Though we are only five years into the 2020s, death metal is proving itself to be one of the defining genres of the decade. Looking back on the 2010s, death metal went through extraordinary growth ...

While there's been debate about which act should be credited with the start of death metal, for Volbeat frontman Michael Poulsen, there's just one act that he feels "completed" the genre. That would ...

Come see the most played song live by 15 big death metal bands. Incredibly, death metal is coming up on its 40th anniversary in 2025 and it remains one of the consistently best metal subgenres. That's ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In Sweden they never forgot. Indeed, during the 20 years since that distinctly dirty, punishing ...

One of extreme metal’s oldest debates rages on: who exactly is the first death metal band? For most, the answer is usually Death or Possessed, though you might get an answer like Necrophagia. The ...

December 13, 2001. The day dawns grey – and it’s about to turn black. The news breaks that Chuck Schuldiner, one of the most crucial musicians ever to inhabit the swamps of death metal, has died from ...

Dethklok, the fictional band from the Adult Swim series Metalocalypse, brings satirical hyper-brutality, technical skill, and ...