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Genre: death metal

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Death metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized by its aggressive, fast-paced sound and often features growled or screamed vocals. It typically incorporates complex guitar riffs, blast beats, and intricate drumming patterns. The lyrics often deal with themes of death, violence, and horror. Bands in this genre often use dark imagery and stage theatrics to enhance their performances.


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List of death metal artists

Here is a list of death metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the death metal genre. You can find out what death metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namepopularityfollowers
1 39 196338
2 39 228353
3 30 83024
4 42 215358
5 43 403530
6 42 229519
7 32 175939
8 34 103156
9 45 305157
10 34 76236
11 31 68034
12 28 115303
13 43 373500
14 42 222988
15 41 199215
16 35 106899
17 40 228792
18 36 86826
19 30 47535
20 28 109415
21 36 146983
22 40 179663
23 47 364076
24 28 67468
25 26 71786
26 29 81275
27 58 1812356
28 28 80024
29 41 501244
30 46 217896
31 27 57759
32 65 3750852
33 26 105876
34 36 119291
35 27 77662
36 54 797610
37 31 90083
38 35 123899
39 33 114995
40 29 103695
41 45 435408
42 29 91395
43 45 165154
44 32 63686
45 51 730786
46 28 67322
47 35 141470
48 43 231523
49 55 963844
50 33 69579
51 48 705757
52 28 68892
53 43 370388
54 28 69632
55 25 26792
56 49 270676
57 27 40336
58 43 337273
59 44 183355
60 26 101087
61 35 103961
62 37 141657
63 53 913739
64 49 593653
65 31 89809
66 37 231263
67 38 163068
68 40 174116
69 47 349468
70 37 171091
71 30 60037
72 27 58561
73 30 51929
74 27 47564
75 29 58701
76 39 236300
77 35 266920
78 27 78286
79 38 352780
80 39 188488
81 36 151926
82 31 98949
83 29 76226
84 41 320163
85 41 217163
86 30 116297
87 32 76995
88 35 104582
89 44 460180
90 41 155397
91 32 88906
92 36 97877
93 31 74232
94 31 80186
95 28 75564
96 28 55081
97 33 70244
98 27 126163
99 29 56471
100 31 84428

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