Editing Death metal (section)

====Slam death metal====
{{further|Brutal death metal#Slam death metal}}
Slam death metal is a brutal death metal [[microgenre]] that evolved from the 1990s [[New York City|New York]] death metal scene, incorporating elements of [[hardcore punk]].<ref name=masterclass/><ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/discover-your-next-favorite-phoenix-metal-band-at-az-brutal-fest-7287179 | title=Discover Your Next Favorite Phoenix Metal Band at AZ Brutal Fest | work=[[Phoenix New Times]] | date=April 14, 2015 | access-date=July 6, 2017 | last=Wise | first=Lauren | archive-date=April 4, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404062534/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/discover-your-next-favorite-phoenix-metal-band-at-az-brutal-fest-7287179 | url-status=live }}</ref> In contrast to other death metal styles, it is not generally focused on guitar solos and blast beats; instead, it employs mid-tempo rhythms, breakdowns, and palm-muted riffing, as well as [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]-inspired vocal and drum beat rhythms.<ref name="auto"/> The [[Breakdown (music)#Heavy metal and punk rock|breakdown]] riff of [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]]'s "[[Effigy of the Forgotten|Liege of Inveracity]]" has been credited by [[Rolling Stone]] as the first slam riff in death metal.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suffocation-gramercy-theatre-frank-mullen-final-show-review-758169/ |title=Farewell, Frank Mullen: Suffocation's Death-Metal Maestro Goes Out on Top |last=Shteamer |first=Hank |date=November 19, 2018 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=September 9, 2019 |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515030753/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/suffocation-gramercy-theatre-frank-mullen-final-show-review-758169/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The first wave of bands in the genre were New York bands like [[Internal Bleeding (band)|Internal Bleeding]] and Pyrexia,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Purcell |first1=Natalie J. |title=Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture |date=September 17, 2015 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=9780786484065 |page=9 |quote=Many New York style bands like Suffocation, Dying Fetus and Internal Bleeding are slam-orientated and bass-based; this sort of music promotes dancing with rapid shifts from low and slow to fast and blast.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Purcell |first1=Natalie J. |title=Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture |date=September 17, 2015 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=9780786484065 |page=19 |quote=Slow 'slam' riffs helped bands like Internal Bleeding and Pyrexia, inspired by Suffocation, to become successful in the mid 1990s. Today, New York style bands like Skinless and Dying Fetus dominate the scene with 'crowd-pleasing mosh riffs'}}</ref> with notable subsequent acts including [[Devourment]]<ref name=K!>{{cite web | url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/how-brutal-death-metal-is-confronting-its-misogyny-problem/ | title=How Brutal Death Metal Is Confronting Its Misogyny Problem | work=[[Kerrang!]] | date=August 29, 2019 | access-date=January 19, 2021 | last=Zorgdrager | first=Bradley | archive-date=October 18, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018001946/https://www.kerrang.com/features/how-brutal-death-metal-is-confronting-its-misogyny-problem/ | url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Cephalotripsy (band)|Cephalotripsy]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Butler |first1=Will |title=Cannabis Corpse - Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise LP |journal=Don't be Swindle |issue=1 |quote= Most standard death metal, and particularly its more brutal offshoots, is just too damn serious. Not too many people can enthusiastically back slam metal shit like Devourment or Cephalotripsy.}}</ref>