This is a list of United States Death Metal (USDM) bands that were originally formed in the United States. Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. 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.
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Abscess The Absence Abysmal Dawn Acheron Acid Witch Agoraphobic Nosebleed Aletheian Angelcorpse Animosity Arsis AssückHoare, James (March 2009) "Criminal Records: Essential Records", Terrorizer 181, pg. 44Felix von Havoc, Maximum Rock'n'Roll No. 198. Archived by Havoc Records, Accessdate: June 20, 2008 Atheist Autopsy
B Becoming the Archetype Between the Buried and Me Beyond the Sixth Seal Black Crown Initiate The Black Dahlia Murder BloodsoakedBlabbermouth.net review of The Death of HopeMetalSucks.net review of The Death of Hope Born of Osiris Brain Drill Brodequin Broken Hope Brujeria Brutal Truth Brutality
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Caninus Cannibal Corpse Cannabis Corpse Capharnaum Cattle Decapitation Cephalic Carnage Circle of Dead Children Council of the Fallen The County Medical Examiners Crimson Thorn Cynic
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Dååth Daylight Dies Death Deceased Decrepit Birth Deeds of Flesh Deicide Demiricous Demolition Hammer Dethklok Deus Invictus Devourment Diabolic Dim Mak Disgorge Disincarnate Diskreet Divine Empire Divine Heresy Dr. Shrinker Dying Fetus
E Elysia Embalmer Embodyment Epidemic Epoch of Unlight Evoken Exhumed
F The Faceless From a Second Story Window Fuming Mouth The Funeral Pyre Funerus
G Gatecreeper Ghoul Glass Casket Goatlord Goatwhore God Forbid Goreaphobia Graves of Valor
H Hate Eternal HatebeakSchwarz, Paul, "Death Metal|Death/Grind" (2006). Terrorizer No. 150, p. 54. Hibernus Mortis
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Immolation Impaled Impending Doom Impetigo Incantation Internal Bleeding Into the Moat
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Job for a Cowboy Jungle Rot
K Kaos Rising Killing Addiction Killing Moon Knights of the Abyss
L Landmine Marathon
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Macabre Malevolent Creation MalignancyWebCite query result The Mandrake Massacre Master Misery Index Molotov Solution Monstrosity Morbid Angel Morbid Saint Morgion Mortal Decay Mortician Mutiny Within
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Necare Necrophagia Nile Nocturnus Novembers Doom Nuclear Death
O Obituary Oblivion Oceano Odious Mortem Oppressor Opprobrium Order from Chaos Order of Ennead Origin
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Pathology"Pathology Signs with Victory Records", December 12, 2009. Retrieved June 12, 2013Teufel (September 26, 2008) "Pathology Announce New Singer", Teufel's Tomb, Archived from the original on November 22, 2008, Retrieved June 12, 2013 Paths of Possession Pig DestroyerBryan Reed, The Daily Tar Heel, July 19, 2007 , Accessdate: August 6, 2008 Possessed
R The Red Chord The Red Death Repulsion Revocation Ripping Corpse
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Sadistic Intent Sadus Sculptured Six Feet Under Skinless Solstice Sons of Azrael Soul Embraced Stovokor Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky Suffocation
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Terrorizer Thorr's Hammer Through the Eyes of the Dead Trap Them
V Vile Vital Remains Voodoo Gods
W Waking the Cadaver Winter Withered Woe of Tyrants World Under Blood Wretched
See also
List of death metal bands
References
External links
Definition of death metal, Merriam-Webster dictionary, Quote: "a type of heavy metal music that is characterized by the use of dark, violent, or gory imagery"