Death Metal

Description

Death Metal is a heavy and aggressive subgenre of metal featuring distorted guitars, complex song structures, deep growling vocals, and rapid drumming with blast beats. The lyrics often explore death, horror, and the macabre.

History

Death Metal emerged in the mid-1980s, evolving from thrash and early extreme metal. Pioneering bands such as Death, Possessed, and Morbid Angel helped define the genre, which rapidly spread throughout the underground scene in the U.S. and Europe.