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==Subgenres and fusion genres==
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Cited examples are not necessarily exclusive to one particular style. Many bands can easily be placed in two or more of the following categories, and a band's specific categorization is often a source of contention due to personal opinion and interpretation. The musical genres in this list are sorted alphabetically.

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===Blackened death-doom===
Blackened death-doom is a microgenre that combines the slow tempos and monolithic drumming of [[doom metal]], the complex and loud riffage of death metal and the [[Screaming (music)#Black metal|shrieking vocals]] of [[black metal]].<ref name=BDD>{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Kim |author-link=Kim Kelly (journalist) |title=Morast Expertly Synthesize Black, Death, and Doom Metal on 'Ancestral Void' |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/morast-expertly-synthesize-black-death-and-doom-metal-on-ancestral-void/ |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Noisey Vice]] |date=March 29, 2017 |access-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-date=August 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819114417/https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/aepy85/morast-expertly-synthesize-black-death-and-doom-metal-on-ancestral-void |url-status=live }}</ref> Examples of blackened death-doom bands include Morast,<ref name=BDD/> Faustcoven,<ref name=BDD/> [[The Ruins of Beverast]],<ref name=BDD/> [[Bölzer]],<ref name=BDD/> Necros Christos,<ref name=BDD/> Harvest Gulgaltha,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mattia |first1=A. |title=DON'T LOOK BELOW: HARVEST GULGALTHA – 'ALTARS OF DEVOTION' REVIEW + STREAM |url=https://www.cvltnation.com/dont-look-below-harvest-gulgaltha-altars-of-devotion-review-stream/ |website=Cvlt Nation |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709203610/http://cvltnation.com/dont-look-below-harvest-gulgaltha-altars-of-devotion-review-stream/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Dragged into Sunlight]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Falzon |first1=Denise |title=Dragged Into Sunlight 'Widowmaker' (album stream) |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dragged_into_sunlight-widowmaker_album_stream |website=[[Exclaim!]] |date=October 31, 2012 |access-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307144835/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/dragged_into_sunlight-widowmaker_album_stream |url-status=live }}</ref> Hands of Thieves,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Doug |title=The Black Market: The Month In Metal – August 2016 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1896781/the-black-market-the-month-in-metal-august-2016/franchises/the-black-market/ |website=[[Stereogum]] |date=August 31, 2016 |access-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225165031/https://www.stereogum.com/1896781/the-black-market-the-month-in-metal-august-2016/franchises/the-black-market/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Soulburn]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daniels |first1=Eric |title=ERIC DANIELS / SOULBURN |url=https://www.jacksonguitars.com/artists/eric-daniels-bio |website=[[Jackson Guitars]] |access-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618114517/https://www.jacksonguitars.com/artists/eric-daniels-bio |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Whelan |first1=Kez |title=Soulburn: Band Of The Day |url=http://www.terrorizer.com/news/botd/soulburn-band-day/ |website=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]] |date=June 11, 2014 |access-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603164154/http://www.terrorizer.com/news/botd/soulburn-band-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kim Kelly (journalist)|Kim Kelly]], journalist from [[Vice (magazine)|Vice]], has called Faustcoven as "one of the finest bands to ever successfully meld black, death, and doom metal into a cohesive, legible whole."<ref name=BDD/>

===Blackened death metal===
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[[File:Goatwhore Party.San Metal Open Air 2016 11.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Blackened death metal band [[Goatwhore]].]]

