Survey of First Generation Death Metal (7 Part Series)

I love old school death metal and this seven part survey is very much a labor of love. Much of the music contained in these 7 and half hours made up the soundtrack to my (admittedly screwey) teenage years. The highest compliment I’ve received as a music compiler (I make music mixes) was that I am the Ken Burns of death metal. I hope this initial 7 part series lives up to that moniker.

PART 1. INFLUENCES AND PROTO-DEATH METAL
Venom, Slayer, Celtic Frost, Kreator, Repulsion, Sepultura, Possessed

PART 2. FLORIDA (1987-1993):
Death, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide, Malevolent Creation, Nocturnus, Massacre, Monstrosity, Atheist, Cynic

PART 3. SWEDEN (1988-1992):
Nihilist, Entombed, Unleashed, Grave, Carnage, Dismember, Edge of Sanity, Therion, God Macabre, Tiamat, Seance, Hypocrisy

PART 4. THE AMERICAS (1989-1993):
Sepultura, Sarcofago, Autopsy, Gorguts, Master, Broken Hope, Cianide, Revenant, Immolation, Sorrow, Incantation, Morpheus Descends, Suffocation

PART 5. UK GRINDCORE AND DEATH (1987-1992):
Napalm Death, Unseen Terror, Heresy, Extreme Noise Terror, Terrorizer, Carcass, Benediction, Bolt Thrower, Defecation, Cancer, Paradise Lost

PART 6. EURO-DEATH (1989-1993):
Morgoth, Atrocity, Fleshcrawl, Pungent Stench, Cadaver, Amorphis, Demigod, Vader

PART 7. NETHERLANDS (1988-1993):
Pestilence, Asphyx, Thanatos, Gorefest, Sinister