• Far from complete, and definitely in no particular order, here are some of our favorite albums from artists of many genres and time periods. Some may be very known to you, maybe you also listened to a lot of these same bands while growing up, as we did. The crazy excitement of youth and the aching boredom, some of these were a soundtrack to our teenage years. Through the reckless parties, sex, violence, and all the tainted fruits of life. Others carried us into our work with Mourning the Ancient, some of these bands we've even come to know personally or have had the opportunity to interview. Others we might not have liked as much, except for maybe they played during certain times in our lives, they 'grew' on us as they say. I'm sure you have more than a few favorites like this too.

    As you may estimate, this is a huge undertaking, so we'll be adding more and more material every update. Hopefully, there will be some gem here that had slipped by you, and through these pages, you discover musical treasure as we have.


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  • Einherjer

    Title: Aurora Borealis

    Label: Necropolis Records

    Date: 1993

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] De Sorte Sioers Land*
    [2] Aurora Borealis
    [3] Witchking
    [4] Einherjer*

    [Before they got popular, Einherjer was a great band. The self titled song 'Einherjer' still remains one of my favorites, with its whispered chant style singing and accoustic guitars.]

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  • Possessed

    Title: Beyond the Gates/The Eyes of Horror

    Label: Century Media

    Date: 1986/1987/1998

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Intro/The Heretic
    [2] Tribulation*
    [3] March to Die
    [4] Phantasm*
    [5] No Will to Live
    [6] Beyond the Gates
    [7] The Beasts of the Apocalypse
    [8] Seance
    [9] Restless Dead
    [10] Dog Fight
    [11] Confessions
    [12] My Belief
    [13] The Eyes of Horror
    [14] Swing of the Axe
    [15] Storm in My Mind
    Tracks 1-10 are from Beyond the Gates. Tracks 11-15 are from The Eyes of Horror.

    [The singer for Possessed had one of the coolest voices in metal, unique and instantly recognizable. An awesome band that we never got to see their full potential. The song 'My Belief' is a fucking anthem for metal!]

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  • Atheist

    Title: Piece of Time

    Label: Death Records

    Date: 1989

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Piece of Time*
    [2] Unholy War
    [3] Room with a View*
    [4] On They Slay
    [5] Beyond
    [6] I Deny*
    [7] Why Bother?
    [8] Life
    [9] No Truth*

    [Another classic from 1989. And who could forget the lyrics from the song 'I Deny'- 'It's God's way, says your horrid wife.' Haha...!]

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  • Aeternus

    Title: Dark Sorcery

    Label: View Beyond Records

    Date: 1995

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Black Dust*
    [2] Victory
    [3] Raven and Blood
    [4] Nordlys

    [Opening up with the now classic line 'Human dreams... such a fruitful place, to plant the seeds, of terror!' This is one of the coolest songs you or I will ever hear.]

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  • Storm

    Title: Nordavind

    Label: Moonfog Productions

    Date: 1994

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Innferd
    [2] Mellom Bakkar Og Berg
    [3] Haavard Hedde
    [4] Villemann
    [5] Nagellstev
    [6] Oppi Fjellet
    [7] Langt Borti Lia
    [8] Lokk
    [9] Noregsgard
    [10] Utferd

    [A legend. I'm surprised this CD didn't melt I played it so much in the early days. Truly cool and unique.]

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  • Autopsy

    Title: Severed Survival

    Label: Peaceville

    Date: 1990

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Charred Remains
    [2] Service for a Vacant Coffin
    [3] Disembowel*
    [4] Gasping for Air
    [5] Ridden with Disease
    [6] Pagan Savior
    [7] Impending Dread
    [8] Servered Survival (typo)
    [9] Critical Madness
    [10] Embalmed
    [11] Stillborn

    [Some of the coolest cover art of its time! The song 'Disembowel' is classic early death metal.]

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  • Morbid Angel

    Title: Abominations of Desolation

    Label: Earache

    Date: 1986/1991

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] The Invocation/Chapel of Ghouls*
    [2] Unholy Blasphemies*
    [3] Angel of Disease
    [4] Azagthoth*
    [5] The Gate/Lord of all Fevers
    [6] Hell Spawn
    [7] Abominations
    [8] Demon Seed
    [9] Welcome to Hell

    [Now here is some legendary stuff. Mike Browning of Nocturnus infamy on vocals and drums. This material was redone for 'Altars of Madnesss' and 'Blessed are the Sick', but personally I like these versions much better. Leagues better. They are much darker and more ferocious than the redone versions.]

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  • Morbid Angel

    Title: Blessed are the Sick

    Label: Earache

    Date: 1991

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Intro
    [2] Fall From Grace*
    [3] Brainstorm
    [4] Rebel Lands
    [5] Doomsday Celebration
    [6] Day of Suffering*
    [7] Blessed are the Sick/Leading the Rats*
    [8] Thy Kingdom Come
    [9] Unholy Blasphemies
    [10] Abominations
    [11] Desolate Ways
    [12] The Ancient Ones*
    [13] In Remembrance

    [David Vincent shined darkly in this masterful release. This is my favorite Morbid Angel with him on vocals.]

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  • Arcana

    Title: Dark Age of Reason

    Label: Cold Meat Industry

    Date: 1996

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Our God Weeps
    [2] Angel of Sorrow
    [3] Souce of Light
    [4] The Calm Before the Storm
    [5] Dark Age of Reason
    [6] Like Statues in the Garden of Dreaming
    [7] The Oath
    [8] ...For My Love
    [9] Serenity
    [10] The Song of Mourning*

    [Those that know Arcana know that this band composes some beautiful dark classical sounding music, with choirs and great atmosphere. Truly masters at what they do. The last song on this CD, 'The Song of Mourning' is one of the greatest classical sounding tracks ever written. Truly darkly beautiful.]

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  • At the Gates

    Title: The Red in the Sky is Ours

    Label: Deaf Records

    Date: 1991

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] The Red in the Sky is Ours/The Season to Come
    [2] Kingdom Gone*
    [3] Through Gardens of Grief
    [4] Within
    [5] Windows
    [6] Claws of Laughter Dead
    [7] Neverwhere
    [8] The Scar
    [9] Night Comes, Blood Black
    [10] City of Screaming Statues

    [At the Gates introduced the idea that death metal could have violins involved. While this doesn't always work very well, this release was a good one. 'Kingdom Gone' is a great work of anger and violence.]

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  • Volkszorn

    Title: Der Ewige Jude

    Label: Micetrap Records

    Date: 2004

    Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')

    [1] Sterben Mussen Wir Alle
    [2] Harte Gesetze
    [3] Jagermeister
    [4] Der Ewige Jude
    [5] 99 Judenschweine
    [6] Brennende Kohle
    [7] Ihr Habt Es So Gewollt
    [8] Voll Auf Hass
    [9] Deutschland Vaterland
    [10] Zah Wie Leder
    [11] Politiker
    [12] Im Zeichen Der Zeit

    [The technical skill, the production and songwriting of this release are all superb. The song '99 Judenschweine' is a take on the popular 1984 song '99 Luftballons' by 'Nena', and is excellent!]

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