Blackened death metal is commonly death metal that incorporates musical, lyrical or ideological elements of [[black metal]], such as an increased use of [[alternate picking|tremolo picking]], anti-[[Christianity|Christian]] or [[Satanism|Satanic]] lyrical themes and chord progressions similar to those used in black metal.<ref name="Sound, Symbol, Sociality">{{cite book |last1=Unger |first1=Matthew |title=Sound, Symbol, Sociality: The Aesthetic Experience of Extreme Metal Music |page=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ninewinged-serpent-mw0000780983 |title=Ninewinged Serpent - Devian |last=Henderson |first=Alex |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=November 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107031600/http://www.allmusic.com/album/ninewinged-serpent-mw0000780983 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/reviews/gr/hacavitz.htm |title=Hacavitz - Venganza Review |last=Bowar |first=Chad |work=[[About.com]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=June 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617104950/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/reviews/gr/hacavitz.htm |url-status=unfit }}</ref> Blackened death metal bands are also more likely to wear [[corpse paint]] and suits of armour, than bands from other styles of death metal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gardner |first1=Robert Owen |title=Studies in Symbolic Interaction |page=119}}</ref> Lower range guitar tunings, [[death growl]]s and abrupt [[tempo]] changes are common in the genre.<ref>{{Cite youtube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_rpgS73sPI |title=Blackened Death Metal band debate with Jason Deaville of Bravewords {{!}} LOCK HORNS (archive) |date=2016-10-05 |last=Dunn |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Dunn |last2=Deaville |first2=Jason |type=Podcast}}</ref> Examples of blackened death metal bands are [[Belphegor (band)|Belphegor]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.terrorizer.com/blog1.php/2011/10/21/belphegor-suspend-all-activities |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714222121/http://www.terrorizer.com/blog1.php/2011/10/21/belphegor-suspend-all-activities |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2012 |title=Belphegor Suspends All Activities |date=October 21, 2011 |work=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|terrorizer.com]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 }}</ref> [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/behemoth-mn0000789429 |title=Behemoth |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 3, 2012 |archive-date=October 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020142519/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/behemoth-mn0000789429 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Akercocke]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/akercocke/words-that-go-unspoken-deeds-that-go-undone.htm |title=Akercocke – Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone – Review – Stylus Magazine |last=Lee |first=Cosmo |date=February 21, 2006 |work=[[Stylus Magazine]] |access-date=October 22, 2012 |quote=Death metal and black metal are notoriously insular, but Akercocke has distinguished itself by freely drawing from both. Death metal tends to emphasize the low end, while black metal mainly resides in the midrange and treble, so Akercocke's 'blackened death' hybrid is rich and full-bodied. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509181014/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/akercocke/words-that-go-unspoken-deeds-that-go-undone.htm |archive-date=May 9, 2012 }}</ref> and [[Sacramentum (band)|Sacramentum]].<ref>Pretorious, Neil (July 30, 2009). "Review - Sacramentum - Far Away from the Sun"]. ''The Metal Observer''. "If you think that Blackened Death Metal begins and ends with DISSECTION, then think again. SACRAMENTUM seriously dropped the (snow) ball with 'The Coming of Chaos' and 'Thy Black Destiny', but on 'Far Away from the Sun' they really delivered the goods on all fronts."</ref>

====Melodic black-death====
Melodic black-death<ref name="Dissection Clones" /> (also known as blackened melodic death metal or melodic blackened death metal)<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> is a genre of [[extreme metal]] that describes the style created when [[melodic death metal]] bands began being inspired by black metal and European [[romanticism]]. However, unlike most other black metal, this take on the genre would incorporate an increased sense of melody and narrative.<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson">{{cite web |last1=ANDREW |first1=J |title=Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/lists/blackened-melodic-death-metal-a-history-lesson |website=Metal Injection |access-date=July 25, 2018 |date=February 19, 2015 |archive-date=March 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322025733/https://metalinjection.net/lists/blackened-melodic-death-metal-a-history-lesson |url-status=live }}</ref> Some bands who have played this style include [[Dissection (band)|Dissection]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /><ref name="Dissection Clones" /><ref name="Swedish Death Metal">{{cite book |last1=Ekeroth |first1=Daniel |title=Swedish Death Metal |page=267}}</ref> [[Sacramentum (band)|Sacramentum]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /><ref name="Dissection Clones" /> [[Naglfar (band)|Naglfar]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> [[God Dethroned]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Divita |first1=Joe |title=GOD DETHRONED RETURN WITH 'THE WORLD ABLAZE,' UNLEASH DEATHLY MELODIC NEW SINGLE 'ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE WIRE' |url=http://loudwire.com/god-dethroned-the-world-ablaze-new-single-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-wire/ |website=Loudwire |date=5 April 2017 |access-date=25 July 2018 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709184743/https://loudwire.com/god-dethroned-the-world-ablaze-new-single-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-wire/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Dawn (Swedish band)|Dawn]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> [[Unanimated]],<ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> [[Thulcandra (band)|Thulcandra]],<ref name="Dissection Clones" /><ref name="Blackened Melodic Death Metal: A History Lesson" /> [[Skeletonwitch]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=WIEDERHORN |first1=JON |title=SKELETONWITCH: HOW AN ANTON LAVEY–LOVING EX–CHOIR MEMBER PUSHED THRASHERS TO NEW LEVEL |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/skeletonwitch-how-anton-lavey%E2%80%93loving-ex%E2%80%93choir-member-pushed-thrashers-new-level |website=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]] |access-date=25 July 2018 |date=18 June 2018 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404062843/https://www.revolvermag.com/music/skeletonwitch-how-anton-lavey%E2%80%93loving-ex%E2%80%93choir-member-pushed-thrashers-new-level |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Cardinal Sin (band)|Cardinal Sin]].<ref name="Dissection Clones">{{cite magazine |last1=D |first1=Chris |title=Top 5 Dissection Clones |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/featured/36966/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325001026/http://decibelmagazine.com/featured/36966/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2016 |magazine=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref><!---The Metal Injection source references to this list as a list of bands playing this style. Also don't add unreliable sources for listings. --->

