This is a list of death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 bands (listed by letters L through Z). It includes bands that have at some stage in their career played within the style of death metal, or one of its sub- or fusion genres; as such there will inevitably be a certain amount of overlap with the List of melodic death metal bands, the List of deathcore bands, the List of Swedish death metal artists, and others.

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• Legion of the Damned
  Legion of the Damned (band)
  Legion of the Damned is a thrash metal/death metal band from the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2004 following the demise of Occult and the departure of former singer Rachel Heyzer. Lyrically the band tend to focus on horror motifs, dark occult and religious themes and apocalyptic events...
  
  
• Leng Tch'e
  Leng Tch'e
  Leng Tch'e is a grindcore band based in Belgium. The band describes their style as "razorgrind", a combination of grindcore with death metal, stoner rock and metalcore....
  
  
• Liers in Wait
  Liers in Wait
  Liers in Wait were a Gothenburg, Sweden-based death metal band active between 1990 and 1995.The group was formed by Kristian Wåhlin after the dissolution of Grotesque, a precursor to At the Gates, and for a very brief time featured the band's core members...
  
  
• Living Sacrifice
  Living Sacrifice
  Living Sacrifice is a Christian heavy metal band that formed in September 1989 in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. The band has released seven studio albums, out of which the first three were recorded under R.E.X. Records with their original vocalist Darren Johnson as a more thrash metal and death metal...
  
  
• Lock Up
  Lock Up (UK band)
  Lock Up is a deathgrind side project originally formed by Shane Embury , Nicholas Barker and Jesse Pintado...
  
  
• Lost Soul
  Lost Soul (band)
  Lost Soul is a Polish technical death metal band established in 1990 in Wrocław. Till 2009 Lost Soul has released four studio album highly acclaimed by both fans and journalists...
  
  
• Loudblast
  Loudblast
  Loudblast is a Death/Thrash band that pioneered the genres in France, and one of the most important French metal bands of the 1990s.The band began in 1986 in the northern city of Lille. Its first recording was a split CD with the Nice based band Agressor. They have released eight albums on the...
  
  
• Lyzanxia
  Lyzanxia
  Lyzanxia is a French metal group that combine thrash metal with elements of death metal.-Biography:Lyzanxia were formed in 1996 by the Potvin brothers. They quickly recorded their first demo, RIP My Skin, it displayed the band's potential. In 1997 the band produced an 11 song demo entitled Lullaby...
  
  

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• Macabre
  Macabre (band)
  Macabre is an extreme metal band from Illinois. They were formed in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, and have never had a line-up change. They blend thrash metal, death metal, and grindcore to form their own unique style dubbed murder metal...
  
  
• Machinemade God
  Machinemade God
  Machinemade God is a metalcore band from Essen, Germany, formed in 2003. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records through which their debut album The Infinity Complex was released on March 21, 2006...
  
  
• Malevolence
  Malevolence (band)
  Malevolence is a Portuguese death metal band, formed in 1994 by vocalist/guitarist Carlos Cariano. The band has released two studio albums. Their second album Martyrialized was recorded at Studio Fredman in Sweden, and mixed by Fredrik Nordström. They are currently working on their third album...
  
  
• Malevolent Creation
  Malevolent Creation
  Malevolent Creation is a death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Moving to Florida in 1987, they became a part of the emergent local death metal scene, landing a deal with Roadrunner Records...
  
  
• Manimal
  Manimal (band)
  Manimal is a French death metal band from Toulouse, comprising members of Psykup, Leiden and Sailenth. The band members define their music as a cross between Faith No More and Cannibal Corpse, and have subsequently called their musical style "Open Death", a more avant-garde and musically...
  
  
• Marionette
  Marionette (band)
  Marionette is a Swedish melodic death metal band. They hail from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2005. The band achieved recognition from placing high, and often winning, many national and international music contests. Inspired by the Japanese visual-kei scene and the brutality of Swedish hardcore...
  
  
• Martyr
  Martyr (band)
  Martyr is a Canadian death metal band from Trois-Rivières, Québec, founded in 1994 by brothers Daniel and François Mongrain.- History :Formed in 1994 by brothers Daniel and François Mongrain , along with Pier-Luc Lampron and François Richard , Martyr recorded a demo tape in September 1995...
  
  
• Massacra
  Massacra
  Massacra was one of France's leading death/thrash metal bands in the early nineties.After recording three demos in the 1980s, they finally landed a deal with Shark Records from Germany, and released their famous debut, 'Final Holocaust' in 1990...
  
  
• Massacre
• Master
• Mendeed
  Mendeed
  Mendeed were a metalcore band formed in 2000 and disbanded in 2007.-History:The band's members met at school in Dumbarton. In 2002 they self-released their first EP Killing Something Beautiful. In 2003 the band released their second EP As We Rise....
  
  
• Mental Horror
  Mental Horror
  Mental Horror is a brutal death metal band, formed in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1993. In 1998, the band recorded a demo, titled Extreme Evolution Trauma. In 2000, signed with Necropolis Records. In 2001, release the debut studio album Proclaiming Vengeance on label Necropolis...
  
  
• Mercenary
  Mercenary (band)
  Mercenary is a metal band from Denmark that was formed in 1991. Although they are usually labelled as a melodic death metal band, they use aspects of power metal in their music, as well as thrash metal in their earlier work.-Biography:...
  
  
• Merlin
  Merlin (metal band)
  MERLIN is a death metal band from Russia formed in 1992 by one of pioneering female growling vocalists and bassist Mary Abaza.-History:Merlin was formed in 1992 by a unique female vocalist and bassist Mary Abaza and one of the best Russian guitarists Alex Ioffe. After a long search, they met Nick...
  
  
• Meshuggah
  Meshuggah
  Meshuggah is an extreme metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1987. Meshuggah's line-up has primarily consisted of founding members vocalist Jens Kidman and lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal, drummer Tomas Haake, who joined in 1990, and rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström, who joined in 1992...
  
  
• Messiah
  Messiah (Swiss band)
  Messiah were a death/thrash metal band from Switzerland.Messiah's debut album, Hymn to Abramelin, was released in 1986 through Chainsaw Murder Records. Their second LP, titled Extreme Cold Weather, came out in 1987 and was re-issued on CD three years later by Nuclear Blast. The release also...
  
  
• Misanthrope
  Misanthrope (band)
  Misanthrope is a French metal band, formed in 1988. The name of the band is taken from Molière's play Le Misanthrope, reflecting the band's very theatrical style and the influence of the French dramatist on their music and lyrics....
  
