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Demlich Has a LinkedIn An obscure yet legendary Finnish death metal band has a LinkedIn. I totally did not expect that. They never posted anything. So, it's not like there's anything to see. I'm just pleasantly surprised that a Demlich LinkedIn page exists at all. Demilich has only a single album to their name: Nespithe (anagram for The Spine). It's definitely the most unique music you will listen to, even among extreme metal. Unless you're accustomed to the heavy distorted guitars, pounding drums, and guttural cave monster vocals, you'll probably be put off by it. I love it. It's one of my absolute favorites. I just purchased a cassette tape version of it. There's just simply nothing like Demilich; only imitators.

Day Seventeen. At the Gates is my favorite death metal band. While everyone tends to praise Slaughter of the Soul, I personally hail The Red in the Sky is Ours as their best. I would even go as far as claiming that it's the best death metal album ever. I am quite possibly literally alone in this. There's plenty of quality death metal to choose from. Gorgut's Obscura, Demilich's Nespithe, Entombed's Left Hand Path, Suffocation's Effigy of the Forgotten, Atheist's Unquestionable Presence. Hell, not too many people prefer The Red in the Sky is Ours over Slaughter of the Soul. Why on Earth do I rank this album higher than every single one of those? For starters, At the Gates where really the first to constantly play two melodies, sometimes even three, at once throughout the entire course of every song on an album. Well above ninety percent of bands have two guitarists play the same exact riff all the time. Once in a while, they will...