====War metal====
War metal<ref name=mh112011>Robert Müller: ''Wollt Ihr den ewigen Krieg?''. ''Der tote Winkel''. In: ''[[Metal Hammer]]'', November 2011.</ref><ref name=wbm/><ref name=rh304>Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: ''SARCOFAGO''. ''I.N.R.I.'' In: ''Rock Hard'', Nr. 304, September 2012, p. 73.</ref> (also known as war black metal<ref name=wbm>Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: ''War Black Metal: Die Extremsten der Extremen''. ''Was bleibt, ist Schutt und Asche''. In: ''Rock Hard'', no. 279, pp. 71-73.</ref> or bestial black metal)<ref name=rh304/> is an aggressive,<ref name=wbm/> cacophonous<ref name=mh112011/> and chaotic<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/> subgenre of blackened death metal,<ref>{{cite news |last1=KATEL |first1=JACOB |title=Florida's Top Ten Black Metal Bands |newspaper=[[Miami New Times]] |date=2013}}</ref> described by ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' journalist Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann as "rabid"<ref name=wbm/> and "hammering".<ref name=wbm/> Important influences include [[first-wave black metal]] band [[Sodom (band)|Sodom]],<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/> first-wave black metal/death metal band [[Possessed (band)|Possessed]]<ref name=wbm/> as well as old [[grindcore]], black and death metal bands like [[Repulsion (band)|Repulsion]],<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/> [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]],<ref name=wbm/> [[Sarcófago]]<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/><ref name=rh304/><ref name=rh307/> and the first two [[Sepultura]] releases.<ref name=wbm/><ref name=rh307/> War metal bands include [[Blasphemy (band)|Blasphemy]],<ref name=mh112011/><ref name=wbm/><ref name=rh307>Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: ''Impaled Nazarene''. ''Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz''. In: ''Rock Hard'', no. 307, December 2012, p. 77.</ref> [[Archgoat]],<ref name=wbm/> [[Impiety (band)|Impiety]],<ref name=wbm/> [[In Battle]],{{sfn|Ekeroth|2008|p=359}} [[Beherit]], [[Crimson Thorn]],<ref>{{cite web |title=A HILL TO DIE UPON - OMENS CD |url=https://boonesoverstock.com/products/a-hill-to-die-upon-omens |access-date=August 8, 2018 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709172508/https://boonesoverstock.com/products/a-hill-to-die-upon-omens |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bestial Warlust]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=DISTEFANOl |first1=ALEX |title=The 13 Most Satanic Metal Bands |url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/13-most-satanic-metal-bands-8798306 |website=[[LA Weekly]] |access-date=August 8, 2018 |date=October 30, 2017 |archive-date=August 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801232853/http://www.laweekly.com/music/13-most-satanic-metal-bands-8798306 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Zyklon-B (band)|Zyklon-B]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Christe|first=Ian|title=Sound of the beast: the complete headbanging history of heavy metal|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=978-0-380-81127-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eWRv3E59V0YC|author-link=Ian Christe|access-date=March 13, 2012|page=281|date=February 17, 2004}}</ref>

