Death Metal

Bayonne progressive-death-metallers acclaimed for environmental concept albums.

Stockholm prog-metal mainstays of long-form composition and dynamics.

Gothenburg melodic-death-metal pillars who shaped 2000s metalcore overseas.

Gothenburg melodic-death originators alongside In Flames.

Gothenburg melodic-death-metal architects whose 'Slaughter of the Soul' is canon.

Espoo melodic-death/power band of virtuoso shred and chilled hooks.

Notorious Norwegian black-metal originators whose 'De Mysteriis' is canonical.

Solo black-metal project whose lo-fi atmospherics shaped the genre's sound.

Norwegian duo whose 'A Blaze in the Northern Sky' is a black-metal touchstone.

Norwegian black-metal stalwarts of frostbitten riffs and corpsepaint imagery.

Chuck Schuldiner's Florida band who effectively invented death metal.

Buffalo death-metal mainstay and one of the genre's biggest bands.

Florida death-metal pillar whose technical bite shaped the form.

Tampa swamp-and-grit death-metal lifers.

Tampa blasphemous death-metal band of single-topic notoriety.

Liverpool grindcore-to-melodeath pioneers whose 'Heartwork' is a touchstone.

Birmingham grindcore originators whose blast beats redefined extremity.

Coventry death-metal stalwarts of war-themed crawling riffs.

Stockholm 'Sunlight Studios' death-metal pioneers of the chainsaw guitar tone.

Stockholm death-metal cornerstones alongside Entombed.

Belo Horizonte band whose 'Roots' fused thrash with Brazilian rhythm.