Editing Heavy metal music (section)

====Death metal====
{{Main|Death metal}}
[[File:Chuck Schuldiner.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.7|alt=A man, Chuck Schuldiner, is shown on a dark shoreline. He has long hair, black pants and a black shirt, and a black leather jacket.|[[Death (metal band)|Death]]'s [[Chuck Schuldiner]], "widely recognized as the father of death metal"<ref>Rivadavia, Eduardo. [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=death-mn0000228323|pure_url=yes}} "Death—Biography"]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 23 November 2007</ref>]]

Thrash metal soon began to evolve and split into more extreme metal genres. "Slayer's music was directly responsible for the rise of death metal," according to MTV News.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index7.jhtml The Greatest Metal Bands of All Time—Slayer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718224746/http://www.mtv.com/bands/m/metal/greatest_metal_bands/071406/index7.jhtml |date=18 July 2006 }}. MTVNews.com. Retrieved on 27 February 2008</ref> The NWOBHM band Venom was also an important progenitor. The death metal movement in both North America and Europe adopted and emphasized the elements of [[blasphemy]] and [[diabolism]] employed by such acts. Florida's [[Death (metal band)|Death]], San Francisco Bay Area's [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]] and Ohio's [[Necrophagia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/necrophagia-mn0000862214/biography|title=Necrophagia – Biography & History – AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=29 June 2018}}</ref> are recognized as seminal bands in the style. All three have been credited with inspiring the subgenre's name. Possessed in particular did so via their 1984 demo, ''Death Metal'', and their song "Death Metal", which came from their 1985 debut album, ''[[Seven Churches (album)|Seven Churches]]''. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Swedish death metal became notable and melodic forms of death metal were created.<ref>Ekeroth, Daniel (2011)</ref>

Death metal utilizes the speed and aggression of both thrash and hardcore, fused with lyrics preoccupied with [[Z movie|Z-grade]] [[slasher film|slasher movie]] violence and [[Satanism]].<ref name=LOC27>Moynihan, Søderlind (1998), p. 27</ref> Death metal vocals are typically bleak, involving guttural "[[death growl]]s", high-pitched [[screaming (music)|screaming]], the "death rasp"<ref name=VS>Van Schaik, Mark. [http://www.emptywords.org/SK04-2000.htm "Extreme Metal Drumming"] ''Slagwerkkrant'', March/April 2000. Retrieved on 15 November 2007</ref> and other uncommon techniques.<ref name="Genre—Death Metal/Black Metal">[{{AllMusic|class=explore|id=style/d384|pure_url=yes}} "Genre—Death Metal/Black Metal"]. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved on 27 February 2007</ref> Complementing the deep, aggressive vocal style are down-tuned, heavily [[distortion (guitar)|distorted]] guitars<ref name=LOC27/><ref name=VS/> and extremely fast percussion, often with rapid [[bass drum|double bass]] drumming and "wall of sound"–style [[blast beats]]. Frequent tempo and [[time signature]] changes and [[syncopation]] are also typical.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kahn-Harris|first=Keith|author-link=Keith Kahn-Harris|year=2007|title=Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge|publisher=[[Berg Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-84520-399-3}}</ref>

Death metal, like thrash metal, generally rejects the theatrics of earlier metal styles, opting instead for an everyday look of ripped jeans and plain leather jackets.<ref name=MS28>Moynihan, Søderlind (1998), p. 28</ref> One major exception to this rule was [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]]'s [[Glen Benton]], who branded an inverted cross on his forehead and wore armor on stage. [[Morbid Angel]] adopted [[neo-fascist]] imagery.<ref name=MS28/> These two bands, along with Death and [[Obituary (band)|Obituary]], were leaders of the major death metal scene that emerged in Florida in the mid-1980s. In the U.K., the related style of [[grindcore]], led by bands such as [[Napalm Death]] and [[Extreme Noise Terror]], emerged from the [[anarcho-punk]] movement.<ref name=LOC27/>