The death metal is a genre of thrash metal derivative-based exploitation of second-degree photographs of film fantasy and horror, characterized musically by guttural voice, his guitar low in the grave and a rhythmic alternating passages slow and heavy and sudden accelerations (the famous blast beats, also widely used in the grindcore and black metal).
The death metal is a form of extreme metal appeared in the wave of thrash metal for years 1980, in the United States. The first death metal bases were raised in Florida by Death (also known Mantas) and California by Possessed (the name comes from the kind of a song addition of Possessed called "death metal", not unlike the group Death a popular belief) in 1983, with the release of their first demos. Possessed will be the first to release an album of death metal with Seven Churches in 1985: at the time, the death metal is heavy, simplistic, but not too aggressive look like thrash metal. The speed is not the main element of this first wave of death metal. In 1987, Death released his first album Scream Bloody Gore, who will propose a more technical issues of gender - Chuck Schuldiner (leader of Death is a very talented guitarist-as well as the thematic gore to become one of the components of the genre. The other revolution Senior death metal arrive in 1989 with Morbid Angel and his album Altars Of Madness: indeed, it will be the first time that the blast-beat (pace battery borrowed from grindcore) will be used in death metal, bringing a breath of fresh air in genre. The blast beats and technicalities will be from there two of the main components of death metal is the second wave, that the years 1990; , which is still present today. These two kinds of death metal are today, hui described as old school death metal. The cornerstone and real starting point for a genuine quest for musicality in the genre will 91 at the release of Human Death. Schuldiner poses the basis of its future brand names and finally abandons morbid imagery early to ask highly sensitive pieces despite aggressive, and served by an interpretation far ahead of the standards of the time. It may be noted that this is still at a reference current.
From these two bases, many ramifications have emerged:
- The brutal death metal, whose key players are Suffocation (creators of the genre, they harden sound, virtually erase all traces of thrash metal and hardcore add a side in brutal death metal) and Devourment (creators of a genre under extreme often dubbed TXDM for Texas Death Metal-based rhythms very heavy enchainés with blast-beats very fast). The gore is very thematic used in the brutal death metal, as illustrated by the group typical of the genre (although that has not invented, his first album is the second wave death metal): Cannibal Corpse. It will be picked up by Hate Eternal, derived from Cannibal Corpse, but even more brutal and dissolved.
The melodic death metal, Swedish specialty, which is the foundation of death metal and adding a riffing inspired by the heavy metal and thrash, and especially by removing the cumbersome and brutality of sound. As leaders of their kind, are At The Gates (at the origin of the movement) and the English Carcass (on the album Heartwork released 94), In Flames and Dark Tranquility.
- The Swedish death metal, very similar to the first wave death metal, but with the addition of a cavernous dimensions (particularly in his guitar) and a cumbersome greater presence among its American counterpart. Some side "edged" can be found among groups of Swedish death. Leaders of the genus are Entombed (which laid the foundations of its kind), Dismember, and Unleashed Grave.
- The evil death, initiated by then Possessed Deicide. The evil death stands apart from other genres by satanist used his imagery into music, creating moods generally dark and unhealthy. The death will be much evil suede resumed in the early 90 with training as a Grotesque and Obscurity (Future At The Gates).
- The gradual death, initiated by Cynic Atheist and in the early 90. The gradual death has no musical codes, except a big difference imaging, and technical influences compared to other genres. An example Cynic that incorporates jazz fusion to his death metal, or Opeth, more current, which the mixture of rock 70's.
The death-technical (or techno-death), which stands out as its name suggests a Master instrumental out of the ordinary, and sometimes a music totally destructurée. One example Necrophagist, Demilich or Martyr. Note that the death technique is very often associated with the brutal death.
It should also be noted that some countries (like Sweden, Poland and Canada) have a very particular death metal