  
• Miseration
  Miseration
  Miseration is a Swedish death metal band formed in 2006. Their lyrics primarily deal with themes of inner struggles and religious conflict. The band is one out of a collection of collaborations with both Jani Stefanovic and former Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam; for example, both also...
  
  
• Misery
  Misery (Australian band)
  Misery are a death metal band from Brisbane, Australia. Since forming in 1991, the band has released four albums and an EP. The band split in 2005, but has reformed once more for an East Coast Australian tour in support of its final album On Demon Wings in 2009.- Background :The group was formed in...
  
  
• Misery Index
  Misery Index (band)
  Misery Index is an American deathgrind band formed in 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by Jason Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Mike Harrison on vocals and guitar, and Kevin Talley on drums. From 2006-2010, its line-up consisted of Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Sparky Voyles...
  
  
• Mistress
  Mistress (band)
  Mistress were an extreme metal band from Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. The members of this five-piece band adopted pseudonyms as stage-names including: Drunken and Misery on guitars, Dirty Von Arse on bass, Dave Cunt on vocals and Migg on drums...
  
  
• Mnemic
  Mnemic
  Mnemic is a Danish metal band, formed in Aalborg, Denmark in 1998. Their music has been described as a fusion between metalcore, melodic death metal, industrial metal and progressive metal, with additional elements of thrash metal and groove metal, to form a style the band themselves have...
  
  
• Molotov Solution
  Molotov Solution
  Molotov Solution is an American deathcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada. Formed in 2004, the group is currently signed to BlkHeart Group. They are notable for their politically-charged lyrics, which include themes of government conspiracies and world issues....
  
  
• Monstrosity
  Monstrosity (band)
  Monstrosity is a death metal band originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the death metal scene of the early 1990s. Vocalist, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and drummer, Lee Harrison, were the founders of Monstrosity. Harrison had just left the band Malevolent Creation and George Fisher...
  
  
• Morbid Angel
  Morbid Angel
  Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...
  
  
• Morgion
  Morgion (band)
  Morgion was a Doom/Death metal band from Orange County, California, United States. Morgion was formed in 1990 by Dwayne Boardman , Jeremy Peto and Rhett Davis . The band recorded their debut “Rabid Decay” demo in 1991, followed by the “Travesty” 7" in 1993...
  
  
• Morgoth
  Morgoth (band)
  Morgoth is a German death metal band that was formed in 1985 by Rüdiger Hennecke and Carsten Otterbach in Meschede. Originally the name Cadaverous Smell was used and the band played grindcore / noise style. When Harry Busse joined the band they renamed themselves to "Minas Morgul". In 1985 the band...
  
  
• Morphia
  Morphia (Dutch band)
  Morphia was a Dutch symphonic death/doom metal band formed in 1995. Having performed concerts with groups such as After Forever, Epica, Autumn, Orphanage and Imperia, Morphia has established themselves as one of the more prominent symphonic doom metal bands in the Netherlands...
  
  
• Mors Principium Est
  Mors Principium Est
  Mors Principium Est is a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in 1999.- History :The band was formed in 1999 in Pori, Finland by singer/lead guitarist Jori Haukio, guitarist Jarkko Kokko and keyboardist Toni Nummelin...
  
  
• Mortem
  Mortem (band)
  Mortem is a Death Metal band formed in 1986 in Lima, Peru. They are the first Peruvian metal band to have toured Europe and the United States. Mortem’s musical style is firmly rooted in the death metal, black metal and thrash metal of the nineteen-eighties. Mortem's characteristic heavy sound is...
  
  
• Mortician
  Mortician (band)
  Mortician is a death metal / deathgrind two piece band from Yonkers, New York founded in 1989. They have released most of their albums since the House by the Cemetery EP on Relapse Records but have released their latest album on their own label, Mortician Records. They have toured several times...
  
  
• Mortification
  Mortification (band)
  Mortification is an Australian Christian extreme metal band which was formed in 1987 as a heavy metal group, Lightforce, by mainstay Steve Rowe on bass guitar and vocals. By 1990, in the Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin, they were renamed as Mortification with the line-up of Rowe, Michael Carlisle on...
  
  
• Murder Squad
  Murder Squad
  Murder Squad is a Swedish death metal band that was formed in 1993 in Stockholm. It is a side project of two Dismember members and two Entombed members. The band is highly influenced by the American group Autopsy...
  
  
• My Bitter End
  My Bitter End
  My Bitter End is a deathcore band hailing from Middletown, New York. They are known for their heavy breakdowns, "off time chord progressions, technical precision and melodic undertones." They contain "elements of straight-up metal, more death-inspired stuff, classic rock, huge guitar-driven...
  
  
• My Dying Bride
  My Dying Bride
  My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...
  
  
• My Silent Wake
  My Silent Wake
  My Silent Wake are a British gothic death/doom metal band who were formed from the ashes of Ashen Mortality. Ashen Mortality were formed in the early 90s in Halesowen, West Midlands and were active for a further 11 years. When the band split in 2005, three of the members went on to form MSW. The...
  
  
• Mygrain
  MyGRAIN
  myGRAIN is a melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They are currently signed to Spinefarm Records. They have released three studio albums.-Background:...
  
  
• Myrkskog
  Myrkskog
  Myrkskog is a death metal band formed in 1993 from Drammen, Norway.-Band history:Usually their music consisted of thunderous high speed double-bass with rapid blastbeats and fills. Guitars were made up of harmonic tremolo picking and sometimes powerchords with fast solos composed by Destructhor...
  
  

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• Nahemah
  Nahemah (band)
  NahemaH is an extreme metal band from Alicante, Spain that was formed in 1997. Since then, they have released three full-length albums. Nahemah are currently signed to Lifeforce Records.-History:...
  
  
• Nail Within
  Nail Within
  Nail Within was a melodic death/thrash metal supergroup originating from Tel Aviv, Israel. The band was formed up in 2001 by Betrayer vocalist Yishai Swearts and Azazel members Alex Schuster, Evil Haim and Barak Zait...
  
  
• Naildown
  Naildown
  Naildown is a Finnish melodic death metal band, originally founded in 2003 under the name Acid Universe.-Biography:After two demos , their first album World Domination was released in 2005. Their latest album, Dreamcrusher, was released on March 14, 2007...
  
