkness | 1995 | |
| Ulver | Bergtatt | 1995 | |
| Unleashed | Where No Life Dwells | 1991 | |
| Unleashed | Shadows in the Deep | 1992 | |
| Varathron | His Majesty At The Swamp | 1993 | |
| Ved Buens Ende | Written in Waters | 1995 |
The Extreme Metal Gold Standard List was inspired by Wayne Chase's Gold Standard Song List
Curated by eyallior@eyallior.com
