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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Drum Kit, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Double Bass, Keyboard/Synthesizer, Keyboard/Piano, Synthesizer
Popular death metal Songs
The Sound of Perseverance - Reissue
1998
Heartwork (Ultimate Edition)
1993
Make Them Beg For Death
2023
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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.
# name popularity followers
1
40
199319
2
31
85745
3
41
230965
4
44
234216
5
34
183139
6
46
314746
7
32
107351
8
36
79468
9
31
71506
10
29
116287
11
45
223956
12
46
416711
13
45
383026
14
38
91318
15
43
205592
16
41
230256
17
41
231587
18
35
110074
19
33
50425
20
41
182328
21
31
111466
22
38
152666
23
28
69334
24
60
1865104
25
29
73932
26
31
83955
27
43
511578
28
30
81604
29
66
3798720
30
47
228601
31
29
107817
32
27
59251
33
29
80261
34
46
133446
35
56
833955
36
34
93607
37
32
107469
38
47
447385
39
32
93812
40
53
744565
41
37
121298
42
47
170827
43
34
117192
44
52
280591
45
32
64850
46
45
235763
47
48
374925
48
50
720696
49
32
69112
50
56
981457
51
37
144873
52
45
374418
53
35
30536
54
44
554408
55
36
72315
56
31
70474
57
45
349057
58
37
105299
59
46
192683
60
31
42135
61
30
70181
62
28
108756
63
38
144666
64
54
964490
65
50
609921
66
40
166654
67
38
237628
68
37
62596
69
40
174063
70
50
356793
71
31
91330
72
43
178121
73
32
62957
74
31
60128
75
32
53216
76
29
48644
77
29
79026
78
36
269564
79
40
243529
80
40
356596
81
34
105102
82
39
155318
83
42
326782
84
40
193269
85
30
77932
86
43
225564
87
31
120446
88
37
106882
89
31
80450
90
46
473052
91
42
161036
92
35
91271
93
40
100685
94
33
78003
95
34
81466
96
30
77011
97
41
76350
98
31
58311
99
28
128913
100
31
58229
death metal playlist created by Chosic
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