  
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• Napalm Death
  Napalm Death
  Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
  
  
• Nasum
  Nasum
  Nasum was a political Swedish band that played a mixture of grindcore and death metal. The band's name, meaning 'nose', was taken from the horror film Flesh for Frankenstein.-Biography:...
  
  
• Neaera
  Neaera (band)
  Neaera is a melodic death metal band from Münster, Germany, currently signed to Metal Blade Records. Recently, they have completed their fifth album, Forging the Eclipse, which was released on October 22/25, 2010 in Europe and on October 26, 2010 for the rest of the world.-Musical style:Tobias Buck...
  
  
• Necare
  Necare
  Necare was an American death-doom metal band, from Newport News, Virginia, United States. It was composed by only to members: Ryan Henry, or R.H., and Jonathan Greer Cawthon, or G.C.,...
  
  
• Necrophagia
  Necrophagia
  Necrophagia is an American death metal band. The group was assembled in Wellsville, Ohio in 1983 and are credited as being one of the very first musical groups to be classified within the death metal genre. The group was founded by Frank Pucci...
  
  
• Necrophagist
  Necrophagist
  Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....
  
  
• Necrophobic
  Necrophobic
  Necrophobic is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 seminal album Reign in Blood. The pair played with a 'revolving door' line-up of musicians until the...
  
  
• Nefastus Dies
  Nefastus Dies
  Nefastus Dies is a black/death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:The band formed in summer 2005 and two months later, released their promo cd 'Prelude'. They then embarked on a promotional tour to support the recording in January 2006. In march 2006 they entered Yannick St-Amand's...
  
  
• Nefilim
  Nefilim
  The Nefilim was a Carl McCoy project formed after the disbanding of Fields of the Nephilim.-History:Originally formed with John Carter, Nefilim featured McCoy on vocals, Paul Miles on guitar, Simon Rippin on drums and Cian Houchin on bass...
  
  
• Negativa
  Negativa
  Negativa were a Canadian avant-garde technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec formed by Steeve Hurdle ex member of the technical death metal band Gorguts. It also includes musicians from Ion Dissonance and Augury. The band released their first three-song recording, a self-titled release...
  
  
• Nembrionic
  Nembrionic
  Nembrionic was a Dutch death metal band. They were formed in 1991 under the name Nembrionic Hammerdeath as a black metal band; they changed their name to Nembrionic in 1993. The band released three full-lengths on Displeased Records and one full-length together with Osdorp Posse...
  
  
• Neptune
  Neptune (Italian band)
  Neptune is an Italian melodic death metal band from Verona, that was founded in 1999. Their influences are based upon melodic death metal acts such as; Hatesphere, In Flames, Soilwork, Dark Tranquillity, Disarmonia Mundi, At the Gates and The Haunted....
  
  
• Neuraxis
• Nightfall
  Nightfall (band)
  Nightfall is a Greek heavy metal band from Athens. Formed by vocalist/bassist Efthimis Karadimas in 1991, the group is currently signed to Metal Blade Records.- History :...
  
  
• Nightrage
  Nightrage
  Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
  
  
• Nights Like These
  Nights Like These
  Nights Like These was a deathcore band from Memphis, Tennessee, heavily influenced by death metal and sludge metal.- Biography :In 2006, a monkey gave birth to Nights Like These, they released their debut, The Faithless, to overall positive reviews on Victory Records...
  
  
• Nihilist
  Nihilist (band)
  Nihilist was a Swedish Scandinavian death metal band formed in 1987 by Nicke Andersson and Alex Hellid.The band split-up in 1989 when Johnny Hedlund left to form Unleashed...
  
  
• Nile
  Nile (band)
  Nile is an American death metal band from Greenville, South Carolina, formed in 1993. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian/Near Eastern mysticism, history, religion, and art, as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft.- History :...
  
  
• Nocturnus
  Nocturnus
  Nocturnus was an American progressive death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987 by drummer/vocalist Mike Browning . They were known for their science-fiction themed lyrics and use of keyboards, both of which were virtually unknown in extreme metal...
  
  
• Nonexist
  NonExist
  NonExist was a Swedish death metal group formed by former Arch Enemy vocalist, Johan Liiva. Liiva, guitarist/bassist Johan Reinholdz , and drummer Matte Modin began playing together as NonExist in 2000; in May 2002, they released their debut album, Deus Deceptor, on New Hawen Records in Europe...
  
  
• Norther
  Norther
  Norther is a Finnish Melodic Death Metal band from Helsinki, Finland.-History:Norther was originally formed by Kristian Ranta, Jukka Koskinen, Tuomas Planman, Petri Lindroos and Toni Hallio in the year 1996 after various of early stage band formations. The band kicked into gear with its debut...
  
  
• Noumena
• Novembre
  Novembre
  Novembre is a progressive death metal/gothic doom metal band.-Biography:Starting out in 1990 as an Italian death metal band , Novembre grew to develop a unique, atmospheric sound. Although most of their lyrics are in English, vocalist Carmelo Orlando sings in Italian occasionally in many of their...
  
  
• Nuclear Death
  Nuclear Death
  Nuclear Death was a death metal band formed in 1986 in Phoenix, Arizona. They were the first band in the extreme metal genre with a female vocalist, Lori Bravo.Their style was compared to bands like Impetigo, Blasphemy, Autopsy, Deceased, and Repulsion....
  
  

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• Obituary
  Obituary (band)
  Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in Tampa, Florida under the name Executioner, then changed the name's spelling to Xecutioner, and later changed their name to Obituary in 1988. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarists Trevor Peres and Ralph...
  
  
• Obliterate
  Obliterate
  Obliterate is a grindcore band from Košice. Founded in 1992, as one of the first band of this genre in Slovakia-Discography:1993 Pieces Of Superior Life 1995 Blindness 1997 Blindness Merciless Core...
  
  
• Obscene Eulogy
  Obscene Eulogy
  Obscene Eulogy is a death/black metal band from Saint John, New Brunswick, who are most notable for having recorded with Impaled Nazarene's Mika Luttinen on vocals. Their current singer is Tapio Wilska of Finntroll.-Current members:...
  
  
• Obscura
  Obscura (band)
  -History:Obscura was founded in 2002 by Steffen Kummerer. The band was named after the Gorguts album Obscura. In 2006 Obscura self-released their debut album Retribution and toured alongside Suffocation within Europe. A European headlining tour through East and South Europe followed in 2007...
  
