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
Top New death metal Songs of 2024
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
200350
2
31
86430
3
41
232225
4
45
235731
5
35
184866
6
46
318218
7
37
80338
8
32
108292
9
29
116933
10
31
72249
11
46
420327
12
45
225888
13
45
386661
14
44
207443
15
42
233198
16
42
232808
17
34
51129
18
38
92420
19
36
111302
20
31
112313
21
38
154173
22
41
183439
23
29
69934
24
60
1881775
25
30
74575
26
44
515209
27
31
84504
28
67
3844728
29
30
82134
30
47
230550
31
29
108793
32
46
135408
33
56
843617
34
29
80973
35
34
94615
36
47
451106
37
33
108400
38
53
749758
39
35
117875
40
37
121875
41
32
94523
42
52
283159
43
50
378895
44
32
65178
45
50
726580
46
45
237117
47
32
69670
48
39
73444
49
56
987558
50
38
145985
51
45
557771
52
45
376892
53
34
31155
54
32
70989
55
46
351522
56
37
105948
57
30
70433
58
30
42407
59
29
110213
60
38
145464
61
46
194543
62
55
976833
63
40
167800
64
50
614116
65
39
239711
66
41
175791
67
43
179206
68
31
91882
69
36
63424
70
50
358858
71
33
64402
72
30
79566
73
31
60691
74
32
53685
75
42
359098
76
36
271289
77
29
48965
78
41
245510
79
43
328979
80
34
106331
81
39
156123
82
41
194728
83
30
78270
84
43
227818
85
31
37946
86
47
171947
87
30
121304
88
32
80788
89
38
108059
90
47
478136
91
42
162325
92
36
91965
93
39
101323
94
33
79010
95
34
81838
96
41
77650
97
30
77520
98
31
59037
99
32
58596
100
33
34025
death metal playlist created by Chosic
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