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Death Metal
- Genre family
- Metal
- Starting recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Death Metal
Death Metal is a branch of the Metal family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Death Metal is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with DEATHGAZE, DARRELL and LIV'ERT.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreMetal
Current genreDeath Metal
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
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01…Evocation (The Rebirth)Death Metal · death metalOpen in new tab 02Mongolian Death Punch2013 · Death Metal · death metalOpen in new tab 03Despair2018 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 04DEAD BLAZE2012 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 05BLEED TEARS2013 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 06Crimson Head2007 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 07Lluvia2015 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 08SPIDER2009 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 09Light My Fire2014 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab 10BRILLIANT DEATH2020 · Death Metal · melodic death metalOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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