  
• Oceano
  Oceano (band)
  Oceano is an American deathcore band from Chicago, IL formed in 2006. The band signed to Earache Records and released their debut album, Depths on April 7, 2009. Their second album, Contagion was released on November 9, 2010.-History:...
  
  
• October Tide
  October Tide
  October Tide is a death/doom metal side project that was created in 1995 by Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renkse and then Katatonia guitarist Fred Norrman.-1995 - 1999:...
  
  
• Odious Mortem
  Odious Mortem
  Odious Mortem is a death metal band from San Francisco, California, USA, currently signed to Willowtip Records.They have released two studio albums, through Unique Leader Records and Willowtip Records, as well as an independently released demo in 2003.-Style:...
  
  
• Old Man's Child
  Old Man's Child
  Old Man's Child is a black metal band from Norway. The band is the brainchild of Galder who is the only permanent member of the band now.-Formation:...
  
  
• Omnium Gatherum
  Omnium Gatherum
  Omnium Gatherum is a six-piece melodic death metal band from Finland, founded in the autumn of 1996. Although the band mainly follows the path of melodic death metal genre, the music created by the band, especially the later albums, has a strong feel/presence of other sub-genres, such as black...
  
  
• On Thorns I Lay
  On Thorns I Lay
  On Thorns I Lay is a gothic metal band founded in 1992 in Athens, Greece.-Biography:...
  
  
• One Man Army and the Undead Quartet
  One Man Army and the Undead Quartet
  One Man Army and the Undead Quartet is a death/thrash metal band from Sweden. The band was formed by vocalist Johan Lindstrand after the breakup of The Crown. After two albums on Nuclear Blast Records, they moved to Massacre Records...
  
  
• Opeth
  Opeth
  Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
  
  
• Ophiolatry
  Ophiolatry (band)
  Ophiolatry is a Brazilian death metal band formed in 1998. The name was derived from a term meaning "the worship of serpents".-Biography:Ophiolatry was formed in 1998 by Jhorge "Dog" Duarte, Antonio Cozta, Fabio Zperandio and Tiago Nunes. They recorded their first demo, Opposite Monarchy, in 1999,...
  
  
• Oppressor
  Oppressor
  Oppressor was a technical death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, which formed in 1991 and finished in 1999. They released three albums. Three of the band's members went on to form alternative metal band Soil.-History:...
  
  
• Opprobrium
  Opprobrium (band)
  See also opprobriumOpprobrium is a death metal band from Metairie, Louisiana. Founded in 1986 by brothers Francis and Moyses Howard under the name Incubus, Natives of Rio de Janeiro, the Howards emigrated to New Orleans and formed the band...
  
  
• Order from Chaos
  Order from Chaos
  Order from Chaos was an extreme metal band formed in 1987 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA by Pete Helmkamp, Chuck Keller and Mike Miller. They are recognised as being an extremely influential group in the early US black metal scene, and served as a launching pad for its band members that went on to...
  
  
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• Orphaned Land
  Orphaned Land
  Orphaned Land is an Israeli progressive metal band, formed in 1991, that combines Death/doom, Jewish and Arabic influences.- History :In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection to Orphaned Land....
  
  

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• Paganizer
  Paganizer
  Paganizer is a Swedish death metal band playing the classic Swedish style metal, in the style of Grave and Dismember. The band was started by Johansson and Jocke in 1998...
  
  
• Painstruck
  Painstruck
  Painstruck are a doom-death band from Portugal formed in August 1997. The current members of the group are Nuno Loureiro, Raul Vicente, and Paulo Lafaia.- Debut and demo tape :...
  
  
• Pantokrator
  Pantokrator (band)
  Pantokrator is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1996. The band has released an EP, two studio albums, and a compilation album. The band's sound is old school death metal with progressive and technical elements; their lyrics deal with mystic Biblical themes....
  
  
• Panzerchrist
  Panzerchrist
  Panzerchrist is a Danish death metal band formed in '93-'94 by Michael Enevoldsen and celebrated Danish artist Lasse Hoile.- History :Panzerchrist recorded a few demos and was signed by Serious entertainment...
  
  
• Paradise Lost
  Paradise Lost (band)
  Paradise Lost are a heavy metal band that formed in 1988 in Halifax, England.-History:Their first three full-length albums are examples of the death/doom style, although the latter two incorporated some melodic and gothic elements...
  
  
• Pavor
  Pavor
  Pavor is a German technical death metal band, formed in 1987. The band has released two albums in a twenty-year career and have chosen to be independent all that time.-Biography:...
  
  
• Paths of Possession
  Paths of Possession
  Paths of Possession is an American melodic death metal band featuring George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher in a more melodic environment, with song structures that have much more in common with early Bay Area Thrash than the Tampa death metal scene.-Biography:...
  
  
• Persefone
  Persefone
  Persefone is an Andorran technical death metal band formed in October 2001. For the figure from Greek Mythology see Persephone.-Overview:Persefone is a band located in the small nation of Andorra; founding members are Carlos Lozano Quintanilla, Jordi Gorgues Mateu, Toni Mestre Coy, and Xavi Pérez...
  
  
• Pestilence
  Pestilence (band)
  Pestilence is a death metal band from the Netherlands founded in 1986. Later they incorporated more jazz and fusion elements into their music. After disbanding in order to pursue other musical directions in 1994, Pestilence has reunited in 2008...
  
  
• Pig Destroyer
  Pig Destroyer
  -Biography:The band formed in 1997 with vocalist J. R. Hayes , guitarist Scott Hull , and drummer John Evans. Evans was later replaced by Brian Harvey...
  
  
• Polluted Inheritance
  Polluted Inheritance
  Polluted Inheritance is a Dutch technical death metal band formed in 1989 from the remnants of Sacrement and Pollution . They were quickly joined by singer Jean-Paul Hoorman. A 1991 demo, Afterlife, led to a deal with West Virginia Records. Nevertheless, Hoorman leaves the band and Camonier sings...
  
  
• Portal
  Portal (metal band)
  Portal is an Australian extreme metal band known for its unorthodox fusion of death metal with black metal. The band's hybrid musical style is characterised by heavily distorted guitar riffs, down-tuned rhythms, and vocals ranging from "menacing, echoing" sound effects to guttural grunts...
  
  
• Possessed
  Possessed (band)
  Possessed is an American death metal band, originally formed in 1983. Noted for their fast style of playing and Jeff Becerra's guttural vocals, they are routinely called the first band in the death metal genre...
  
