Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
2004 was an absolutely stacked year for death metal, with legendary bands dropping career-defining records and underground heavyweights pushing the genre into new territory. In this video, I rank every major death metal album from 2004, from melodic death metal classics and brutal death essentials to blackened hybrids, tech-death masterworks, and overlooked gems that deserve way more love. #deathmetal #cannibalcorpse #behemoth @cannibalcorpse @behemothofficial @InFlames
00:00 Intro
00:17 Bolt Thrower came out 2005 but was mistakenly on my list… of course we open with it 🤦🏻♂️
00:56 Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
01:28 Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt
02:00 Deicide - Scars of the Crucifix
02:32 Suffocation - Souls To Deny
03:09 Internal Suffering - Choronzonic Force Domination
03:39 Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
04:11 Dismember - Where Iron Crosses Grow
04:38 The Chasm - The Spell Of Retribution
05:00 Vomitory - Primal Massacre
05:27 Fleshcrawl - Made of Flesh
06:06 Grave - Fiendish Regression
06:28 Anata - Under a Stone With No Inscription
06:58 God Dethroned - Lair of the White Worm
07:26 Wintersun - Wintersun
07:58 Kataklysm - Serenity in Fire
08:24 Brodequin - Methods of Execution
08:57 Defeated Sanity - Prelude To The Tragedy
09:27 Vader - The Beast
09:59 Malevolent Creation - Warkult
10:23 Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination
10:53 Hypocrisy - The Arrival
11:27 Drawn & Quartered - Return of the Black Death
11:56 Liturgy - Dawn of Ash
12:26 Necrotic Disgorgement - Suffocated in Shrinkwrap
12:49 Ravager - Naxzgul Rising
13:14 Mortician - Re-Animated Dead Flesh
13:51 Necrophagist - Epitaph
14:23 Internal Bleeding – Onward to Mecca
15:04 Illdisposed – 1-800 Vindication
15:33 Jungle Rot – Fueled by Hate
16:00 Omnium Gatherum – Years in Waste
16:36 Cadaver – Necrosis
16:53 Decapitated - The Negation
17:27 Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn
18:22 Unleashed – Sworn Allegiance
18:55 Centinex – Decadence: Prophecies of Cosmic Chaos
19:16 Cattle Decapitation - Humanure
19:42 Incantation - Decimate Christendom
20:14 Insomnium – Since the Day It All Came Down
20:42 In Flames – Soundtrack to Your Escape
22:00 Behemoth - Demigod
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2004 was an absolutely stacked year for death metal, with legendary bands dropping career-defining records and underground heavyweights pushing the genre into new territory. In this video, I rank every major death metal album from 2004, from melodic death metal classics and brutal death essentials to blackened hybrids, tech-death masterworks, and overlooked gems that deserve way more love. #deathmetal #cannibalcorpse #behemoth @cannibalcorpse @behemothofficial @InFlames
00:00 Intro
00:17 Bolt Thrower came out 2005 but was mistakenly on my list… of course we open with it 🤦🏻♂️
00:56 Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
01:28 Arsis - A Celebration Of Guilt
02:00 Deicide - Scars of the Crucifix
02:32 Suffocation - Souls To Deny
03:09 Internal Suffering - Choronzonic Force Domination
03:39 Bloodbath - Nightmares Made Flesh
04:11 Dismember - Where Iron Crosses Grow
04:38 The Chasm - The Spell Of Retribution
05:00 Vomitory - Primal Massacre
05:27 Fleshcrawl - Made of Flesh
06:06 Grave - Fiendish Regression
06:28 Anata - Under a Stone With No Inscription
06:58 God Dethroned - Lair of the White Worm
07:26 Wintersun - Wintersun
07:58 Kataklysm - Serenity in Fire
08:24 Brodequin - Methods of Execution
08:57 Defeated Sanity - Prelude To The Tragedy
09:27 Vader - The Beast
09:59 Malevolent Creation - Warkult
10:23 Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination
10:53 Hypocrisy - The Arrival
11:27 Drawn & Quartered - Return of the Black Death
11:56 Liturgy - Dawn of Ash
12:26 Necrotic Disgorgement - Suffocated in Shrinkwrap
12:49 Ravager - Naxzgul Rising
13:14 Mortician - Re-Animated Dead Flesh
13:51 Necrophagist - Epitaph
14:23 Internal Bleeding – Onward to Mecca
15:04 Illdisposed – 1-800 Vindication
15:33 Jungle Rot – Fueled by Hate
16:00 Omnium Gatherum – Years in Waste
16:36 Cadaver – Necrosis
16:53 Decapitated - The Negation
17:27 Cannibal Corpse - The Wretched Spawn
18:22 Unleashed – Sworn Allegiance
18:55 Centinex – Decadence: Prophecies of Cosmic Chaos
19:16 Cattle Decapitation - Humanure
19:42 Incantation - Decimate Christendom
20:14 Insomnium – Since the Day It All Came Down
20:42 In Flames – Soundtrack to Your Escape
22:00 Behemoth - Demigod
Buy Metal Trenches MERCH (Sick design by CurlyArt): metaltrenches.bigcartel.com
Grow YOUR OWN YouTube Channel with vidiq.com/METAL
Join us on DISCORD! discord.gg/7QTAesh5Pp
Become a Supporter!
patreon.com/metaltrenches
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SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER: eepurl.com/dogQCD
Connect:
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minds.com/metaltrenches
facebook.com/metaltrenches
metaltrenches.bandcamp.com
twitter.com/MetalTrenches
instagram.com/metal.trenches
I do not own the rights to any of the featured song clips on this video. All credit to the artists and labels with specific permission granted. These fall under fair use based on sufficient transformation for the purpose of review, promotion, and commentary.