===Brutal death metal===
[[File:Suffocation_(11_von_30).jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] vocalist [[Frank Mullen]]]]
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Brutal death metal is a subgenre of death metal that privileges heaviness, speed, and complex rhythms over other aspects, such as melody and timbres.<ref name=masterclass/><ref name=Lexington>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSZOph-zlEgC|title=Death Metal and Music Criticism: Analysis at the Limits|first=Michelle|last=Phillipov|date=August 31, 2018|publisher=Lexington Books|via=Google Books|isbn=9780739164594}}</ref> Brutal death metal bands employ high-speed, palm-muted power chording and single-note riffage.<ref name=Lexington/> Notable bands include [[Cannibal Corpse]],<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=59 |quote=Cannibal Corpse's first album, Eaten Back to Life, was deemed pure, brutal Death Metal}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=McIver |first1=Joel |title=Extreme Metal II |date=March 10, 2010 |publisher=[[Wise Music Group|Music Sales]] |isbn=9780857122247 |quote=Buffalo band Cannibal Corpse are perhaps the most devoted brutal death metal act in this book, rarely diverging from the path of the blastbeat and the throaty roar.}}</ref> [[Dying Fetus]],<ref name=Lexington /> [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/best-metal-bands-different-subgenres/#photogallery-1=5|title=Best Metal Bands From 40 Different Subgenres|website=Loudwire|date=June 21, 2017|access-date=August 31, 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709191044/https://loudwire.com/best-metal-bands-different-subgenres/#photogallery-1=5|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cryptopsy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2011/12/02/cryptopsy-none-so-vile/|title=Cryptopsy - "None so Vile"|first=Kevin|last=Stewart-Panko|date=December 2, 2011|website=Decibel Magazine|access-date=March 1, 2023|archive-date=March 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301095521/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2011/12/02/cryptopsy-none-so-vile/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Skinless]].<ref name="BMDestroy">{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/reunited-skinless-were-back-to-destroy/|title=Reunited Skinless: 'We're Back To Destroy'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=August 13, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2013|archive-date=July 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709190831/https://blabbermouth.net/news/reunited-skinless-were-back-to-destroy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BMTrampleReview">{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/trample-the-weak-hurdle-the-dead/|title=Trample The Weak, Hurdle the Dead Skinless|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=October 16, 2013|date=June 26, 2006|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207215435/https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/trample-the-weak-hurdle-the-dead/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Slam death metal====
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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>

===Death-doom===
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[[File:My Dying Bride 44.jpg|right|thumb|[[My Dying Bride]] at Frozen Rock Fest. 2007.]]
Death-doom is a style that combines the slow tempos and pessimistic atmosphere of [[doom metal]] with the deep [[death growl|growling vocals]] and double-kick drumming of death metal.<ref name="Doom Metal Special: Doom/Death Terrorizer #142">"Doom Metal Special: Doom/Death", ''Terrorizer #142''.</ref> Influenced mostly by the early work of [[Hellhammer]] and [[Celtic Frost]], the style emerged during the late 1980s and gained a certain amount of popularity during the 1990s.<ref name="Doom Metal Special: Doom/Death Terrorizer #142" /> Death-doom was also pioneered by bands such as [[Winter (metal band)|Winter]],{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}} [[Disembowelment (band)|Disembowelment]],{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}} [[Paradise Lost (band)|Paradise Lost]],{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}} [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]], [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]], and [[My Dying Bride]].{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}}

====Funeral doom====
{{Main|Funeral doom}}
Funeral doom is a genre that crosses [[death-doom]] with [[Dirge|funeral dirge music]].<ref name="Dirge">{{cite news |author=Davis, Cody |title=Funeral Doom Friday: FUNERAL MOURNING's Blackened, Deadly Inertia of Dissonance (A Sermon in Finality) |url=http://www.metalinjection.net/av/funeral-doom-friday/funeral-mournings-blackened-deadly-inertia-of-dissonance-a-sermon-in-finality |work=Metal Injection |access-date=July 29, 2018 |date=September 9, 2016 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709182616/https://metalinjection.net/av/funeral-doom-friday/funeral-mournings-blackened-deadly-inertia-of-dissonance-a-sermon-in-finality |url-status=live }}</ref> It is played at a very slow tempo, and places an emphasis on evoking a sense of emptiness and despair.<ref name="Bandcamp">{{cite web |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/02/02/doom-metal-a-brief-timeline/ |title=Doom Metal: A Brief Timeline |work=Bandcamp daily |access-date=June 30, 2018 |date=February 2, 2017 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007204041/https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/02/02/doom-metal-a-brief-timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Typically, electric guitars are heavily distorted and [[dark ambient]] aspects such as [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]] or [[synthesizer]]s are often used to create a dreamlike atmosphere.<ref name=AE>{{cite thesis |last=Ebner |first=Arne |date=July 25, 2010 |title=Ästhetik des Doom |type=Bachelor |institution=Macromedia University of Applied Sciences for Media and Communication - Cologne |url=http://doom.resettheworld.com/aesthetik_des_doom_arne_ebner_40mb.pdf |access-date=August 18, 2018 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075156/http://doom.resettheworld.com/aesthetik_des_doom_arne_ebner_40mb.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Vocals consist of mournful chants or growls and are often in the background.<ref name=AE/> Funeral doom was pioneered by [[Mournful Congregation]] (Australia), [[Esoteric (band)|Esoteric]] (United Kingdom), [[Evoken]] (United States), [[Funeral (band)|Funeral]] (Norway), [[Thergothon]] (Finland), and [[Skepticism (band)|Skepticism]] (Finland).<ref>James Minton, Kim Kelly, and Jenn Selby, "Filth Parade", ''Terrorizer'' #188, September 2009, p. 56.</ref>