  
• Postmortem
  Postmortem (band)
  Postmortem is a German death metal band from Berlin.-Band history:Postmortem was founded in 1991. After numerous live appearances and two demos, the band signed its first record deal, with Husky Records, and recorded Screams Of Blackness, which sold out and was re-released in 1998...
  
  
• The Project Hate MCMXCIX
  The Project Hate MCMXCIX
  The Project Hate MCMXCIX is a Swedish industrial death metal band. It was formed in 1998 and is one of the few death metal bands with a female and a male singer.- History :...
  
  
• Prostitute Disfigurement
  Prostitute Disfigurement
  - Biography :Prostitute Disfigurement started out as a 3-piece near the end of 2000, under the name of Disfigure. They were joined by Roel van Kruysdijk on guitars, just before making their demo recordings...
  
  
• Psycroptic
  Psycroptic
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• Pungent Stench
  Pungent Stench
  Pungent Stench was a darkly humorous death metal band from Vienna, Austria, which formed in 1988. Their last known lineup consists of Martin Schirenc , El Gore , and Alex Wank...
  
  
• Pyaemia
  Pyaemia
  Pyaemia is a type of septicaemia that leads to widespread abscesses of a metastatic nature. It is usually caused by the staphylococcus bacteria by pus-forming organisms in the blood. Apart from the distinctive abscesses, pyaemia exhibits the same symptoms as other forms of septicaemia...
  
  
• Pyogenesis
  Pyogenesis
  -History:Formed as Immortal Hate by Tim Eiermann, Joe Proell and Pit Muley, they recorded their demo Pyogenesis of a Festered Corpse in September 1990. With addition of second guitarist/vocalist Flo Schwarz, they renamed to Pyogenesis. First EP, Ignis Creatio, was released in 1992 on Osmose....
  
  
• Pyorrhoea
  Pyorrhoea
  Pyorrhoea is a Polish grindcore band formed in 2001 by Cyprian , Andy Blakk , and Daray .-Current members:* Krzysztof "Chryste" Rzetecki – vocals* Cyprian Konador – bass* Adrian "A.D...
  
  

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• Raise Hell
  Raise Hell
  Raise Hell is a thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. The group changed names several times in their early history; their first demo, 1997's Nailed, was released under the name In Cold Blood, a name they abandoned for Raise Hell after signing with Nuclear Blast--which they did while still in...
  
  
• Raintime
  Raintime
  Raintime is an Italian progessive / power metal band, founded in 1999. The band was initially significantly inspired by Dream Theater, and as such composed songs which leaned towards the progressive metal genre. They then recorded an instrumental demo entitled Jump In the Past.After the demo was...
  
  
• Rapture
  Rapture (band)
  Rapture is a doom metal/melodic death metal band formed in 1997 in Helsinki, Finland.-History:In 1999, Rapture signed a contract with Spinefarm Records and released their debut album, Futile, in late 1999. The album was also licensed to Relapse Records for distribution outside of Finland. In early...
  
  
• Raunchy
• Rebaelliun
  Rebaelliun
  Rebaelliun was a Brazilian death metal band that was founded in 1998. Musically they are similar to their country mates Krisiun. After the release of their promo tape, the band was contracted by the Dutch label Hammerheart Records, who released their debut album Burn the Promised Land in 1999. The...
  
  
• The Red Chord
  The Red Chord
  The Red Chord is an American grindcore band from Revere, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. The band is made up of vocalist Guy Kozowyk, guitarist Mike "Gunface" McKenzie, and bassist Greg Weeks. The band gained a fanbase with its 2002 debut album Fused Together in Revolving Doors. The second album,...
  
  
• The Red Death
  The Red Death
  The Red Death were a death metal band from Bath, New York.-History:Formed in 2002 after the demise of Another Day Forgotten by singer Paul Hamblin, guitarist Josh Williammee, and drummer Graham Mitchell, the original lineup was rounded out by guitarist Brian VanGelder and bassist Karl Janovec...
  
  
• The Red Shore
  The Red Shore
  The Red Shore were an Australian death metal band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 2004. The band claims their style is a combination of death metal and technical death metal, though they are often referred to as a deathcore band....
  
  
• Regurgitate
  Regurgitate (band)
  Regurgitate is a goregrind band from Sweden.In 2001, Bizarre Leprous Productions released a 46-band tribute to Regurgitate entitled Comeback of Goregods: Tribute to Regurgitate, with bands such as Inhume, Lymphatic Phlegm, Gore Beyond Necropsy, Haemorrhage, and Neuro-Visceral Exhumation taking...
  
  
• Ribspreader
  Ribspreader
  Ribspreader is a Swedish death metal band.-History:Ribspreader was formed in June of 2002 by Rogga Johansson and Andreas Karlsson, both also of Paganizer. Their debut album features the famous Swedish musician and producer Dan Swanö on drums and lead guitar. The band split up shortly after the...
  
  
• Ripping Corpse
  Ripping Corpse
  Ripping Corpse was a thrash metal band formed in 1987 in Red Bank, New Jersey. They released one album, Dreaming with the Dead , and several highly regarded demos. Members included singer Scott Ruth, guitarist Shaune Kelley, bassist David Bizzigotti, drummer Brandon Thomas. They later added future...
  
  
• The Rotted
  The Rotted
  -History:The band was formed from the ashes of death metal / grindcore ensemble Gorerotted by ex-members Ben McCrow, Tim Carley, and Phil Wilson, along with Gian Pyres and Nate Gould due to a musical progression and a desire for less limiting lyrical themes: the band themselves say that The...
  
  
• Rotten Sound
  Rotten Sound
  Rotten Sound is a grindcore band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Kristian Toivainen and drummer Sami Latva...
  
  
• Rotting
  Rotting (band)
  Rotting was a Canadian death metal band that formed in 1992 from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada-Background:Throughout the band's existence, they've been featured in international print magazines such as Pit, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, and Unrestrained! as well as many indie-zines.Rotting played...
  
  
• Rudra
  Rudra (band)
  Rudra is a Singaporean band which was formed in 1992, and plays a style of black metal-influenced death metal with interpolations and extended passages of traditional Carnatic music. Additionally, the lyrical content is derived from Sanskrit Vedic literature and philosophy with some songs...
  
  
• Runemagick
  Runemagick
  Runemagick is a Swedish death/doom band formed in 1990.-History:The band was started in 1990 by Nicklas "Terror" Rudolfsson under the name Desiderius, which was quickly changed to Runemagic. First, the band consisted solely of Rudolfsson, but he was later joined by Robert "Reaper" Pehrsson...
  
