First Death Metal vein was born after 1982, when Discharge, Amebix, the Exploited and G.B.H. refined the techniques of extreme music. Bands like Bathory, Slayer and Hellhammer then mixed metal's epic riff styles with the new punk nihilism to invent underground metal.

That was in 1983-1984. The following year, Sepultura released Morbid Visions/Bestial Devastation and Possessed released Seven Churches, both of which were death metal in its fully mature form.

The list mostly includes the death metal of the glory days,1985-1996.


Only death is real...


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