===Death 'n' roll===
{{Main|Death 'n' roll}}
Death 'n' roll is a style that combines death metal's [[Death growl|growled vocals]] and highly [[Distortion|distorted]] [[Guitar tunings|detuned]] guitar riffs along with elements of 1970s [[hard rock]] and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]].<ref name="Entombed"/><ref name="Gorefest">{{cite web|first=Huey|last=Steve|title=Gorefest Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p39113/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 15, 2008|quote=Erase, was released in 1994 and found the band moving subtly toward more traditional forms of metal, partly through its sure sense of groove. That approach crystallized on 1996's Soul Survivor, which combined death metal with the elegant power and accessibility of '70s British metal.|archive-date=July 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731093107/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gorefest-mn0000664807|url-status=live}}</ref> Notable examples include [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]],<ref name="Entombed"/> [[Gorefest]],<ref name="Gorefest"/> and [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]].

===Deathcore=== 
{{Main|Deathcore}}  
Deathcore is a subgenre that merges the intensity of death metal with the aggressive elements of metalcore. It is characterized by fast drumming, including [[blast beats]], down-tuned guitars, [[tremolo picking]], [[death growl|growled vocals]], high-pitched shrieks, and the [[Break (music)#Metal and punk|breakdowns]] typical of metalcore. ''[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]'' magazine noted that "one of [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]]'s trademarks, breakdowns, has spawned an entire metal subgenre: deathcore."<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lee|first=Cosmo|title=Suffocation reclaim their rightful place as kings of death metal|issue=59|quote=One of Suffocation's trademarks, breakdowns, has spawned an entire metal subgenre: deathcore|journal=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]|date=September 2009}}</ref> [[Dying Fetus]] was also influencing deathcore through their extensive use of slam riffs, breakdowns, and hardcore-inspired grooves. Their 1996 album ''Purification Through Violence'' and 1998's ''Killing on Adrenaline'' introduced a mix of brutal death metal and hardcore elements that would later be adopted by deathcore bands.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Dying Fetus Influenced Deathcore|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-influence-of-dying-fetus-on-modern-extreme-metal|website=Louder Sound|access-date=February 24, 2025}}</ref> Early pioneers of deathcore include [[the Red Chord]], [[Suicide Silence]], [[Despised Icon]], [[Ion Dissonance]], [[Salt the Wound]], [[Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel]], [[Job For A Cowboy]], [[Carnifex (band)|Carnifex]], and [[the Acacia Strain]]. These bands combined the technicality of death metal with the breakdown-driven structures of metalcore, creating a distinct and influential sound.<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of Deathcore: How The Red Chord, Despised Icon, and Whitechapel Defined a Genre|url=https://metalinjection.net/lists/the-history-of-deathcore|website=Metal Injection|access-date=February 24, 2025}}</ref>