  

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• Sacrificium
  Sacrificium
  Sacrificium is a death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 1993. The band made its breakthrough in the metal scene with its 2002 album Cold Black Piece of Flesh. The second album Escaping the Stupor was released on Black Lotus Records...
  
  
• Sadist
  Sadist (band)
  Sadist is a progressive death metal band from Genoa, Italy, founded in 1991. The band split up in 2000 after releasing their Lego album, but reunited in 2005 and released their self-titled album in 2007. Their compositions involve a heavy usage of guitar solos and keyboard solos, with progressive,...
  
  
• Sadistic Intent
  Sadistic Intent
  Sadistic Intent is a death metal band from Los Angeles, California.-Biography:Sadistic Intent formed in 1987. Two years later they released a small run of demo cassettes, called Conflict Within, followed by the release of a few rehearsal tapes and demos. Eventually Sadistic Intent signed with a...
  
  
• Sadistik Exekution
  Sadistik Exekution
  Sadistik Exekution is an Australian Death Metal band that formed in 1985 and has existed somewhat sporadically ever since. While last playing live in 1999, the band recorded two more albums and while they have publicly declared to have disbanded several times since, the group reunited for a single...
  
  
• Sadus
• Salt the Wound
  Salt the Wound
  Salt the Wound is an American deathcore band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 2001. They released two EPs and two full-length studio albums. After the release of their debut album, Carnal Repercussions the band would continuously tour to an overwhelming extent, which led to their disbandment...
  
  
• Sarcófago
  Sarcófago
  Sarcófago was an influential Brazilian extreme metal band. They were fronted by Sepultura's original singer, Wagner Lamounier, and Geraldo Minelli. They have been described as Brazil's most controversial metal band....
  
  
• Satariel
  Satariel (band)
  Satariel is a melodic death metal band from Sweden founded in 1993 in Boden.The band released their debut album, Lady Lust Lilith, in 1998 on Pulverised Records. Their latest album, Hydra, was released in 2005 in Europe, followed by a US release in early 2006...
  
  
• Saturnus
  Saturnus (band)
  Saturnus is a band from Denmark formed in 1991 playing melodic death/doom metal, with touches of gothic metal. They sing of sorrow, loss, and death.-Biography:...
  
  
• Scar Symmetry
  Scar Symmetry
  Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta in Dalarna County, formed in 2004. The band has released five albums, with six released singles...
  
  
• Scarve
  Scarve
  Scarve is a French technical death metal band from Nancy. They have released four full-length albums, the latest being The Undercurrent, released on April 2, 2007 on Listenable Records.- Biography :...
  
  
• Sceptic
  Sceptic (band)
  Sceptic is a Polish death metal band from Kraków.Sceptic is a Polish death metal band founded in 1994 by Jacek Hiro . Marcin Urbaś handled the vocal duties for the first and third album , but currently is a session member due to his sport career...
  
  
• Sculptured
  Sculptured
  Sculptured is an American experimental heavy metal band, mixing classic death and doom metal riffs and vocals to atonal segments and brass sections.-Biography:...
  
  
• Seance
  Seance (band)
  Seance is a Swedish death metal band. The band was formed in March 1990 when two local Linköping bands, Orchriste and Total Death, fused. They split up after two albums in 1998. Most band members were also involved in the bands Satanic Slaughter and Witchery. Patrik Jensen later joined the band The...
  
  
• Sentenced
  Sentenced
  Sentenced was a Finnish heavy metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years. The band formed in 1989, in the town of Muhos, Finland, and broke up in 2005.-Early years :...
  
  
• Septic Flesh
  Septic Flesh
  Septic Flesh is a death metal band from Athens, Greece, which was founded in 1990.- History :Septic Flesh was formed in March 1990 by Sotiris Vayenas , Spiros Antoniou , and Christos Antoniou , and quickly released a debut EP, Temple of the Lost Race in December 1991...
  
  
• Sepultura
  Sepultura
  Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
  
  
• Severe Torture
  Severe Torture
  Severe Torture is a death metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 1997 by drummer Seth van de Loo and bassist Patrick Boleij.-History:The band was formed in 1997 by Thijs van Laarhoven on guitar, Seth van de Loo on drums, Erik de Windt on vocals, Jelle on guitar and Patrick Boleij on bass guitar...
  
  
• Shadows Fall
  Shadows Fall
  Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. They are one of the few contemporary metal bands who take their lyrical influence from Eastern philosophy and some references to the Rastafari culture...
  
  
• Shot Down Sun
  Shot Down Sun
  Shot Down Sun was an American metal band from Haverhill, Massachusetts formed in 2001. The final line-up consisted of Alex Aro on vocals, Myles Kimball on guitar, Maxwell Lee on guitar, Matt Feugill on bass and Eric Beaubien on drums. The band independently released several EPs and a full length...
  
  
• The Showdown
  The Showdown (band)
  The Showdown is a southern metal/metalcore band based in Elizabethton, Tennessee. While the members of the band are Christian and the band is signed to a Christian record label, the band does not consider itself a Christian act, according to guitarist Josh Childers...
  
  
• Sinate
  Sinate
  Sinate is a New Zealand death/thrash metal band.-History:The band was formed in 2001 but did not release their debut album, Beyond Human, until September 2005....
  
  
• Sinister
  Sinister (band)
  Sinister is a death metal band from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, assembled in 1988, disassembled in 2003, and reassembled in 2005 by Adrie Kloosterwaard on vocals and Alex Paul on guitar...
  
  
• Six Feet Under
  Six Feet Under (band)
  Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary...
  
  
• Skinless
  Skinless
  Skinless is a death metal band that was formed in 1992 and disbanded in 2011.-History:Skinless was formed by Ryan Wade and Noah Carpenter in the town of South Glens Falls, New York...
  
  
• Skyfire
  Skyfire (band)
  Skyfire is a melodic death metal band from Höör, Sweden.-Biography:Skyfire was formed in the town of Höör, Sweden in 1995 by Andreas Edlund , Martin Hanner , Jonas Sjögren and Tobias Björk . The four were friends since high school and had similar tastes in music. The band recorded two demos:...
  
  
• Slaughter
  Slaughter (Canadian band)
  Slaughter was a Canadian death/thrash band. They formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1984 playing thrash metal and briefly featured Chuck Schuldiner on guitar in 1986. Originally, they released two demos and two full albums...
  
