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Genre
german death metal
Parent Genre: metal

German death metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that originated in Germany in the late 1980s. It is characterized by its aggressive and brutal sound, often featuring complex guitar riffs, blast beats, and guttural vocals. The lyrics often deal with themes of death, violence, and horror. Bands in this genre are known for their technical proficiency and innovative songwriting.


Top artists of german death metal genre

Necrophagist
Eisregen
Debauchery
Defeated Sanity
Stillbirth
Neaera
Deserted Fear
Morgoth
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List of german death metal artists

Here is a list of german death metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the german death metal genre. You can find out what german death metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Necrophagist
36 39 37 98 0 10 116 131821
2
Eisregen
35 9 43 89 1 33 133 26523
3
Debauchery
30 20 53 95 1 33 114 27869
4
Defeated Sanity
29 89 24 93 0 25 122 43768
5
Stillbirth
28 75 33 96 0 18 121 16750
6
Neaera
25 56 28 99 0 12 144 28799
7
Deserted Fear
22 61 40 93 0 20 135 17972
8
Morgoth
22 13 27 97 0 14 125 31329
9
Milking the Goatmachine
21 25 54 94 1 39 131 10680
10
Sulphur Aeon
21 51 29 91 0 7 113 19636
11
NECROTTED
18 17 36 94 0 19 126 5425
12
Fleshcrawl
17 58 31 91 0 24 120 22246
13
BLOODSPOT
16 1 37 96 0 23 94 5721
14
Scalpture
15 52 28 95 0 12 133 2769
15
Disbelief
15 16 44 95 1 20 126 6966
16
Epidemic Scorn
15 1 41 98 0 7 125 181
17
Necros Christos
14 31 29 95 0 19 136 12298
18
No One Gets Out Alive
14 92 47 84 0 9 138 5900
19
Damnation Defaced
14 63 35 95 0 21 126 3720
20
Chapel Of Disease
13 40 22 98 0 10 139 12557
21
Revel In Flesh
13 91 32 96 0 26 134 9998
22
Hackneyed
13 74 56 96 0 30 102 6171
23
Dawn of Disease
10 16 27 96 0 14 108 8951
24
Discreation
9 5 52 98 0 9 128 1325
25
Endseeker
9 48 30 97 0 27 142 6039
26
Maat
9 13 34 96 0 9 117 3048
27
Atomwinter
8 36 23 67 12 10 127 2272
28
Deadborn
7 60 43 96 0 30 107 5238
29
CRITICAL MESS
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3417
30
Venenum
6 80 18 88 0 11 125 1899
31
Morast
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1140
32
Fragments Of Unbecoming
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3535
33
Eisblut
6 28 38 90 0 29 153 3095
34
Bloodjob
5 83 38 100 0 6 100 163
35
Slaughterday
5 35 15 98 0 4 101 3389
36
Nightbearer
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1081
37
Heads For The Dead
4 46 38 98 0 7 110 2496
38
Inquiring Blood
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 736
39
Soul Grinder
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 690
40
Demonbreed
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 886
41
Nekrovault
4 78 21 88 0 10 155 2819
42
Purgatory
4 86 17 99 0 3 129 1046
43
Rotting Empire
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 214
44
PLAGUEBORNE
3 89 38 96 0 16 150 849
45
Weak Aside
3 22 40 99 0 8 100 642
46
Lay Down Rotten
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2385
47
SABIENDAS
3 89 47 86 0 54 106 922
48
Pestilent Reign
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 950
49
Soul Demise
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 729
50
Symbolic
2 5 44 90 0 32 130 348
51
Aeon of Disease
2 23 43 98 0 8 110 270
52
Defloration
2 90 34 100 0 12 125 470
53
Dissecdead
2 85 31 91 0 11 109 114
54
Eternal Dirge
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 996
55
Obscure Infinity
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3877
56
Fleshworks
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 274
57
Asphodelos
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 114
58
Abrogation
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 616
59
Drill Star Autopsy
1 48 43 82 18 6 97 237
60
Acromonia
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 191
61
Grind Inc.
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 467
62
Ratlord
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 977
63
Arroganz
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 867
64
PAVOR
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 396
65
Dehuman Reign
1 88 47 98 0 35 119 1643
66
Resurrected
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
67
Bloody Invasion
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113
68
Fetocide
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151
69
Time to Bleed
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133
70
Abrasive
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 304
71
Evoked
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 392
72
Echoes of Devastation
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
73
Deus Inversus
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71
74
Bleeding Red
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 262
75
Dead Alone
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 231
76
Cadaver Disposal
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109
77
ICHORID
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173
78
Path of Golconda
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 267
79
Deny The Urge
0 64 28 98 0 13 109 220
80
Debt of Nature
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
81
D.A.M.N.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 173
82
Apep
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 301
83
Plague Angel
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 181
84
Morbitory
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250
85
STASS
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 348
86
Crypts
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 337
87
Amplified Memory
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 202
88
Dead Eyed Sleeper
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 214
89
Breaking December
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74
90
Atropos Wrath
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103