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
199273
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
41
230256
16
38
91318
17
41
231587
18
35
110074
19
33
50425
20
31
111466
21
38
152666
22
41
182328
23
60
1865104
24
28
69334
25
29
73932
26
43
511578
27
31
83933
28
66
3798720
29
30
81504
30
47
228484
31
29
107817
32
46
133305
33
56
833955
34
29
80261
35
34
93607
36
47
447385
37
32
107469
38
53
744565
39
37
121298
40
32
93812
41
34
117192
42
52
280440
43
32
64836
44
48
374925
45
50
720696
46
45
235763
47
32
69112
48
56
981457
49
27
38205
50
37
144873
51
45
374418
52
35
30536
53
44
554408
54
36
72273
55
45
349057
56
31
70448
57
37
105299
58
28
108756
59
30
70170
60
31
42135
61
46
192683
62
38
144666
63
54
964490
64
50
609921
65
40
166654
66
38
237628
67
40
174063
68
37
62496
69
31
91330
70
43
178062
71
50
356680
72
32
62957
73
31
60128
74
36
269564
75
29
78993
76
32
53216
77
29
48548
78
40
243529
79
40
356596
80
34
105102
81
42
326782
82
39
155167
83
40
193113
84
30
77932
85
43
225564
86
47
170762
87
31
120446
88
37
106882
89
31
80450
90
42
160687
91
46
473052
92
35
91237
93
40
100685
94
33
78003
95
34
81444
96
30
77011
97
41
76350
98
31
58311
99
28
128831
100
31
58229
death metal playlist created by Chosic
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