Top 10 Extreme Metal Songs of the 1990s

90s were hard for all metal bands because major labels/producers preferred to invest in grunge. Similarly to metal, grunge was dark and rebellious but grunge was more accessible with more chances to go mainstream. And profit-oriented labels/producers lost interest in metal (re-directed their money).

However, this decade was great for extreme metal - probably because extreme metal wasn't related to major labels very much (extreme metal is always pretty underground). Most of the songs/albums on this list were produced/released with the significant participation of the band members.

For my original Top 10 picks I used one song per band. I also tried to include more subgenres.

The Top Ten

1 Crystal Mountain - Death

2 Black Rose Immortal - Opeth

3 Freezing Moon - Mayhem

Masterpiece

4 Phobophile - Cryptopsy

5 I Am the Black Wizards - Emperor

6 Heartwork - Carcass

One of my favorite metal albums of the 90s. This song is one of the reasons why.

7 Chopped In Half - Obituary

8 Downfall - Children of Bodom

9 Obscura - Gorguts

10 Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse

The fact that Opeth is higher than this needs to be fixed

The Contenders

11 Pierced from Within - Suffocation

12 Angel of Disease - Morbid Angel

13 Transilvanian Hunger - Darkthrone

14 Key to the Gate - Burzum

15 Lack of Comprehension - Death

16 De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas - Mayhem

17 Moonlapse Vertigo - Opeth

18 Corporal Jigsore Quandary - Carcass

19 Earthly Love - Gorguts

20 Crown of Horns - Cryptopsy

21 Slit Your Guts - Cryptopsy

22 Pure Holocaust - Immortal

23 I Cum Blood - Cannibal Corpse

24 Graves of the Fathers - Cryptopsy

25 F****D with a Knife - Cannibal Corpse

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