===Deathgrind, goregrind and pornogrind===
{{Main|Deathgrind|Goregrind|Pornogrind}}
[[File:Aborted Coolness'tival 31107 06.jpg|thumb|right|[[Aborted]] are "key contributors to the [[Deathgrind|death-grind]] genres," according to [[AllMusic]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|title=Aborted Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p568178|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=June 10, 2009|archive-date=April 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425110958/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p568178|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Goregrind, deathgrind and pornogrind<ref>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Jonathon|title=Everything you ever wanted to know about pop (but were too old to ask)|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-pop-but-were-too-old-to-ask-463915.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614094343/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-pop-but-were-too-old-to-ask-463915.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 14, 2008|work=[[The Independent]]|access-date=June 16, 2009|location=London|date=September 6, 2007}}</ref>{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=24}} are styles that mix [[grindcore]] with death metal, with goregrind focused on themes like [[Graphic violence|gore]] and [[forensic pathology]],<ref name=Terrorizer>Badin, Olivier (2009). "Goregrind". ''Terrorizer'', 181, p.41.</ref> and pornogrind dealing with sexual and [[porn]]ographic themes.<ref>{{cite news |author=Anderson, Vicki |title=Running the musical gauntlet |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/lifestyle/166537 |newspaper=[[The Press]] |access-date=June 16, 2009 |archive-date=September 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923205705/http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/lifestyle/166537 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=washingtoncity>{{cite news |author=Hess, Amanda |title=Brick and Mordor: A record store heavy on the metal spins its last gloom and doom |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13034822/brick-and-mordor |newspaper=[[Washington City Paper]] |access-date=June 16, 2009 |archive-date=February 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203080531/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/article/13034822/brick-and-mordor |url-status=live }}</ref> Some notable examples of these genres are [[Brujeria (band)|Brujeria]], [[Cattle Decapitation]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Pop and Rock Listings:The Locust, Cattle Decapitation, Daughters|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/arts/music/13pop.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 6, 2008|date=April 13, 2007|archive-date=January 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108100428/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/13/arts/music/13pop.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Cephalic Carnage]], [[Pig Destroyer]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Bryan|last=Reed|title=The Daily Tar Heel Column|url=http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/07/19/Arts/phantom.Limb.Exorcises.Its.Emotions-2925041.shtml|work=[[The Daily Tar Heel]]|access-date=August 6, 2008|date=July 19, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20081202153909/http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2007/07/19/Arts/phantom.Limb.Exorcises.Its.Emotions-2925041.shtml|archive-date=December 2, 2008}}</ref> [[Circle of Dead Children]], [[Rotten Sound]], [[Gut (band)|Gut]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Hess|first=Amanda|title=Brick and Mordor: A record store heavy on the metal spins its last gloom and doom|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=34450|work=[[Washington City Paper]]|date=January 18, 2008|access-date=June 16, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519084649/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=34450|archive-date=May 19, 2008}}</ref> and [[Cock and Ball Torture (band)|Cock and Ball Torture]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mincemoyer|first=John|title=Gore International|journal=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]|year=2002|issue=98|pages=19–20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sharpe-Young|first=Garry|title=Deaden Biography|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/usa/deaden|publisher=[[MusicMight]]|access-date=July 17, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925031003/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/usa/deaden|archive-date=September 25, 2009}}</ref>

===Deathrash===
Deathrash, also known as death-thrash, is a shorthand term to describe bands who play a fusion of death metal and [[thrash metal]].<ref name=Deathrash>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/01/03/album-of-the-day-deathchains-deathrash-assault/|title=ALBUM OF THE DAY: DEATHCHAIN'S DEATHRASH ASSAULT|date=January 3, 2012|publisher=Metal Sucks|last=FORD|first=LEYLA|access-date=August 30, 2018|archive-date=April 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403175912/http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/01/03/album-of-the-day-deathchains-deathrash-assault/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Ekeroth|2008|p={{page needed|date=June 2021}}}} The genre gained notoriety in [[Bali]], Indonesia, where it attracted criticism of being related to the accelerated tourism development on the island and the superseding of its local culture, particularly by [[Jakarta]]n one.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baulch |first1=Emma |date=June 26, 2003 |title=Gesturing elsewhere: the identity politics of the Balinese death/thrash metal scene |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/popular-music/article/gesturing-elsewhere-the-identity-politics-of-the-balinese-deaththrash-metal-scene/445967636598FFB140ACA6DCE39892F8 |journal=Popular Music |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=195–215 |doi=10.1017/S026114300300312X |s2cid=154198377 |access-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830074036/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/popular-music/article/gesturing-elsewhere-the-identity-politics-of-the-balinese-deaththrash-metal-scene/445967636598FFB140ACA6DCE39892F8 |url-status=live }}</ref> Notable bands include [[Grave (band)|Grave]],<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2012/10/09/a-very-heavy-halloween-ii-into-the-darkness-into-the-grave/|title=A Very Heavy Halloween II: Into the Darkness, Into the Grave|date=October 9, 2012|magazine=Decibel Magazine|access-date=August 29, 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709182811/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2012/10/09/a-very-heavy-halloween-ii-into-the-darkness-into-the-grave/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mortification (band)|Mortification]],<ref name="AMO">{{cite web | url = http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=332 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080810182831/http://www.amo.org.au/artist.asp?id=332 | title = Mortification | work = Australian Music Online (AMO) | publisher = [[Australia Council for the Arts]] ([[Government of Australia]]) | archive-date = August 10, 2008 | access-date =August 18, 2011 }}</ref> [[The Crown (band)|The Crown]],{{sfn|Ekeroth|2008|p={{page needed|date=June 2021}}}} Incapacity,{{sfn|Ekeroth|2008|p={{page needed|date=June 2021}}}} [[Darkane]],{{sfn|Ekeroth|2008|p={{page needed|date=June 2021}}}} [[Deathchain]],<ref name=Deathrash/> and [[Sepultura]].<ref name=aln97>{{cite AV media notes |title=Arise |title-link=Arise (Sepultura album) |others=[[Sepultura]] |year=1997 |first=Don |last=Kaye |page=10 |type=CD booklet |publisher=[[Roadrunner Records]] |location=[[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]]}}</ref>

