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
29
116287
10
31
71506
11
46
416711
12
45
223956
13
45
383026
14
43
205592
15
38
91318
16
41
231587
17
41
230256
18
33
50425
19
35
110074
20
31
111466
21
38
152666
22
41
182328
23
28
69334
24
60
1865104
25
29
73932
26
31
83955
27
43
511578
28
66
3798720
29
30
81604
30
47
228601
31
29
107817
32
46
133446
33
29
80261
34
56
833955
35
34
93607
36
47
447385
37
32
107469
38
53
744565
39
37
121298
40
47
170827
41
34
117192
42
32
93812
43
52
280591
44
32
64850
45
48
374925
46
50
720696
47
32
69112
48
45
235763
49
56
981457
50
37
144873
51
35
30536
52
45
374418
53
36
72315
54
44
554408
55
31
70474
56
45
349057
57
31
42135
58
37
105299
59
30
70181
60
28
108756
61
38
144666
62
46
192683
63
54
964490
64
40
166654
65
50
609921
66
38
237628
67
40
174063
68
37
62596
69
43
178121
70
31
91330
71
50
356793
72
31
60128
73
32
62957
74
29
79026
75
36
269564
76
32
53216
77
29
48644
78
40
356596
79
40
243529
80
42
326782
81
34
105102
82
39
155318
83
30
77932
84
40
193269
85
43
225564
86
31
120446
87
37
106882
88
31
80450
89
27
42717
90
46
473052
91
42
161036
92
35
91271
93
40
100685
94
33
78003
95
34
81466
96
41
76350
97
30
77011
98
31
58311
99
28
128913
100
31
58229
death metal playlist created by Chosic
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