Death Metal

Death metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its intense, aggressive sound and fast tempo, typically featuring rapid, palm-muted guitar riffs, blast beat drumming, and growling or screaming vocals. Emerging in the mid-1980s, death metal evolved from thrash metal, with early pioneers drawing inspiration from punk and hardcore. The genre gained popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly among underground music enthusiasts. Death metal's cultural significance lies in its portrayal of mortality, violence, and social critique, often sparking controversy and debate. Notable for its technical complexity and musical virtuosity, death metal has influenced a range of related styles, including grindcore and melodic death metal. Distinguishing features include its use of atypical time signatures, complex song structures, and a focus on musicianship, setting it apart from other extreme metal genres.

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I'm Broken
Single - Released May 30, 2025

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A.N.I.M.A.L.
Aborted
Aeon
Allegaeon
Amerikan Kaos
Ancient Death
AntropomorphiA
Aposento
Arch Enemy
AthensGoatMafia
BAEST
Behemoth
Benediction
Blood Abscission
Bloodguilt
Brutal Sphincter
CABAL
CALYPSO
Cadaver
Cancer
Candlemass
Caustic Wound
Celestial Sanctuary
Chimaira
Coffin Feeder
Cradle Of Filth
Cryptopsy
Dead Chasm
Deserted Fear
Devine Defilement
Devour The Unborn
Dormant Ordeal
Exterminatus
Fleshmangled
Fractal Universe
Gallower
Gallows' Eve
Genocide
Groaning Retch
Hate
Heaven Shall Burn
Hexecutor
Humanity's Last Breath
Iggor Cavalera
Imperious Mortality
Imperishable
In The Woods...
Inhuman 666
Inhuman Nature
Intestinal Sodomy
Kanonenfieber
Leper Colony
Lord Vampyr
Lorna Shore
Lucifer's Child
MIDGARD
Malphas
Master
Master Death
Meshuggah
Midnight
Mjølnir
Nail Bite
Nattverd
Necrophobic
Necroterio
Nightfall
Ominous Ruin
Pandemia
PeelingFlesh
Pestifer
Profanatica
Puteraeon
Putrid Offal
Rotting Christ
Sadist
Saevus
Scalblood
Septory
SexMag
Shotgun Divine
Signs of the Swarm
Skaphos
Sorrow Enthroned
Spiritworld
Teraset
Thecodontion
Torsofuck
Trichomoniasis
Tschernophil
Tyrmfar
Unmerciful
Vader
Venom
Visceral Sound
Vulvectomy
Warg
Waxen
Your Grave
Your Spirit Dies
Slayer
Gojira
Sepultura
Lorna Shore
Slaughter to Prevail
Bleed The Wicked Menace
Meshuggah
Arch Enemy
Death
Sodikken
Cannibal Corpse
Shadow of Intent
Dark Tranquillity
Dal Av
do not resurrect
Mutilator
PeelingFlesh
Behemoth
Cradle Of Filth
Soilwork
Exodus
Carcass
Heaven Shall Burn
Rotting Christ
Bathory
Cattle Decapitation
Kanonenfieber
Angelmaker
Eversor
Decapitated
Will Ramos
Obituary
Dissection
At The Gates
Deicide
Morbid Angel
Bolt Thrower
Napalm Death
Dying Fetus
DIR EN GREY
Mortician
Darkthrone
Venom
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Entombed
Benediction
Overkill
Archspire
Candlemass
Kataklysm
Blood Incantation
Scar Symmetry
Suffocation
Sentenced
Aborted
Signs of the Swarm
Chimaira
Vader
CALYPSO
Wintersun
Evil Empire
Septicflesh
Six Feet Under
Nile
Cryptopsy
Midnight
Brujeria
Hypocrisy
Death Angel
Bloodbath
A.N.I.M.A.L.
Snuffed on Sight
Marduk
CABAL
Disarray
Gutalax
Celtic Frost
Mors Principium Est
Disarmonia Mundi
SARCOMA HORROR
Belphegor
Dismember
Kalmah
Necrophagist
Killer Be Killed
Transmetal
Gatecreeper
Obscura
Kerry King
Wormrot
Despised Icon
Vulvodynia
The Agonist
Gaerea
Ingested
Toxic Holocaust
Revocation
Humanity's Last Breath
AthensGoatMafia
Anaal Nathrakh