  
• Soilent Green
  Soilent Green
  Soilent Green is a grindcore and sludge metal band that hails from Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans.-Overview:Soilent Green was founded in 1988. Their début album wasn't released until 1995, when Pussysoul came out on Dwell Records...
  
  
• Soils of Fate
  Soils of Fate
  SOILS OF FATE is a death metal band from Sweden. Mostly known for their unique "Ultra Groovy Slam Death Metal-style". The band was founded by Henrik Crantz and Magnus Lindvall in Märsta, outside Stockholm, in early 1995...
  
  
• Soilwork
  Soilwork
  Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
  
  
• Solution .45
  Solution .45
  Solution .45 is a metal supergroup from Sweden and Finland, created by guitarist Jani Stefanovic . Their current lineup includes vocalist Christian Älvestam , guitarists Stefanovic, Patrik Gardberg and Tom Gardiner , bassist Anders Edlund , and...
  
  
• Sonic Syndicate
  Sonic Syndicate
  Sonic Syndicate is a melodic death metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden. They are influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames, Soilwork and metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage.....
  
  
• Sons of Azrael
  Sons of Azrael
  Sons of Azrael is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, that formed in spring 2004.-History:Sons of Azrael signed a contract with Ironclad/Metal Blade records in fall 2006. Their first album, The Conjuration of Vengeance, was released in August 2007. In March 2008, Greg DiPasquale ...
  
  
• Sotajumala
  Sotajumala
  Sotajumala is a Finnish death metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 1998. The band has released two full-length albums, two mcds, one single and one split EP . They have played a lot of shows in their home country, including Tuska, Jalometalli, Nummirock, Lutakko Liekeissä and Pellavarock festivals...
  
  
• Soul Demise
  Soul Demise
  Soul Demise is a German death metal band from Neumarkt in Bavaria, founded in 1993 as Inhuman. Their musical style is mainly influenced by Swedish band At The Gates and their Göteborg sound....
  
  
• Soul Embraced
  Soul Embraced
  Soul Embraced is a Christian Death Metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.-History:Originally a side project of drummer David Sroczynski and William "Rocky" Gray from Shredded Corpse formed in 1997, the band dissolved after creating one song for a metal compilation in 1998...
  
  
• Soulburn
• Soulscar
  Soulscar
  Soulscar is a heavy metal band from North Vancouver, Canada. Their music has been described as a cross between thrash and melodic death metal.- Biography :...
  
  
• Spawn of Possession
  Spawn of Possession
  Spawn of Possession is a death metal band from Kalmar, Sweden, founded in 1997.-Biography:Spawn of Possession formed in February 1997, consisting of Jonas Bryssling , Jonas Karlsson , and Dennis Röndum ....
  
  
• Stovokor
  Stovokor (band)
  Stovokor is a death metal band from Portland, Oregon . Its five members are Bill Salfelder , vocals; Merlin Carson , lead guitar; Ward Young , rhythm guitar, Jason Lewis , bass guitar; and Jason Johansen , drums.-About:The band is named for Sto-vo-kor, the afterlife of Star Trek's fictional aliens...
  
  
• Strapping Young Lad
  Strapping Young Lad
  Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
  
  
• Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky
  Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky
  Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky is an American extreme metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 2006. The group was founded by guitarists Aaron Haines and Ian Sturgill, shortly after the disbandment of their previous band, Bodies in the Gears of the Apparatus. The band's name is...
  
  
• Suffocation
  Suffocation (band)
  Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989 in Long Island, New York. The band comprises vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais, drummer Mike Smith and bassist Derek Boyer. Suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for...
  
  
• Suicide Silence
  Suicide Silence
  Suicide Silence is an American extreme metal band from Riverside, California. The group consists of vocalist Mitch Lucker, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, drummer Alex Lopez and bassist Dan Kenny. Formed in 2002, the band has released three full-length studio albums, one EP and seven music...
  
  
• Susperia
  Susperia
  Susperia is a Norwegian black/thrash metal band formed in October 1998 by Tjodalv and Cyrus.The band was originally named Seven Sins, but since there was another band with that name they changed it to the title of the horror film Suspiria, but changed the spelling to avoid copyright issues...
  
  
• Swallow the Sun
  Swallow the Sun
  Swallow the Sun is a Finnish melodic death / doom metal band.- Biography :Swallow the Sun was formed in early 2000 by Juha Raivio, joined soon by Pasi Pasanen came along . They rehearsed a couple of songs, one of them being "Through Her Silvery Body" which would end up on their first demo,Out of...
  
  
• Switchblade
  Switchblade (band)
  Switchblade were a five-piece metal band from Sydney, Australia, formed in 2001 and ending in 2011. Switchblade were the support act for bands such as Slayer, Machine Head, Exodus, Trivium and Nevermore during their respective Australian tours and released two albums...
  
  
• Sylosis
  Sylosis
  Sylosis is a British metal band from Reading, Berkshire. In 2008 the band released their debut full-length studio album, the critically acclaimed Conclusion of an Age...
  
  
• Sympathy
  Sympathy (band)
  Sympathy is a technical death metal band from Canada, formed in 1991. Sympathy got some notable attention in the Benelux, Germany and Switzerland as those are the countries where their previous label Fear Dark is usually marketing its bands. The band is known for its professional musicianship...
  
  

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• Terror 2000
  Terror 2000
  -History:A side project of Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid, the band also includes guitarists Klas Ideberg and Nick Sword , drummer Erik Thyselius, and bassist Dan Svensson...
  
  
• Terrorizer
  Terrorizer
  Terrorizer is an American grindcore and death metal band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metal bands, such as Morbid Angel , Napalm Death and Nausea...
  
  
• Terrorust
  Terrorust
  Terrorust is a deathgrind band from Melbourne, Australia, whose most prominent member is the influential and prolific metal drummer Matt Sanders...
  
  
• Thanatos
• Thanatoschizo
  ThanatoSchizO
  ThanatoSchizO is a metal group from Santa Marta de Penaguião , founded in late 1997. Practicing a sound associated with progressive death metal, the band makes various incursions into other musical genres such as black metal, doom metal, world music, progressive rock, atmospheric and electronic...
  
  
• Theory in Practice
  Theory in Practice
  Theory in Practice is a Swedish technical death metal band founded in 1995, which borrows heavily from progressive metal. The band writes technical and complex songs consisting of a lot of time and tempo changes. After a year of rehearsals and gigs, they recorded a demo called Submissive in the...
  
