DEATH (Death) - [Traditional Death Metal] DEATH's first album is said to be the beginning of death metal. His early albums can represent the most extreme transition from tapping to death at that time. Traditional death metal. In the later period, DEATH changed a lot and made infinite leaps in technology. In the later period, DEATH can no longer be regarded as just a death band. His music contains many fresh and extreme ideas!
MORBID ANGEL (Morbid Angel)-[Traditional Death Metal] This is a big-name band in the death metal industry. The albums have repeatedly appeared on major music charts, but the music is by no means commercial. The band’s early and current Not a big change, just not as strong of a knock as it was in the early days. It’s also worth mentioning that the band’s music is very dark and obscure, and it also has some influence on early black metal!
DEICIDE - [Traditional Death Metal] is still a band that persists to the end, and its later music is more brutal. The band has always used anti-Christian themes as its lyrics, from beginning to end!
OBITUARY - [Traditional death metal] is called slow death by many people. Their music is mainly medium-tempo and they have a unique lead singer in the world. The band's style has not changed much. !
SIX FEET UNDER (Six Feet Under) - [Traditional Death Metal] Death metal superstar group, the lead singer of CANNIBAL CORPSE, OBITUARY's guitar, drums and being forgotten, the style is also medium and slow. Lord, there are similarities with OBITUARY!
SINISTER-[Traditional Death Metal] I have seen comments saying that they belong to brutal death metal. I think they should belong to traditional death. Later, when the female lead singer was changed, the music became a little more extreme, but still There is nothing deviating from tradition!
CARCASS - [Traditional Death Metal] One of the originators of early grindcore music, the album "NECROTICISM-DESCANTING THE INSALUBRIOUS" in 1991 began to play with traditional death metal, and it was very successful. "HEARTWORK" began to add very melodic things on the basis of traditional death, which had a great influence on the later new melodic death and new thrash metal. The later "SWANSONG" even created the style of death rock.
DISEMBER (Dismemberment) - [Traditional Death Metal] A traditional band with a very good melody. It also has a great influence on melody death. It is different from American traditional death metal. It deals with melody Quite "beautiful"!
VADER-[Traditional Death Metal] The veteran Polish death metal band has always insisted on the traditional death metal front, and the new album is still old-fashioned death!
SEPULTURA (Buried) - [Traditional percussion death metal] You can add a percussion in front of the style. It is obviously different from the style of the above bands. In the early stage, it was a traditional death metal with strong percussion flavor and had no value in the later stage. , it’s new metal!
CANCEA-[Traditional thrash death metal] is very close to thrash metal. It is recommended that friends who like to listen to thrash/thrash start switching careers from this kind of band!
GRAVE-[Traditional thrash death metal] Sweden's Laokao is one of my entry-level death metal bands. There is no big change in style between the early days and now!
SUFFOCATION (Suffocation) - [Cruel Death Metal] The originator of cruel death, SUFFOCATION is known as the god of cruel death. Its cruel nature has been revealed from its early demos. In 1991, "EFFIGY OF" The advent of "THE FORGOTTEN" created the genre of brutal death metal. Each album of the band has many fresh elements, but it never breaks away from the style of brutal death! The absolutely cruel god of death!
CANNIBAL CORPSE (Cannibal Corpse)-[Cruel Death Metal] Speaking of brutal death, we have to mention CANNIBAL CORPSE. CANNIBAL CORPSE’s greatest contribution to brutal death metal is its most bloody and cruel Straightforward description, from cover to lyrics.
The music style has never changed!
CRYPTOPSY-[brutal death metal/grindcore brutal death metal] a super band from Canada. Originally, I only wanted to write about their style, but they released 4 albums in one go. The first two albums were Brutal Death, and the last two were grindcore, Brutal Death. It’s hard to say which period is more representative!
KATAKLYSM-[Cruel Death Metal] A Canadian brutal death band as famous as CRYPTOPSY. In the later period, the band began to make sentimental albums, but the style was still Death!
