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Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music.It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and chromatic chord progressions. [3]
Death was an American death metal band formed in Altamonte Springs, Florida, in 1983 by guitarist Chuck Schuldiner (who later became the band's sole vocalist), drummer/vocalist Kam Lee and guitarist Rick Rozz. Formed out of what would become the Florida death metal scene, Death is considered to
Lists of death metal bands can be found at: List of death metal bands, !–K, for bands beginning with !-9 through K; List of death metal bands, ...
Aki Särkioja of Immortal Souls, a leading Finnish Christian death metal band. The following is a list of Christian death metal bands. Christian death metal consists of death metal music fused with Christian metal; that is, death metal music with Christian lyrical content, or from bands whose members profess Christianity, or both. Because of ...
Possessed is an American death metal band, [1] [2] [3] originally formed in 1982 in the San Francisco Bay Area. [4] [5]Noted for their fast style of playing and Jeff Becerra's growled vocals, they are often called the first band in the death metal genre, [6] and paved the way for the 1980s Bay Area thrash metal scene, along with Metallica, Exodus, Testament and Death Angel.
Entombed are rooted in the band Nihilist who were formed by drummer Nicke Andersson, guitarist Alex Hellid and bassist Leif Cuzner, who formed the band in 1987. [2] After using a number of temporary vocalists for their initial shows, the band eventually recruited L.G. Petrov, [2] who was the drummer for the band Morbid, which featured Mayhem vocalist Dead.
Death 'n' roll (portmanteau of death metal and rock 'n' roll) is a subgenre of death metal music that incorporates hard rock-inspired elements.The achieved effect is that of death metal's trademark combination of growled vocals and highly distorted detuned guitar riffing with elements reminiscent of 1970s hard rock and heavy metal.
Obituary is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 1984.Initially called Executioner, they were one of the fundamental acts in the development of the death metal genre, [1] and are one of the genre's most successful bands of all time. [2]