  
• Therion
  Therion (band)
  Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
  
  
• Thirdmoon
  Thirdmoon
  Thirdmoon are a Melodic death metal band from Austria.-Biography:Founded by Wolfgang Rothbauer in 1994 it was a few years before their debut Grotesque Autumnal Weepings in 1997. Later, in 1998, they gained French guitarist Matias Larrede and in 1999 they signed with Napalm Records. With Napalm...
  
  
• This Ending
  This Ending
  - Biography :This Ending was formed in 1991 as A Canorous Quintet by Fredrik Andersson, Mårten Hansen and Linus Nirbrant. After some changes, the line-up was complete with the addition of Leo Pignon and Jesper Löfgren. The band released an EP, As Tears, in 1994, and two full length albums: Silence...
  
  
• Thorr's Hammer
  Thorr's Hammer
  Thorr's Hammer was an American/Norwegian death/doom band.Thorr's Hammer was formed in Ballard, Washington by Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley during winter 1994-1995. Soon after, Runhild Gammelsæter, then 17-year-old Norwegian exchange student, joined the band as vocalist/lyricist. The band...
  
  
• Threat Signal
  Threat Signal
  Threat Signal is a Canadian Melodic death metal band hailing from the city of Hamilton. However, different members of the band hail from other parts of the Ontario province...
  
  
• Through the Eyes of the Dead
• Thy Disease
  Thy Disease
  Thy Disease are a Polish industrial death metal band from Kraków. Their lyrics generally deal with nihilism, apocalypse, and war. The band was formed in 1999, by musicians formerly active in bands like Sceptic, Anal Stench, and Crionics....
  
  
• Tiamat
  Tiamat (band)
  -Biography:Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat...
  
  
• Torture Killer
  Torture Killer
  Torture Killer is a Finnish death metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2002. The band consists of four members, Jari Laine , Tuomas Karppinen , Kim Torniainen , and Tuomo Latvala...
  
  
• Torture Squad
  Torture Squad
  Torture Squad is a Brazilian death/thrash metal band, founded in 1990 which has released six studio albums and one live album. The band released their newest album, Aequilibrium, in 2010.-History:...
  
  
• Trap Them
  Trap Them
  - Description :Trap Them's influences include hardcore punk bands, such as Black Flag, Born Against, and Tragedy; metal bands like Dismember and Entombed , and experimental bands like Swans...
  
  
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• Vader
  Vader (band)
  Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, WW2, horror and anti-christian...
  
  
• Vehemence
  Vehemence
  Vehemence is a death metal band from Phoenix, Arizona. They formed in 1997 and released their first demo cassette in 1998. Their debut album, The Thoughts From Which I Hide, was self-released in 2000...
  
  
• Vile
  Vile (band)
  Vile is an American death metal band, formed in 1996 in Concord, California by guitarist Colin Davis and bassist Matt "Favor" Faivre, recruiting the rest of the band from the ranks of disbanded groups such as Lords of Chaos, Entropy, Sporadic Psychosis and Thanatopsis...
  
  
• Visceral Bleeding
  Visceral Bleeding
  Visceral Bleeding is a technical death metal band from Sweden.-Biography:Visceral Bleeding was formed sometime in the late nineties by Peter Persson and Niklas Dewerud. Influenced by bands such as Suffocation and Monstrosity, they performed what they thought the death metal scene was lacking...
  
  
• Vital Remains
  Vital Remains
  Vital Remains is an American death metal band from Providence, Rhode Island formed in 1988.- History :Created in 1988 by guitarist Paul Flynn, Vital Remains' first line-up consisted of guitarist Butch Machado, vocalist Mike Flynn, bassist Tom Supkow, and drummer Chris Dupont. Searching for better...
  
  
• Vomit Remnants
  Vomit Remnants
  Vomit Remnants is a Japanese death metal band, founded in 1997. In December 1997 they recorded the demo In the Name of Vomit, and a year later recorded Brutally Violated. In 1999, they played at the Ohio Deathfest and did various European shows...
  
  
• Vomitory
  Vomitory (band)
  Vomitory is a Swedish brutal death metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist Urban Gustafsson and bassist Ronnie Olson. The band has released a total of eight albums, and are currently signed to Metal Blade Records.-Current members:...
  
  
• Vorkreist
  Vorkreist
  Vorkreist is a French death/black metal band, based in Paris, who share members with the black metal bands Antaeus and Hell Militia. "Vorkreist" is a barbarism created by the band that supposedly means Antichrist.-Biography:...
  
  

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• Waltari
  Waltari
  Waltari is a band from Finland, known for its diversity and combination of music styles, frequently combining alternative metal, progressive metal, death metal, hard rock, heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, pop, punk, rap, symphonic metal, techno and thrash metal.Most of the band's music is written...
  
  
• War
  War (Swedish band)
  War was a Swedish black metal supergroup, formed by Tony "IT" Särkkä of Abruptum, David "Blackmoon" Parland of Dark Funeral and Peter Tägtgren of Hypocrisy....
  
  
• Wayd
  Wayd
  Wayd is a technical/progressive death metal band with jazz influence from Prešov, Slovakia.-Biography:The death metal band Wayd was founded in the year 1994 when thrash metal band MARION and death metal band DYSENTERY fused together. Both of them were just small bands known only in the regional...
  
  
• Whitechapel
  Whitechapel (band)
  Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. The group comprises vocalist Phil Bozeman, guitarists Ben Savage, Alex Wade, Zach Householder; bassist Gabe Crisp and drummer Ben Harclerode. Their band name is derived from a district in the built-up inner city of London, known...
  
  
• Winds of Plague
  Winds of Plague
  Winds of Plague is an American deathcore band from Upland, California, formed in 2002. They are best known as one of the only deathcore bands to incorporate symphonic elements into their music....
  
  
• Winter
  Winter (band)
  Winter is an American death/doom band from New York. They take their name from the Amebix song of the same name. The band will be performing at the 2011 Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands.-Members:Line-Up* John Alman - vocals, bass...
  
  
• With Blood Comes Cleansing
  With Blood Comes Cleansing
  With Blood Comes Cleansing was an American Christian deathcore band from Albany, Georgia.-History:With Blood Comes Cleansing started in February 2005. After touring, several member changes, and releasing a 6-song EP, With Blood Comes Cleansing signed on with Virginia-based Blood & Ink Records in...
  
  

See also

• List of melodic death metal bands
• List of heavy metal bands
• List of grindcore bands