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Genre: death metal

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Parent Genre: metal

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

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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 40 199369
2 31 85784
3 41 230965
4 44 234216
5 34 183252
6 46 315954
7 32 107402
8 36 79643
9 29 116287
10 31 71538
11 46 416711
12 45 223956
13 45 383638
14 43 205592
15 38 91542
16 41 230822
17 41 231854
18 33 50540
19 36 110377
20 31 111628
21 41 182381
22 38 152830
23 28 69436
24 60 1865104
25 29 74051
26 31 83955
27 43 511578
28 66 3798720
29 30 81633
30 47 228601
31 29 107947
32 46 133446
33 29 80364
34 56 833955
35 34 93828
36 47 447385
37 32 107469
38 35 117250
39 53 744849
40 47 170827
41 37 121298
42 32 93939
43 52 280591
44 32 64850
45 48 374925
46 50 720696
47 32 69184
48 45 235763
49 56 982030
50 37 144873
51 45 374418
52 35 30606
53 44 554408
54 36 72315
55 45 349057
56 31 70474
57 30 70181
58 31 42153
59 37 105321
60 28 108756
61 46 192683
62 38 144666
63 54 964490
64 50 609921
65 40 166654
66 38 237942
67 37 62646
68 40 174063
69 43 178121
70 31 91330
71 50 356793
72 31 60280
73 33 63561
74 36 269564
75 32 53237
76 29 79026
77 29 48644
78 40 356596
79 40 243842
80 39 155351
81 42 326782
82 34 105164
83 30 77932
84 40 193364
85 43 225789
86 31 120555
87 37 106909
88 31 80450
89 27 42756
90 46 473052
91 42 161036
92 35 91271
93 40 100905
94 33 78003
95 34 81484
96 41 76350
97 30 77052
98 31 58344
99 28 128977
100 31 58229

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