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
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
death metal playlist created by Chosic
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