===Industrial death metal===
Industrial death metal is a genre of death metal that adds elements of [[industrial music]].<ref name=Kerrang>{{cite magazine|last=Arnopp|first=Jason|year=1993|title=Industrial Metal: A User's Guide|magazine=[[Kerrang!]]|pages=44|number=462}}</ref> Some notable bands include [[Fear Factory]],<ref name="AM FF">{{Cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fear-factory-mn0000167320/biography |title=Fear Factory — Biography |last=Huey |first=Steve |website=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-date=January 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107051807/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fear-factory-mn0000167320/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Anaal Nathrakh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/anaal-nathrakh-announces-new-album-a-new-kind-of-horror|title=ANAAL NATHRAKH Announces New Album A New Kind Of Horror|date=May 21, 2018|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630025040/http://www.metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/anaal-nathrakh-announces-new-album-a-new-kind-of-horror|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hell-is-empty-and-all-the-devils-are-here-mw0000582701|title=Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here - Anaal Nathrakh - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=August 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819011214/https://www.allmusic.com/album/hell-is-empty-and-all-the-devils-are-here-mw0000582701|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Autokrator (metal band)|Autokrator]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.nocleansinging.com/2015/04/16/autokrator-a-get-to-the-point-interview-and-a-review| title=Autokrator, a get to the point interview and a review| publisher=No Clean Singing| year=2015| access-date=April 16, 2015| archive-date=December 21, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221194437/http://www.nocleansinging.com/2015/04/16/autokrator-a-get-to-the-point-interview-and-a-review/| url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Meathook Seed]].<ref name=Kerrang/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=16769|title=It's Official: CANNIBAL CORPSE Are The Top-Selling Death Metal Band Of The SoundScan Era|date=November 17, 2003|publisher=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=September 13, 2017|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602230201/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=16769|archive-date=June 2, 2008}}</ref>

===Melodic death metal===
{{Main|Melodic death metal}}
[[File:At the Gates Sweden Rock 2008.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Melodic death metal band [[At the Gates]] performing in 2008.]]
[[Swedish death metal]] could be considered the forerunner of "melodic death metal". Melodic death metal, occasionally shortened to "melodeath", is a fusion of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] with elements of death metal. The subgenre is heavily influenced by the [[new wave of British heavy metal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-melodic-death-metal-1756186|title=What is Melodic Death Metal?|url-status=dead|access-date=June 25, 2019|archive-date=June 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612211132/https://www.liveabout.com/what-is-melodic-death-metal-1756186}}</ref> Unlike most other death metal, melodeath usually features screams instead of growls, slower tempos, and much stronger emphasis on melody. Clean vocals may be used on occasion. [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] is sometimes credited with releasing the first melodic death metal album with 1993's ''[[Heartwork]]'', although Swedish bands [[In Flames]], [[Dark Tranquillity]], and [[At the Gates]] are usually mentioned as the main pioneers of the genre and of the [[Melodic death metal#Background|Gothenburg metal]] sound.

===Old school death metal===
Old school death metal is a style of death metal that is characterized by slower [[tempos]] and simpler [[song structures]].The style typically employs fewer [[blast beats]] and is less concerned with the technical aspects of songwriting.{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}} It gained prominence in the late 1990s, with bands like [[Repugnant]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.stim.se/sv/nyheter/tobias-forge-far-stims-platinagitarr-2019 |title=Tobias Forge får Stims Platinagitarr 2019 |magazine=[[STIM]] |language=Swedish |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=27 April 2020 |archive-date=July 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709185204/https://www.stim.se/sv/nyheter/tobias-forge-far-stims-platinagitarr-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{sfn|Ekeroth|2008|p={{page needed|date=June 2021}}}} [[Thanatos (band)|Thanatos]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/04/04/interview-thanatos/ | title=Interview: Old-School Dutch Death Metallers Thanatos at 35 Years, with New Compilation, New Label, and New Album in 2020 | work=[[Decibel Magazine]] | date=April 4, 2019 | access-date=May 1, 2021 | last=Lewis | first=James | archive-date=July 9, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709172338/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/04/04/interview-thanatos/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Necrophagia]],{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}} [[Abscess (band)|Abscess]],{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}} [[Bloodbath]]{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}} and [[Mortem]].{{sfn|Purcell|2003|p=23}}

