List: American death metal musical groups

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•  Deicide (band)

  Deicide is an American death metal band formed in 1987. Their first two albums, Deicide and Legion, are ranked second and third place in best-selling death metal albums of the SoundScan era. The band has been the source of a considerable amount of controversy for their vehement anti-Christian content, resulting in accusations of having caused violence, animal cruelty, and beliefs in demonic possession among youths.

  

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•  Obituary (band)

  Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1985 in Tampa, Florida under the name Xecutioner and later renamed to Obituary. The band comprises vocalist John Tardy, drummer Donald Tardy, guitarists Trevor Peres and Ralph Santolla and bassist Frank Watkins. The band is a fundamental act in the development of death metal music and one of the most successful bands in its genre.

  

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•  Cannibal Corpse

  Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1988. The band has released eleven studio albums, one boxed set, and one live album. Although Cannibal Corpse has had little radio or television exposure, a cult following began to build behind the group with albums such as 1991's Butchered at Birth and 1992's Tomb of the Mutilated.

  

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•  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 mysticism, history, religion, and art as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft.

  

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•  Fear Factory

  Fear Factory is an American metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a combination of the styles death metal, groove metal, thrash metal and industrial metal. The resultant sound proved to be enormously influential on the metal scene from the mid-90s and onwards.

  

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•  Death (band)

  

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•  Morbid Angel

  Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. They, along with Death, Possessed, Obituary, Massacre, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the death metal genre and its standards, separating it from thrash metal completely. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked two Morbid Angel albums in its "Top 40 Greatest Death Metal Albums," with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1.

  

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•  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 the genre for the 1990s with their 1991 debut album Effigy of the Forgotten and released six studio albums since its formation.

  

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•  Possessed (band)

  Possessed is an American death metal band, originally formed in 1983. Noted for their fast style of playing and Becerra's guttural vocals, they have been cited as a great influence on the death metal genre.

  

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•  Atheist (band)

  Atheist is a technical death metal band from Florida, founded in 1984, whose music combined metal riffs with subtle latin music arrangements and jazz fusion. Their second album, Unquestionable Presence, released in 1991, has been regarded by some critics as one of the most influential technical death metal albums of all time.

  

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•  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. They were joined by bassist Terry Butler and drummer Greg Gall, Butler's brother-in-law. Six Feet Under have released nine albums, and are listed by Nielsen Soundscan as the fourth best-selling death metal act, with album sales over 370,000.

  

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•  Injustice (band)

  Injustice was an American death metal band founded in Brooklyn, New York in 1988. Among its members were brothers William and Ron Braunstein who would, soon after the band's breakup, pursue hardcore hip hop careers as Ill Bill and Necro respectively, and drummer Mike Palmeri, who would later join alternative metal band Life of Agony, and later leave the group following its signing with Roadrunner Records. At the time of the band's formation, William was 16 years old while Ron was 12 years old.

  

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•  Cephalic Carnage

  Cephalic Carnage is an American grindcore band formed in 1992 in Denver, Colorado. The band comprises founding members vocalist Lenzig Leal and guitarist Zac Joe, drummer John Merryman and guitarist Steve Goldberg, who both joined in 1996, and bassist Nick Schendzielos, who joined in 2006. Cephalic Carnage has released five studio albums and toured in North America, Europe and Japan.

  

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•  The County Medical Examiners

  The County Medical Examiners (also known as TCME) are an American goregrind and death metal band who, in their own words, exist for the sole purpose of recreating the sound of early Carcass albums. The band is also known to do no live shows at all.

  

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•  The Black Dahlia Murder

  

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•  Dying Fetus

  Dying Fetus is an American death metal band, known for their outspoken political views, and for being one of the few death metal bands who follow a political nature. Earlier lyrics showcased graphically gory themes. Constant line-up changes throughout the years have left John Gallagher the only remaining original member. The band's sound is characterized by blast beats, complex riffing and hardcore-inspired breakdowns.

  

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•  Misery Index (band)

  Misery Index is a 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. Since 2006, its line-up has consisted of Jason Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Sparky Voyles on guitar, Mark Kloeppel on vocals and guitar, and Adam Jarvis on drums. Misery Index's music is best described as death metal with strong hardcore punk and grindcore influences.

  

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•  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. To date, Terrorizer has released two studio albums, and broken up twice (in 1989 and 2006). They reunited again in 2009.

  

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•  Autopsy (band)

  Autopsy is a death metal band, founded in 1987 in the United States by Chris Reifert. They disbanded in 1995, but as of July 2009, have reunited.

  

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•  Control Denied

  Control Denied was a band formed by the late Chuck Schuldiner to create progressive/power metal, mixed with elements of death metal recognizable in his earlier band Death. The band started in 1996 as Schuldiner wanted to procure a more melodic style than was possible with Death. The project was interrupted by Death's release The Sound of Perseverance in 1998, but finally the debut album was released in 1999.

  

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•  Soul Embraced

  Soul Embraced is a Christian death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S..

  

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•  Necrophagia

  Necrophagia is a death metal band that was one of the first death metal bands. The band was assembled in Wellsville, Ohio in 1983. Their name derives from the act of cannibalizing, or eating a corpse. The word derives from the two Greek words nekron (corpse) and phagein (to eat).

  

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•  Between the Buried and Me

  Between the Buried and Me is an Americanheavy metal band, formed in 2000. Since their inception they have released five studio albums, one cover album and one live DVD. Their follow-up to Colors, entitled The Great Misdirect was released October 27, 2009.

  

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•  Immolation (band)

  Immolation is a death metal band from Yonkers, New York.

  

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•  Arsis

  Arsis is an American death metal band from Virginia Beach, Virginia, formed in 2000. Although remaining as heavy as traditional death metal bands, they also possess complex riffs and solos that are similar to those found in both melodic and technical death metal. The band is currently signed to Nuclear Blast.

  

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