NAPAIM DEATH - [grindcore death metal] A big-name band with the violence of nuclear music and the cruelty of death metal. There’s no big change in the band’s style!
BRUTAL TOUTH (Cruel Truth)-[Grindcore Death Metal] A British super big name with more core elements and double voices!
DYING FETUS - [New School Brutal Death Metal] is said to be the band that has the greatest influence on death metal after SUFFOCATION. The guitar riffs are neat and heavy, and overall it is slower than Brutal Death. Most of the songs are It has a 3-section structure, and most of the new-school cash bands have this form!
DEVOURMENT-[New School Brutal Death Metal] One of the most famous new-school brutal death bands, and its classic album "1.3.8" is widely remembered!
OBSDENITY-[New School Brutal Death Metal] is different from the above two bands. They were Brutal Death in the early days and later switched to new style Brutal Death Metal. The band is from Germany and pays more attention to melody than American bands. It is very different from bands like DYING FETUS!
ENTOMBED - [Old-Fashioned Melodic Death Metal] The reason why I put "Old-Fashioned" in front is because it is very different from the melody death we hear today, and is close to traditional death. Pay more attention to the melody. Now the band has changed their style and has nothing to do with death or even metal.
In Flames-[Melody Death Metal] The representative of the new style of melody death. Personally, I think this style has deviated from the essence of death metal! Now the band's stuff is almost like nu-metal!
ARCH ENEMY - [Melody Death Metal] The band created by the two guitarists of CARCASS can be said to have continued many things from "HEARTWORK". The band is becoming more popular year by year, but the style is still the same. as always!
NONEXISX-[Melody Death Metal] The former vocalist of ARCH ENEMY has his own band. The music is very good, the melody is good, and it does not ignore technology like the current bands, but I always think that this kind of thing and Death metal has little to do with it. Haha personal opinion!
DEFLEASHED - [Percussion Death Metal], a very death band, but the framework of the music is mainly percussion. It feels like a continuation of music like Buried in Brazil. This band has become very famous recently. , famous for their drumming skills, which are known for their speed and power.
GOD FORBID - [Hardcore Beat Death Metal], one of the more extreme and deathly bands in the new wave of American thrash. Other bands sound very hardcore, but this band has a clear sense of death. . The lead singer can also use both voices, haha. This is a predominantly black band, which is not very common in the metal world.
NILE - [Cruel Death Metal], an American band formed in 1993, has always adhered to the brutal death style, and added some atmosphere-enhancing elements, making the music very atmospheric. It can also be seen from the name (Nile River) that the band adds many Egyptian tunes to the music to enhance the atmosphere. 2000's "Black Seeds of Vengeance" is an album not to be missed.
VITAL REMAINS - [Traditional Death], an old band formed in 1989, the style has not changed much, the music melody is handled relatively well, and the speed is not very fast. The first album in 1992 was pretty good. Former guitarist Kelly Conlon participated in the recording of DEATH's 1995 album. Bassist Derek Boyer once joined the band SUFFOCATION.
immolation - [Cruel Death Metal/Dark Metal] A veteran band founded in New York, USA in 1986, the album has always been maintained at a very high level. The band is good at creating a vague and hazy atmosphere and is particularly good at expressing their view of destruction in a more profound and intellectual way. The content often involves some anti-religious things
incantation - [Traditional Death Metal/Dark Metal] A depressing and heavy dark atmosphere, sometimes dirty and sometimes as refreshing as a rainstorm. The classic work is Onward To Golgotha ??released in 1992, which was a breakthrough and far-reaching influence at the time and now ~
necrophagist - [Cruel Death Metal] A German rapid death metal band established in 1992 , the speed is insane, the technique is incredible, the sound is sharp, the structure is complex yet smooth and clean, if you see it you will buy it
I will add one more, Sons of Bourdain, melodic death metal.
It’s all crazy, I’m afraid you don’t dare to listen