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Genre
progressive death metal
Parent Genre: metal

Progressive death metal is a subgenre of death metal that incorporates elements of progressive rock and other genres, resulting in complex song structures, intricate instrumental passages, and dynamic shifts in tempo and mood. The genre often features clean vocals alongside harsh growls and screams, and explores themes of introspection, nature, and the human condition. Bands in this genre often showcase technical proficiency and a willingness to experiment with unconventional songwriting techniques.


Top artists of progressive death metal genre

Opeth
Persefone
Be'lakor
Obscura
Kardashev
Entheos
Black Crown Initiate
Gorod
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List of progressive death metal artists

Here is a list of progressive death metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the progressive death metal genre. You can find out what progressive 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
Opeth
56 34 35 64 18 19 118 833798
2
Persefone
38 34 30 85 6 15 136 55394
3
Be'lakor
38 64 24 91 4 13 118 103632
4
Obscura
34 28 37 96 0 15 128 108071
5
Kardashev
33 71 30 75 1 10 113 25903
6
Entheos
33 30 41 96 0 27 110 36038
7
Black Crown Initiate
33 38 43 92 0 14 124 47785
8
Gorod
32 34 49 96 0 25 130 52953
9
In Mourning
31 67 43 89 0 17 129 49691
10
Edge Of Sanity
31 34 22 87 0 27 121 52953
11
Becoming The Archetype
30 27 24 88 6 18 151 41205
12
Ulcerate
26 88 21 93 0 9 107 39542
13
Disillusion
25 26 28 72 5 14 125 17893
14
Control Denied
23 7 30 94 0 22 129 39474
15
In Vain
22 52 33 89 6 18 130 22344
16
Akercocke
21 55 34 89 1 21 123 20707
17
Alkaloid
21 18 41 95 0 22 114 23940
18
Horrendous
19 83 22 85 8 21 123 22018
19
Fractal Universe
16 7 40 80 0 29 97 13297
20
Dan Swanö
16 11 42 89 1 25 133 13003
21
Barren Earth
14 46 31 78 11 22 130 17093
22
Luna's Call
13 39 20 92 0 24 176 2342
23
Witherscape
12 6 31 83 1 27 122 8314
24
Warforged
11 6 51 94 0 20 110 7244
25
Hacride
11 1 35 86 0 11 113 8879
26
Dessiderium
9 58 22 94 0 11 160 2058
27
Sweven
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3628
28
Pressure Points
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1234
29
Exist
7 0 24 96 0 8 160 2980
30
Woe Of Tyrants
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3630
31
Descend
6 1 47 98 0 8 132 3350
32
Carbonized
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3163
33
Aspherium
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1824
34
Omnivortex
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1556
35
Adimiron
4 7 55 90 4 19 131 3700
36
Damnation Plan
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1149
37
Rannoch
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 995
38
Thrown to the Sun
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1234
39
Release the Blackness
2 34 26 96 0 12 101 595
40
Desire of Pain
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 495
41
Scars of the Flesh
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 625
42
Piah Mater
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1802
43
Descensum
1 0 49 87 0 8 130 343
44
A Novelist
1 69 22 78 1 13 152 743
45
Barús
1 74 24 91 0 8 104 407
46
Ramskull
1 1 38 82 0 35 175 119
47
Sunless Dawn
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 941
48
Xenosis
1 90 42 94 0 37 176 926
49
Farmakon
1 73 37 96 1 38 114 551
50
Stone Circle
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210
51
Empirine
0 94 54 92 0 19 110 211
52
Centuries of Decay
0 50 52 94 0 4 140 497
53
Threnody
0 12 34 93 0 49 138 255
54
Ana Kefr
0 3 33 79 1 7 140 277
55
Taine
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 282
56
Steorrah
0 4 26 93 0 20 99 350
57
Sleepless Empire
0 1 28 91 0 19 90 225