Crucial Years in Metal: 1991

08/11/10 • 85 min

1991. The year extreme metal really gained ground in the music world. No longer relegated to the the import bins, this new wave of metal really started penetrating record stores, or at least in the small Midwestern town we came from. Sweden hit us with Debuts by Grave, Dismember and Unleashed, while Entombed delivered their sophomore LP. The US scene was also firing on all cylinders with Morbid Angel, Autopsy and Death, while the last bastions of thrash slowly faded away.

Armored Saint, "Reign of Fire", Symbol of Salvation

Talkset #1

Atheist, "And the Psychic", Unquestionable Presence

Death, "Lack of Comprehension", Human

Suffocation, "Involuntary Slaughter", Effigy of the Forgotten

Morbid Angel, "Brainstorm", Blessed are the Sick

Autopsy, "Twisted Mass of Burnt Decay", Mental Funeral

Talkset #2

Dismember, "And So is Life", Like an Everflowing Stream

Entombed, "Stranger Aeons", Clandestine

Grave, "Haunted", Into the Grave

Pestilence, "Twisted Truth", Testimony of the Ancients