===Symphonic death metal===
Symphonic death metal is a genre of death metal that adds elements of [[classical music]]. Bands described as symphonic death metal include [[Fleshgod Apocalypse]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-fleshgod-apocalypse-king|title=Album Review: FLESHGOD APOCALYPSEKing - Metal Injection|date=February 5, 2016|newspaper=Metal Injection|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202005256/http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-fleshgod-apocalypse-king|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Septicflesh]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-09-27/10-of-the-best-metal-bands-from-greece|title=10 of the best metal bands from Greece|date=September 27, 2016|newspaper=Metal Hammer|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202022748/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-09-27/10-of-the-best-metal-bands-from-greece|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Necronomicon (band)|Necronomicon]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/show-recap/marduk-couldnt-make-it-but-rotting-christ-carach-angren-and-necronomicon-put-on-quite-the-show|title=Marduk Couldn't Make It, But Rotting Christ, Carach Angren and Necronomicon Put On Quite The Show - Metal Injection|date=September 8, 2016|newspaper=Metal Injection|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202005134/http://www.metalinjection.net/show-recap/marduk-couldnt-make-it-but-rotting-christ-carach-angren-and-necronomicon-put-on-quite-the-show|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Children of Bodom]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Distefano |first=Alex |date=December 5, 2016 |title=Children of Bodom Prepare For a Night of Shredding at Observatory |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/children-of-bodom-prepare-for-a-night-of-shredding-at-observatory-7723345/ |access-date=January 22, 2017 |newspaper=OC Weekly |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719142955/https://www.ocweekly.com/children-of-bodom-prepare-for-a-night-of-shredding-at-observatory-7723345/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Haggard (band)|Haggard]]'s 2000 album, ''[[Awaking the Centuries]]'', has been described as death metal-styled symphonic metal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-02/the-10-essential-symphonic-metal-albums|title=The 10 Essential Symphonic Metal Albums|date=November 2, 2016|newspaper=Metal Hammer|access-date=January 22, 2017|archive-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033404/http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-02/the-10-essential-symphonic-metal-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Technical death metal===
{{Main|Technical death metal}}
[[File:Nile in performance (São Paulo, 2010).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Technical death metal band [[Nile (band)|Nile]] performing in 2010.]]
Technical death metal (also known as tech-death, progressive death metal, or prog-death)<ref name="techprog1">{{cite web |author=Simms, Kelley |title=''Obscura Interview'' |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/Obscura-Interview.htm |publisher=[[About.com]] |access-date=June 20, 2012 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105063047/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/Obscura-Interview.htm |archive-date=November 5, 2013 }}</ref> is a subgenre of death metal that employs dynamic song structures, uncommon time signatures, atypical rhythms and unusual harmonies and melodies. Bands described as technical death metal or progressive death metal usually fuse common death metal aesthetics with elements of [[progressive rock]], [[jazz]] or [[classical music]]. While the term technical death metal is sometimes used to describe bands that focus on speed and extremity as well as complexity, the line between progressive and technical death metal is thin. ''Tech death'' and ''prog death'', for short, are terms commonly applied to such bands as [[Nile (band)|Nile]], [[Edge of Sanity]], and [[Opeth]]. [[Necrophagist]] and [[Spawn of Possession]] are known for a classical music-influenced death metal style. Death metal pioneers [[Death (metal band)|Death]] also refined their style in a more progressive direction in their final years. Some albums for this subgenre are ''[[Hallucinations (Atrocity album)|Hallucinations]]'' (1990) by the German band [[Atrocity (band)|Atrocity]] and Death's ''[[Human (Death album)|Human]]'' (1991). This style has significantly influenced many bands, creating a stream that in Europe was carried out at first by bands such as [[Gory Blister]] and Electrocution.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sub Terra|last=Vitolo|first=Eduardo|publisher=Tsunami Edizioni|year=2012|isbn=978-88-96131-41-1|location=Milano|pages=316–319}}</ref> The Polish band [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]] gained recognition as one of Europe's primary modern technical death metal acts.<ref>{{cite web|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia|title=Decapitated Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p420031|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 7, 2010|archive-date=April 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425111406/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p420031|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Decapitated's New Lineup Performs Live For First Time|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134476|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=February 3, 2010|access-date=February 7, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426050603/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=134476|archive-date=April 26, 2011}}</ref>